Claude Akins

Biography

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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 appearing as Waverly.

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Known For

Matlock 1986 ★ 7.1
Murder, She Wrote 1984 ★ 7.5
Hunter 1984 ★ 7.1
Hotel 1982 ★ 6.8
The Love Boat 1977 ★ 6.3
Mannix 1967 ★ 6.8
Mission: Impossible 1966 ★ 7.6
Daniel Boone 1964 ★ 7.0
The Fugitive 1963 ★ 7.3
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962 ★ 7.9
The Lucy Show 1962 ★ 7.0
The Virginian 1962 ★ 6.5
Combat! 1962 ★ 7.9
Bonanza 1959 ★ 7.5
The Twilight Zone 1959 ★ 8.5
Rawhide 1959 ★ 7.2
The Rifleman 1958 ★ 7.1
Perry Mason 1957 ★ 7.7
Have Gun, Will Travel 1957 ★ 7.3
Maverick 1957 ★ 7.0
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre 1956 ★ 6.2
Cheyenne 1955 ★ 6.2
Dragnet 1951 ★ 6.5
I Love Lucy 1951 ★ 7.9