Claude Akins
Known for Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Claude Marion Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was an American actor with a long career on stage, screen and television. Powerful in appearance and voice, Akins could be counted on to play the clever (or less than clever) tough guy, on the side of good or bad, in movies and television. He is best remembered as Sheriff Lobo in the 1970s TV series B. J. and the Bear, and later The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a spin-off series, with Ben Cooper appearing as Waverly. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claude Akins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Rio Bravo
1959
as Joe Burdette
How the West Was Won
1962
as Man (uncredited)
Battle for the Planet of the Apes
1973
as Aldo
The Caine Mutiny
1954
as Horrible
From Here to Eternity
1953
as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)
The Night Stalker
1972
as Sheriff Warren A. Butcher
Inherit the Wind
1960
as Rev. Jeremiah Brown
The Killers
1964
as Earl Sylvester
The Devil's Brigade
1968
as Pvt. Rocky Rockman
Return of the Seven
1966
as Frank
Comanche Station
1960
as Ben Lane
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Mack
Witness to Murder
1954
as Police Officer (uncredited)
The Sea Chase
1955
as Winkler
Merrill's Marauders
1962
as Sgt. Kolowicz
Skyjacked
1972
as Sgt. Ben Puzo
Man with the Gun
1955
as Jim Reedy (uncredited)
The Lonely Man
1957
as Blackburn
Yellowstone Kelly
1959
as Sergeant
Flap
1970
as Lobo Jackson