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Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was a character actor with a long career on stage, screen, and television. He played Sonny Pruit on the mid 70s tv series "Movin' On" about a trucking team travelling around the country getting into different situations with the locals.
Claude Akins. Actor: Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Broad-shouldered and beefy Claude Akins had wavy black hair, a deep booming voice and was equally adept at playing sneering cowardly villains as he was at portraying hard-nosed cops.
Claude Akins was an American actor who had a long and successful career in film, television, and stage. He was best known for his roles in the television series The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo and the film The Defiant Ones. Akins was born in Nelson, Georgia, on May 25, 1926.
Claude Marion Akins was a popular American character actor. He had a long career on television, stage, as well as the big screen. His most notable works include his role of Sheriff Lobo in the comedy TV series ‘B.J. and the Bear’ as well as in its spin-off series ‘The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo’. Born in Nelson, Georgia, in the US ...
Claude Akins. Actor: Battle for the Planet of the Apes. Broad-shouldered and beefy Claude Akins had wavy black hair, a deep booming voice and was equally adept at playing sneering cowardly villains as he was at portraying hard-nosed cops.
Jan 28, 1994 · Claude Akins, the rugged actor with a Dixie drawl who was best known for his television roles as a truck driver, a colorful rural sheriff and a pitchman for a chain of automobile transmission...
Jan 27, 2024 · Sliding into the gritty landscape of the Deep South’s heat, Claude Akins portrayed a Southern prison warden in “The Defiant Ones.” With racial tensions running high, Akins’s character became the linchpin in this intricate dance of prejudice, camaraderie, and redemption.
Jan 27, 1994 · 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.
Jan 29, 1994 · Claude Akins, who played genial, rough-and-tumble characters on television and had supporting roles in many major films, died here on Thursday. He was 67. The...
Jan 28, 1994 · Claude Akins, a craggy-faced hard guy who appeared in such movies as ``From Here to Eternity,'' ``The Caine Mutiny,'' ``The Devil's Brigade'' and ``Battle for the Planet of the Apes,'' died Thursday of cancer. He was 75. Akins' agent Rick Hersh said the actor died at home, surrounded by his family.