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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.
Overview. Born. May 25, 1926 · Nelson, Georgia, USA. Died. January 27, 1994 · Altadena, California, USA (stomach cancer) Birth name. Claude Marion Akins. Height. 6′ 1″ (1.85 m) Mini Bio.
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 ...
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.
Jan 28, 1994 · TIMES STAFF WRITER. 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...
Claude Marion Akins was an American actor (born May 25, 1926, in Nelson, Georgia - died January 27, 1994, in Altadena, California). With his big body and deep voice, Akins usually played the clever (or less than clever) tough guy, on the side of good or bad, in movies and television.
Jan 29, 1994 · The actor -- who was born in Nelson, Ga., raised in Bedford, Ind., and graduated from Northwestern University -- also provided support for Burt Lancaster in "From Here to Eternity," Humphrey...
