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Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) [2] [3] [4] [5] was a character actor with a long career on stage, screen, and television. He was best known as Sheriff Lobo on the 1979–1981 television series B. J. and the Bear, and later The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a spin-off series.
Jan 28, 1994 · ALTADENA, Calif. - Claude Akins, the burly, dark-haired actor whose regular-Joe looks got him such roles as Sheriff Lobo in television's "B.J. and the Bear," has died of cancer. Akins, who...
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 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 cause was cancer, said his publicity...
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.
Claude Akins, who played genial, rough-and-tumble characters in movies and TV, including Sheriff Lobo of "B.J. and the Bear," died Thursday of cancer.
Akins continued starring in films and TV right up until the time of his death from cancer in 1994. By all reports a very gregarious, likable and friendly person off screen, Akins was married for over 40 years to Theresa "Pie" Fairfield, and had three children, Claude Marion Jr., Michele & Wendy.
