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Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was a Cherokee 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.
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.
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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. The son of a police officer, Akins never seemed short of work and appeared in nearly 100 films and 180+ TV episodes in a career spanning over 40 years. He ...
- May 25, 1926
- January 27, 1994
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 28, 1994 · Akins, who died yesterday, was 67, according to his son, Claude Akins Jr. But some film reference books gave his age as 75. A 6-foot-2, 200-pound figure with rugged features and slicked-back hair, the Georgia-born actor played supporting roles in dozens of films, including "The Caine Mutiny," "Inherit the Wind" and "From Here to Eternity," in ...
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Jan 27, 1994 · 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 ...
2 days ago · 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. He was 75. The actor appeared in
