Tom Skerritt
2.3Acting

Tom Skerritt

Aug 25, 1933 - Detroit, Michigan, USA

Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in M*A*S*H, Alien, The Dead Zone, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, Up in Smoke, and the television series Picket Fences. Skerritt has earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for Picket Fences. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Skerritt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie1992A River Runs Through ItRev. Maclean
Movie1970M*A*S*HDuke Forrest
Movie1997ContactDavid Drumlin
Movie2006DesperationJohn Edward Marinville
Movie1986Top GunViper
Movie1988Poltergeist IIIBruce Gardner
Movie1987Maid to OrderCharles Montgomery
Movie1989Steel MagnoliasDrum Eatenton
Movie1991Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of BlueHam McDonald
Movie1972FuzzDet. Bert Kling
Movie1992SinglesMayor Weber
Movie1983The Dead ZoneSheriff Bannerman
Movie2009WhiteoutDr. John Fury
Movie2003Path to WarWilliam Westmoreland
Movie1992Knight MovesFrank Sedman
Movie1981Savage HarvestCasey
Movie1990The RookieEugene Ackerman
Movie1964One Man's WayLeonard Peale, Grown
Movie1970The Moonshine WarNeighbor (uncredited)
Movie1978Maneaters Are Loose!John Gosford
Movie1974Thieves Like UsDee Mobley
Movie2009For Sale By OwnerClive Farrier
Movie1962War HuntSgt. Stan Showalter
Movie1992Poison IvyDarryl Cooper
Movie2003Tears of the SunCaptain Bill Rhodes
Movie2001Texas RangersRichard Dukes
Movie1986Opposing ForceLogan
Movie1986SpaceCampZack
Movie1986WisdomLloyd Wisdom
Movie2008Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeGabe Utterson
Movie2006MammothSimon Abernathy
Movie2009The Velveteen RabbitHorse (voice)
Movie1971Wild RoversJohn Buckman
Movie1964Those CallowaysWhit Turner
Movie1977The Turning PointWayne
Movie1976Plot of FearChief Inspector
Movie1974Big Bad MamaFred
Movie1975The Devil's RainTom Preston
Movie2006BonnevilleEmmett L. Johnson
Movie1999The Other SisterRadley Tate
Movie1997Divided by HateSteve Riordan
Movie2006FallenZeke
Movie1986The Parent Trap IIBill Grand
Movie1978Ice CastlesMarcus Winston
Movie2002Changing HeartsJohnny Pinkley
Movie2003The Beast Within: Making AlienSelf
Movie2000High NoonWill Kane
Movie2012TedTom Skerritt
Movie1989The HeistEbbet Berens
Movie2011Redemption RoadSanta
Movie1967A Bell for AdanoSgt. Trapani
Movie1965The Further Adventures of GallegherCorky Mardis
Movie2012Soda SpringsWalt Jackson
Movie2005Vinegar HillFritz Grier
Movie2003SwingGeorge Verdi
Movie1982Fighting BackJohn D'Angelo
Movie2004Homeland SecurityAdmiral McKee
Movie1999The Hunt for the Unicorn KillerFred Maddux
Movie1998Two for TexasSam Houston
Movie1982A Dangerous SummerHoward Anderson
Movie1984Calendar Girl MurdersLieutenant Dan Stoner
Movie2000An American DaughterWalter
Movie1990Child in the NightDetective Bass
Movie1990The China Lake MurdersSheriff Sam Brodie
Movie1987Poker AliceJeremy Collins
Movie1994Over California in High DefinitionNarrator (voice)
Movie2013At MiddletonDr. Roland Emerson
Movie2002GreenmailTom Bradshaw
Movie2011Over HawaiiNarrator (voice)
Movie1988Nightmare at BittercreekDing
Movie1988Moving TargetJoseph Kellogg
Movie1989Big Man on CampusDr. Webster
Movie2013Redwood HighwayPete Peterson
Movie1974Run, Run, Joe!Margherito
Movie2016A Hologram for the KingRon Clay
Movie2009Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ExpositionNarrator (voice)
Movie1989Red King, White KnightStoner
Movie2025BrokeCliff
Movie2014Wings: Sky Force HeroesColonel (voice)
Movie1976La madamaJack
Movie1978Up in SmokeStrawberry
Movie1987The Big TownPhil Carpenter
Movie1981Silence of the NorthWalter Reamer
Movie2008Beer for My HorsesSheriff Wilson Landry
Movie1975The Last DayBill Powers
Movie1990She'll Take RomanceJudge Warren Danvers
Movie1992Getting Up and Going HomeJack Montgomery
Movie2011Your Love Never FailsJack Connors
Movie2024A Look Through His LensSelf
Movie1971Harold and MaudeMotorcycle Officer
Movie2000Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'Self
Movie2010Soaring Over America
Movie1997What the Deaf Man HeardNorm Jenkins
Movie2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisJoseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
Movie1979AlienDallas
Movie2015Field of Lost ShoesUlysses S. Grant
Movie1986Miles to Go…Stuart Browning
Movie2014The Rocky Mountain Fly HighwayNarrator (voice)
Movie1984A Touch of ScandalFather Dwelle
Movie2002The Alien SagaSelf
Movie2016Journey Back to ChristmasTobias Cook
Movie2009The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding ClubNarrator
Movie2005Category 7: The End of the WorldColonel Mike Davis
Movie2017LuckyFred
Movie1992In Sickness and in HealthJerritt Mattison
Movie1988Honor BoundSam Cahill
Movie2017Day of DaysWalter
Movie2008Over America
Movie2019The Phantom 52The Phantom
Movie2019Memory: The Origins of AlienSelf
Movie1998Smoke SignalsPolice Chief
Movie1999Into the Wild BlueHost
Movie2021East of the MountainsBen Givens
Movie1973The BirdmenOrville Fitzgerald
Movie2021Catch the BulletDex
Movie1990A Question About SexJim
Movie2025Alien, Terror in SpaceSelf - Interviewee
Movie2000Altman on His Own TermsSelf
TV Show1966The Time TunnelMatthew Gebhardt1
TV Show2006Brothers and SistersWilliam Walker6
TV Show1965The F.B.I.Robert Hastings1
TV Show2004Huff2
TV Show1968Hawaii Five-OLew Morgan1
TV Show1985The Twilight Zone(segment "What Are Friends For?")1
TV Show1996E! True Hollywood Story1
TV Show1975Baretta1
TV Show1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitOliver Taft1
TV Show1967MannixMorgan Carpenter1
TV Show2001History vs. HollywoodSelf1
TV Show1955GunsmokeEdmund Dano1
TV Show1962Combat!Hicks1
TV Show1971CannonBud3
TV Show1998Will & GraceDr. Jay Markus1
TV Show1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest1
TV Show1951Hallmark Hall of FameNorm Jenkins1
TV Show1994Chicago Hope1
TV Show2005The Colbert ReportViper (archive footage)1
TV Show1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker0
TV Show1966Felony Squad1
TV Show1965Run for Your LifeLou Patterson1
TV Show1967Cimarron Strip1
TV Show1963The FugitiveNeely Hollister1
TV Show1975S.W.A.T.1
TV Show1962The VirginianEric Kroeger1
TV Show1968Lancer1
TV Show1963The FugitivePete Edwards1
TV Show1983The HitchhikerDetective Frank Sheen1
TV Show2004The Grid6
TV Show1974The Manhunter1
TV Show2008The Trojan HorsePresident Stanfield2
TV Show1974Get Christie Love!1
TV Show2007Fallen1
TV Show1983Ryan's FourDr. Thomas Ryan5
TV Show2007Killer WaveVictor Bannister2
TV Show196412 O'Clock HighLt. Paddy Gialella1
TV Show1999Aftershock: Earthquake in New YorkThomas Ahearn2
TV Show2009White CollarAlan Mitchell1
TV Show1974Kolchak: The Night StalkerRobert W. Palmer1
TV Show1999The West WingSenator Chris Carrick1
TV Show1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter1
TV Show2004Homeland SecurityAdmiral Theodore McKee1
TV Show1992Picket FencesJimmy Brock88
TV Show1954The Wonderful World of DisneyCorky Mardis1
TV Show1971NicholsCharley Doyle1
TV Show1965The F.B.I.John Clarence Rim1
TV Show1965The F.B.I.Thorn Hazard1
TV Show1965The F.B.I.Bill Leonard1
TV Show1962Combat!Burke1
TV Show1962Combat!Sgt. Decker1
TV Show1962The VirginianRev. Paul Martinson1
TV Show1962The VirginianBilly Landers1
TV Show1955GunsmokeBen Stone1
TV Show1955GunsmokeOrv Timpson1
TV Show1955GunsmokeFred Garth1
TV Show1955GunsmokeTuck Frye1
TV Show1962The VirginianMoran1
TV Show1985Danger BayDon Bared1
TV Show2007Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!Self1
TV Show2016The American WestSelf8
TV Show1959BonanzaJerry1
TV Show1959BonanzaCorporal Bill Tanner1
TV Show1976Origins of the MafiaBernardino Campo5
TV Show1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf1
TV Show1957Wagon TrainHamish Browne1
TV Show1999The Hunt For The Unicorn KillerFred Maddux2
TV Show196412 O'Clock HighLt. Steve Parmalee1
TV Show2005Category 7: The End of the WorldColonel Mike Davis2
TV Show2008LeverageJimmy Ford2
TV Show1982CheersEvan Drake6
TV Show2005The CloserDet. Joey 'O' Olin1
TV Show1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourFrank Farmer1
TV Show1957The Real McCoysMailman1
TV Show2000BackstorySelf1
TV Show2009The Good WifeJames Paisley2
TV Show1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee2
TV Show1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Presenter1
TV Show2002The Dead ZoneHerb Smith1
TV Show2014Madam SecretaryPatrick McCord1
TV Show1968The OutsiderArnie Cambor1

Crew

Media
Movie1997Divided by HateDirectorDirecting
Movie2021East of the MountainsExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie1990A Question About SexDirectorDirecting
TV Show1972ABC Afterschool SpecialDirectorDirecting