Tom Atkins: movies and TV shows
Tom Atkins has 100 credits in the archive: 60 films and 40 TV series, from 1953 to 2022. Highest rated: Homicide: Life on the Street (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2022 · busiest year: 1982 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | In Search of Darkness: Part III | Self | Film | 7.5 | 86 |
| 2020 | In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self | Film | 7.7 | 84 |
| 2020 | Polybius | Sheriff Atkins | Film | — | 84 |
| 2019 | Creepshow | Frank (segment "Something Burrowed, Something Blue") | TV | 7.4 | 83 |
| 2019 | City on a Hill | Joe Congemi | TV | 7.3 | 83 |
| 2019 | In Search of Darkness | Self | Film | 7.5 | 83 |
| 2019 | Trick | Talbott | Film | 5.8 | 83 |
| 2018 | Encounter | Professor Herbert Westlake | Film | 4.2 | 82 |
| 2015 | Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini | Self | Film | 6.6 | 79 |
| 2014 | Apocalypse Kiss | Captain John Vogle | Film | 3.2 | 78 |
| 2014 | Judy's Dead | Roy | Film | — | 78 |
| 2013 | Fantasm | Self | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2012 | Stand Alone: The Making of Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Self | Film | 7.5 | 76 |
| 2011 | Drive Angry | Cap | Film | 5.5 | 75 |
| 2010 | The Chief | Art Rooney | Film | — | 74 |
| 2009 | My Bloody Valentine | Burke | Film | 5.6 | 73 |
| 2009 | Amazing Racer | Captain Martin | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 2009 | Trapped | Detective Abbott | Film | 1.0 | 73 |
| 2007 | Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow' | Self | Film | 6.2 | 71 |
| 2006 | Halloween: 25 Years of Terror | Self | Film | 6.9 | 70 |
| 2004 | The Jury | Boyd Kingman | TV | 9.0 | 68 |
| 2002 | Turn of Faith | Charlie Ryan | Film | 3.7 | 66 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Roy Monahan | TV | 7.6 | 65 |
| 2001 | Out of the Black | Eugene Carter | Film | 4.5 | 65 |
| 2000 | Bruiser | Det. McCleary | Film | 5.5 | 64 |
| 1999 | The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads | Cmdr. Alex Diehl | Film | 7.6 | 63 |
| 1996 | The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... | Cmdr. Alex Diehl | Film | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1996 | Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story | Henry Hart | Film | 7.1 | 60 |
| 1995 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Atrius | TV | 7.6 | 59 |
| 1994 | Fortune Hunter | Richard Bennet | TV | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Grenville Rollins | TV | 8.1 | 57 |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Wade | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1993 | Striking Distance | Uncle Fred | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 1993 | Sworn to Vengeance | Ed Barry | Film | 4.5 | 57 |
| 1992 | What She Doesn't Know | Roy | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Dr. Caleb Mneck | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1991 | Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann | Jamieson | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1990 | Two Evil Eyes | Det. Grogan | Film | 6.1 | 54 |
| 1990 | Against the Law | Walter Littlefield | TV | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1990 | Kojak: Flowers For Matty | Lt. Ian Conner | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1989 | Dead Man Out | Berger | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1989 | The Heist | Det. Leland | Film | 4.9 | 53 |
| 1988 | Maniac Cop | Frank McCrae | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1988 | Lemon Sky | Douglas | Film | 7.6 | 52 |
| 1987 | Lethal Weapon | Michael Hunsaker | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1987 | A Stranger Waits | Sheriff Collier | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1987 | The Equalizer - The Movie: Blood & Wine | Detective Frank Standish | Film | 8.7 | 51 |
| 1986 | Night of the Creeps | Det. Ray Cameron | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1986 | Blind Justice | Kramer | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Demonstrator | TV | 7.1 | 49 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Detective Frank Standish | TV | 7.1 | 49 |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Police Lieutenant | TV | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | Hatch | TV | 6.9 | 49 |
| 1985 | Stingray | Donald Dixon | TV | 7.2 | 49 |
| 1985 | The New Kids | Col. John MacWilliams | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1983 | Masquerade | Agent John | TV | 7.5 | 47 |
| 1983 | Murder Me, Murder You | Jack Vance | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1983 | The Mississippi | Kenyon | TV | 6.7 | 47 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Douglas | TV | 6.6 | 46 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Bob Lonnicker | TV | 5.7 | 46 |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Phil Parker / Tommy D'Amico | TV | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1982 | Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Daniel Challis | Film | 5.2 | 46 |
| 1982 | Creepshow | Stan (segments "Prologue" / "Epilogue") (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1982 | Desperate Lives | John Cameron | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1982 | Skeezer | Dr. Chanless | Film | 10.0 | 46 |
| 1981 | Escape from New York | Rehme | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 1980 | The Fog | Nick Castle | Film | 6.7 | 44 |
| 1980 | The Ninth Configuration | Sgt. Krebs | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1980 | Skag | Dr. Moscone | Film | — | 44 |
| 1980 | Power | Buck Buchanan | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1978 | A Death in Canaan | Lt. Bragdon | Film | 5.3 | 42 |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Jim Bronsky | TV | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Dr Sorensen | TV | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1977 | Lou Grant | Frank Dunning | TV | 7.3 | 41 |
| 1977 | Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | Buddy | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1977 | Standing Room Only | Craigin | TV | — | 41 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | John Todd | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1976 | Quincy, M.E. | Gene Butler | TV | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1976 | Visions | Robert Dayka | TV | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1976 | Special Delivery | Cop on Beat | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1976 | Serpico | Tom Sullivan | TV | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1976 | Serpico: The Deadly Game | Lt. Tom Sullivan | Film | 9.0 | 40 |
| 1975 | Baretta | Vic | TV | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1975 | Shell Game | Stoker Frye | Film | 4.5 | 39 |
| 1975 | Miles To Go Before I Sleep | O'Dell | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Alex Diel | TV | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Thomas Diehl | TV | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1974 | Rhoda | Vic Rhodes | TV | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1974 | Harry O | Sgt. Frank Cole | TV | 5.2 | 38 |
| 1974 | Get Christie Love! | Peterson | TV | 8.1 | 38 |
| 1972 | M*A*S*H | Major Weems | TV | 7.9 | 36 |
| 1972 | The Rookies | Brad Gifford | TV | 6.9 | 36 |
| 1970 | Where’s Poppa? | Policeman in apartment | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1970 | The Owl and the Pussycat | Kid in Car (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Koko Apaleka | TV | 7.2 | 32 |
| 1968 | One Life to Live | Pike Buchanan | TV | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1968 | The Detective | Harmon | Film | 5.9 | 32 |
| 1963 | The Doctors | Dylan Levein | TV | 6.4 | 27 |
| 1953 | Look up and Live | Doctor | TV | — | 17 |
| The Collected | Arkin’s father | Film | — | — |