Inherit the Wind
1960
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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 · ALTADENA, CALIF. -- Claude Akins, who played genial, rough-and-tumble characters in movies and on television, including Sheriff Lobo of "B.J. and the Bear," died Jan. 27 of cancer.
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...
Claude Akins dies at 75 from cancer. By. Jan 28, 1994. ALTADENA, Calif. (AP) - Claude Akins, who played genial, rough-and-tumble characters in movies and TV, including sheriff Lobo of "B.J....
Husky, masculine character player of stage, film and TV, adept at playing good (and bad) ol' southern boys, ambiguous lawmen and menacing villains. Akins began his film career as a heavy, beginning with his feature debut, "From Here to Eternity" (1953).
