Claude Akins

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Claude Akins
Born
Claude Marion Akins

(1926-05-25)May 25, 1926
DiedJanuary 27, 1994(1994-01-27) (aged 67)
Years active1956-1994
Known forPlaying "Sheriff Lobo" in B.J. and the Bear

Claude Marion Akins was an American actor (born May 25, 1926, in Nelson, Georgia - died January 27, 1994, in Altadena, California). With his big body and deep voice, Akins usually played the clever (or less than clever) tough guy, on the side of good or bad, in movies and television. He is famous as Sheriff Lobo in the 1970s TV series B.J. and the Bear, and later The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, a spinoff series.

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