Thomas Claude Akins was born on month day 1889, at birth place, Arkansas, to John Thomas Akin(s) (Eakins) and Louisa Catherine Akin(s) (Eakins) (born (Young) (Akins) Ridenour). In "Killer on Horseback", an episode of the NBC anthology series Star Stage, his role was a rodeo clown who had convicted armed robbery. He also starred as a Nashville police detective, named Stoney Huff, in a short-lived, hour-long crime drama (cancelled after four episodes) in April 1977 called Nashville 99.
He was married to Therese Fairfield in 1952 and they have three children. Beverly Garland also appeared in the episode as Nellie Austin, a sharpshooter. In 1840 there were 31 Akins families living in New York. |
He suffered from cancer in his later years and died of the disease on January 27, 1994. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/claude-akins-35312.php, Top NBA Players With No Championship Rings, Celebrities Who Are Not In The Limelight Anymore, 20th Century Film & Theater Personalities, 20th Century American Film & Theater Personalities. (fourth and fifth seasons) and The Untouchables. After the war, he studied theatre at the Northwestern University from where he graduated in 1949. Husband of Theresa "Pie" Akins. Bedford, Indiana, hosts the Claude Akins Memorial Golf Scramble each September. Akins starred in over 40 episodes of Movin' On, plus a made-for-TV movie "In Tandem". Claude Marion Akins was a popular American character actor. Every time I get a job, I say to myself, 'You've beaten the odds.'. After the war, he graduated in 1949 from Northwestern University, where he had majored in theatre[6] and became a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. That Touch of Mink DVD $14.96 The Ghost And Mrs. Muir DVD $11.21 Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934): When Sin Ruled the Movies Book $22.95 Proceeds from the scramble fund two scholarships for graduating seniors of the local high school, Bedford-North Lawrence. He also turned in several strong cinematic performances, such as gunfighter Joe Burdette in the landmark western Rio Bravo (1959), Mack in the excellent The Defiant Ones (1958), Sgt. The film, which was directed by Fred Zinnemann, was a huge commercial and critical success. June avoided her husband for his own protection when the outlaw brothers pursued them. He played a kidnapper in a 1964 episode of The Fugitive. $4.52. Akins was featured in In the Heat of the Night, and two episodes of the original CBS series The Twilight Zone ("The Little People" and "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"). New York had the highest population of Akins families in 1840. Akins was married to Theresa Fairfield from 1952 till his death. Publicity Listings Lucy is eventually cleared of the crime when the actual redhead confesses to it. He played the main role in the comedy series ‘The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo’. Akins found work in the late 1980s lending his voice talents to the work safety instructional video series, Safety Shorts, in which he expounded the virtues of workplace safety to thousands of industrial employees, offering lessons on the importance of lockout/tagout procedures, personal protective equipment, and the MSDS documentation process. Akins' best-known role of Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo had begun as a recurring character on the television series B.J. After the war, he graduated in 1949 from Northwestern University, where he had majored in theatre[6] and became a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. John was born on July 22 1855, in Guntersville, Limestone, Alabama, United States. He also starred as a Nashville police detective, named Stoney Huff, in a short-lived, hour-long crime drama (cancelled after four episodes) in April 1977 called Nashville 99. Claude Marion Akins was an American actor who worked on stage, screen, and television. Spouse/Ex-: Therese Fairfield (m. 1952–1994). Also that year, Akins gave a memorable performance as the head of an Irish immigrant family in The Big Valley ("The Brawlers"). The tournament is a 6-person scramble format. He appeared on Rod Cameron's early syndicated series, City Detective, Meet McGraw with Frank Lovejoy, the ABC/WB drama, The Roaring 20's, and Police Story. Before his signature character Sheriff Lobo, Akins appeared as owner-operator trucker Sonny Pruitt in NBC's Movin' On, from 1974–76, with Frank Converse.
He pledged into the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at Northwestern University. ALTADENA, CALIF. -- Claude Akins, who played genial, rough-and-tumble characters in movies and on television, including Sheriff Lobo of "B.J. In 1965, Akins played El Supremo in "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." The son of a police officer, Akins never seemed short of work and appeared in nearly 100 films and 180+ TV episodes in a career spanning over 40 years.