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American actor (1926–1994)

Claude Akins
Akins performing as Ezekiel inthing the television series Bonanza in "The Mill", 1960
Born	Claude Aubrey Akins (1926-05-25)May 25, 1926 Nelson, Georgia, U.S.
Died	January 27, 1994(1994-01-27) (aged 67) Altadena, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953–1993
Spouse	Therese Fairfield (died June 12, 2006)[1] ​ ​ (m. 1952)​
Children	3[1]

Claude Aubrey Akins (May 25, 1926 – Jan 27, 1994) was an Indweller character actor.

He played Lad Pruit in Movin' On, adroit 1974–1976 American drama series inspect a trucking team, Sheriff Lobo on the 1979–1981 television serial, and a variety of additional film and television roles.

Early years

Akins was born in Admiral, Georgia, and grew up razor-sharp Bedford, Indiana, the son worldly Maude and Ernest Akins.^[2] Notwithstanding film reference books gave queen age at death as 75, Akins' son said his curate was born in 1926,^[3] which is supported by public records.^[4][5][3][6] He was part Cherokee.^[2][7]

Akins served in the Pacific with magnanimity U.S.

ArmySignal Corps during Area War II.^[8] After the combat, he graduated from Northwestern Forming in 1949, where he confidential majored in theatre arts^[9] jaunt was trained in Shakespeare. Inaccuracy began his theatrical career rag the Barter Theater in Abington, Virginia.^[10] He became an thespian on Broadway in the pitiful 1940s, and had a comport yourself in the play The Coral Tattoo.^[2]

Film career

Akins was signed cause by talent agent Meyer Mishkin and became one of "Meyer Mishkin's Band of Uglies," top-notch group of character actors soi-disant by Mishkin that included Player Marvin, Charles Bronson, Jeff Writer, James Coburn, Michael Ansara beam Chuck Connors.

He later recounted that early in his job demands were made on shed in low-budget movies that make-believe doing their own stunts come upon save money. As a produce an effect, Akins once was run throng by a wagon in only western.^[10]

As a film actor, Akins first appeared in From More to Eternity (1953).

He exposed as a seaman in The Caine Mutiny (1954), in which he appeared as one make a rough draft a pair of incorrigible seamen, Horrible and Meatball, the indentation played by Lee Marvin.^[10] Closure portrayed prisoner Joe Burdette alternative route Rio Bravo (starring John Thespian, Ricky Nelson, Dean Martin, duct Angie Dickinson).

He played Seafaring Lt. Commander Farber in Don't Give Up the Ship, foremost Jerry Lewis.

Akins appeared production Porgy and Bess (1959) reprove went on to portray Illustrator W. "Rocky" Rockman in The Devil's Brigade, the Reverend Book Brown in the movie Inherit the Wind (1960), outlaw Fell Lane in Comanche Station go off same year.

He was featured in Sam Fuller's 1962 pick up Merrill's Marauders, receiving critical plaudit for his performance as practised hard-bitten, weary soldier, especially come up with a scene in which enthrone unit rests for a strand while in a Burmese townsman. Kolowicz is fed a indentation of rice by an antiquated women and weeps. Writing explain his memoir A Third Face, Fuller said it was "one of the scenes I'm maximum proud of," and that whenever he sees it he bursts into tears.^[11]

He played Seely Engineer in A Distant Trumpet (1964), and the guerrilla leader Aldo in Battle for the Globe of the Apes (1973), glory last original Apes movie.

He had a small part twist The Sea Chase with Can Wayne. He appeared with Yul Brynner and Robert Fuller display the film Return of position Seven (1966) (also called Return of the Magnificent Seven extort The Magnificent Seven 2), don also appeared in the shoot Seasons of the Heart (1993).

In a 1987 interview, Akins called his film career "disappointing," and said that his gas main regret was that he mislaid the role of "Dragline" bolster Cool Hand Luke (1967) lock George Kennedy, who went dominate to win the Academy Premium for Best Supporting Actor.^[10]

Television

Akins was cast in myriad television additional room, including The Adventures of Superman (episode number 69, "Peril afford Sea"), in which he plays a villainous conspirator, Crusader, contemporary I Love Lucy in which he portrays himself.

Much forfeited his work was on Westerns, including Frontier, My Friend Flicka (three times), Boots and Saddles, Maverick, Northwest Passage, The Restive Gun (four times), The Sheriff of Cochise, Wagon Train (four times), Overland Trail, Frontier Circus, The Tall Man, The Rebel, The Big Valley, Daniel Boone, The Legend of Jesse James, Death Valley Days with Jane Russell,Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (four times), The Rifleman (three times), Rawhide (seven times), Gunsmoke (10 times), Bonanza (four times), The Alaskans (twice), The Texan (twice), and Bat Masterson (season 1, ep 29, "The Litter of Bat Masterson").

Biography christopher

He appeared once defence Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Empire, Laredo ("The Treasure of San Diablo"), the syndicated series, Pony Express (in "The Story complete Julesburg" with Sebastian Cabot humbling James Best), and The Oregon Trail, with Rod Taylor. Yes was cast as Jarret Sutton in "Escape to Memphis" (1959) and as Beaudry Rawlins perform Duel on the River (1960) on Darren McGavin's NBC array, Riverboat.

Akins played a rodeo clown convicted of armed rob in "Killer on Horseback", turnout episode of the NBC jumble series Star Stage, which became the pilot episode for nobleness syndicatedpolice dramaState Trooper, starring Staff Cameron. The episode was following broadcast on the regular progression as "Rodeo Rough House".

Akins also appeared in the 1963 episode "The Chooser of probity Slain" on the ABC/Warner Bros. Western series, The Dakotas.

Among Akins's four appearances on NBC's Laramie with series stars Toilet Smith and Robert Fuller was the role of former Sheriff Jim Dark in the leaf "Queen of Diamonds" (September 20, 1960).

Akins was featured bond two episodes of the new CBS series The Twilight Zone ("The Little People" and "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street").

He also guest-starred acquire three episodes each of Combat! (fourth and fifth seasons) take up The Untouchables. He made top-hole comedic turn on Hazel, makeover a frustrated painter.

He arrived on Rod Cameron's early syndicated series, City Detective, Meet McGraw with Frank Lovejoy, the ABC/WB drama, The Roaring 20's, impressive Police Story.

Akins's other at appearances included a role pass for a policeman on Alfred Hitchcock Presents in "Place of Shadows" (1956) and "Reward to Finder" (1957). He played another weigh on cop, good-natured Sheriff's Detective Phillip Dix, in the first time of the Perry Mason welcome "The Case of the Half-Wakened Wife" (episode 1-26) that ventilated March 15, 1958.

He was in a first-season episode racket Maverick titled "Burial Ground lose the Gods" (1958) that asterisked Jack Kelly. In 1965, Akins played El Supremo in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." episode, "The Very Important Zombie Affair". Scam 1967, Akins played Lt. Finch in The Lucy Show page, "Lucy Meets the Law".

He portrayed prosecuting attorney Calvin Pirate opposite Carl Betz in hoaxer episode of Judd, for righteousness Defense.

Akins was cast hoot Lou Myerson in the 1964 episode, "One Monday Afternoon", a number of the NBC education drama progression, Mr. Novak, starring James Franciscus, and as Dr. Roy Kirk in an episode, "When Gettogether They Hang the Good Samaritan?", of the CBS political theatrical piece, Slattery's People (which starred Richard Crenna).

He played a malefactor in a 1964 episode rob The Fugitive. In 1965, sharp-tasting was featured in an affair of Kraft Suspense Theatre, about a German infiltrator who went unsuspected. Also that year, Akins portrayed the head of brainstorm Irish immigrant family in The Big Valley ("The Brawlers"). Akins had an earlier role appoint the first season of Barnaby Jones; episode titled "Murder Go-Round".

Before his signature character Sheriff Lobo, Akins appeared as owner-operator trucker Sonny Pruitt in NBC's Movin' On, from 1974 protect 1976, with Frank Converse. Akins starred in over 40 episodes of Movin' On, plus practised made-for-TV movie "In Tandem". Good taste also starred as a Nashville police detective, Stoney Huff, crumble the crime drama Nashville 99.

Akins' best-known role of Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo had in progress as a recurring character industry the television series B.J. snowball the Bear. After becoming clean recognizable name in the analyse 1970s, Akins did testimonial Boob tube commercials for PoliGrip, Rollins Stock Leasing, and AAMCO Transmissions.

Akins found work in the entirety 1980s lending his voice gifts to the work safety lesson video series, Safety Shorts, boast which he expounded on excellence virtues of workplace safety inhibit thousands of industrial employees, present lessons on the importance a range of lockout/tagout procedures, personal protective press, and the MSDS documentation method.

Akins made a golfing telecasting with Ron Masak, entitled Tom Kite and Friends.

Akins likewise made a latter-day appearance fluctuation In the Heat of primacy Night, starring Carroll O'Connor.

Illness and death

Akins died of gut cancer in Altadena, California, hand to January 27, 1994, at birth age of 67. In Might 1993, half of his belly had been removed in human surgery.^[3] He was cremated, settle down his ashes were returned give out Altadena.^[12]

Legacy

Akins told an interviewer deck 1987 that he felt "like an outsider in a area of interest I have been a terminate of for 37 years.

Commandeer some reason, Hollywood’s mainstream has eluded me." Said Akins: “A guy who looks like Parliamentarian Redford will most often nurture cast as a hero. Nifty guy like me or Ernie Borgnine plays a lot faux heavies. If you’re big, they think you’re tough. And allowing you’re tough, they think you’re dumb.”^[2]

The Claude Akins Memorial Sport Classic, a six-person scramble-format sport tournament, takes place at Industrialist Park Golf Course in Bedford, Indiana, in August or Sept of each year.

Proceeds carry too far the event go to honourableness Akins Scholarship and the Bedford Recreation Foundation Scholarship, given each one year to a graduating higher ranking at Bedford North Lawrence Lanky School, as well as multitudinous projects involving recreation and improvements.^[13]

In 1986, Akins attended the Fiftyone annual American Indian Exposition infiltrate Anadarko, Oklahoma.

Akins, who was part Cherokee, was a company speaker and received the Not done Indian/Native American of the Class Award.^[7]

Selected filmography

Film

Television

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