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Skerritt in 2014
Born
Thomas Roy Skerritt

(1933-08-25) August 25, 1933 (age 91)
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active1962–present
Spouses
Charlotte Shanks
(m. 1957;div. 1972)
Sue Oran
(m. 1977;div. 1992)
Julie Tokashiki
(m. 1998)
Children5
Military career
AllegianceFlag of the United States (1912-1959).svg  United States of America
Service / branchFlag of the United States Air Force.svg  United States Air Force
Years of service1951–1955

Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor and director, who has appeared in over 170 film and television productions since 1962. The beginning of his film career coincided with the New Hollywood movement, with a breakthrough role as Duke Forrest in Robert Altman's M*A*S*H . He then starred in notable films like The Turning Point , Up in Smoke , Ice Castles , Alien , The Dead Zone , Top Gun , and A River Runs Through It .

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On television, Skerritt played the leading role of Sheriff Jimmy Brock on the family drama Picket Fences (1992-96), earning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, as well as two Golden Globe Award nominations. He also had a recurring role as Evan Drake on the sixth season of sitcom Cheers (1987-88).

Skerritt is also a three-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee, a Genie Award nominee, and a Saturn Award winner. In 2022, he received the International Press Academy's honorary Mary Pickford Award for "Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Entertainment Industry."

Early life

Skerritt was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Helen, a homemaker, and Roy Skerritt, a businessman. He is the youngest of three children. [1] [2] [3] [4] A 1951 graduate of Detroit's Mackenzie High School, [4] Skerritt attended Wayne State University and the University of California, Los Angeles. [5]

Skerritt enlisted just after graduating from high school, and served a four-year tour of duty in the United States Air Force as a classifications specialist. Most of his enlistment was spent at Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas. [6]

Career

Skerritt made his film debut in War Hunt , produced by Terry Sanders and released in 1962. Skerritt's notable film appearances include M*A*S*H (1970), Harold and Maude (credited as "M. Borman", 1971), Fuzz , Big Bad Mama , Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978), Ice Castles (1978), as Captain Dallas in Alien (1979), [7] as a would-be astronaut in Contact (1997) and SpaceCamp (1986), and in Top Gun (1986) as Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf. In 1988, he starred with Nancy Allen and Lara Flynn Boyle in Poltergeist III . In 1989, he played the role of Thomas Drummond "Drum" Eatenton in Steel Magnolias . In 1992, he appeared in the critically acclaimed Robert Redford-directed film A River Runs Through It, playing a fly-fishing loving minister and father of the two protagonist brothers in the film.

Skerritt played a guest part in Ray Walston's show My Favorite Martian in the 1963 episode "Mrs. Jekyll and Hyde" (Walston was a regular cast member thirty years later in Skerritt's show Picket Fences). He also guest-starred in the television series The Real McCoys (1963), as a letter carrier in the episode "Aunt Win Steps In". He was cast in Bonanza in 1964 and in Death Valley Days in 1965, as a young gambler, Patrick Hogan, who meets a tragic fate after winning a small fortune in a saloon. In another Death Valley Days episode, "A Sense of Justice" (1966), he played a young Roy Bean with his elder brother, Joshua Bean, played by Tris Coffin. In a later Death Valley Days role, Skerritt played Mark Twain in the 1968 episode "Ten Day Millionaires", with Dabney Coleman as Twain's mining partner, Calvin H. Higby. The two lose a fortune in gold, but Twain learns his future is in writing. In 1972, Skerritt guest-starred in an episode of Cannon , titled "Nobody Beats the House", playing the role of a young gambler. [8] In 1975, he guest-starred in another episode of Cannon titled "The Conspirators", playing the role of a corrupt sheriff. [9]

His agent, Meyer Mishkin, recounted in a 1978 Los Angeles Times profile that Skerritt was relegated to a series of obscure European westerns after his early 1970s film success. Mishkin took credit for obtaining for Skerritt his co-starring role in The Turning Point (1977), salvaging his career. [10]

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Skerritt in September 1994

Skerritt appeared in the ABC series Twelve O'Clock High (1964–1967, five episodes); Gunsmoke (1965–1972, also five episodes), and as Evan Drake on Cheers . He then appeared in CBS's Picket Fences (1992–1996), in the role of Sheriff Jimmy Brock, for which he won an Emmy Award. More recently, he has starred in Homeland Security and The Grid .

He portrayed the deceased William Walker in Brothers & Sisters , having appeared in the pilot and several flashbacks scenes. This was his second time playing the husband of a character played by Sally Field; the first was in Steel Magnolias .

He played the role of Ezekiel in ABC Family's miniseries Fallen alongside Paul Wesley. He also appeared as the guide on the showcase website for Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system. He lent his voice in the video game Gun (2005), in which he voices Clay Allison. He then guest-starred in seasons three and four of Leverage as Nate Ford's father. [11]

In February 2012, Skerritt played the title role in Pacific Northwest Ballet's production of Don Quixote . [12] In 2014, Skerritt was reunited with his ex-Picket Fences co-star, Lauren Holly, to star with her in Field of Lost Shoes . [13] He was reunited with his Alien co-star Harry Dean Stanton in Lucky , the latter's last film (2017).

In 1974, Skerrit portrayed Senator Robert Palmer in "The Devil's Platform", episode 7 of Kolchak: The Night Stalker .

Personal life

Skerritt is founder and chairman of Heyou Media, a Seattle-based digital media company. [14]

From 1957 to 1972, Skerritt was married to Charlotte Shanks, with whom he has three children. He was married to Sue Oran from 1977 to 1992, with whom he has a son. Since 1996, he has been married to Julie Tokashiki. They have one daughter. [15] [16] [17]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesReference(s)
1962 War Hunt Sergeant Stan Showalter [18] [19]
1964 One Man's Way Leonard Peal (Grown) [18] [19]
1965 Those Calloways Whit Turner [18] [19]
1970 M*A*S*H Captain Augustus Bedford "Duke" Forrest [18] [19]
1971 Wild Rovers John Buckman [18] [19]
Harold and Maude Motorcycle OfficerCredited as M. Borman [18] [19]
1972 Fuzz Detective Bert Kling [18] [19]
1974 Thieves Like Us Dee Mobley [18] [19]
Run, Run, Joe! Margherito
Big Bad Mama Fred Diller [18] [19]
1975 The Devil's Rain Tom Preston [18] [19]
1976 Plot of Fear Chief Inspector [19]
Madama, LaRick Dylan
1977 The Turning Point Wayne Rodgers [18] [19]
1978 Up in Smoke Strawberry [18] [19]
Ice Castles Marcus Winston [18] [19]
1979 Alien Captain Arthur Dallas [18] [19]
1981 A Dangerous Summer Howard Anderson [18] [19]
Savage Harvest Casey [18] [19]
Silence of the North Walter Reamer [18] [19]
1982 Fighting Back John D'Angelo [19]
1983 The Dead Zone Sheriff George Bannerman [18] [19]
1986 Top Gun CDR Mike "Viper" Metcalf [18] [19]
SpaceCamp Zach Bergstrom [18] [19]
Opposing ForceLogan [18] [19]
Wisdom Lloyd Wisdom [18] [19]
1987 Maid to Order Charles Montgomery [18] [19]
The Big Town Phil Carpenter [18] [19]
1988 Honor Bound Sam Cahill [18]
Poltergeist III Bruce Gardner [18] [19]
1989 Big Man on Campus Dr. Webster [18] [19]
Steel Magnolias Drum Eatenton [18] [19]
1990 The Rookie Eugene Ackerman [18] [19]
1992 Poison Ivy Darryl Cooper [18] [19]
Knight Moves Captain Frank Sedman [18] [19]
Wild Orchid 2: Two Shades of BlueHam McDonald Direct-to-video release [18] [19]
A River Runs Through It Reverend John Maclean [18] [19]
Singles Mayor Weber [18] [19]
1997 Contact David Drumlin [18] [19]
1998 Smoke Signals Police Chief [18] [19]
1999 The Other Sister Dr. Radley Tate [18] [19]
2001 Texas Rangers Richard Dukes [18] [19]
2002Tuscaloosa
Changing HeartsJohnny Pinkley [19]
GreenmailTom BradshawDirect-to-video release [19]
2003 Tears of the Sun Captain Bill Rhodes [18] [19]
Swing George Verdi [18] [19]
2006 Bonneville Emmett [18] [19]
2006 Stephen King's Desperation Johnny Marinville [18] [19]
2007The Velveteen RabbitHorse [18] [19] [20]
2008 Beer for My Horses Sheriff Wilson Landry [18] [19]
2009 Whiteout Dr. John Fury [18] [19]
For Sale by Owner Clive Farrier
Rivers of a Lost CoastNarrator [19]
2010 Redemption Road Santa [18]
2011Your Love Never FailsJack [18]
2012 Ted Himself [18] [19]
Soda SpringsWalt Jackson [19]
Wings Colonel [19] [20]
2013 Redwood Highway Pete [19]
2014 Field of Lost Shoes Ulysses S. Grant [18] [19]
Wings: Sky Force HeroesColonel [18] [19] [20]
2016 A Hologram for the King Ron Clay [18] [19]
2017 Lucky Fred [18] [19]
Day of Days Mr. Walter [19]
2019 The Phantom 52 Trucker/Whale/GhostAnimated short film
2021 East of the Mountains Ben Givens [19]
Catch The BulletDex

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesReference(s)
1962–1967 Combat! Soldier (uncredited)

Glinski (uncredited) Hicks Burke Sergeant Decker

Episode: "Combat Front"
Episode: "A Day in June"
Episode: "The Prisoner"
Episode: "Losers Cry Deal"
Episode: "Nothing to Lose"
Episode: "The Gantlet"
[19]
1962–1971 The Virginian Eric Kroeger

Reverend Paul Martin Billy Landers Moran Rafe Bobby Allen

Episode: "Impasse (aired 1962)"
Episode: "The Secret of Brynmar Hall"
Episode: "The Showdown"
Episode: "The Crooked Path"
Episode: "The Saddle Warmer"
Episode: "Nan Allen"
[19]
1963 Laramie PriceEpisode: "No Place to Run"
The Real McCoys MailmanEpisode: "Aunt Win Steps In"
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Dr. Frank FarmerSeason 1 Episode 31: Episode: "Run for Doom" [19]
My Three Sons Young SteveEpisode: "The Proposals"
1963–1968 Death Valley Days Emmett DaltonDennis Driscoll

Patrick Hogan Roy Bean Sam Clemens

Episode: "Three Minutes to Eternity"
Episode: "Honor the Name Dennis Driscoll"
Episode: "The Book"
Episode: "Sense of Justice"
Episode: "Ten Day Millionaires"
1964 Wagon Train Hamish BrowneEpisode: "The Last Circle Up" [19]
My Favorite Martian Dr. Edgar EdgartonEpisode: "Miss Jekyll and Hyde" [19]
1964–1967 12 O'Clock High Lieutenant Ryan

Lieutenant Parmalee Sergeant Ben Rodale Lieutenant Paddy Gialella Technical Sergeant Neely

Episode: "Soldiers Sometimes Kill"
Episode: "Those Who Are About to Die"
Episode: "The Came the Mighty Hunter"
Episode: "Twenty Fifth Mission"
Episode: "Long Time Dead"
[19]
1964-1973 Bonanza Jerry

Corporal Bill Tanner

Episode: "Thanks for Everything, Friend"
Episode: "The Hunter"
[19]
1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Frank RichardsonEpisode: "The Enemies" [19]
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Corky MardisEpisode: "...The Daily Press vs. City Hall"
1965-1966 The Fugitive Neely Hollister

Pete Edwards

Episode: "Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet"
Episode: "Joshua's Kingdom"
[19]
1965–1972 Gunsmoke Edmund Dano

Ben Stone Orv Timpson Fred Garth Tuck Frye

Episode: "The Pretender"
Episode: "The Jailer"
Episode: "The Moonstone"
Episode: "The Noose"
Episode: "Jubilee"
[19]
1966 The Time Tunnel Matthew Gebhardt Episode: "The Death Trap"
1966–1972 The F.B.I. Robert Hastings

John Clarence Rim Thorn Hazard Bill Leonard

Episode: "The Assassin"
Episode: "The Legend of John Rim"
Episode: "Unknown Victim"
Episode: "The Deadly Species"
[19]
1967 Mannix Morgan Carpenter Episode: "Warning - Live Blueberries" [19]
Hallmark Hall of Fame TrapaniEpisode: "A Bell for Adano"
1968 Cimarron Strip Enoch SheltonEpisode: "Knife in the Darkness" [19]
Run for Your Life Lou PattersonEpisode: "The Killing Scene"
Felony Squad Gerald GardnerEpisode: "Matched for Murder" [19]
1969 The Outsider Arnie CamborEpisode: "A Bowl of Cherries"
Lancer Bill BlakeEpisode: "The Knot"
1970 Hawaii Five-O Lew Morgan Episode: "Most Likely to Murder" [19]
Medical Center Artie AtwoodEpisode: "Between Dark and Daylight"
The Name of the Game PeteEpisode: "Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon"
Bracken's World Gil DobieEpisode: "A Team of One-Legged Acrobats
1971 Storefront Lawyers Paul MarekEpisode: "This Money Kills Dreams"
The Birdmen Orville "Fitz" Fitzgerald ABC Television film [18] [19]
Nichols Charley DoyleEpisode: "The Marrying Fool"
1971–1975 Cannon Dude

Toby Hauser Sheriff Andrews

Episode: "The Salinas Jackpot"
Episode: "Nobody Beats the House"
Episode: "The Conspirators"
[19]
1974 Get Christie Love! UnknownEpisode: "Deadly Betrayal"
Kolchak: The Night Stalker Senator Robert W. Palmer Episode: "The Devil's Platform"
The Manhunter Barry RichardsEpisode: "Flight to Nowhere"
1975The Last DayBill Powers NBC Television film [18] [19]
Barnaby Jones Darrin AddisonEpisode: "Image of Evil"
1976 SWAT Maynard HillEpisode: "Dragons and Owls"
Sara Newt JohnsonEpisode: "The Child Bride"
Alle origini della mafiaBernardino Campo ITC miniseries; Episode: "La Speranza"
1978 Baretta Al BrimmerEpisode: "The Appointment"
Maneaters are Loose!John Gosford CBS Television film [18] [19]
1983 Ryan's Four Dr. Thomas Ryan5 episodes [19]
1984 Calendar Girl Murders Lieutenant Dan Stoner ABC Television film [18] [19]
A Touch of ScandalFather Dwelle CBS Television film [18] [19]
1986Miles to Go...Stuart Browning CBS Television film [18] [19]
The Hitchhiker Detective Frank SheenEpisode: "True Believer" [19]
The Parent Trap II Bill Grand ABC Television film [18] [19]
The Twilight Zone Alex Mattingly Episode: "What Are Friends For?" [19]
Danger Bay Don Bared Episode: "The Fish Who Walks"
1987 Poker Alice Jeremy Collins CBS Television film
Based on the frontier gambler Poker Alice, with Elizabeth Taylor in the lead role
[18] [19]
1987–1988 Cheers Evan Drake Episode: "A Kiss Is Still a Kiss"
Episode: "Tale of Two Cuties"
Episode: "Yacht of Fools"
Episode: "Let Sleeping Drakes Lie"
Episode: "The Sam in the Grey Flannel Suit"
Episode: "Backseat Becky, Up Front"
[19]
1988 Moving Target Joseph Kellogg NBC Television film [18] [19]
Nightmare at Bittercreek Ding CBS Television film [18] [19]
1989 The Heist Ebbet Berens HBO Television film [18] [19]
Red King, White Knight Stoner HBO Television film [18] [19]
1990 The China Lake Murders Sheriff Sam BrodieTelevision film [18] [19]
Child in the Night Bass CBS Television film [18] [19]
ABC Afterschool Special JimEpisode: "A Question About Sex"
She'll Take Romance Judge Warren Danvers ABC Television film [18] [19]
1992Getting Up and Going HomeJack MontgomeryTelevision film [18] [19]
In Sickness and in HealthJarrett Mattison CBS Television film
1992–1996 Picket Fences Sheriff Jimmy Brock87 episodes [19]
1997Divided by HateSteve Riordan USA Television film [18] [19]
Chicago Hope Jim Kellner Episode: "Guns N' Roses" [19]
What the Deaf Man Heard Norm Jenkins CBS Television film [18] [19]
1998 Two for Texas Sam Houston TNT Television film [18] [19]
1999Into the Wild BlueHost History Documentary [18] [19]
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer Fred Maddux NBC miniseries [18] [19]
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Thomas Ahearn CBS Television film [18] [19]
2000 An American Daughter Walter Lifetime Television film [18] [19]
High Noon Will Kane TBS Television film [18] [19]
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy CBS Television film [18] [19]
2001Chestnut HillDaniel EastmanUnsold TV pilot
The Voyage to Atlantis: The Lost EmpireHost Short Documentary [18] [19]
2002 Path to War General William Westmoreland HBO Television film [18] [19]
Will & Grace Dr. Jay Markus Episode: "The Needle and the Omelet's Done" [19]
2003 Biography Passages Read ByEpisode: "Jack London—Forces of Nature"
The West Wing Senator Chris Carrick Episode: "Constituency of One" [19]
2004 Homeland Security Admiral McKee NBC Television film [18] [19]
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Judge Oliver Taft Episode: "Poison" [19]
The Grid CIA Deputy Director Acton Sandman TNT miniseries [18] [19]
2005Vinegar HillFritz Grier CBS Television film [18] [19]
Category 7: The End of the World Colonel Mike Davis CBS miniseries [18] [19]
2006 Mammoth Simon Abernathy Sci-Fi Television film [18] [19]
Huff Ben Huffstodt Episode: "Red Meat"
Episode: "So...What Brings You to Armageddon?"
Episode: "Radio Silence"
[19]
Desperation John Edward Marinville ABC Television film [18] [19]
Fallen Zeke ABC miniseries [18] [19]
2006–2008 Brothers & Sisters William WalkerEpisode: "Patriarchy (pilot)"
Episode: "Mistakes Were Made (Part 1 & 2)"
Episode: "Love Is Difficult"
Episode: "Prior Commitments"
Episode: "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off"
[19]
2007 Killer Wave Victor Bannister Miniseries [18] [19]
The Dead Zone Herb Smith Episode: "Denouement" [19]
2008 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! HimselfEpisode: "Pepperoni"
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeGabe UttersonTelevision film [18] [19]
The Trojan Horse President Stanfield CBC miniseries [19]
2010 Leverage Jimmy FordEpisode: "The Three Card Monte Job" [19]
The Closer Joey O.Episode: "Elysian Fields" [19]
2011A Valentine's DateJack ConnorsHallmark Television film [19]
2012 Leverage Jimmy FordEpisode: "The Radio Job" [19]
White Collar Alan MitchellEpisode: "Pulling Strings" [19]
2014 The Good Wife James PaisleyEpisode: "We, the Juries"
Episode: "The One Percent"
[19]
2015 Madam Secretary Patrick McCordEpisode: "Chains of Command" [19]
2016Journey Back to ChristmasTobias CookTelevision film [19]
2022Going HomeVanceSeason 1, Episode 2, Pure Flix TV series

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotesReference(s)
2005 Gun Clay Allison Voice Only [20]
2014 Alien: Isolation Arthur Dallas Voice; Nostromo Edition [20]

Awards and nominations

AssociationNominated WorkYearCategoryResultsRef
American Television Awards Picket Fences 1993Best Actor in a Dramatic SeriesNominated
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Contact 1998 Favorite Supporting Actor — Drama Nominated
DVD Exclusive Awards Alien 2003 Best Audio Commentary (New for DVD) (for reissue – Alien Quadrilogy)Won
Emmy Awards (Primetime) Picket Fences 1993 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series Won [21]
1994 Nominated
Genie Awards Silence of the North 1982 Best Performance by a Foreign Actor Nominated
Golden Globes Picket Fences1994 Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama Nominated [22]
1995Nominated
Key West Film FestivalAlien/The Phantom 522019Career Achievement AwardWon
National Board of Review Awards The Turning Point 1977 Best Supporting Actor Won
Satellite Awards East of the Mountains 2022 Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama Nominated
2022 Mary Pickford Award Won
Saturn Awards Leverage 2012 Best Guest Performance in a Television Series Won
Screen Actors Guild Awards Picket Fences1995 Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series Nominated [23]
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Nominated
1996Nominated [24]
Viewers for Quality Television Awards Picket Fences1993Best Actor in a Quality Drama SeriesNominated
1994Best Actor in a Quality Drama SeriesNominated
Western Heritage Awards Two for Texas 1999Television Feature FilmWon

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