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May 26, 2024 · Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) 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.
Dec 8, 2015 · The legendary actor Claude Marion Akins was known for his strong roles on television and on films. His most notable role has to be as Sheriff Lobo in the television series of the 1970’s BJ and the Bear and its spinoff. He died on January 27, 1994, after suffering from cancer in Altadena, California, USA.
Sadly, Claude died of stomach cancer in 1994. While there was some confusion about his age, his son confirmed that he was 67 when he died. To pay tribute to Claude and his love of golf, there is now The Claude Akins Memorial Golf Classic that takes place every year in Bedford, Indiana. Proceeds go to the Akins Scholarship and the Bedford ...
Jan 27, 1994 · Inherit The Wind (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Heaven Has Chosen Us Early events, teacher Cates (Dick York) is apprehended, and civic leaders (Claude Akins the preacher, Philip Coolidge the mayor, Wendell Holmes the banker) fret, in Stanley Kramer's film based on the "Scopes Monkey Trial" and the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee play, Inherit The Wind, 1960.
Directed by Robert Altman, this unsold pilot was broadcast as a memorable installment of "Bonanza" (NBC, 1961). Akins continued to appear on the small screen in TV-movies, guest shots, and more busted pilots before starring as a sympathetic gypsy trucker in "Movin' On" (1974-76), a likeable series set on the roads of America.
Jan 28, 1994 · Claude Akins, who played genial, rough-and-tumble characters on television and had supporting roles in many major films, died here today. He was 67. The cause was cancer, said his publicity agent ...
Jan 27, 1994 · Claude Akins. TV Actor. Birthday May 25, 1926. Birth Sign Gemini. Birthplace Nelson, GA. DEATH DATE Jan 27, 1994 (age 67)
