Age, Biography and Wiki
Claude Akins (Claude Marion Akins) was born on 25 May, 1926 in Nelson, Georgia, USA, is an actor. Discover Claude Akins's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?
| Popular As |
Claude Marion Akins |
| Occupation |
actor |
| Age |
68 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
| Born |
25 May 1926 |
| Birthday |
25 May |
| Birthplace |
Nelson, Georgia, USA |
| Date of death |
27 January, 1994 |
| Died Place |
Altadena, California, USA |
| Nationality |
United States
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He is a member of famous Actor with the age 68 years old group.
Claude Akins Height, Weight & Measurements
At 68 years old, Claude Akins height is 6' 1" (1.85 m) .
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6' 1" (1.85 m) |
| Weight |
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Who Is Claude Akins's Wife?
His wife is Theresa Fairfield (25 August 1952 - 27 January 1994) ( his death) ( 3 children)
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| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Theresa Fairfield (25 August 1952 - 27 January 1994) ( his death) ( 3 children) |
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Not Available |
| Children |
Not Available |
Claude Akins Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Claude Akins worth at the age of 68 years old? Claude Akins’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated Claude Akins's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1979) | $50,000 per 1 hour episode |
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Timeline
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.
He quickly began notching up roles in such TV shows as Dragnet (1951), My Friend Flicka (1955), Gunsmoke (1955) and Zane Grey Theater (1956).
Broad-shouldered 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 hard-nosed cops. The son of a police officer, Akins never seemed short of work and appeared in nearly 100 films and 180+ TV episodes in a career spanning over 40 years. He originally attended Northwestern University, and went on to serve with the US Army Signal Corps in World War II in Burma and the Phillipines. Upon returning, he reignited his interest in art and drama and first appeared in front of the camera in 1953 in From Here to Eternity (1953).
He also turned in several strong cinematic performances, such as gunfighter Joe Burdette in the landmark western Rio Bravo (1959), Mack in the excellent The Defiant Ones (1958), Sgt.
Kolwicz in Merrill's Marauders (1962) and Earl Sylvester in the gripping The Killers (1964).
In the early 1970s Akins turned up in several supernatural TV films playing "no-nonsense" sheriffs in both The Night Stalker (1972) and The Norliss Tapes (1973), and was unrecognizable underneath his simian make-up as war-mongering Gen.
Appeared with his Movin' On (1972) costar, Frank Converse in Killer on Board (1977).
Aldo in Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973).
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).
Claude Akins lost his bid to be elected President of the Screen Actors Guild in 1975. The winner was Kathy Nolan (The Real McCoys).
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".
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.
