Claude Akins: movies and TV shows
Claude Akins has 243 credits in the archive: 92 films and 151 TV series, from 1950 to 2019. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1950 – 2019 · busiest year: 1959 (28 credits)
Advertisement
Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration | Steve Brand (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 93 |
| 2018 | The Green Fog | Film | 6.1 | 92 | |
| 1994 | Twisted Fear | Detective Lucky Douglas | Film | 5.5 | 68 |
| 1993 | Seasons of the Heart | Pastor William Clay | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 1992 | Falling from Grace | Speck Parks | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 1992 | Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls | Theodore Roosevelt | Film | 5.1 | 66 |
| 1992 | Grass Roots | Sheriff Cox | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1992 | Computeritis: The High-Tech Hazard | Narrator | Film | — | 66 |
| 1991 | Eerie, Indiana | Bank Robber / Grungy Bill | TV | 7.6 | 65 |
| 1991 | The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw | President Theodore Roosevelt | Film | 4.8 | 65 |
| 1991 | Where Evil Lives | Jack Devlin | Film | 3.2 | 65 |
| 1989 | Mothers, Daughters and Lovers | Kibby | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 1988 | Pushed Too Far | Sheriff Jim Forrest | Film | 8.3 | 62 |
| 1987 | The Curse | Nathan Crane | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1986 | Matlock | Sam Taylor | TV | 7.1 | 60 |
| 1986 | Monster in the Closet | Sheriff Sam Ketchem | Film | 4.9 | 60 |
| 1986 | Pecos Bill | Grandpa / Narrator | Film | — | 60 |
| 1986 | Manhunt for Claude Dallas | Bill Pogue | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 1986 | Return of the Monster Trucks | Self / Host | Film | — | 60 |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Grandpa / Narrator | TV | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1985 | Battle of the Monster Trucks | Self / Host | Film | 2.0 | 59 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Ethan Cragg | TV | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1984 | Hunter | Andy Polanski | TV | 7.1 | 58 |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | TV | 7.2 | 58 | |
| 1984 | The Master | Trumbull | TV | 5.3 | 58 |
| 1984 | Legmen | Tom Bannon | TV | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1984 | Celebrity | Uncle Bun Luther | TV | 6.7 | 58 |
| 1984 | Master Ninja | Mr. Trumbull | Film | 4.4 | 58 |
| 1984 | The Baron and the Kid | Harley Medford | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1983 | Masquerade | Ted Kelly | TV | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1983 | Desperate Intruder | Carl | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1982 | Hotel | TV | 6.8 | 56 | |
| 1982 | Bus Stop | Sheriff Will | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 1981 | Darkroom | Ben Haskell | TV | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1979 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo | TV | 5.9 | 53 |
| 1979 | Concrete Cowboys | Woody Stone | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1979 | Ebony, Ivory and Jade | Joe Blair | Film | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1979 | Murder in Music City | Billy West | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1978 | Little Mo | Gus Berste | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1978 | B.J. and the Bear | Sheriff Lobo | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Cappy | TV | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1977 | The Oregon Trail | TV | 5.7 | 51 | |
| 1977 | Tentacles | Robards | Film | 4.6 | 51 |
| 1977 | The Rhinemann Exchange | Walter Kendall | TV | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1977 | Killer on Board | Oscar Billingham | Film | 5.9 | 51 |
| 1977 | Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | Bert Springer | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1977 | Yesterday's Child | Cliff Henley | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1977 | Nashville 99 | Det. Lt. Stonewall Jackson 'Stoney' Huff | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1976 | Kiss Me... Kill Me | Harry Grant | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1975 | Medical Story | Dr. Matthews | TV | 5.0 | 49 |
| 1975 | Medical Story | Dr. Matthews | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1975 | Eric | Stanley 'Stan' Swenson | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1975 | Timber Tramps | Matt | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | TV | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1974 | Movin' On | Sonny Pruitt | TV | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1974 | The Death Squad | Connie Brennan | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1974 | Shadow of Fear | Styran | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1974 | In Tandem | Sonny Pruitt | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Eli Rile | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1973 | Police Story | TV | 7.0 | 47 | |
| 1973 | Police Story | Sergeant R.C. Pickett | TV | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1973 | Battle for the Planet of the Apes | Aldo | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1973 | Toma | TV | 6.8 | 47 | |
| 1973 | The Norliss Tapes | Sheriff Tom Hartley | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1972 | The Rookies | TV | 6.9 | 46 | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Bob Mason | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1972 | The Night Stalker | Sheriff Warren A. Butcher | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1972 | Skyjacked | Sgt. Ben Puzo | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1971 | Cannon | TV | 6.7 | 45 | |
| 1971 | River of Mystery | Ernie Dorata | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1971 | Lock, Stock and Barrel | Punch Logan | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1970 | McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 44 | |
| 1970 | A Man Called Sledge | Hooker | Film | 6.1 | 44 |
| 1970 | Flap | Lobo Jackson | Film | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1969 | Medical Center | TV | 6.4 | 43 | |
| 1969 | The Great Bank Robbery | Slade | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1968 | The Outsider | TV | 6.0 | 42 | |
| 1968 | The Devil's Brigade | Pvt. Rocky Rockman | Film | 6.3 | 42 |
| 1967 | Mannix | Sgt. Al Reardon | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1967 | Judd, for the Defense | TV | 7.7 | 41 | |
| 1967 | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Turnbaugh | TV | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1967 | Garrison's Gorillas | TV | 8.1 | 41 | |
| 1967 | Hondo | TV | 6.9 | 41 | |
| 1967 | Waterhole #3 | Sgt. Henry Foggers | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1967 | First to Fight | Captain Mason | Film | 7.9 | 41 |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | TV | 7.6 | 40 | |
| 1966 | The Monroes | TV | 6.8 | 40 | |
| 1966 | Return of the Seven | Frank | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1966 | Ride Beyond Vengeance | Elwood Coates | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1966 | Incident at Phantom Hill | Krausman | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Ben Gambriella | TV | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Jason Peale | TV | 5.6 | 39 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Callahan | TV | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1965 | Laredo | TV | 6.4 | 39 | |
| 1965 | Branded | TV | 6.8 | 39 | |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James | Harte | TV | 5.8 | 39 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Toka | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | El Supremo | TV | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1964 | The Killers | Earl Sylvester | Film | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1964 | A Distant Trumpet | Seely Jones | Film | 5.5 | 38 |
| 1964 | The Solid Gold Girl | Deputy Sheriff Rafe Collins | Film | — | 38 |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Ralph Simmons | TV | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Sergeant Phil Henning | TV | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1963 | Mr. Novak | Lou Myerson | TV | 7.3 | 37 |
| 1963 | The Great Adventure | Father Kranz | TV | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | TV | 6.5 | 37 | |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Sheriff Jordan | TV | 7.8 | 36 |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Lieutenant Finch | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Lump | TV | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Hezekiah | TV | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1962 | Combat! | Mastin | TV | 7.8 | 36 |
| 1962 | Combat! | Rosie | TV | 7.8 | 36 |
| 1962 | Combat! | Charlie Pelton | TV | 7.8 | 36 |
| 1962 | How the West Was Won | Man (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1962 | Merrill's Marauders | Sgt. Kolowicz | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1962 | Black Gold | Chick Carrington | Film | 4.5 | 36 |
| 1961 | The Dick Powell Show | Police Lieutenant | TV | 5.7 | 35 |
| 1961 | Bus Stop | Harry Stumbo | TV | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1961 | Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon | Rake | Film | 5.8 | 35 |
| 1961 | Claudelle Inglish | S.T. Crawford | Film | 5.2 | 35 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 34 | |
| 1960 | The Tall Man | TV | 6.9 | 34 | |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Mike Hogan | TV | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Harry Lodge | TV | 6.3 | 34 |
| 1960 | Outlaws | TV | 6.7 | 34 | |
| 1960 | The Roaring 20's | TV | — | 34 | |
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind | Rev. Jeremiah Brown | Film | 7.7 | 34 |
| 1960 | Comanche Station | Ben Lane | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Marshal Emmett Dowd | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Sam Hill | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Ezekiel | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Col. Edward J. Dunwoody | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Steve Brand | TV | 8.5 | 33 |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Vince Majesky | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Jake 'Dodo' Ryan | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Karl Hansa | TV | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Clete Manson | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Karse | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Sergeant Parker | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Gus Marsdon | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Aloysius Claybank | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Jerry Boggs | TV | 7.2 | 33 |
| 1959 | The Rebel | Tom Hall | TV | 5.1 | 33 |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Jason Getty | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Sam Kayle | TV | 6.1 | 33 |
| 1959 | Laramie | TV | 6.7 | 33 | |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Jarret Sutton | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Beaudry Rawlins | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1959 | Law of the Plainsman | Sheriff Clifford Shaw | TV | 7.3 | 33 |
| 1959 | Rio Bravo | Joe Burdette | Film | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1959 | The Alaskans | TV | 6.7 | 33 | |
| 1959 | Hound-Dog Man | Hog Peyson | Film | 4.7 | 33 |
| 1959 | Yellowstone Kelly | Sergeant | Film | 6.2 | 33 |
| 1959 | Don't Give Up the Ship | Lt. Cmdr. Farber | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1959 | Porgy and Bess | Detective | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1959 | Frontier Rangers | Caleb Brandt | Film | 4.0 | 33 |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | TV | 7.1 | 32 | |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Floyd Doniger | TV | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | Jack Fontana | TV | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1958 | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Jack Kelly | TV | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Ed Bird | TV | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1958 | The Texan | TV | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer | Toby Cook | TV | 6.2 | 32 |
| 1958 | Bronco | TV | 6.0 | 32 | |
| 1958 | Steve Canyon | Sgt. Brecker | TV | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Mack | Film | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1958 | Onionhead | Poznicki | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Detective Sgt. Phillip Dix | TV | 7.7 | 31 |
| 1957 | Maverick | Paisley Briggs | TV | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Dever | TV | 7.3 | 31 |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Ralph | TV | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo | John L. Sullivan | TV | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo | John Leslie Nagel | TV | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Jefferson | TV | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Rake | TV | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Kenny Lambert | TV | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1957 | The Restless Gun | Wes Flagler | TV | 4.4 | 31 |
| 1957 | Hot Summer Night | Truck Driver | Film | 5.7 | 31 |
| 1957 | Meet McGraw | Jim Bennett | TV | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1957 | Boots and Saddles | TV | 6.7 | 31 | |
| 1957 | Joe Dakota | Aaron Grant | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1957 | The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm | Pete Logan | Film | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1957 | The Lonely Man | Blackburn | Film | 6.1 | 31 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Walker Collins | TV | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff Adam Prescott | TV | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Simmy, the Comanchero | TV | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Deputy Chuck Wagner | TV | 6.2 | 30 |
| 1956 | State Trooper | Janskey | TV | 5.7 | 30 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Manion | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1956 | The Burning Hills | Ben Hindeman | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1956 | Johnny Moccasin | Bill Ames | Film | — | 30 |
| 1956 | The Proud and Profane | Big soldier | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1956 | Battle Stations | Marty Brennan | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1956 | Johnny Concho | Lem | Film | 4.5 | 30 |
| 1956 | The Sharkfighters | Chief 'Gordy' Gordon | Film | 5.7 | 30 |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Sheriff Bob Walters | TV | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Harry | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jed Butler | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Hack | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Solis | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Ad | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Art McLane | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Sy Sherne | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Marshal Clint Tucker | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Worth Sweeney | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Howard Kane | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Sgt. Mike Harden | TV | 5.8 | 29 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Cop | TV | 7.8 | 29 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Anton Budenieff | TV | 6.0 | 29 |
| 1955 | Frontier | TV | 7.5 | 29 | |
| 1955 | My Friend Flicka | TV | 6.2 | 29 | |
| 1955 | The Sea Chase | Winkler | Film | 6.2 | 29 |
| 1955 | Man with the Gun | Jim Reedy (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 29 |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | TV | 7.5 | 28 | |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Al | TV | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny | Horrible | Film | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1954 | Down Three Dark Streets | Matty Pavelich | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1954 | The Raid | Lt. Ramsey (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Hajji Baba | Chief Executioner (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 28 |
| 1954 | Witness to Murder | Police Officer (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 28 |
| 1954 | Shield for Murder | Fat Michaels | Film | 6.7 | 28 |
| 1954 | The Human Jungle | George Mandy | Film | 5.6 | 28 |
| 1954 | Bitter Creek | Vance Morgan | Film | 6.5 | 28 |
| 1953 | You Are There | Mob participant | TV | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1953 | City Detective | TV | 7.5 | 27 | |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Pete Nemeck | TV | 8.5 | 27 |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Matt Malone | TV | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Carl Hodges | TV | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Robert Wilson | TV | 6.6 | 27 |
| 1953 | From Here to Eternity | Sgt. 'Baldy' Dhom (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Badge | TV | 6.3 | 27 | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Steve Crawford | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Duke Williams | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Dave Blackby | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Ace Miller | TV | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Claude Akins (uncredited) | TV | 7.9 | 25 |
| 1951 | Dragnet | TV | 6.5 | 25 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Stanley Swensen | TV | 8.8 | 25 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Gus Garner | TV | 7.2 | 25 |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | TV | 7.2 | 25 | |
| 1950 | The Bob Hope Show | Self | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Mandy | TV | 6.7 | 24 |