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- Claude Marion Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was an American actor. He was born in Nelson, Georgia, and grew up in Bedford, Indiana. He was a 1949 graduate of Northwestern University, where he studied theatre. and became a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. 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 appearing as Waverly. In movies, his first appearance was in From Here to Eternity in 1953. Akins portrayed prisoner Joe Berdett in the movie Rio Bravo, Naval Lt. Commander Farber in Don't Give Up The Ship, Sgt Kolowicz in Merrill's Marauders, Rockwell W. "Rocky" Rockman in The Devil's Brigade, the Reverend Jeremiah Brown in the 1960 movie Inherit the Wind, outlaw Ben Lane in Comanche Station that same year, Seely Jones in A Distant Trumpet (1964), and the gorilla leader Aldo in Battle for the Planet of the Apes, the last original Apes movie in 1973. In television, Akins had an early appearance in Adventures of Superman (episode number 69, "Peril by Sea"), playing a villainous co-conspirator. He had numerous roles in Western series, including Frontier, Crusader, My Friend Flicka (three times), Boots and Saddles, Northwest Passage, Sheriff of Cochise, State Trooper, Wagon Train (4 times), Overland Trail, Laramie (4 times), The Big Valley, The Legend of Jesse James, Death Valley Days, Zane Grey Theater (4 times), The Rifleman (3 times), Gunsmoke (10 times), Bonanza (4 times), and The Oregon Trail. Akins was featured on the original CBS The Twilight Zone, City Detective, Meet McGraw with Frank Lovejoy, The Untouchables. In 1960, he and Marty Ingels appeared as themselves in the episode "Amateur Night" in NBC's short-lived crime drama Dan Raven, starring Skip Homeier and set on the Sunset Strip of West Hollywood. Another early appearance was playing a cop in "Reward to Finder," on Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1957. Akins played another television cop, good-natured Sheriff's Detective Sargent Phillip Dix, in the first season of the Perry Mason in "The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife" that aired March 15, 1958. Before his signature character Lobo, he appeared as trucker Sonny Pruett in NBC's Movin' On, from 1974 to 1976. He also appeared in TV commercials for PoliGrip and Aamco. He guest-starred on an episode of CBS's I Love Lucy, playing himself. Akins found work in the late 1980s lending his inimitable voice talents to the work safety instructional video series Safety Shorts. In these videos Akins was able to expound the virtues of workplace safety to thousands of industrial employees, offering valuable lessons on the importance of Lockout/tagout procedures, personal protective equipment, and the ever popular MSDS documentation process. Akins also made a golfing video with Ron Masak titled Tom Kite and Friends. Akins died of cancer in 1994.
- Claude Marion Akins war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Claude Akins war ein großer, breitschultriger Filmschauspieler, der vor allem in Western und Kriminalfilmen die harten Jungs, ob gut oder böse spielte. Er gehörte nie zur ersten Garde der Hollywoodstars, spielte aber in über 100 Filmen und dutzenden Fernsehserien Nebenrollen, die im Gedächtnis blieben. Auch seine Auftritte in Westernserien trugen zu seiner Popularität bei. Er kam nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg nach Hollywood und spielte seine erste kleine Rolle 1953 in der Verfilmung des Romans Verdammt in alle Ewigkeit. Akins war über 40 Jahre verheiratet und Vater von drei Kindern. In Deutschland wurde er insbesondere durch seine Hauptrolle in der Fernsehserie Movin' on (1974 bis 1976) bekannt, die hier unter dem Titel Abenteuer der Landstraße im ARD-Vorabendprogramm lief, in der er den Trucker Sonny Pruitt spielte. Von 1979 bis 1981 spielte Akins in 39 Episoden den Trottel mit Stern "Sheriff Elroy S. Lobo" (The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo), einem Spin-Off von B.J. und der Bär (auch 1979 bis 1981).
- Claude Akins est un acteur américain né le 25 mai 1926 à Nelson, en Géorgie, et décédé le 27 janvier 1994 à Altadena, en Californie.
- Claude Marion Akins — amerykański aktor filmowy. Absolwent Northwestern University (1949).
- Claude Akins a fost un actor de film american.
- Claude Akins, född 25 maj 1918 i Nelson, Georgia, USA, död 27 januari 1994 i Altadena, Kalifornien, USA; amerikansk skådespelare. Han var försäljare till yrket när han började uppträda på landsortsteatrar och off-Broadway. Filmdebut 1953 i Härifrån till evigheten. Han hade sedan roller som tuffing i en rad filmer, ofta vilda västerns. En av hans bästa roller var som mördaren Joe Burdette i Rio Bravo (1959). Akins hade också stor framgång som den vänlige lastbilschauffören i TV-serien Movin' On (1974-1975), som även var mycket populär i Sverige.
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- Claude Marion Akins (May 25, 1926 – January 27, 1994) was an American actor. He was born in Nelson, Georgia, and grew up in Bedford, Indiana. He was a 1949 graduate of Northwestern University, where he studied theatre. and became a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity. 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.
- Claude Marion Akins war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Claude Akins war ein großer, breitschultriger Filmschauspieler, der vor allem in Western und Kriminalfilmen die harten Jungs, ob gut oder böse spielte. Er gehörte nie zur ersten Garde der Hollywoodstars, spielte aber in über 100 Filmen und dutzenden Fernsehserien Nebenrollen, die im Gedächtnis blieben. Auch seine Auftritte in Westernserien trugen zu seiner Popularität bei.
- Claude Akins est un acteur américain né le 25 mai 1926 à Nelson, en Géorgie, et décédé le 27 janvier 1994 à Altadena, en Californie.
- Claude Marion Akins — amerykański aktor filmowy. Absolwent Northwestern University (1949).
- Claude Akins a fost un actor de film american.
- Claude Akins, född 25 maj 1918 i Nelson, Georgia, USA, död 27 januari 1994 i Altadena, Kalifornien, USA; amerikansk skådespelare. Han var försäljare till yrket när han började uppträda på landsortsteatrar och off-Broadway. Filmdebut 1953 i Härifrån till evigheten. Han hade sedan roller som tuffing i en rad filmer, ofta vilda västerns. En av hans bästa roller var som mördaren Joe Burdette i Rio Bravo (1959).
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