Biography:
Trained at Northwestern University's drama department, onetime salesman Claude Akins was a Broadway actor when he was selected by a Columbia talent scout for a small role in the Oscar-winning From Here to Eternity (1953). With a craggy face and blunt voice that evoked memories of Lon Chaney Jr., Akins was a "natural" for villainous or roug... Continue Bio >>

Filmography:
1993 Seasons of the Heart
1992 Falling From Grace
1992 Grass Roots
1991 The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
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