Akins,? Claude (1918)?
Actor. Stocky, with a rugged, lived-in face, he started out in Westerns usually as a member of an outlaw gang.?? His? most? memorable role? is as the powerful rancher's brother held for murder by John Wayne in the siege of the jail in Rio Bravo. In the bos he became a more sympa?thetic?? character?? and?? in?? recent?? years?? has switched? to comedy? roles? in? movies and especially television
Actor - filmography
The RaidBitter Creek, 1954 ■ The Man with the Gun/1955 ' Johnny ConchoThe Burning Hills The Lonely Man/1956?■ Joe Dakota! 1957?■ Rio Bravo 1958?■ Yellowstone Kelly: Comanche Station 1959 ? How the West Was Won! 1962?■ Black Goldl 1963?■ A Distant Trumpet! 1964 ■ Ride Beyond Vengeance:Incident at Phantom Hill 1965 ■ Return of the Seven 1966?■ Waterhole No. 3/1967?■ The Great Bank Robbery 1969 ■ Sledge Flap; 1970 Television Qunsmokej55 ■ Dick Powell's Zane Qrey Theatre 56 ■ Wagon Train/Tales of Wells Fargo!57 ■ Bonanza 59?■ The Outlaws;60?■ Daniel Boone 64 ■ Branded;' Laredo The Big V alley I65 ■ Lock, Stock and Barrel 7 1 |
