Claude Akins

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Birth Name: Claude Marion Akins

Born: 25 March 1926 Died: 27 January 1994

Country of origin: United States

Height: 6' 1"

Relationship Status: Married

Partner: Therese Fairfield

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Directed by Don Siegel (402 items)
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Guests in The Untouchables (158 items)
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Famous Guest Stars; The Big Valley (77 items)
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Famous Bonanza Guest Stars (307 items)
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Description: 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 remembered as Sheriff Lobo in the 1970s television series B. J. and the Bear, and later The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a spin-off series. Akins was born in Nelson, Georgia, and grew up in Bedford, Indiana. He served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps in World War II in Burma and the Philippines. After the war, he was a 1949 gra ... (more)