Word Of Honor, October 1, 1955 - Written by Charles
Marquis Warren, Story by John Meston, Directed by Charles Marquis Warren,
Guest Cast: Robert Middleton, Claude Akins
Marked Man, September 1, 1956 Guest Cast: Robert
Middleton, Claude Akins, Ray Boyle, Will Wright
Greater Love, December 1, 1956 Written by John
Meston, Directed by Ted Post, Guest Cast: Claude Akins, Ray Bennett, Amzie
Strickland
The Cabin, February 22, 1958 Written by John Meston,
Directed by John Rich, Guest Cast: Dean Stanton, Claude Akins, Patricia
Barry
He Learned About Women, February 24, 1962 Written
by John Meston, Story by John Rosser, Directed by Tay Garnett, Guest Cast:
Barbara Luna, Robert J. Wilke, Claude Akins, Ted de Corsia, Miriam Colon
The Way It Is, December 1, 1962 Written by Kathleen
Hite, Story by Frank Paris, Directed by Harry Harris, Guest Cast: Claude
Akins, Garry Walberg, Virginia Lewis, Duane Grey
Innocence, December 12, 1964 Written by John Meston,
Directed by Harry Harris, Guest Cast: Bethel Leslie, Michael Forest, Claude
Akins, Jason Evers, Jacqie Shelton, Lee Krieger, Ric Roman
Guilt Built, May 1, 1965 Written by Gustave Field,
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy, Assistant Director Robert L. Rosen, Guest
Cast: Betty Hutton, Claude Akins, Billy Bowles, John Hubbard, Jonathan
Kidd, Ollie O'Toole, Jan Peters, Eddie Hice, Tom McCauley
Snap Decision, September 17, 1966 Written by Kichard
Carr, Directed by Mark Rydell, Guest Cast: Claude Akins, Michael Strong,
Michael Cole, Sam Gilman, Orville Sherman
Ladies From St. Louis, March 25, 1967 Written by
Clyde Ware, Directed by Irving Moore, Guest Cast: Claude Akins, Josephine
Hutchinson, Aneta Corsault, Kelly Jean Peters, Henry Darrow, Venita Wolf,
Lois Roberts, Vic Tayback, Ralph Roberts, John Carter, Lew Brown, Ted
Jordan
The Predators, January 31, 1972 Written by Calvin
Clements, Directed by Bernard McEveety, Guest Cast: Claude Akins, Jacqueline
Scott, Jodie Foster, Brian Morrison, George Murdoch |
Claude Akins was born in Nelson, Georgia. Here are his movies: 1953
movie From Here to Eternity as Dhom. 1954 : Shield for Murder as Fat Michaels,
The Human Jungle as Mandy, Bitter Creek as Vance Morgan, The Caine Mutiny
as Horrible, Down Three Dark Streets as Matty Pavelich and The Raid as
Lt. Ramsey. 1955 he played Winkler in the movie The Sea Chase. In 1956
he was in more five movies: The Sharkfighters as Chief Gordon, The Proud
and Profane, The Burning Hills as Ben Hindeman, Johnny Concho as Lem and
Battle Stations as Marty Brennan. In 1957 he appeared in: The Kettles
on Old MacDonald's Farm as Pete Logan, Joe Dakota as Aaron Grant, Hot
Summer Night as the truck driver and The Lonely Man as Blackburn. In 1958
he played the role of Poznicki in the movie Onionhead and he was Mack
in the movie The Defiant Ones. 1959 : Porgy and Bess as a detective, Hound-Dog
Man as Hog Peyson, Don't Give Up the Ship as Comdr. Farber, Rio Bravo
as Joe Burdett and Yellowstone Kelly as the sergeant. In 1960 he was Ben
Lane in the movie Comanche Station and Reverend Jeremiah Brown in the
Stanley Kubrick movie Inherit the Wind. 1961: Gunfight in Black Horse
Canyon and S. T. Crawford in the movie Young and Eager.1962 we saw him
in the movie Merrill's Marauders as Sergeant Kolowicz and in 1963 we saw
him in the movie Black Gold as Chick Carrington. In 1964 he played Seely
Jones in the movie A Distant Trumpet; Earl Sylvester in the movie The
Killers and in 1965 he played the role of Cotton Buckmeister in the series
"Laredo". 1966Return of the Seven as Frank, also that year we
saw him in the movie Incident at Phantom Hill as Krausman and one more
movie we saw him in in 1966 was Ride Beyond Vengeance as Elwood Coates.
In 1967 Capt. Mason in the movie First to Fight and also that year he
played Sergeant Foggers in the movie Waterhole #3. In 1968 he played the
role of Pvt. Rocky Rockman in the movie The Devil's Brigade and in 1969
he played Blade in the movie The Great Bank Robbery. 1970 he was Punck
Logan in Lock, Stock and Barrel, also that year he played the hooker in
the movie A Man Called Sledge and one more role he played in 1970 was
Lobo Jackson in the movie Flap. In 1971 we saw him in The Night Stalker
as Sheriff Warren Butcher, also that year we saw him in River of Mystery
as Ernie and in 1972 we saw him in the movie Skyjacked as Sgt. Ben Puzo.
In 1973 he appeared in the movie Timber Tramps, also that year he had
a part in The Norliss Tapes and one more movie we saw him in in 1973 was
Battle for the Planet of the Apes as Aldo. In 1974 he had a part in In
Tandem, also that year he appeared in The Death Squad and one more thing
he did in 1974 was joining the cast of the series "Movin' On"
as Sonny Pruett for two years. While he was in the series he also played
Doctor Matthews in Medical Story in 1975, also that year he was Stan Swensen
in Eric and in 1976 he played the role of Harry Grant in Kiss Me ... Kill
Me. In 1977 he appeared in six things: Yesterday's Child as Cliff Henley,
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo as Bert Springer, the mini drama "The
Rhinemann Exchange" as Walter Kendall, the series "Nashville
99" as Police Lt. Stoney Huff, the movie Tentacles as Capt. Robards
and Killer on Board as the captain. In 1978 he played Gus Berste in Little
Mo and also that year he had a part in BJ and the Bear. In 1979 we saw
him in four other things: Murder in Music City, The Concrete Cowboys,
the series "Lobo" as Sheriff Elroy S. Lobo for three years and
the series "B.J. and the Bear" again in the role of Sheriff
Lobo. While he was in this series he also appeared in Ebony, Ivory and
Jade in 1980 and after he left his role as the sheriff we saw him again
in 1983 in Desperate Intruder. In 1984 he appeared in another four things:
the movie Master Ninja I as Mr. Trumbull, , the mini drama "Celebrity"
as Uncle Bun Luther and the series "Legmen" as Tom Bannon. In
1986 he played Sheriff Sam Ketchem in the movie Monster in the Closet,
also that year he was Bill Pogue in Manhunt for Claude Dallas and one
more role he played in 1986 was Tom Fitzpatrick in the mini drama "Dream
West". In 1987 we saw him in the movie The Curse as Nathan Hayes,
also that year we saw him in If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium
as Mo Wyshocki and in 1989 we saw him in Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
as Kibby. In 1991 he played Teddy Roosevelt in the movie Incident at Victoria
Falls and also that year he was President Roosevelt in The Gambler Returns:
The Luck of the Draw. After he left OLTL he played Speck Parks in the
movie Falling from Grace and also that year he had a part in Grass Roots.
Claude Akins appeared in numerous TV shows, including I Love Lucy and,
of course, Gunsmoke. He died in January 27th 1994 from cancer in Altadena,
California, USA |