Claude Akins

Claude Akins

1926-05-25 Nelson, Georgia, USA 88 Credits

Biography

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 B. J. and the Bear, and later The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a spin-off series, with Ben Cooper appea...

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The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

2019

as Steve Brand (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

Six episodes of the original series, restored and on the big screen for the first time, and a special retrospective documentary encompass this Fathom ...

Twisted Fear

Twisted Fear

1994

as Detective Lucky Douglas

1.0
Acting

When accomplished businessman Steve (Bob Poole) meets ambitious medical student Tina (Kim Kilway), who's half his age, he's immediately smitten. Tina ...

Seasons of the Heart

Seasons of the Heart

1993

as Pastor William Clay

6.0
Acting

Martha and Jed Richards live in Oregon in 1862. They and their two daughters moved there to make a new life, but the daughters died of cholera along t...

Grass Roots

Grass Roots

1992

as Sheriff Cox

Acting

This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S. Sen...

Falling from Grace

Falling from Grace

1992

as Speck Parks

4.7
Acting

Rock singer John Mellencamp makes his screen and directorial debut in this story by "Lonesome Dove" author, Larry McMurtry. The story, not too separat...

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls

1992

as Theodore Roosevelt

5.2
Acting

King Edward asks Sherlock Holmes to perform one more task before his retirement: to safeguard the Star of Africa on a trip to Cape Town. Soon the fabl...

Computeritis: The High-Tech Hazard

1992

as Narrator

Acting

American Industrial Film covering the hazards of carpal tunnel syndrome.

The Gambler: The Luck Of The Draw

The Gambler: The Luck Of The Draw

1991

as President Theodore Roosevelt

5.0
Acting

Hawkes, Jones and Cassidy are on their way to the biggest poker game in history. But a few folks want to see them fold before they even get there.

Where Evil Lives

Where Evil Lives

1991

as Jack Devlin

3.3
Acting

A gripping tale of horror, murder, and revenge unfolds as Jack Devlin (Claude Akins in his final screen appearance), caretaker of the Spencer House St...

Mothers, Daughters and Lovers

Mothers, Daughters and Lovers

1989

as Kibby

Acting

A single mother struggles to raise two teenage daughters in a small town in America.

Pushed Too Far

1988

as Sheriff Jim Forrest

8.0
Acting

A small town martial arts teacher (Herb Johnson) clashes with a crazed former pro wrestler. When the ex grappler kills Johnson's wife, the peace lovin...

The Curse

The Curse

1987

as Nathan Crane

5.0
Acting

Nathan Hayes is a religious man trying to hold onto his farm and keep his family in line. A real estate developer is trying to buy most of the farm pr...

Manhunt for Claude Dallas

Manhunt for Claude Dallas

1986

as Bill Pogue

4.0
Acting

This is the story is based on an actual incident. Claude Dallas is a man who loves to be free, so he lives in the mountains where he hunts for his foo...

Monster in the Closet

Monster in the Closet

1986

as Sheriff Sam Ketchem

5.0
Acting

After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band...

Pecos Bill

Pecos Bill

1986

as Grandpa / Narrator

Acting

Steve Guttenberg portrays Pecos Bill, the "King of the Cowboys," in this rootin' tootin' epic. Raised by coyotes, Bill puts the "wild" in the Wild Wes...

Master Ninja

Master Ninja

1985

as Mr. Trumbull

4.7
Acting

Aging skilled master ninja, John Peter McAllister, and his young apprentice search for John's long lost daughter, all the while his old enemies try to...

The Baron and the Kid

The Baron and the Kid

1984

as Harley Medford

Acting

Johnny Cash heads the cast in this sentimental drama, which follows a famed pool hustler (Cash) whose reunion with his long-lost son (Greg Webb) sets ...

Desperate Intruder

Desperate Intruder

1983

as Carl

5.0
Acting

A blind woman living at a lonely beach house gives sanctuary to an escaped convict whose ruthless partner is on the way.

Bus Stop

Bus Stop

1982

as Sheriff Will

Acting

The story is set in a diner in rural Kansas, about 25 miles west of Kansas City, Missouri during a snowstorm from which bus passengers must take shelt...

Concrete Cowboys

Concrete Cowboys

1979

as Woody Stone

5.0
Acting

Two Montana saddletramps head to Nashville to open up a detective agency. At first, the agency begins on a lark but, soon, they get involved in a case...

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

Ebony, Ivory and Jade

1979

as Joe Blair

5.0
Acting

In this prospective pilot, Mick Jade, a tennis bum-turned-Las Vegas-song-and-dance man, doubles as a private eye with two female dancers, Ebony and Iv...

Murder in Music City

Murder in Music City

1979

as Billy West

Acting

A brash songwriter who buys a detective agency as a tax shelter finds himself and his photographer's model bride involved in a puzzling murder, when a...

B.J. and the Bear

B.J. and the Bear

1978

as Sheriff Lobo

Acting

In this pilot film, B.J. McKay, a guitar-playing independent trucker who travels with a fun-loving chimpanzee named Bear, finds himself caught up with...

Little Mo

Little Mo

1978

as Gus Berste

7.5
Acting

Biopic about tennis great Maureen Connolly who, as a teenager, was the first woman to win the Grand Slam of Tennis, became world-renowned as "Little M...

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo

1977

as Bert Springer

4.9
Acting

An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is ...

Killer on Board

Killer on Board

1977

as Oscar Billingham

5.0
Acting

The passengers on a cruise ship are seized by panic when a deadly virus begins killing off passengers and crew.

Tentacles

Tentacles

1977

as Robards

4.6
Acting

Several people disappear from and at the sea. Their bodies are found gnawed to the skeleton, even the marrow is missing. The scientists have no idea w...

Yesterday's Child

Yesterday's Child

1977

as Cliff Henley

6.0
Acting

A young couple's three-year-old daughter is kidnapped and no trace is ever found of her. Fourteen years later, a young woman claiming to be that girl ...

Kiss Me, Kill Me

Kiss Me, Kill Me

1976

as Harry Grant

7.0
Acting

A female investigator in the district attorney's office sets out to track down the person who murdered a young schoolteacher.

Timber Tramps

Timber Tramps

1975

as Matt

Acting

A tough, hard-drinking Alaska logging foreman likes fighting only slightly less than working.

Eric

Eric

1975

as Stanley 'Stan' Swenson

Acting

The disease: incurable. The odds: insurmountable. But Eric will not surrender! An unforgettable true drama of a young man's fight for hope, for love, ...

Medical Story

Medical Story

1975

as Dr. Matthews

Acting

A young intern goes up against three older surgeons as to whether or not a young actress should get a hysterectomy.

In Tandem

In Tandem

1974

as Sonny Pruitt

Acting

Gypsy truckers -- a tough veteran driver and his young college-educated partner -- come to the aid of embattled citrus growers in this pilot for the 1...

Shadow of Fear

Shadow of Fear

1974

as Styran

6.0
Acting

A rich woman, an industrialist's wife, finds her home nearly destroyed and with menacing phrases painted on the walls. Besides calling the police, her...

The Death Squad

The Death Squad

1974

as Connie Brennan

6.6
Acting

When petty criminals start turning up murdered, a detective discovers they are being killed by a group of his fellow officers who think the criminals ...

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973

as Aldo

5.7
Acting

The fifth and final episode in the Planet of the Apes series. After the collapse of human civilization, a community of intelligent apes led by Caesar ...

The Norliss Tapes

The Norliss Tapes

1973

as Sheriff Tom Hartley

6.0
Acting

A newspaper publisher listens to the personal tapes of investigative reporter David Norliss, who has disappeared during an investigation. The tapes te...

Skyjacked

Skyjacked

1972

as Sgt. Ben Puzo

6.2
Acting

A crazed Vietnam vet bomber hijacks a Boeing 707 and demands to be taken to Russia.

The Night Stalker

The Night Stalker

1972

as Sheriff Warren A. Butcher

6.8
Acting

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy a...

River of Mystery

River of Mystery

1971

as Ernie Dorata

Acting

A couple of freelance explosives experts find jungle adventure while being stalked by a revolutionary leader and a diamond hunter.

Lock, Stock and Barrel

Lock, Stock and Barrel

1971

as Punch Logan

Acting

A young frontier couple elope, are chased by the girl's father and brothers, join up with an escaped convict and get mixed up with a charlatan preache...

A Man Called Sledge

A Man Called Sledge

1970

as Hooker

6.1
Acting

James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of gold. But after the thieves actually manage to get ...

Flap

Flap

1970

as Lobo Jackson

6.4
Acting

Comedy based on the plight of modern Native Americans living on reservations.

The Great Bank Robbery

The Great Bank Robbery

1969

as Slade

6.3
Acting

A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.

The Devil's Brigade

The Devil's Brigade

1968

as Pvt. Rocky Rockman

6.3
Acting

At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite C...

Waterhole #3

Waterhole #3

1967

as Sgt. Henry Foggers

6.1
Acting

After a professional gambler kills a Confederate soldier, he finds a map pinpointing the location in the desert where stolen army gold bullion is buri...

First to Fight

First to Fight

1967

as Captain Mason

7.9
Acting

Jack is the sole survivor of a Japanese attack on his squad at Guadalcanal. Because of his heroism and the fact that he is still alive, he becomes a M...

Return of the Seven

Return of the Seven

1966

as Frank

6.1
Acting

Chico, one of the remaining members of The Magnificent Seven, now lives in the town that they (The Seven) helped. One day someone comes and takes most...

Incident at Phantom Hill

Incident at Phantom Hill

1966

as Krausman

6.1
Acting

At the end of the Civil War, a major shipment of Union gold has been stolen and buried in the desert. Only one man knows the whereabouts of gold and t...

Ride Beyond Vengeance

Ride Beyond Vengeance

1966

as Elwood Coates

5.9
Acting

Jonas Trapp falls in love with the beautiful Jessie, a wealthy girl out of his humble class. Against the wishes of her snobbish aunt, she marries him,...

The Killers

The Killers

1964

as Earl Sylvester

6.9
Acting

A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.

A Distant Trumpet

A Distant Trumpet

1964

as Seely Jones

5.3
Acting

In 1883, US Cavalry lieutenant Matthew Hazard, newly graduated from West Point, is assigned to isolated Fort Delivery on the Mexican border of Arizona...

The Solid Gold Girl

The Solid Gold Girl

1964

as Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins

Acting

While searching for the man who framed him for a crime he didn't commit, Harrison Destry (John Gavin) stumbles into a town where an old cell mate of h...

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

1962

as Man (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one ...

Black Gold

Black Gold

1962

as Chick Carrington

1.0
Acting

Two friends join together to strike oil, court women, and battle an unscrupulous oilman politician during the Oklahoma oil boom of the 1920s.

Merrill's Marauders

Merrill's Marauders

1962

as Sgt. Kolowicz

6.1
Acting

Brigadier General Frank D. Merrill leads the 3,000 American volunteers of his 5307th Composite Unit (Provisional), aka "Merrill's Marauders", behind J...

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

1961

as Rake

5.6
Acting

Feature-length Western based on the hit TV show 'Tales of Wells Fargo,' about a Wells Fargo Company troubleshooter who becomes the target of an outlaw...

Claudelle Inglish

Claudelle Inglish

1961

as S.T. Crawford

5.5
Acting

A young daughter of poor farmers is forced by her mother to ditch her young boyfriend in order to marry an old rich neighbor but the girl rebels by be...

Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1960

as Rev. Jeremiah Brown

7.7
Acting

Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the ne...

Comanche Station

Comanche Station

1960

as Ben Lane

6.6
Acting

A white man trades with the Comanche for the release of a female stranger and the pair cross paths with three outlaws who have their eyes on the hands...

Yellowstone Kelly

Yellowstone Kelly

1959

as Sergeant

6.0
Acting

A fur-trapper named Kelly, who once saved the life of a Sioux chief, is allowed to set his traps in Sioux territory during the late 1870s. Reluctantly...

Hound-Dog Man

Hound-Dog Man

1959

as Hog Peyson

4.4
Acting

A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney constantly in hot water for disobeying his...

Don't Give Up the Ship

Don't Give Up the Ship

1959

as Lt. Cmdr. Farber

6.4
Acting

The Navy expects a veteran to pay for the ship he commanded, as they have no record of its return.

Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

1959

as Detective

6.1
Acting

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar Porgy...

Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

1959

as Joe Burdette

7.8
Acting

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the broth...

Frontier Rangers

Frontier Rangers

1959

as Caleb Brandt

3.6
Acting

A pastiche of three episodes from the 1958 TV series Northwest Passage, stitched together as a feature and released theatrically in Europe.

Onionhead

Onionhead

1958

as Poznicki

5.5
Acting

An irresponsible student enlists in the Coast Guard expecting to sit out World War II.

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

1958

as Mack

7.1
Acting

Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

Joe Dakota

Joe Dakota

1957

as Aaron Grant

5.6
Acting

A stranger rides into town and says he is looking for a local Indian. Told he left town, the truth everyone has been hiding comes out including the st...

The Lonely Man

The Lonely Man

1957

as Blackburn

6.1
Acting

Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his...

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm

1957

as Pete Logan

6.1
Acting

Ma and Pa do their bit to hook lumberman Brad Johnson up with spoiled socialite Sally Flemming. Ma teaches Sally how to behave like a hick so she'll b...

Hot Summer Night

Hot Summer Night

1957

as Truck Driver

5.6
Acting

An out-of-work reporter (Leslie Nielsen) seeks out a bank robber, and his bride (Colleen Miller) has to rescue him.

The Sharkfighters

The Sharkfighters

1956

as Chief 'Gordy' Gordon

5.3
Acting

Landing on a small island not far from Havana, Cuba, Lt. Cmdr. Ben Staves joins a Navy scientific project engaged in finding an effective shark repell...

The Burning Hills

The Burning Hills

1956

as Ben Hindeman

6.0
Acting

When Trace Jordan's brother is murdered by members of the land-grabbing Sutton family, he vows to report this injustice to the nearest Army fort.

Johnny Concho

Johnny Concho

1956

as Lem

3.7
Acting

In Johnny Concho, Frank Sinatra plays a man who goes from the town bully to town coward!

The Proud and Profane

The Proud and Profane

1956

as Big soldier

6.0
Acting

In this romantic drama, beautiful Red Cross volunteer Lee Ashley arrives on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia to learn more about the circumst...

Johnny Moccasin

1956

as Bill Ames

Acting

Johnny Moccasin a white teenage boy is raised by an Indian tribe after his parents are killed in a wagon train massacre.

Battle Stations

Battle Stations

1956

as Marty Brennan

5.6
Acting

The crew of a U.S. Navy ship in World War II goes into battle against the Japanese fleet.

Man with the Gun

Man with the Gun

1955

as Jim Reedy (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

A stranger comes to town looking for his estranged wife. He finds her running the local girls. He also finds a town and sheriff afraid of their own sh...

The Sea Chase

The Sea Chase

1955

as Winkler

6.1
Acting

As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse. Ehrli...

The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle

1954

as George Mandy

5.3
Acting

Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a...

Down Three Dark Streets

Down Three Dark Streets

1954

as Matty Pavelich

5.7
Acting

An FBI Agent takes on the three unrelated cases of a dead agent to track down his killer.

Shield for Murder

Shield for Murder

1954

as Fat Michaels

6.6
Acting

A crooked detective masterminds a robbery then fights to keep his money.

The Raid

The Raid

1954

as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie ...

The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny

1954

as Horrible

7.2
Acting

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial ...

Witness to Murder

Witness to Murder

1954

as Police Officer (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

Bitter Creek

Bitter Creek

1954

as Vance Morgan - Henchman

6.3
Acting

"Wild" Bill Elliott is a cowboy who goes in search of the man who killed his brother, and finds himself in the small town of Bitter Creek.

From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

1953

as Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

In 1941 Hawaii, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second in command are falling in love.