Tom Skerritt, Star of ‘Picket Fences’ and ‘Alien,’ Dies at 93
Mentored by Robert Altman in 'M*A*S*H,' the Emmy-winning actor later stood out in 'Top Gun,' 'The Turning Point' and 'A River Runs Through It.'
He was number 368 on the list.
Tom Skerritt, the rough-hewn actor who sparkled amid ensembles in M*A*S*H, Alien and Top Gun before starring as small-town sheriff Jimmy Brock on the quirky 1990s series Picket Fences, has died. He was 93.
Skerritt died Wednesday in Seattle of natural causes, his family announced.
“We are heartbroken by his loss,” they said. “While the
world knew Tom through his remarkable acting career, we knew him for his humor,
curiosity, wisdom, generosity and the love he brought into our lives. He cared
deeply about imagination, creativity, storytelling, service, veterans, the
natural world and helping others find and share their own voices.”
The collaborative Skerritt also portrayed Shirley MacLaine’s husband in the 11-time Oscar nominee The Turning Point (1977), was Tom Cruise’s Air Force instructor Mike “Viper” Metcalf in Top Gun (1986) and was memorable as a minister and the patriarch of the MacLean family in Robert Redford‘s rhythmic A River Runs Through It (1992).
Known for his outdoorsy features and bristly mustache, the
handsome actor exuded masculinity during his six-decade career and was often
cast in positions of authority — as when he starred as the iconic lawman Will
Kane in a 2000 remake of High Noon for TBS.
Skerritt’s breakthrough came in the 1970 feature M*A*S*H. As Southern surgeon Duke Forrest, he opens the film by stealing a jeep with co-conspirator Hawkeye Pierce (Donald Sutherland) to get them to the mobile hospital where they’re assigned to treat injured U.S. soldiers during the Korean War.
Once there, the two join forces with Trapper John McIntrye
(Elliott Gould) and set about questioning any rigid army regulation that stands
in the way of their drinking and womanizing.
The anti-establishment, freewheeling comedy, directed by Robert Altman, was one of the year’s most popular films and led to the long-running CBS series of the same name. Curiously, Skerritt’s character was one of the few not included in the small-screen adaptation; nonetheless, the role proved the actor had star power.
The Detroit native credited Altman for giving him the freedom to create the character. “I just loved the guy from the first. He made me realize early on that you could do no wrong, as long as you tried,” Skerritt said in Mitchell Zuckoff’s 2009 book Robert Altman: The Oral Biography. “The worst you could do was make an ass out of yourself. And that’s the first thing you have to be willing to do as an actor, be willing to make an ass out of yourself. Bob gave me that.”
After his success with M*A*S*H, Skerritt began landing work in more films — Wild Rovers (1971), Fuzz (1972), Big Bad Mama (1974) and Ice Castles (1978) among them. He worked again with Altman in Thieves Like Us (1974) and did a zany turn in Cheech & Chong’s Up in Smoke (1978) as Strawberry, a shell-shocked, pot-dealing Vietnam veteran.
Skerritt originally turned down the role as Captain Dallas of the doomed spacecraft Nostromo in Alien (1979) after fearing that the film’s budget would be consumed by special effects. However, he reconsidered after learning that Ridley Scott had signed on to direct.
As Skerritt recalled in an interview for the 2001 TV
documentary Alien Evolution, “Hold on here, let me see. I’ve heard of this
Ridley Scott guy, I’ve heard that he did this thing called The Duellists
[Scott’s 1977 feature debut]. ‘Can I see this?’ And they said, ‘Yes, we’ll run
a screening for you tomorrow.’ So I went to see The Duellists. And it was a
masterpiece. I mean, I have never seen a picture that captured so much
production value as The Duellists. Magnificent-looking film, a painting from
beginning to end. So I had to do Alien at that point.”
For four seasons on CBS beginning in 1992, Skerritt starred on David E. Kelley’s Picket Fences as the sheriff of the fictional Rome, Wisconsin, the voice of calm amid insanity. Skerritt, who played the husband of the town doctor (Kathy Baker) and a father of three, won the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a drama series in 1993 and was nominated again the following year.
On the sixth season of Cheers, he portrayed Rebecca Howe’s (Kirstie Alley) ultra-suave ex-boss, Evan Drake, and played Sally Field’s deceased husband, William, on Brothers and Sisters. And he appeared as himself in a hilarious cameo in the 2012 comedy Ted.
And in 2021, he landed a rare leading role in a feature when he played a retired heart surgeon and recent widower who learns he has terminal cancer in East of the Mountains.
Thomas Roy Skerritt was born on Aug. 25, 1933, in the Motor City. After graduating from Mackenzie High School in 1951, he enlisted in the Air Force, hoping to see the world. Instead, lacking the skills to be a pilot, he spent most of his time in uniform in Austin as a classification specialist. Skerritt then returned to his hometown to study English at Wayne State University.
Deciding to pursue a career as a writer or director, Skerritt transferred to UCLA, where he also did some acting in a bid to overcome his shyness. He never dreamed he could make a living at it.
“I thought I would continue writing and continue acting if I was going to be a director,” Skerritt told Film Comment in 2016. “I happened to be seen as an actor and I was hired for a little low-budget film and I thought, ‘Hey, this is a great way to learn how to be a director, to be a participant in the actual reality of making a film.’
“You can’t be a filmmaker purely by going to the university, as you know. The practical knowledge, the street knowledge you can gain by being on a set, being around that, being around the way people talk, the way they approach the business, was really the benefit I saw in it from the beginning.”
The low-budget film was War Hunt (1962). Its producers, Terry and Denis Sanders, had seen Skerritt in a community stage production and offered him a job. The drama, featuring John Saxon, Sydney Pollack, Redford and Gavin MacLeod, was, like M*A*S*H, set during the Korean War.
Skerritt’s on-camera appeal couldn’t be denied, and he easily found more acting work. Throughout the 1960s, he appeared on episodes of Laramie, The Real McCoys, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, My Three Sons, Wagon Train, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel and Mannix.
The shows Death Valley Days, Gunsmoke, The F.B.I., The Fugitive, 12 O’Clock High, Combat!, Bonanza and The Virginian showcased him multiple times in different roles.
After becoming friends with director Hal Ashby, Skerrit appeared in Harold and Maude (1971) as a motorcycle cop. (Skerritt stepped in to do the small role as a favor after an on-set accident caused an actor to bow out.) When asked about a credit, he chose to use Martin Bormann instead of his real name.
“We did silly things in those days, and we still do,” he told Film Comment. “And I said, ‘You know, Martin Bormann, second in command to Hitler, nobody ever found out what happened to that guy. Everyone else they were able to trace, but that guy just vanished.’ I said, ‘You know, I think he went to Oakland and became a motorcycle cop.’ ”
His other notable film credits included Savage Harvest (1981), The Dead Zone (1983), SpaceCamp (1986), Maid to Order (1987), The Rookie (1990), Steel Magnolias (1989), Contact (1997), The Other Sister (1999), Tears of the Sun (2003), Bonneville (2006), Redemption Road (2010), A Hologram for the King (2016) and Day of Days (2017).
Skerritt also popped up on television on Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Cannon, Barnaby Jones, S.W.A.T., Baretta, Chicago Hope, Will & Grace, The West Wing, The Grid, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Huff, Leverage, The Good Wife and Madam Secretary.
Survivors include his third wife, Julie Tokashiki, whom he married in 1998; his children, Andy, Erin, Matt, Collin and Emiko; grandchildren Sara, Maddison, Sunny, Louisa and Georgia; and great-grandchildren Marigold and Ravi.
Skerritt helped launch TheFilmSchool in Seattle to support the next generation of filmmakers and storytellers. That commitment extended to the Red Badge Project, which he co-founded to help veterans work through PTSD, anxiety and depression by writing and sharing their experiences.
His passion for service included protecting the natural
world. Inspired in part by A River Runs Through It, he helped create and
champion Reflections of the River, a documentary series exploring the health of
America’s rivers and the urgent need to protect them. He also supported river
conservation through partnerships with the Wildlands Festival, American Rivers
and the Gallatin River Task Force.
Actor
Dennis Quaid and Wyatt Russell in Broke (2025)
Broke
6.1
Cliff
2025
An Old Friend (2024)
An Old Friend
9.5
Short
WIlliam
2024
Tom Skerritt, Peter Facinelli, and Jay Pickett in Catch the
Bullet (2021)
Catch the Bullet
3.1
Dex
2021
Mira Sorvino and Tom Skerritt in East of the Mountains
(2021)
East of the Mountains
5.7
Ben Givens
2021
The Phantom 52 (2019)
The Phantom 52
7.2
Short
The Phantom
2019
Day of Days (2017)
Day of Days
5.0
Walter
2017
Harry Dean Stanton in Lucky (2017)
Lucky
7.3
Fred
2017
Tom Skerritt, Oliver Hudson, and Candace Cameron Bure in
Journey Back to Christmas (2016)
Journey Back to Christmas
7.1
TV Movie
Tobias Cook
2016
Tom Hanks in A Hologram for the King (2016)
A Hologram for the King
6.1
Ron
2016
David Arquette, Tom Skerritt, and Jason Isaacs in Field of
Lost Shoes (2015)
Field of Lost Shoes
5.8
General Ulysses S. Grant
2015
Téa Leoni in Madam Secretary (2014)
Madam Secretary
7.8
TV Series
Patrick McCord
2015
1 episode
Alien: Isolation (2014)
Alien: Isolation
8.6
Video Game
Captain Dallas (voice)
2014
Wings: Sky Force Heroes (2014)
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
2.8
Colonel (voice)
2014
Julianna Margulies in The Good Wife (2009)
The Good Wife
8.3
TV Series
James Paisley
2014
2 episodes
Andy Garcia and Vera Farmiga in At Middleton (2013)
At Middleton
6.5
Dr. Roland Emerson
2013
Tom Skerritt, Shirley Knight, Catherine E. Coulson, Zena
Grey, Brent Hinkley, Sam Daly, Danforth Comins, and Mimi Dryland in Redwood
Highway (2013)
Redwood Highway
6.3
Pete Peterson
2013
Wings (2012)
Wings
2.9
Colonel (voice: English version)
2012
Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane in Ted (2012)
Ted
6.9
Tom Skerritt
2012
Soda Springs (2012)
Soda Springs
6.2
Walt Jackson
2012
Matt Bomer in White Collar (2009)
White Collar
8.2
TV Series
Alan Mitchell
2012
1 episode
Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Aldis Hodge, Christian Kane,
and Beth Riesgraf in Leverage (2008)
Leverage
7.9
TV Series
Jimmy Ford
2010–2012
2 episodes
Tom Skerritt, Elisa Donovan, and Kirstin Dorn in A
Valentine's Date (2011)
A Valentine's Date
5.4
TV Movie
Jack Connors
2011
Redemption Road (2010)
Redemption Road
5.6
Santa
2010
For Sale by Owner (2009)
For Sale by Owner
3.9
Clive Farrier
2009
Kate Beckinsale in Whiteout (2009)
Whiteout
5.5
Dr. John Fury
2009
Kyra Sedgwick, G.W. Bailey, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett,
J.K. Simmons, Jon Tenney, and Corey Reynolds in The Closer (2005)
The Closer
7.8
TV Series
Det. Joey 'O' Olin
2009
1 episode
Sally Field, Calista Flockhart, Balthazar Getty, Rachel
Griffiths, Sarah Jane Morris, John Pyper-Ferguson, Matthew Rhys, Ron Rifkin,
Patricia Wettig, and Dave Annable in Brothers & Sisters (2006)
Brothers & Sisters
7.5
TV Series
William WalkerWilliam March
2006–2009
7 episodes
The Velveteen Rabbit (2009)
The Velveteen Rabbit
6.3
Horse (voice)
2009
Beer for My Horses (2008)
Beer for My Horses
4.8
Sheriff Wilson Landry
2008
Greta Scacchi, Tom Skerritt, and Paul Gross in The Trojan
Horse (2008)
The Trojan Horse
6.1
TV Mini Series
President Stanfield
2008
1 episode
Dougray Scott in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2008)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
4.6
TV Movie
Gabe Utterson
2008
Killer Wave (2007)
Killer Wave
4.4
TV Mini Series
Victor Bannister
2007
2 episodes
Anthony Michael Hall in The Dead Zone (2002)
The Dead Zone
7.3
TV Series
Herb Smith
2007
1 episode
Paul Wesley and Fernanda Andrade in Fallen (2007)
Fallen
6.9
TV Mini Series
Zeke
2007
2 episodes
Joan Allen, Kathy Bates, and Jessica Lange in Bonneville
(2006)
Bonneville
6.1
Emmett L. Johnson
2006
Fallen (2006)
Fallen
6.4
TV Movie
Zeke
2006
Desperation (2006)
Desperation
5.3
TV Movie
John Edward Marinville
2006
Hank Azaria, Blythe Danner, Oliver Platt, Paget Brewster,
Andy Comeau, and Anton Yelchin in Huff (2004)
Huff
7.9
TV Series
Ben Huffstodt
2006
3 episodes
Outbreak (2006)
Outbreak
3.6
TV Movie
Simon
2006
Gina Gershon, Tom Skerritt, James Brolin, Shannen Doherty,
Swoosie Kurtz, Randy Quaid, and Robert Wagner in Category 7: The End of the
World (2005)
Category 7: The End of the World
4.5
TV Mini Series
Colonel Mike Davis
2005
2 episodes
Gun (2005)
Gun
8.2
Video Game
Clay Allison (voice)
2005
Mary-Louise Parker and Tom Skerritt in Vinegar Hill (2005)
Vinegar Hill
5.5
TV Movie
Fritz Grier
2005
Julianna Margulies and Dylan McDermott in The Grid (2004)
The Grid
6.7
TV Mini Series
CIA Deputy Director Acton Sandman
2004
6 episodes
Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
8.1
TV Series
Judge Oliver Taft
2004
1 episode
Homeland Security (2004)
Homeland Security
4.2
TV Movie
Admiral Ted McKee
2004
Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Dulé Hill, Moira
Kelly, Janel Moloney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, and Bradley Whitford in The
West Wing (1999)
The West Wing
8.9
TV Series
Senator Chris Carrick
2003
1 episode
Innis Casey and Constance Brenneman in Swing (2003)
Swing
5.6
George Verdi
2003
Biography (1987)
Biography
7.7
TV Series
Passages Read By
2003
1 episode
Bruce Willis and Monica Bellucci in Tears of the Sun (2003)
Tears of the Sun
6.6
Captain Bill Rhodes
2003
Sean Hayes, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, and Megan
Mullally in Will & Grace (1998)
Will & Grace
7.4
TV Series
Dr. Jay Markus
2002
1 episode
Path to War (2002)
Path to War
7.3
TV Movie
General William Westmoreland
2002
Changing Hearts (2002)
Changing Hearts
5.7
Johnny Pinkley
2002
Tuscaloosa
6.7
2002
Greenmail (2002)
Greenmail
4.8
Video
Tom Bradshaw
2002
Chestnut Hill (2001)
Chestnut Hill
6.1
TV Movie
Daniel Eastman
2001
Texas Rangers (2001)
Texas Rangers
5.3
Richard Dukes
2001
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000)
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
5.9
TV Series
Joseph P. 'Joe' Kennedy
2000
Tom Skerritt in High Noon (2000)
High Noon
5.3
TV Movie
Will Kane
2000
Tom Skerritt and Christine Lahti in Trial by Media (2000)
Trial by Media
5.5
TV Movie
Walter
2000
Home for the Holiday (1999)
Home for the Holiday
Short
Narrator (voice)
1999
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
5.4
TV Mini Series
Thomas Ahearn
1999
2 episodes
Tom Skerritt, Kevin Anderson, and Naomi Watts in The Hunt
for the Unicorn Killer (1999)
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
6.2
TV Movie
Fred Maddux
1999
Into the Wild Blue (1999)
Into the Wild Blue
9.3
TV Movie
Host
1999
Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi in The Other Sister
(1999)
The Other Sister
6.5
Radley
1999
Two for Texas (1998)
Two for Texas
6.2
TV Movie
Sam Houston
1998
Smoke Signals (1998)
Smoke Signals
7.2
Police Chief
1998
What the Deaf Man Heard (1997)
What the Deaf Man Heard
7.1
TV Movie
Norm Jenkins
1997
Lauren Holly, Hector Elizondo, Carla Gugino, Mark Harmon,
Barbara Hershey, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, and Rocky Carroll in Chicago Hope
(1994)
Chicago Hope
6.9
TV Series
Jim Kellner
1997
1 episode
Divided by Hate (1997)
Divided by Hate
5.3
TV Movie
Steve Riordan
1997
Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey in Contact (1997)
Contact
7.5
David Drumlin
1997
Lauren Holly, Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Holly Marie Combs,
Costas Mandylor, Zelda Rubinstein, Justin Shenkarow, and Adam Wylie in Picket
Fences (1992)
Picket Fences
7.8
TV Series
Sheriff Jimmy Brock
1992–1996
88 episodes
Craig Sheffer in A River Runs Through It (1992)
A River Runs Through It
7.2
Rev. Maclean
1992
Matt Dillon, Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott, and Kyra
Sedgwick in Singles (1992)
Singles
6.8
Mayor Weber
1992
Getting Up and Going Home (1992)
Getting Up and Going Home
6.2
TV Movie
Jack Montgomery
1992
In Sickness and in Health (1992)
In Sickness and in Health
6.2
TV Movie
Jarrett Mattison
1992
Drew Barrymore, Tom Skerritt, Cheryl Ladd, and Sara Gilbert
in Poison Ivy (1992)
Poison Ivy
5.4
Darryl Cooper
1992
Christopher Lambert in Knight Moves (1992)
Knight Moves
6.1
Frank Sedman
1992
Brent David Fraser and Nina Siemaszko in Wild Orchid II: Two
Shades of Blue (1991)
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
4.0
Ham McDonald
1991
Clint Eastwood and Charlie Sheen in The Rookie (1990)
The Rookie
5.9
Eugene Ackerman
1990
Tom Skerritt and Linda Evans in She'll Take Romance (1990)
She'll Take Romance
5.3
TV Movie
Judge Warren Danvers
1990
Melissa Sue Anderson and Marion Ross in ABC Afterschool
Specials (1972)
ABC Afterschool Specials
7.2
TV Series
Jim
1990
1 episode
Child in the Night (1990)
Child in the Night
5.6
TV Movie
Bass
1990
The China Lake Murders (1990)
The China Lake Murders
6.0
TV Movie
Sheriff Sam Brodie
1990
Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine,
Dolly Parton, and Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias (1989)
Steel Magnolias
7.3
Drum Eatenton
1989
Helen Mirren, Tom Skerritt, and Max von Sydow in Red King,
White Knight (1989)
Red King, White Knight
5.7
TV Movie
Stoner
1989
The Heist (1989)
The Heist
6.0
TV Movie
Ebbet Berens
1989
Big Man on Campus (1989)
Big Man on Campus
6.0
Dr. Webster
1989
Honor Bound (1988)
Honor Bound
6.6
Sam Cahill
1988
Heather O'Rourke in Poltergeist III (1988)
Poltergeist III
4.7
Bruce Gardner
1988
Nightmare at Bittercreek (1988)
Nightmare at Bittercreek
5.0
TV Movie
Ding
1988
Ted Danson, Shelley Long, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt,
Nicholas Colasanto, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)
Cheers
8.0
TV Series
Evan DrakeEvan Gregory Drake
1987–1988
6 episodes
Jason Bateman and Chynna Phillips in Moving Target (1988)
Moving Target
5.8
TV Movie
Joseph Kellogg
1988
Diane Lane and Matt Dillon in The Big Town (1987)
The Big Town
5.9
Phil Carpenter
1987
Beverly D'Angelo, Ally Sheedy, Michael Ontkean, Valerie
Perrine, and Dick Shawn in Maid to Order (1987)
Maid to Order
5.6
Charles Montgomery
1987
On the Edge (1987)
On the Edge
TV Movie
1987
Elizabeth Taylor and George Hamilton in Poker Alice (1987)
Poker Alice
5.9
TV Movie
Jeremy Collins
1987
Wisdom (1986)
Wisdom
5.8
Lloyd Wisdom
1986
Miles to Go... (1986)
Miles to Go...
6.7
TV Movie
Stuart Browning
1986
Donnelly Rhodes in Danger Bay (1983)
Danger Bay
7.5
TV Series
Don Bared
1986
1 episode
The Twilight Zone (1985)
The Twilight Zone
7.7
TV Series
Alex Mattingly (segment "What Are Friends For?")
1986
1 episode
Bridgette Andersen and Carrie Kei Heim in The Parent Trap II
(1986)
The Parent Trap II
6.1
TV Movie
Bill Grand
1986
Tom Skerritt, Anthony Zerbe, Lisa Eichhorn, John Considine,
and Robert Wightman in Opposing Force (1986)
Opposing Force
5.3
Logan
1986
Kelly Preston, Lea Thompson, Tate Donovan, and Larry B.
Scott in SpaceCamp (1986)
SpaceCamp
5.8
Zack
1986
Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in Top Gun (1986)
Top Gun
7.0
Viper
1986
Page Fletcher in The Hitchhiker (1983)
The Hitchhiker
6.7
TV Series
Frank Sheen
1986
1 episode
A Touch of Scandal (1984)
A Touch of Scandal
5.6
TV Movie
Father Dwelle
1984
Calendar Girl Murders (1984)
Calendar Girl Murders
4.8
TV Movie
Lieutenant Dan Stoner
1984
The Dead Zone (1983)
The Dead Zone
7.1
Sheriff Bannerman
1983
Ryan's Four (1983)
Ryan's Four
6.2
TV Series
Dr. Thomas Ryan
1983
5 episodes
James Mason and Tom Skerritt in A Dangerous Summer (1982)
A Dangerous Summer
3.7
Howard Anderson
1982
Tom Skerritt in Fighting Back (1982)
Fighting Back
6.0
John D'Angelo
1982
Silence of the North (1981)
Silence of the North
6.4
Walter Reamer
1981
Savage Harvest (1981)
Savage Harvest
5.7
Casey
1981
Alien (1979)
Alien
8.4
Dallas
1979
Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson in Ice Castles (1978)
Ice Castles
6.6
Marcus Winston
1978
Up in Smoke (1978)
Up in Smoke
6.9
Strawberry
1978
Maneaters Are Loose! (1978)
Maneaters Are Loose!
5.5
TV Movie
John Gosford
1978
Robert Blake in Baretta (1975)
Baretta
6.8
TV Series
Al Brimmer
1978
1 episode
Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and
Leslie Browne in The Turning Point (1977)
The Turning Point
6.8
Wayne
1977
Plot of Fear (1976)
Plot of Fear
5.9
Chief Inspector
1976
Alle origini della mafia (1976)
Alle origini della mafia
6.3
TV Mini Series
Bernardino Campo
1976
1 episode
Brenda Vaccaro in Sara (1976)
Sara
6.7
TV Series
Newt Johnson
1976
1 episode
S.W.A.T. (1975)
S.W.A.T.
6.8
TV Series
Maynard Hill
1976
1 episode
La madama (1976)
La madama
5.4
Jack
1976
The Devil's Rain (1975)
The Devil's Rain
5.1
Tom Preston
1975
Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)
Barnaby Jones
7.0
TV Series
Darrin Addison
1975
1 episode
Robert Conrad, Richard Widmark, and Barbara Rush in The Last
Day (1975)
The Last Day
6.3
TV Movie
Bill Powers
1975
William Conrad in Cannon (1971)
Cannon
6.8
TV Series
BudToby HauserSheriff Pat Andrews
1971–1975
3 episodes
John Anderson, Ken Howard, Gary Lockwood, and Stefanie
Powers in The Manhunter (1974)
The Manhunter
7.0
TV Series
Barry Richards
1974
1 episode
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
8.4
TV Series
Robert W. Palmer
1974
1 episode
Angie Dickinson, Robbie Lee, and Susan Sennett in Big Bad
Mama (1974)
Big Bad Mama
5.7
Fred Diller
1974
Teresa Graves in Get Christie Love! (1974)
Get Christie Love!
6.5
TV Series
Landon
1974
1 episode
Run, Run, Joe! (1974)
Run, Run, Joe!
5.3
Margherito
1974
Thieves Like Us (1974)
Thieves Like Us
6.9
Dee Mobley
1974
The Dirty Movie (1973)
The Dirty Movie
1973
Bonanza (1959)
Bonanza
7.3
TV Series
Corporal Bill TannerJerry
1964–1973
2 episodes
Gunsmoke (1955)
Gunsmoke
8.1
TV Series
Tuck FryeFred GarthOrv Timpson ...
1965–1972
5 episodes
Fuzz (1972)
Fuzz
5.5
Det. Bert Kling
1972
The F.B.I. (1965)
The F.B.I.
7.5
TV Series
Bill LeonardThorn HazardRobert Hastings ...
1966–1972
4 episodes
Nichols (1971)
Nichols
7.7
TV Series
Charley Doyle
1971
1 episode
Bud Cort, Ruth Gordon, Cyril Cusack, Judy Engles, Ellen
Geer, Vivian Pickles, Shari Summers, and Charles Tyner in Harold and Maude
(1971)
Harold and Maude
7.8
Motorcycle Officer (as M. Borman)
1971
The Birdmen (1971)
The Birdmen
6.6
TV Movie
Orville Fitzgerald
1971
William Holden and Ryan O'Neal in Wild Rovers (1971)
Wild Rovers
6.5
John Buckman
1971
Storefront Lawyers (1970)
Storefront Lawyers
6.1
TV Series
Paul Marek
1971
1 episode
James Drury, Doug McClure, and John McIntire in The
Virginian (1962)
The Virginian
7.6
TV Series
Billy LandersEric KroegerRev. Paul Martinson ...
1962–1971
6 episodes
Leslie Nielsen in Bracken's World (1969)
Bracken's World
6.9
TV Series
Gil Dobie
1970
1 episode
The Name of the Game (1968)
The Name of the Game
7.6
TV Series
Pete
1970
1 episode
The Moonshine War (1970)
The Moonshine War
5.9
Virgil (uncredited)
1970
Medical Center (1969)
Medical Center
7.1
TV Series
Artie Atwood
1970
1 episode
Kam Fong, Al Harrington, Jack Lord, and James MacArthur in
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Hawaii Five-O
7.4
TV Series
Lew Morgan
1970
1 episode
Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Sally
Kellerman, and Jo Ann Pflug in M*A*S*H (1970)
M*A*S*H
7.3
Duke Forrest
1970
Andrew Duggan, Wayne Maunder, and James Stacy in Lancer
(1968)
Lancer
7.1
TV Series
Bill Blake
1969
1 episode
The Outsider (1968)
The Outsider
7.7
TV Series
Arnie Cambor
1969
1 episode
Death Valley Days (1952)
Death Valley Days
7.5
TV Series
Sam ClemensMark TwainRoy Bean ...
1963–1968
5 episodes
The Felony Squad (1966)
The Felony Squad
7.4
TV Series
Tony Breer
1968
1 episode
Ben Gazzara in Run for Your Life (1965)
Run for Your Life
7.6
TV Series
Lou Patterson
1968
1 episode
Stuart Whitman in Cimarron Strip (1967)
Cimarron Strip
7.1
TV Series
Enoch Shelton
1968
1 episode
John Forsythe in A Bell for Adano (1967)
A Bell for Adano
6.8
TV Movie
Sgt. Trapani
1967
Mannix (1967)
Mannix
7.4
TV Series
Morgan Carpenter
1967
1 episode
Combat! (1962)
Combat!
8.4
TV Series
GI sitting in chairGlinskiHicks ...
1962–1967
6 episodes
12 O'Clock High (1964)
12 O'Clock High
8.1
TV Series
Tech. Sgt. Nick NeelyLt. Paddy GialellaLt. Steve Parmalee
...
1964–1967
5 episodes
The Time Tunnel (1966)
The Time Tunnel
7.5
TV Series
Matthew Gebhardt
1966
1 episode
David Janssen in The Fugitive (1963)
The Fugitive
8.1
TV Series
Neely HollisterPete Edwards
1965–1966
2 episodes
Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
The Magical World of Disney
8.3
TV Series
Corky Mardis
1965
1 episode
Richard Basehart and David Hedison in Voyage to the Bottom
of the Sea (1964)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
7.2
TV Series
Richardson
1965
1 episode
Those Calloways (1965)
Those Calloways
6.5
Whit Turner
1965
My Favorite Martian (1963)
My Favorite Martian
7.2
TV Series
Edgar
1964
1 episode
John McIntire in Wagon Train (1957)
Wagon Train
7.6
TV Series
Hamish Browne
1964
1 episode
Diana Hyland, Don Murray, and Norman Vincent Peale in One
Man's Way (1964)
One Man's Way
6.7
Leonard Peale, Grown
1964
William Demarest, Don Grady, Barry Livingston, Stanley
Livingston, and Fred MacMurray in My Three Sons (1960)
My Three Sons
7.1
TV Series
Young Steve
1963
1 episode
Temple Houston (1963)
Temple Houston
7.8
TV Series
1963
1 episode
Alfred Hitchcock in The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
8.5
TV Series
Dr. Frank Farmer
1963
1 episode
Walter Brennan, Richard Crenna, and Kathleen Nolan in The
Real McCoys (1957)
The Real McCoys
7.6
TV Series
Mailman
1963
1 episode
Laramie (1959)
Laramie
7.7
TV Series
Price
1963
1 episode
War Hunt (1962)
War Hunt
6.3
Sgt. Stan Showalter
1962
Cynthia Geary and Cozi Zuehlsdorff in Going Home (2022)
Going Home
6.6
TV Series
Vance Baker
2022
1 episode
Director
Divided by Hate (1997)
Divided by Hate
5.3
TV Movie
Director
1997
Lauren Holly, Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Holly Marie Combs,
Costas Mandylor, Zelda Rubinstein, Justin Shenkarow, and Adam Wylie in Picket
Fences (1992)
Picket Fences
7.8
TV Series
Director
1994–1996
3 episodes
Melissa Sue Anderson and Marion Ross in ABC Afterschool
Specials (1972)
ABC Afterschool Specials
7.2
TV Series
Director
1990
1 episode
Donnelly Rhodes in Danger Bay (1983)
Danger Bay
7.5
TV Series
Director
1986
1 episode
Producer
Mira Sorvino and Tom Skerritt in East of the Mountains
(2021)
East of the Mountains
5.7
executive producer
2021
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway (2014)
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
8.8
TV Movie
producer
2014
Thanks
A New Yorker @Paris
very special thanks
CompletedShort
Icons Unearthed (2022)
Icons Unearthed
7.6
TV Series
special thanks
2024
2 episodes
All I Want Is Christmas (2012)
All I Want Is Christmas
5.5
thanks
2012
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' (2000)
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
6.9
Video
special thanks
2000
Straight from the Heart (1994)
Straight from the Heart
5.9
Short
thanks
1994
Self
The Legacy of the Parent Trap
Self
Filming
Alien, terreur sur grand écran (2025)
Alien, terreur sur grand écran
6.9
TV Movie
Self - Interviewee
2025
Icons Unearthed (2022)
Icons Unearthed
7.6
TV Series
Self - Actor - Viper
2024
1 episode
Dana Jacobson and Michelle Miller in CBS Saturday Morning
(2012)
CBS Saturday Morning
5.5
TV Series
Self - Co-Founder, The Red Badge Project
2024
1 episode
A Look Through His Lens (2024)
A Look Through His Lens
7.6
Self
2024
The 26th Satellite Awards (2022)
The 26th Satellite Awards
TV Special
Self - Mary Pickford Award Recipient
2022
Character (2021)
Character
Podcast Series
Self
2022
1 episode
SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations (1979)
SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations
4.9
TV Series
Self
2021
1 episode
Behind Closed Doors (2016)
Behind Closed Doors
7.4
TV Series
SelfSelf - Viper
2020
1 episode
Casey Schearer and Bill Sebald in Deluxe Edition: Yet
Another Pop Culture Podcast (2020)
Deluxe Edition: Yet Another Pop Culture Podcast
Self
2020
Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
Memory: The Origins of Alien
6.8
Self - Captain Dallas, Alien
2019
Clear Water: Detroit's River Revival
Self - Voice of the River
2018
Since '45 - In the Extraordinary House of History
Self
2017
Jonathan C. Stewart in The American West (2016)
The American West
7.4
TV Mini Series
SelfSelf - ActorSelf - Texas Rangers
2016
1 episode
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway (2014)
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
8.8
TV Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Trevor Steedman in Alien Encounters: Superior Fan Power
Since 1979 (2014)
Alien Encounters: Superior Fan Power Since 1979
8.4
Self
2014
Return of the River (2014)
Return of the River
7.9
Self - Grant Humes (voice)
2014
Sigourney Weaver in The Making of 'Alien: Isolation' (2014)
The Making of 'Alien: Isolation'
Video
Self
2014
Bob Wilkins Interviews the Stars of Alien and Star Trek
(2013)
Bob Wilkins Interviews the Stars of Alien and Star Trek
Video
Self
2013
The Broadway.com Show (2013)
The Broadway.com Show
6.6
TV Series
Self
2013
3 episodes
Hollywood Ramblings at TFW 2013
Short
Self
2013
The 38th Annual Saturn Awards
TV Special
Self - Winner
2012
AFI Life Achievement Award (1973)
AFI Life Achievement Award
5.8
TV Mini Series
Self - Audience Member
1993–2012
3 episodes
Giants (2010)
Giants
Video
Self (voice)
2010
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
(2009)
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
8.5
Video
Self - Narrator
2009
AYP Seattle's Forgotten World's Fair (2009)
AYP Seattle's Forgotten World's Fair
TV Movie
Self - Narrator
2009
The Rotten Tomatoes Show (2009)
The Rotten Tomatoes Show
7.9
TV Series
Self
2009
1 episode
SIFF 35th Anniversary Tribute
8.8
Short
Self - Barista
2009
CMT Making of: Beer for My Horses
TV Movie
Self
2008
Over America (2008)
Over America
6.8
Video
Self - Narrator (voice, as Tom Skerrit)
2008
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim in Tim and Eric Awesome
Show, Great Job! (2007)
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
7.7
TV Series
Self
2008
1 episode
20 to 1 (2005)
20 to 1
5.7
TV Series
Self - Actor (uncredited)
2006
1 episode
The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006)
The 60th Annual Tony Awards
5.2
TV Special
Self - Presenter
2006
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing
Arts (1998)
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing
Arts
6.5
TV Special
Self
2005
Alien: Audio Commentary with Ridley Scott, Dan O Bannon,
Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skeritt, Veronica
Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt (2003)
Alien: Audio Commentary with Ridley Scott, Dan O Bannon,
Ronald Shusett, Terry Rawlings, Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skeritt, Veronica
Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt
Video
Self - Commentator
2003
The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien' (2003)
The Beast Within: The Making of 'Alien'
8.2
Video
Self
2003
CBS at 75
5.7
TV Special
Self
2003
The 'Alien' Saga (2002)
The 'Alien' Saga
7.6
TV Movie
Self
2002
VH-1 Behind the Movie (1999)
VH-1 Behind the Movie
6.9
TV Series
Self
2002
1 episode
Alien Evolution (2001)
Alien Evolution
7.2
TV Movie
Self
2001
Branko Lustig in Breaking the Silence: The Making of
'Hannibal' (2001)
Breaking the Silence: The Making of 'Hannibal'
7.0
Video
Self - L.A. Premiere (uncredited)
2001
Melissa Joan Hart in The Voyage to Atlantis: The Lost Empire
(2001)
The Voyage to Atlantis: The Lost Empire
5.6
TV Movie
Self - Host
2001
History vs. Hollywood (2001)
History vs. Hollywood
7.0
TV Series
Self
2001
1 episode
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' (2000)
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
6.9
Video
Self
2000
Backstory (2000)
Backstory
8.3
TV Series
Self
2000
1 episode
Biography (1987)
Biography
7.7
TV Series
Self
2000
1 episode
Robert Altman in Altman on His Own Terms (2000)
Altman on His Own Terms
8.5
TV Movie
Self
2000
Saturday Night Live 25 (1999)
Saturday Night Live 25
7.7
TV Special
Self (uncredited)
1999
E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
E! True Hollywood Story
6.5
TV Series
Self
1998
1 episode
Crimes in Time (1997)
Crimes in Time
6.8
TV Movie
Self - Host
1997
HBO First Look (1992)
HBO First Look
6.3
TV Series
Self
1997
1 episode
2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1996)
2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
5.1
TV Special
Self - Nominee
1996
The Art of Nature (1995)
The Art of Nature
7.4
Video
Self - Narrator
1995
The 45th Annual American Cinema Editors Awards
TV Special
Self
1995
The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995)
The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards
6.1
TV Special
Self - Nominee
1995
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing
Arts (1998)
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing
Arts
5.2
TV Special
Self
1994
The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1994)
The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
7.2
TV Special
Self - Nominee & Presenter
1994
Wyatt Earp: Walk with a Legend
6.0
TV Movie
Self - Host
1994
Tom Hanks, Al Pacino, and Holly Hunter in The 51st Annual
Golden Globe Awards (1994)
The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards
5.8
TV Special
Self - Nominee
1994
Arsenio Hall in The Arsenio Hall Show (1989)
The Arsenio Hall Show
6.5
TV Series
Self
1993
1 episode
Conan O'Brien in Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
8.2
TV Series
Self - Guest
1993
1 episode
1993 Environmental Media Awards
TV Special
Self
1993
The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1993)
The 45th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
6.5
TV Special
Self - Winner
1993
The 8th Annual Independent Spirit Awards
TV Special
Self
1993
The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1993)
The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards
6.5
TV Special
Self - Presenter
1993
The Making of 'Alien 3' (1992)
The Making of 'Alien 3'
6.7
TV Movie
Self
1992
Jay Leno in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
5.3
TV Series
Self
1992
1 episode
Johnny Carson in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
8.5
TV Series
Self - Guest
1992
2 episodes
Clint, 'the Rookie' & Me (1990)
Clint, 'the Rookie' & Me
7.3
TV Short
Self
1990
The Horror Hall of Fame (1990)
The Horror Hall of Fame
7.6
TV Special
Self
1990
Angela Lansbury in The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990
(1990)
The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990
4.5
TV Special
Self - Presenter
1990
The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards (1987)
The 13th Annual People's Choice Awards
4.9
TV Special
Self - Accepting Award for Favourite Motion Picture
1987
The Moviemakers
6.4
Short
Self (uncredited)
1971
Archive Footage
ABC News Breakfast
Self - Actor (archive footage)
ReleasedTV Series
2026
1 episode
Gayle King, Nate Burleson, and Tony Dokoupil in CBS Mornings
(2021)
CBS Mornings
3.8
TV Series
Self (archive footage)
2026
1 episode
Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner in Entertainment Tonight
(1981)
Entertainment Tonight
3.6
TV Series
Self (archive footage)
2026
1 episode
WatchMojo (2006)
WatchMojo
5.5
TV Series
Dallas (archive footage)
2010–2026
101 episodes
American Greed (2007)
American Greed
8.3
TV Series
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2022
1 episode
Stephen Colbert in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
7.2
TV Series
Dallas (archive footage)
2021
1 episode
Eli Roth's History of Horror (2018)
Eli Roth's History of Horror
8.0
TV Series
Self - Dallas (archive footage)
2020
1 episode
Minty Comedic Arts (2015)
Minty Comedic Arts
8.6
TV Series
Self (archive footage)
2018
1 episode
The Best of Hollywood (1999)
The Best of Hollywood
7.6
TV Series
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
2017–2018
2 episodes
Golden Moustache (2012)
Golden Moustache
6.6
TV Series
(archive footage)
2016
1 episode
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2007)
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness
8.7
TV Series
Self - Dallas (archive footage)
2007–2013
2 episodes
Timothy Hutton, Gina Bellman, Aldis Hodge, Christian Kane,
and Beth Riesgraf in Leverage (2008)
Leverage
7.9
TV Series
Jimmy Ford (archive footage, uncredited)
2012
1 episode
TV Land Moguls (2004)
TV Land Moguls
6.5
TV Mini Series
Self (archive footage)
2009
1 episode
Maquillando entre monstruos (2007)
Maquillando entre monstruos
6.5
TV Movie
Self - Dallas (archive footage)
2007
Jim Berkenstadt in Today Tonight (1995)
Today Tonight
1.6
TV Series
Self - Dallas (archive footage, uncredited)
2007
1 episode
A Dangerous Summer: Rekindled (2006)
A Dangerous Summer: Rekindled
Video
(archive footage)
2006
Guilty Pleasures: Courtroom Dramas
Video
(archive footage)
2005
20th Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000)
20th Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years
6.9
TV Movie
Self - Dallas (archive footage)
2000
Stars in the Making
TV Special
Self (archive footage)
1995
Ted Danson, Shelley Long, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt,
Nicholas Colasanto, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)
Cheers
8.0
TV Series
Evan Drake (archive footage)
1990
1 episode
Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)
The Magical World of Disney
8.3
TV Series
Whit Turner (archive footage)
1969
3 episodes
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