Claude Akins
American actor (1926-1994) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 67
Claude Aubrey Akins was an American character actor. He played Sonny Pruit in Movin' On, a 1974-1976 American drama series about a trucking team; Sheriff Lobo on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a 1979-1981 American action comedy television series; and in a variety of other roles on television as well as in feature...
Claude Akins is read about 735 times a day, in 22 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 10 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 112 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
The CurseFilm, Nathan Crane1986
MatlockSeries, Sam Taylor
Monster in the ClosetFilm, 1986Sheriff Sam Ketchem1982
HotelSeries1977
The Love BoatSeries, Cappy
Tarantulas: The Deadly CargoFilm, 1977Bert Springer1973
Battle for the Planet of the ApesFilm, Aldo1970
A Man Called SledgeFilm, Hooker1967
MannixSeries, Sgt. Al Reardon
Waterhole #3Film, 1967Sgt. Henry Foggers1966
Mission: ImpossibleSeries
Incident at Phantom HillFilm, 1966Krausman1963
The FugitiveSeries, Ralph Simmons1962
Combat!Series, Mastin
How the West Was WonFilm, 1962Man (uncredited)1959
Don't Give Up the ShipFilm, Lt. Cmdr. Farber1958
The RiflemanSeries, Floyd Doniger
The Defiant OnesFilm, 1958Mack1957
Have Gun, Will TravelSeries, Dever1956
The Burning HillsFilm, Ben Hindeman1955
Man with the GunFilm, Jim Reedy (uncredited)1953
From Here to EternityFilm, Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited)1951
DragnetSeries1926Born25 May 1926People around Claude
Close ties
Stanley Kramer Directed The Defiant Ones and Inherit the Wind
Daniel Haller Directed The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Burt Kennedy Directed Return of the Seven (1966)
Don Siegel Produced The Killers (1964)
Norman Taurog Directed Don't Give Up the Ship and Onionhead
Carroll O'Connor Also in The Defiant Ones and The Devil's Brigade- Gordon Douglas Directed Yellowstone Kelly and Claudelle Inglish
Leslie H. Martinson Directed The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Ovidio G. Assonitis Directed Tentacles (1978)- Bruce Bilson Directed The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Angie Dickinson Also in The Killers and Rio Bravo
Frank Sinatra Produced Johnny Concho (1956)
Lee Marvin Also in The Caine Mutiny and The Raid
Lee Van Cleef Also in From Here to Eternity and Joe Dakota
James Best Also in First to Fight and The Raid
Charles McGraw Also in Joe Dakota and The Defiant Ones
John Doucette Also in The Burning Hills and The Lonely Man
Adam Williams Also in The Sea Chase and The Proud and Profane
William A. Graham Directed Waterhole No. 3 (1967)
Lawrence Dobkin Directed Nashville 99 (1970)- Howard Jackson Wrote Merrill's Marauders and Yellowstone Kelly
Stafford Repp Also in Down Three Dark Streets (1954)- Dan Curtis Directed The Norliss Tapes (1973)
Harry Shannon Also in Yellowstone Kelly and The Lonely Man
Known for
View all 40 titles
Rio Bravo 1959
Inherit the Wind 1960
From Here to Eternity 1953
The Defiant Ones 1958
The Caine Mutiny 1954
Filmography 40
244 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
He played Sonny Pruit in Movin' On, a 1974-1976 American drama series about a trucking team; Sheriff Lobo on The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a 1979-1981 American action comedy television series; and in a variety of other roles on television as well as in feature films.
