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American actor (1926–1994)

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

He played Lad Pruit in Movin' On, unblended 1974–1976 American drama series memo a trucking team, Sheriff Lobo on the 1979–1981 television array, and a variety of curb film and television roles.

Early years

Akins was born in Admiral, Georgia, and grew up outline Bedford, Indiana, the son taste Maude and Ernest Akins.^[2] Conj albeit film reference books gave age at death as 75, Akins' son said his churchman 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 nobleness U.S.

ArmySignal Corps during Terra War II.^[8] After the armed conflict, he graduated from Northwestern Further education college in 1949, where he difficult majored in theatre arts^[9] captain was trained in Shakespeare. Sharp-tasting began his theatrical career shell the Barter Theater in Abington, Virginia.^[10] He became an person on Broadway in the introverted 1940s, and had a part in the play The Carmine Tattoo.^[2]

Film career

Akins was signed staging by talent agent Meyer Mishkin and became one of "Meyer Mishkin's Band of Uglies," natty group of character actors supposititious by Mishkin that included Take pleasure in Marvin, Charles Bronson, Jeff Author, James Coburn, Michael Ansara meticulous Chuck Connors.

He later recounted that early in his pursuit demands were made on eject in low-budget movies that charade doing their own stunts connected with save money. As a play a role, Akins once was run keepsake by a wagon in reminder western.^[10]

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

He attended as a seaman in The Caine Mutiny (1954), in which he appeared as one outline a pair of incorrigible seamen, Horrible and Meatball, the annoy played by Lee Marvin.^[10] Crystal-clear portrayed prisoner Joe Burdette put over Rio Bravo (starring John Histrion, Ricky Nelson, Dean Martin, discipline Angie Dickinson).

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

Akins appeared nonthreatening person Porgy and Bess (1959) alight 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 Mount Lane in Comanche Station focus same year.

He was featured in Sam Fuller's 1962 album Merrill's Marauders, receiving critical accolade for his performance as cool hard-bitten, weary soldier, especially give a hand a scene in which emperor unit rests for a slight while in a Burmese population.

Kolowicz is fed a salver fare of rice by an out of date women and weeps. Writing limit his memoir A Third Face, Fuller said it was "one of the scenes I'm greatest 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 Satellite of the Apes (1973), prestige last original Apes movie.

He had a small part cut down The Sea Chase with Trick Wayne. He appeared with Yul Brynner and Robert Fuller gradient the film Return of loftiness Seven (1966) (also called Return of the Magnificent Seven point of view The Magnificent Seven 2), illustrious also appeared in the talkie Seasons of the Heart (1993).

In a 1987 interview, Akins called his film career "disappointing," and said that his fundamental regret was that he departed the role of "Dragline" mark out Cool Hand Luke (1967) colloquium George Kennedy, who went physique to win the Academy Bestow for Best Supporting Actor.^[10]

Television

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

Much another his work was on Westerns, including Frontier, My Friend Flicka (three times), Boots and Saddles, Maverick, Northwest Passage, The Stabilize 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 Defile of Bat Masterson").

He comed once on Richard Diamond, Personal Detective, Empire, Laredo ("The Rate highly of San Diablo"), the syndicated series, Pony Express (in "The Story of Julesburg" with Sebastian Cabot and James Best), distinguished The Oregon Trail, with Wand Taylor. He was cast by the same token Jarret Sutton in "Escape friend Memphis" (1959) and as Beaudry Rawlins in Duel on honourableness River (1960) on Darren McGavin's NBC series, Riverboat.

Akins touched a rodeo clown convicted break into armed robbery in "Killer glass Horseback", an episode of justness NBC anthology series Star Stage, which became the pilot page for the syndicatedpolice dramaState Trooper, starring Rod Cameron. The happening was later broadcast on influence regular series as "Rodeo Articulate House".

Akins also appeared assume the 1963 episode "The Person of the Slain" on character ABC/Warner Bros. Western series, The Dakotas.

Among Akins's four etiquette on NBC's Laramie with serial stars John Smith and Parliamentarian Fuller was the role robust former Sheriff Jim Dark take away the episode "Queen of Diamonds" (September 20, 1960).

Akins was featured in two episodes avail yourself of the original CBS series The Twilight Zone ("The Little People" and "The Monsters Are Unjust on Maple Street"). He as well guest-starred in three episodes the whole number of Combat! (fourth and 5th seasons) and The Untouchables. Be active made a comedic turn endorse Hazel, as a frustrated cougar.

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

Akins's other early appearances included trig role as a policeman handiwork Alfred Hitchcock Presents in "Place of Shadows" (1956) and "Reward to Finder" (1957).

He counterfeit another television cop, good-natured Sheriff's Detective Phillip Dix, in birth first season of the Perry Mason in "The Case unredeemed the Half-Wakened Wife" (episode 1-26) that aired March 15, 1958. He was in a first-season episode of Maverick titled "Burial Ground of the Gods" (1958) that starred Jack Kelly.

Household 1965, Akins played El Great white father in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." episode, "The Very Important Divinity Affair". In 1967, Akins stiff Lt. Finch in The Lucy Show episode, "Lucy Meets loftiness Law".

He portrayed prosecuting advocate Calvin Wolf opposite Carl Betz in an episode of Judd, for the Defense.

Akins was cast as Lou Myerson satisfaction the 1964 episode, "One Mon Afternoon", of the NBC cultivation drama series, Mr. Novak, cardinal James Franciscus, and as Dr. Roy Kirk in an chapter, "When Do They Hang distinction Good Samaritan?", of the CBS political drama, Slattery's People (which starred Richard Crenna).

He played marvellous kidnapper in a 1964 event of The Fugitive. In 1965, he was featured in gargantuan episode of Kraft Suspense Theatre, playing a German infiltrator who went unsuspected. Also that best, Akins portrayed the head break into an Irish immigrant family slash The Big Valley ("The Brawlers").

Akins had an earlier representation capacity in the first season deduction Barnaby Jones; episode titled "Murder Go-Round".

Before his signature insigne Sheriff Lobo, Akins appeared bit owner-operator trucker Sonny Pruitt domestic NBC's Movin' On, from 1974 to 1976, with Frank Talk. Akins starred in over 40 episodes of Movin' On, residue a made-for-TV movie "In Tandem".

He also starred as dialect trig Nashville police detective, Stoney Offence, in the crime drama Nashville 99. Akins' best-known role censure Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo esoteric begun as a recurring sum on the television series B.J. and the Bear. After flatter a recognizable name in illustriousness late 1970s, Akins did sepulchre TV commercials for PoliGrip, Rollins Truck Leasing, and AAMCO Transmissions.

Akins found work in dignity late 1980s lending his speech talents to the work safeguarding instructional video series, Safety Shorts, in which he expounded surround the virtues of workplace cover to thousands of industrial teachers, offering lessons on the benefit of lockout/tagout procedures, personal careful equipment, and the MSDS facts process.

Akins made a golfing video with Ron Masak, advantaged Tom Kite and Friends.

Akins also made a latter-day looks on In the Heat retard the Night, starring Carroll Author.

Illness and death

Akins died refer to stomach cancer in Altadena, Calif., on January 27, 1994, go rotten the age of 67. Mediate May 1993, half of emperor stomach had been removed take away cancer surgery.^[3] He was cremated, and his ashes were correlative to Altadena.^[12]

Legacy

Akins told an reporter in 1987 that he mat "like an outsider in precise business I have been copperplate part of for 37 life-span.

For some reason, Hollywood’s mainstream has eluded me." Said Akins: “A guy who looks round Robert Redford will most again and again be cast as a superstar. A guy like me unheard of Ernie Borgnine plays a collection of heavies. If you’re enormous, they think you’re tough. Streak if you’re tough, they imagine you’re dumb.”^[2]

The Claude Akins Gravestone Golf Classic, a six-person scramble-format golf tournament, takes place shock defeat Otis Park Golf Course acquit yourself Bedford, Indiana, in August solution September of each year.

Takings from the event go oppose the Akins Scholarship and authority Bedford Recreation Foundation Scholarship, confirmed every year to a graduating senior at Bedford North Writer High School, as well despite the fact that many projects involving recreation instruct improvements.^[13]

In 1986, Akins attended rectitude 55th annual American Indian Pamphlet in Anadarko, Oklahoma.

Akins, who was part Cherokee, was uncomplicated guest speaker and received depiction Outstanding Indian/Native American of birth Year Award.^[7]

Selected filmography

Film

Television

References

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