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Claude Aubrey Akins was an American character actor with a long career on stage, screen, and television. He was best known as Sheriff Lobo on the 1979-1981 television series B. J. and the Bear, and later The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a spin-off series.
Birth Name
Claude Marion Akins
Born
Tuesday, 25 May 1926
Died
Thursday, 27 January 1994
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Green Fog | Sheriff Sam Ketchem | 2018 |
| Twisted Fear | Detective Lucky Douglas | 1994 |
| Seasons of the Heart | Pastor William Clay | 1993 |
| Hollywood Beat | Self - guest | 1993 |
| Grass Roots | Sheriff / Sheriff Cox | 1992 |
| Falling from Grace | Speck Parks | 1992 |
| Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Theodore Roosevelt | 1992 |
| The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | President Theodore Roosevelt / Teddy Roosevelt | 1991 |
| Eerie, Indiana | Grungy Bill | 1991 |
| Where Evil Lives | Jack Devlin | 1991 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Green Fog | Sheriff Sam Ketchem | 2018 |
| Twisted Fear | Detective Lucky Douglas | 1994 |
| Seasons of the Heart | Pastor William Clay | 1993 |
| Hollywood Beat | Self - guest | 1993 |
| Grass Roots | Sheriff / Sheriff Cox | 1992 |
| Falling from Grace | Speck Parks | 1992 |
| Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Theodore Roosevelt | 1992 |
| The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | President Theodore Roosevelt / Teddy Roosevelt | 1991 |
| Eerie, Indiana | Grungy Bill | 1991 |
| Where Evil Lives | Jack Devlin | 1991 |
| In the Heat of the Night | Benjamin Sloan | 1988 |
| The Curse | Nathan / Nathan Crane | 1987 |
| If It's Tuesday, It Still Must Be Belgium | Mo Wyshocki | 1987 |
| Manhunt for Claude Dallas | Bill Pogue | 1986 |
| Monster in the Closet | Sheriff Sam Ketchem | 1986 |
| Dream West | Tom Fitzpatrick | 1986 |
| Matlock | Sam Taylor | 1986 |
| Tall Tales & Legends | Grandpa / Narrator | 1985 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Captain Ethan Cragg | 1984 |
| Hunter | Andy Polanski | 1984 |
| Master Ninja | Mr. Trumbull | 1984 |
| Celebrity | Uncle Bun Luther | 1984 |
| The New Mike Hammer | Charlie Doureay | 1984 |
| Legmen | Tom Bannon | 1984 |
| The Master | Mr. Trumbull | 1984 |
| The Baron and the Kid | Harley Medford | 1984 |
| Masquerade | Ted Kelly | 1983 |
| Hotel | Tyler Evans / Joe Lindstrom | 1982 |
| Darkroom | Bert Haskell | 1981 |
| The Way They Were | 1981 | |
| The Concrete Cowboys | Woody Stone | 1979 |
| Ramblin'Man | Woody Stone | 1979 |
| The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo | 1979 |
| Ebony, Ivory and Jade | Joe Blair | 1979 |
| The Country Western Murders | Billy West | 1979 |
| B.J. and the Bear | Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo / Sheriff Lobo | 1978 |
| Little Mo | Gus Berste | 1978 |
| Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | Bert Springer | 1977 |
| Killer on Board | Oscar Billingham | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | Cappy / Colonel Maddox | 1977 |
| Nashville 99 | Det. Lt. Stonewall Huff / Lt. Stoney Huff / Det. Lt. Stonewall Jackson 'Stoney' Huff | 1977 |
| The Rhinemann Exchange | Walter Kendall | 1977 |
| Tentacles | Sheriff Robards | 1977 |
| Yesterday's Child | Cliff Henley | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Calvin Pearson | 1977 |
| The Oregon Trail | Lemus Harker | 1976 |
| The Timber Tramps | Matt | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Movin' On | Sonny Pruitt | 1974 |
| The Death Squad | Connie Brennan | 1974 |
| Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Aldo | 1973 |
| Toma | Bernie Travlos | 1973 |
| Police Story | Ken Shaner / Officer Charles Stacy / Sergeant R.C. Pickett | 1973 |
| The Norliss Tapes | Sheriff Tom Hartley | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Eli Rile | 1973 |
| Hec Ramsey | Marshal Bert McCabe | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Bob Mason | 1972 |
| Skyjacked | Sgt. Ben Puzo | 1972 |
| The Rookies | Buck Sanborn | 1972 |
| The Night Stalker | Sheriff Butcher / Sheriff Warren A. Butcher | 1972 |
| River of Mystery | Ernie Dorata | 1971 |
| McMillan & Wife | Freddie O'Neal | 1971 |
| Cannon | Lt. Bill Blaine | 1971 |
| Longstreet | Flecker | 1971 |
| Flap | Lobo Jackson | 1970 |
| A Man Called Sledge | Hooker | 1970 |
| McCloud | Sheriff Floyd Bevins | 1970 |
| Love, American Style | Fizik (segment "Love and the First Kiss") | 1969 |
| The Great Bank Robbery | Slade | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Williams | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Jim Randall | 1969 |
| The Outsider | Detective Keller | 1968 |
| The Devil's Brigade | Pvt. Rocky Rockman | 1968 |
| Waterhole #3 | Sgt. Henry Foggers / MSgt. Henry J. Foggers | 1967 |
| Mannix | Sgt. Al Reardon | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Calvin Wolf | 1967 |
| The Guns of Will Sonnett | Turnbaugh | 1967 |
| Hondo | Brock | 1967 |
| Garrison's Gorillas | Col. Pryor | 1967 |
| First to Fight | Captain Mason / Capt. Mason | 1967 |
| Return of the Seven | Frank | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Sam Hibbing | 1966 |
| The Monroes | Bud Chapel | 1966 |
| Incident at Phantom Hill | Krausman / Otto Krausman | 1966 |
| Ride Beyond Vengeance | Elwood Coates | 1966 |
| The Trials of O'Brien | Glen Daley | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Jason Peale / Ben Gambriella | 1965 |
| Laredo | Cotton Buckmeister | 1965 |
| The Big Valley | Callahan | 1965 |
| A Man Called Shenandoah | Fordy Brown | 1965 |
| The Legend of Jesse James | Harte | 1965 |
| Branded | Ned Travis | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | Toka | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | El Supremo | 1964 |
| Slattery's People | Dr. Roy Kirk | 1964 |
| The Killers | Earl Sylvester | 1964 |
| A Distant Trumpet | Seely Jones | 1964 |
| Destry | Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Sergeant Phil Henning | 1963 |
| The Great Adventure | Father Kranz | 1963 |
| Mr. Novak | Lou Myerson | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Ralph Simmons | 1963 |
| How the West Was Won | Man | 1962 |
| Combat! | Rosie / Mastin / Charlie Pelton | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| The Lucy Show | Lt. Finch | 1962 |
| Empire | Joe Horvath | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Sheriff Jordan | 1962 |
| Wide Country | Bullriver | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Lump / Hezekiah | 1962 |
| Black Gold | Chick Carrington | 1962 |
| The Dakotas | Tom Doucette | 1962 |
| Merrill's Marauders | Sgt. Kolowicz | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Actor / Himself - Co-Host | 1961 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Capt. Michael 'Gunner' Lujack | 1961 |
| Gunfight at Black Horse Canyon | Rake | 1961 |
| Frontier Circus | Powcheek | 1961 |
| Bus Stop | Harry Stumbo | 1961 |
| Hazel | Milwaukee Ames | 1961 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | Police Lieutenant | 1961 |
| Claudelle Inglish | S.T. Crawford | 1961 |
| The Roaring 20's | Mitch Mitchell / Capt. Maples | 1960 |
| Klondike | John Conrad | 1960 |
| Route 66 | Cam Bludge | 1960 |
| Surfside 6 | Mike Hogan / Harry Lodge | 1960 |
| Outlaws | Sgt. Ben Thompson | 1960 |
| Dan Raven | Sarge | 1960 |
| The Tall Man | Dan Rees | 1960 |
| Inherit the Wind | Rev. Jeremiah Brown | 1960 |
| Pony Express | 1960 | |
| Overland Trail | Jumbo | 1960 |
| Comanche Station | Ben Lane | 1960 |
| Hound-Dog Man | Hog Peyson | 1959 |
| Yellowstone Kelly | Sergeant | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Sam Kayle | 1959 |
| The Alaskans | Constable Watts | 1959 |
| The Rebel | Tom Hall | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Cmdr. William Fletcher / Steve Brand | 1959 |
| Law of the Plainsman | Sheriff Clifford Shaw | 1959 |
| Laramie | Britt Walker / Jim Dark / Sgt. Maj. Tom Cole / Sheriff Tyler Shaw | 1959 |
| Riverboat | Beaudry Rawlins / Jarret Sutton | 1959 |
| The Deputy | Jason Getty | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Sam Hill / Marshal Emmett Dowd / Ezekiel / Col. Edward J. Dunwoody | 1959 |
| Don't Give Up the Ship | Lt. Cmdr. Farber | 1959 |
| Porgy and Bess | Detective | 1959 |
| Rio Bravo | Joe Burdette | 1959 |
| The Untouchables | Jake 'Dodo' Ryan / Karl Hansa / Vince Majesky | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Aloysius Claybank / Clete Manson / Gus Marsdon / Jerry Boggs / Jim Lark / Karse / Sergeant Parker | 1959 |
| Frontier Rangers | Caleb Brandt | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Ed Bird | 1958 |
| Bat Masterson | Jack Fontana | 1958 |
| Yancy Derringer | Toby Cook | 1958 |
| Onionhead | Poznicki | 1958 |
| The Rifleman | Tom Benton / Floyd Doniger / Bletch Droshek | 1958 |
| The Texan | Clay Fallon | 1958 |
| Bronco | Dirk Baggot | 1958 |
| Northwest Passage | Calib Brandt | 1958 |
| Steve Canyon | Sgt. Brecker | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Jack Kelly | 1958 |
| The Defiant Ones | Mack | 1958 |
| Shirley Temple's Storybook | Peg-leg the Pirate | 1958 |
| Joe Dakota | Aaron Grant | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Lex Springer / Matt Pierce / Rafe Marlowe / Wes Flagler | 1957 |
| Maverick | Paisley Briggs | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Detective Sgt. Phillip Dix | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Will Cotrell / Wes Varney / Rich Tacker / Garth Redmond | 1957 |
| Have Gun - Will Travel | Dever | 1957 |
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Kenny Lambert | 1957 |
| The Lonely Man | Blackburn | 1957 |
| The Adventures of McGraw | Jim Bennett | 1957 |
| The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm | Pete Logan | 1957 |
| The Silent Service | Torpedoman Frank Herndon | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Fred Ellis | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Jefferson / John L. Sullivan / John Leslie Nagel / Rake / Ralph | 1957 |
| Hot Summer Night | Truck Driver | 1957 |
| Whirlybirds | Reporter Bronson / Roger Bronson | 1957 |
| The Sharkfighters | Chief 'Gordy' Gordon | 1956 |
| Zane Grey Theatre | Deputy Chuck Wagner / Sheriff Adam Prescott / Simmy, the Comanchero / Walker Collins | 1956 |
| The Sheriff of Cochise | Harry Clegg | 1956 |
| The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Miciah 'Big' Hart / Manion | 1956 |
| The Burning Hills | Ben Hindeman | 1956 |
| Johnny Concho | Lem | 1956 |
| The Proud and Profane | 1956 | |
| State Trooper | Janskey | 1956 |
| Battle Stations | Marty Brennan | 1956 |
| Man with the Gun | Jim Reedy | 1955 |
| Crusader | Swain / Glenn | 1955 |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Anton Budenieff | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Cop | 1955 |
| My Friend Flicka | August Hoskins / Keenak / Matt Scott | 1955 |
| Frontier | Bud | 1955 |
| Cheyenne | Sheriff Bob Walters | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Ad / Art McLane / Hack / Harry / Howard Kane / Jed Butler / Marshal Clint Tucker / Solis / Sy Sherne / Worth Sweeney | 1955 |
| Star Stage | Henley, the Rodeo Clown | 1955 |
| Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre | Frank Hedley / Joe Doby | 1955 |
| The Sea Chase | Winkler | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Sgt. Mike Harden | 1955 |
| TV Reader's Digest | Casco / Dupont | 1955 |
| Soldiers of Fortune | Jonu | 1955 |
| The Adventures of Hajji Baba | Chief Executioner's Aide | 1954 |
| The Lineup | Ed Long / Roy Gilman | 1954 |
| The Human Jungle | George Mandy | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Jed Evans / Al / Martin | 1954 |
| Medic | Dr. Ralph Vincente | 1954 |
| Down Three Dark Streets | Matty Pavelich | 1954 |
| Shield for Murder | Fat Michaels | 1954 |
| The Raid | Lt. Ramsey | 1954 |
| The Caine Mutiny | Seaman Lugatch aka 'Horrible' / Horrible | 1954 |
| Witness to Murder | Police Officer | 1954 |
| Bitter Creek | Vance Morgan - Henchman | 1954 |
| The Man Behind the Badge | Frederick John 'Freddie' Webster / Tony | 1953 |
| Colonel Humphrey Flack | Rikkio | 1953 |
| The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Carl / Pete Nemeck / Saracki | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Robert Wilson / Carl Hodges / Matt Malone | 1953 |
| City Detective | Hardy | 1953 |
| From Here to Eternity | Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Dave Blackby / Duke Williams / Steve Crawford | 1953 |
| You Are There | Fireman / Lewis Paine / Mob participant | 1953 |
| Adventures of Superman | Ace Miller | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Caleb Luck | 1952 |
| Dragnet | Ellis / Sgt. Jack McCreadie | 1951 |
| I Love Lucy | Claude Akins | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Gus Garner | 1951 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Mandy | 1950 |
| Fireside Theatre | John West | 1949 |
