He also played a gypsy truck driver named sonny pruitt in the series movin on, which ran from 1974 to 1976. Claude aubrey akins may 25, 1926 january 27, 1994 was an american character actor with a long career on stage, screen, and television. Claude akins 1926 1994played good ol sheriff lobo on the tv series the misadventures of sheriff lobo and b. Broadshouldered and beefy claude akins had wavy black hair, a deep booming voice and was equally adept at playing sneering cowardly villains as he was at portraying hardnosed cops. Claude akins, 67, a supporting actor in many noted films the. And that was because i played a trucker in the tv series movin on. Claude akins, the rugged actor with a dixie drawl who was best known for his television roles as a truck driver, a colorful rural sheriff and a pitch man for a chain of automobile transmission repair shops, died of cancer yesterday. Claude akins, the rugged actor with a dixie drawl who was best known for his television roles as a truck driver, a colorful rural sheriff and a pitchman for a chain of automobile transmission repair shops, died of cancer thursday afternoon at his home in altadena. Biografia claude akins informacion y filmografia claude. He was best known as sheriff lobo on the 19791981 television series b. His most notable works include his role of sheriff lobo in the comedy tv series b. After graduating from northwestern university, akins performedin such classic films. The pairing with akins gruff but lovable older trucker, allowed the two actors to play.
Movin on stars claude akins as oldtime independent bigrig truck driver sonny pruitt, and frank converse as his collegeeducated codriver will chandler. Claude aubrey akins was an american character actor with a long career on stage, screen, and. Claude akins was perfect as sonny pruitt, the veteran trucker who was struggling to keep making payments on the rig doing the hauling. Claude akins, the rugged actor with a dixie drawl who was best known for his television roles as a truck driver, a colorful.
Before his signature character sheriff lobo, akins appeared as owneroperator trucker sonny pruitt in nbcs movin on, from 197476, with. Claude akins, the rugged actor with a dixie drawl who was best known for his television roles as a truck driver, a colorful rural sheriff and a pitch man for a chain of. The predators, january 31, 1972 written by calvin clements, directed by bernard mceveety, guest cast. Claude akins, jacqueline scott, jodie foster, brian morrison, george murdoch. Movin on is a television series staring claude akins and frank converse that. Joe dakota as aaron grant, hot summer night as the truck driver and the lonely man as blackburn. Claude was an indemand actor whose distinctive, rugged facial features and burly body made him a perfect villain or cop in a number of roles. Sonny agrees to give a fellow truckers daughter a ride to her mothers place, not knowing shes a juvenile craps shooting prodigy, and that red is in. I have seen claude akins on the big valley and bonanza and many other westerns. He had a long career on television, stage, as well as the big screen. He also played a gypsy truck driver named sonny pruitt in the series movin on, which ran from 197476. Claude akins, who played genial, roughandtumble characters in movies and on television, including sheriff lobo of b.
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