Tom Skerritt
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: August 25, 1933
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Known For
The Phantom 52
Loneliness: a trucker who calls out on his CB radio waiting for a reply that never comes. A ghost that haunts the deserted highways. A whale that sings at a frequency no other whale can even hear.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
The West Wing
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
White Collar
In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.
The Beast Within: Making Alien
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Alien,” the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew trapped with a hideous monster that's hunting them one by one.
Alien
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
Swing
Anthony is caught between dreams of being a musician and pleasing his father and fiance. Encouraged by his great uncle, Anthony finds inspiration from a mysterious older woman in an other worldly night club, who teaches him to find happiness through swing dancing.
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
In the heart of the Northern Rockies, one 500-mile stretch of highway connects the West's most renowned blue-ribbon trout streams. It also passes through some of America's most spectacular scenery-jagged peaks, bewitching deserts, shimmering waters in pristine forests - a region that draws anglers from all over the world to settings that restore the soul. "The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway" is a one-hour documentary narrated by Tom Skerritt, written by Tim Woodward, directed by Tom Hadzor and produced by Wide Eye Productions. The program follows U.S. Highway 20 as it passes through some of the best fly fishing waters in the world. Shot on location in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Oregon, it is a visual feast of scenic beauty. You don't have to fly fish to love "The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway."
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Filmography
as Cliff
as Self - Actor
as Vance Baker
as Ben Givens
as Dex
as The Phantom
as Self
as Fred
as Walter
as Tobias Cook
as Self
as Ron Clay
as Ulysses S. Grant
as Patrick McCord
as Narrator (voice)
as Colonel (voice)
as Dr. Roland Emerson
as Pete Peterson
as Tom Skerritt
as Walt Jackson
as Santa
as Jack Connors
as Narrator (voice)
as Clive Farrier
as Alan Mitchell
as Narrator (voice)
as James Paisley
as Dr. John Fury
as Horse (voice)
as Jimmy Ford
as Sheriff Wilson Landry
as Gabe Utterson
as President Stanfield
as Zeke
as Victor Bannister
as William Walker
as Emmett L. Johnson
as Zeke
as John Edward Marinville
as Simon Abernathy
as Colonel Mike Davis
as Colonel Mike Davis
as Viper (archive footage)
as Det. Joey 'O' Olin
as Fritz Grier
as Admiral McKee
as Admiral Theodore McKee
as William Westmoreland
as George Verdi
as Captain Bill Rhodes
as Self
as Tom Bradshaw
as Herb Smith
as Johnny Pinkley
as Richard Dukes
as Self
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
as Will Kane
as Self
as Walter
as Self
as Thomas Ahearn
as Chris Carrick
as Oliver Taft
as Fred Maddux
as Fred Maddux
as Host
as Radley Tate
as Dr. Jay Markus
as Police Chief
as Sam Houston
as Norm Jenkins
as David Drumlin
as Steve Riordan
as Jim Kellner
as Self - Guest
as Rev. Maclean
as Jimmy Brock
as Mayor Weber
as Jack Montgomery
as Darryl Cooper
as Jerritt Mattison
as Frank Sedman
as Ham McDonald
as Eugene Ackerman
as Judge Warren Danvers
as Jim
as Detective Bass
as Sheriff Sam Brodie
as Dr. Webster
as Stoner
as Drum Eatenton
as Ebbet Berens
as Bruce Gardner
as Ding
as Joseph Kellogg
as Sam Cahill
as Phil Carpenter
as Charles Montgomery
as Jeremy Collins
as Lloyd Wisdom
as Stuart Browning
as Logan
as Bill Grand
as Zack
as Viper
as Don Bared
as (segment "What Are Friends For?")
as Father Dwelle
as Lieutenant Dan Stoner
as Detective Frank Sheen
as Sheriff Bannerman
as Dr. Thomas Ryan
as Howard Anderson
as Evan Drake
as John D'Angelo
as Walter Reamer
as Casey
as Dallas
as Marcus Winston
as Strawberry
as John Gosford
as Wayne
as Bernardino Campo
as Chief Inspector
as Jack
as Tom Preston
as Bill Powers
as Fred
as Robert W. Palmer
as Margherito
as Dee Mobley
as Orville Fitzgerald
as Det. Bert Kling
as Motorcycle Officer
as Charley Doyle
as Bud
as John Buckman
as Neighbor (uncredited)
as Duke Forrest
as Lew Morgan
as Arnie Cambor
as Sgt. Trapani
as Morgan Carpenter
as Enoch Shelton
as Matthew Gebhardt
as Corky Mardis
as Robert Hastings
as John Clarence Rim
as Thorn Hazard
as Bill Leonard
as Lou Patterson
as Whit Turner
as Lt. Paddy Gialella
as Lt. Steve Parmalee
as Leonard Peale, Grown
as Neely Hollister
as Pete Edwards
as Hicks
as Burke
as Sgt. Decker
as Frank Farmer
as Eric Kroeger
as Rev. Paul Martinson
as Billy Landers
as Moran
as Sgt. Stan Showalter
as Jerry
as Corporal Bill Tanner
as Mailman
as Hamish Browne
as Self - Presenter
as Edmund Dano
as Ben Stone
as Orv Timpson
as Fred Garth
as Tuck Frye
as Corky Mardis
as Norm Jenkins
as Self - Nominee
as Self