Claude Akins - Famous Actor

Claude Akins Net Worth

$2,000,000

Claude Akins was a famous American actor who had accumulated a net worth of $2 million. During his career, he appeared in numerous films and TV shows, including starring as Sheriff Lobo in B.J. and the Bear and The Misadventures of Sherriff Lobo.

Key facts:

  • Claude Akins was an American actor known for his acting roles on stage, film, and television.
  • Akins had over 225 acting credits, starting from the movie From Here to Eternity in 1953.
  • He played the role of Sheriff Elroy P. Lobo in the TV series B.J. and the Bear from 1978 to 1979.
  • Akins also acted in movies such as Hot Summer Night, Twilight Zone, Comanche Station, and Falling from Grace.
  • He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in theater, and also served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II.

Basic Information About Claude Akins

CategoryCelebrities β€Ί Actors
ProfessionsActor, Voice Actor
Net worth$2,000,000
Date of birth1926-05-25
Place of birthNelson
Date of death1994-01-27 (aged 67)
NationalityUnited States of America
Spouse25 August - Theresa Fairfield (Β 1952 - 27 JanuaryΒ 1994)Β (his death)Β (3 children)
GenderMale
Height6 ft (1.854 m)
Social Mediaβ†—οΈŽ Wikipedia β†—οΈŽ IMDb

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Claude Akins roles

Movie / Series Role
Inherit the WindRev. Jeremiah Brown
How the West Was WonMan (uncredited)
The Devil's BrigadePvt. Rocky Rockman
The KillersEarl Sylvester
LaredoCotton Buckmeister 5 episodes, 1966-1967
The Lucy ShowLt. Finch 1 episode, 1967
The VirginianHezekiah / ... 2 episodes, 1962-1965
The FugitiveRalph Simmons 1 episode, 1964
Mission: ImpossibleSam Hibbing 1 episode, 1973
In the Heat of the NightBenjamin Sloan 1 episode, 1991
MannixSgt. Al Reardon 1 episode, 1974
Murder, She WroteCapt. Ethan Cragg / ... 4 episodes, 1984
Surfside 6Harry Lodge / ... 2 episodes, 1960-1961
Love, American StyleFizik (segment "Love and the First Kiss") 1 episode, 1972
Movin' OnSonny Pruitt 45 episodes, 1974-1976
Mr. NovakLou Myerson 1 episode, 1964
The Love BoatCappy / ... 2 episodes, 1983-1984
The MonroesBud Chapel 1 episode, 1966
Marcus Welby, M.D.Jim Randall 1 episode, 1973
The F.B.I.Ben Gambriella / ... 2 episodes, 1965-1972
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSheriff Jordan 1 episode, 1962
The Streets of San FranciscoBob Mason 1 episode, 1974
Crazy Like a Fox1 episode, 1986
Fantasy IslandCalvin Pearson 1 episode, 1981
Route 66Cam Bludge 1 episode, 1961
Barnaby JonesEli Rile 1 episode, 1973
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.El Supremo 1 episode, 1965
Eerie, IndianaGrungy Bill 1 episode, 1992
MatlockSam Taylor 1 episode, 1989-1991
Medical CenterWilliams 1 episode, 1973
Combat!Charlie Pelton / ... 3 episodes, 1966-1967
CannonLt. Bill Blaine 1 episode, 1973
The MasterMr. Trumbull 1 episode, 1984

Claude Akins's Movie/Shows Salary

Movie / Series Salary
The Misadventures of Sheriff LoboΒ (1979)$50,000 per 1 hour episode

Claude Akins's Quotes

  • Between the war movies I've been in and the heavies I've played, I have about 1,000 dead behind me. I've been killed a good many times, but I took a lot of guys with me.
  • I was very fortunate that I get paid for what I love to do. I know a lot of good actors who simply can't find work. Every time I get a job, I say to myself, 'You've beaten the odds.'
  • [on his role in From Here to Eternity (1953)] My first scene on film was where I walk into the office and report Private Prewitt absent to Sergeant Warden, played by Burt Lancaster -- and I was scared to death. Burt was one of the big stars of that era, but still very nice. Fred Zinnemann, the director, was extremely patient and understanding. And somehow I got through it. My panic has always been the time right up to the end of my first scene. Once that first shot is in the can, I'm home free.
  • A guy who looks like Robert Redford will most often be cast as a hero. A guy like me or Ernie Borgnine plays a lot of heavies. If you're big, they think you're tough. And if you're tough, they think you're dumb.
  • Hell, acting is acting, whether it's for the movies, TV or the stage,

Interesting Facts about Claude Akins

  1. A lifelong golfer, he played in a lot of pro-am golf tournaments for various charities right up until his death, including the Vantage Championship Pro-Am at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, North Carolina, in the early 1990s. He was a close friend and golfing partner of another golf fanatic and veteran movie heavy, Robert J. Wilke.
  2. He was always very friendly to everyone and was very gracious in signing every autograph request.
  3. He has an entry in Jean Tulard's "Dictionnaire du cinΓ©ma/Les acteurs" published in Paris in 2007 by Robert Laffont/Bouquins, pg. 17 (ISBN: 978-2-221-10895-6).
  4. Played chess with his friend, William Windom.
  5. Served as a Master Sergeant in the US Army Signal Corps during World War II.
  6. During the 1980s and 1990s, Akins appeared in many television commercials as the spokesmen for AAMCO transmission, with the slogan "Double A, [honk, honk], M, C, O".
  7. Invested well in later years in a shopping center in the San Fernando Valley and in a 69-house development in Vista, California.
  8. Akins majored in speech and theater at Northwestern University. Later, he trained at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia in the late 1940s and toured in such shows as "The Hasty Heart" and "The Comedy of Errors". He made his Broadway debut in a small, uncredited role in "The Rose Tattoo" in 1951.
  9. First performed at the age of 5 in a church play in which he played a bird.
  10. The son of Ernest, a former stonecutter who later became a policeman, and Maude Akins, Claude had an older sister named Hazel. The family moved from Nelson, Georgia to Bedford, Indiana when Claude was six months old. Bedford, Indiana, hosts the Claude Akins Memorial Golf Scramble each September. The tournament is a 6-person scramble format. Proceeds from the scramble fund two scholarships for graduating seniors of the local high school, Bedford-North Lawrence.
  11. Before acting he was a limestone salesman.
  12. Claude Akins lost his bid to be elected President of the Screen Actors Guild in 1975. The winner was Kathy Nolan (The Real McCoys).
  13. Appeared with Sidney Poitier in two films, "Porgy and Bess" and "The Defiant Ones".
  14. Appeared with Andy Griffith in "Onionhead: and "Matlock: The Thoroughbred".
  15. Appeared with From Here to Eternity (1953) co-star George Reeves in Adventures of Superman: Peril by Sea (1956) in 1956.
  16. Appeared with his Movin' On (1972) costar, Frank Converse in Killer on Board (1977).
  17. Although not known as a singer, Akins co-hosted the 15th Academy of Country Music Awards. He also sang in an episode of Movin' On (1974).

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