Claude Akins Biography, Age, Family, Movies, Career And Net Worth.

Claude Akins Biography

Claude Akins was an American actor with a long career on the stage, on screen, and on television. He was powerful in appearance and voice, Claude 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 remembered 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).

Akins was born in Nelson, Georgia, and grew up in Bedford, Indiana. He served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps in World War II in Burma and the Philippines.

10 Quick Facts About Claude Akins

Name: Claude Akins

Age: 67 years at the time of death
Birthday: May 25
Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Height: 6 feet 2 inch
Nationality: American
Occupation: Actor

Marital Status: Married
Salary: Under Review
Net worth: $2 million

Claude Akins Age

Claude Akins was born on May 25, 1926. He died at the age of 67.

Claude Akins Family, Parents

Claude Marion Akins was the son of the late police officer, Ernest Akins and Anna Maude Akins. He had a sister by the name Hazel Mapes.

Claude Akins Education

He graduated in 1949 from Northwestern University, where he had majored in Theatre and became a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity.

Claude Akins Wife

Claude Akins got married to his wife(also late) Therese Fairfield on 25th August 1952.

Claude Akins Children

Claude Akins was blessed with three kids, Claude Marion Jr., Wendy Akins, and Michele Akins.

Claude Akins House

Claude Akins lived in Altadena, CA

Claude Akins Twilight Zone

When a spacecraft makes an emergency landing on an unknown planet the commander, William Fletcher, is anxious to get underway again as soon as possible. Not so for his navigator, Peter Craig, who is insubordinate and is fed up of taking orders all the time.

While Fletcher makes repairs to the ship, Craig explores the area around them and is astonished to find that there are living beings there only a fraction of the size of humans. Soon, he is being recognized by them as a god and refuses to leave when the ship is ready. He is to realize that one’s place in the universe is but a relative thing.

Claude Akins Big Valley

Claude Akins plays Jimmy Callahan, the proud leader of a group of six families who have come from Ireland to make a new life for themselves. They arrived by way of San Francisco where they paid their money and got all the paperwork for their new homestead.

Unfortunately, they were swindled and have “bought” what is actually Barkley Land. Jimmy has an altercation with Audra Barkley, Linda Evans and eventually comes to blow with brother Nick Peter Breck in a true Donnybrook of a battle. Heath ‘Lee Majors” meanwhile has taken to Jimmy’s niece Colleen Noreen Corcoran and tries to help the stranded families. Jimmy and Nick travel to San Francisco to try to get everything straightened out.

Claude Akins Bj And The Bear

B. J. and the Bear is an American comedy series which aired on NBC from 1979 to 1981. It was created by Glen A. Larson and Christopher Crowe, the series stars Greg Evigan.

The series was produced when the CB Radio/trucking craze had peaked in the U.S.A, following the 1974-1976 television series Movin’ On, the number one song “Convoy” (1975) by C.W. McCall, as well as the films White Line Fever (1975), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), Convoy (1978), and Every Which Way but Loose (1978).

Claude Akins In The Rifleman

Claude Akins appeared in three episodes of The Rifleman “The SafeGuard” as Floyd Doniger, he was from Abilene, a Texas Gunfighter who John Hamilton, President of North Fork’s Bank, personally hired to guard the safe. Meeting at Midnight as Tom Benton, Lucas’ old friend and army commanding officer and now an undercover agent, Strange Town as Bletch Droshek, the guy Micah was brought in to stand trial for cold-blooded murder.

Claude Akins, I Love Lucy

While filming a movie, actor Claude Akins dressed in wild native costume, then met with Ricky and agrees to scare Lucy and Ethel for playing a trick that got them stranded on the island earlier.

Claude Akins In The Virginian

An older Shiloh ranch hand Jamie Dobbs enjoyed the easy times of the early west and involves Trampas in his attempts to revive that era resulting in bar brawls and jail for them. His old friends, Lump and Lucky arrive in Medicine Bow wanting Jamie to go with them to hunt wild cattle in Arizona to fund their plans to travel further west and live in the style of the old west without care.

Trampas decides to join them but the group is held up by Jack Scratch and his gang in the southwest. When the local law and bank tell the group they can’t help the men or provide them with supplies to capture the outlaw gang, Jamie and Lump take matters into their own hands and steal the supplies from the town.

Although they successfully capture the gang and kill Jack Scratch, the local sheriff and townspeople try to arrest the men even after Trampas tries to explain the men had good intentions. Jamie, Lump, and Lucky, however, do not understand and cannot adapt to modern concepts.

Claude Akins Career

Claude Akins’ film career started with him appearing in the film From Here to Eternity(1953). He also appeared in The Caine Mutiny and starred as Joe Burdette in Rio Bravo.

Other notable roles of that time include acting in Merrill’s Marauders as Sgt Kolowicz, as Rocky on The Devil’s Brigade, as Jeremiah on Inherit the Wind, as Ben Lane in Comanche Station, as Seely Jones on A Distant Trumpet, Aldo on Battle for the Planet of the Apes and many others. other television roles include acting in The Sea Chase, Return of the Seven, Seasons of the Heart, etc.

Claude’s television career is more prominent than his film career as he was cast on a number of television roles. The Adventures of Superman, I Love Lucy, Frontier, My Friend Flicka, Boots and Saddles, The Restless Gun, Northwest Passage, Overland Trial, The Tall Man, The Legend of Jesse James, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Death Valley Days, Wagon Riverboat, as Jarret Sutton on Escape to Memphis, as Sheriff Jim Dark in Laramie, as Cord in Gunslinger and many more.

He guest-starred on shows like Combat, The Twilight Zone, City Detective, Police Story, The Roaring 20’s to name a few. Other appearances include acting in Dan Raven, Perry Mason, The Lucy Show, Mr. Novak, The Big Valley, Movin’ On, Nashville 99, etc.

His most notable role on television was as Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo on the show B.J. and the Bear. Claude’s role was so impressive that a spinoff of the show was created in his name. He also appeared on 1984 series The Master and also took part in several TV commercials like Rollins Truck Leasing, PoliGrip, and AAMCO Transmissions, etc. His last TV role was as a kidnapper in the movie In the Heat of the Night.

Claude Akins Filmography | Claude Akins TV Show | Claude Akins Movie List

From Here to Eternity (1953) as Sgt. ‘Baldy’ Dhom (uncredited)
Bitter Creek (1954) as Vance Morgan – Henchman

Witness to Murder (1954) as Police Officer (uncredited)
The Caine Mutiny (1954) as Seaman Lugatch aka ‘Horrible’
The Raid (1954) as Lt. Ramsey (uncredited)

Shield for Murder (1954) as Fat Michaels
Down Three Dark Streets (1954) as Matty Pavelich
The Human Jungle (1954) as George Mandy

The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) as Chief Executioner’s Aide (uncredited)
The Sea Chase (1955) as Winkler
Man with the Gun (1955) as Jim Reedy (uncredited)

Battle Stations (1956) as Marty Brennan
The Proud and Profane (1956) as Big Soldier (uncredited)
Johnny Concho (1956) as Lem

The Burning Hills (1956) as Ben Hindeman
The Sharkfighters (1956) as Chief ‘Gordy’ Gordon
Hot Summer Night (1957) as Truck Driver

The Kettles on Old MacDonald’s Farm (1957) as Pete Logan
The Lonely Man (1957) as Blackburn
Joe Dakota (1957) as Aaron Grant

The Defiant Ones (1958) as Mack
Onionhead (1958) as Poznicki
Rio Bravo (1959) as Joe Burdette

Porgy and Bess (1959) as Detective
Don’t Give Up the Ship (1959) as Lt. Cmdr. Farber
Hound-Dog Man (1959) as Hog Peyson

Yellowstone Kelly (1959) as Sergeant
Comanche Station (1960) as Ben Lane
Inherit the Wind (1960) as Rev. Jeremiah Brown

Claudelle Inglish (1961) as S.T. Crawford
Merrill’s Marauders (1962) as Sgt. Kolowicz
Black Gold (1962) as Chick Carrington

A Distant Trumpet (1964) as Seely Jones
The Killers (1964) as Earl Sylvester
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) as Elwood Coates

Incident at Phantom Hill (1966) as Krausman
Return of the Seven (1966) as Frank
First to Fight (1967) as Capt. Mason

Waterhole #3 (1967) as Sgt. Henry Foggers
The Devil’s Brigade (1968) as Pvt. Rocky Rockman
The Great Bank Robbery (1969) as Slade

A Man Called Sledge (1970) as Hooker
Flap (1970) as Lobo Jackson
The Night Stalker (1972) as Sheriff Butcher

Skyjacked (1972) as Sgt. Ben Puzo
Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) as General Aldo
Timber Tramps (1975) as Matt

Tentacoli (1977) as Sheriff Robards
Killer on Board (1977) as Oscar Billingham
Concrete Cowboys (1979) as Woody Stone

The Baron and the Kid (1984) as Harley
Battle of the Monster Trucks (1985)
Monster in the Closet (1986) as Sheriff Sam Ketchem

Manhunt for Claude Dallas (1986) as Bill Pogue
The Curse (1987) as Nathan
Pushed Too Far (1988) as Sheriff Jim Forrest

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991, TV Movie) as President Theodore Roosevelt
Incident at Victoria Falls (1991, TV Movie) as Theodore Roosevelt
Where Evil Lives (1991) as Jack Devlin

Falling from Grace (1992) as Speck Parks
Seasons of the Heart (1993) as Pastor William Clay
Twisted Fear (1994) as Detective Lucky Douglas

Television

Dragnet – episode “The Big Drink” – Ellis (1954)
Dragnet – episode “The Big Mistress” – Sgt. Jack McCreadie (1954)
Gunsmoke – 10 episodes – various (1955-1972)

The Adventures of Superman – episode “Peril by Sea” – Ace Miller (1956)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie – episode “Land Jumpers -Manion” – a settler (1956)
Sheriff of Cochise – episode “Manhunt” – Harry Clegg (1957)

Have Gun – Will Travel – episode “The Great Mojave Case” – Dever (1957)
The Adventures of McGraw – episode “Mojave” – Jim Bennett (1957)
Wagon Train – episode “The John Cameron Story” – Rich Tacker (1957)

Tales of Wells Fargo – 5 episodes – various (1957–1961)
I Love Lucy – episode “Desert Island” – (1956)
Cheyenne – episode “The Long Search” – Sheriff Bob Walters (1958)

Wagon Train – episode “The Monty Britton Story” – Garth Redmond (1958)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie – episode “A Grave for Jim Bowie” – Miciah “Big” Hart (1958)
Perry Mason Season 1 Episode 26 “The case of the Half-Wakened Wife” (1958)

Maverick – episode “Burial Ground of the Gods” – Paisley Briggs (1958)
The Rifleman – episode “The SafeGuard” – Floyd Doniger (1958)
Yancy Derringer – episodes “Gallatin Street” and “Collectors Item” – Toby Cook (1958-1959)

77 Sunset Strip – episode “Lovely Alibi” – Ed Bird (1959)
Bat Masterson – episode “The Death of Bat Masterson” – Jack Fontana (1959)
Dick Powell’s Zane Grey Theatre – episode “Ransom” – “Simmy” the Comanchero (1960)

Laramie – episode “Death Wind”, s1 ep20 – Sgt. Maj. Tom Cole (1960)
Pony Express – episode “The Story of Juiesberg” (1960)
Overland Trail – episode “Fire in the Hole” – Jumbo (1960)

Wanted: Dead or Alive – episode “Prison Trail” – Jack Kelly (1960)
Wagon Train – episode “The Roger Bigelow Story” – Wes Varney (1960)
Riverboat – episode “Duel on the River” – Beaudry Rawlins (1960)

Bonanza – episode “The Mill” – Ezekiel (1960), Sam Hill Season 2, Episode 34
The Twilight Zone – episodes “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” as Steve Brand (1960) and “The Little People” as Commander Fletcher (1962)
Wagon Train – episode “The Selena Hartnell Story” – Will Cotrell (1961)

Rawhide – episode “The Sendoff” – Mr. Karse (1961)
Laramie – 4 episodes – various (1960-1963)
The Fugitive – Season 1 Episode 27 – Ralph Simmons (1964)

The F.B.I. – the episode “How to Murder an Iron Horse” – Ben Gambriella (1965)
The Big Valley – “The Brawlers” – (1965)
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – “The Very Important Zombie Affair” – El Supremo (1965)

A Man Called Shenandoah – episode “Obion-1866” – Frody Brown (1965)
Branded – episode “Vindicator” – Ned Travis (1965)
Laredo – episodes “Limit of the Law”, “The Treasure of San Diablo”, “Hey Diddle Diddle”, “A Question of Guilt”, and “Walk Softly” – Cotton BuckMeister (1966–1967)

The Guns of Will Sonnett – episode “Ride the Long Trail” – Turnbaugh (1967)
Hondo – episode “Hondo and The Gladiators” – Brock (1967)
The Lucy Show – episode “Lucy Meets the Law” (1967)

The F.B.I. – episode “Dark Journey” – Jason Peale (1972)
McMillan & Wife – episode “The Face of Murder” – Freddie O’Neal (1972)
The Rookies – episode “Margin For Error” – Officer Buck Sanborn (1972)

The Streets of San Francisco – episode “A String of Puppets” – Bob Mason (1972)
Cannon – episode 3×05, “Target in the Mirror” – Lt. Bill Blaine (1973)
Barnaby Jones – episode “Murder-Go-Round” – Eli Rile (1973)

Mission: Impossible – episode “Speed” – Sam Hibbing (1973)
Police Story – 3 episodes – various (1973-1978)
In Tandem – TV movie (pilot for Movin’ On) – Sonny Pruitt (1974)

Movin’ On – 45 episodes – Sonny Pruitt (1974–1976)
McCloud – episode “The Colorado Cattle Caper” (1974)
Mannix – episode “Mask for a Charade” – Sgt. Al Reardon (1974)

The Rhinemann Exchange (1977) (TV miniseries) as Walter Kendall
B. J. and the Bear – at least 5 episodes – Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo (1978–1979)
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo – 38 episodes – Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo – (1978–1979)

Concrete Cowboys – episode “Concrete Cowboys” – Woody Stone (1979)
Fantasy Island – episode “Lillian Russell/The Lagoon” – Calvin Pearson (1981)
Darkroom – episode “Uncle George” – Bert Haskell (1981)

The Master – episode “Max” – Mr. Trumball (January 20, 1984)
Murder, She Wrote – 4 episodes – Ethan Cragg (1984)
Tall Tales & Legends – episode “Pecos Bill” – Grandpa/Narrator (1986)
Dream West – TV mini-series – Tom Fitzpatrick (1986)
Matlock – episode “The Thoroughbred” – Sam Taylor (1989)
In the Heat of the Night – episode “An Eye for An Eye” – Benjamin Sloan (1991)

Claude Akins Net Worth

Claude had a net worth of $2 million.

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Claude Akins Height Weight

Claude was 6 feet 2 inch(1.85 m) tall

Claude Akins Cause Of Death

Claude Akins, the legendary actor suffered from stomach cancer and died due to it on January 27, 1994, at Altadena, California.

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