Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

90 · Born: Aug 25, 1933

Personal Details

Born Aug 25, 1933 Detroit, Michigan, USA
Spouse
  • Julie Tokashiki

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to May 9, 2024 )
  • Susan Ellen Aran

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Jul 31, 1990 )
  • Charlotte R Shanks

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Dec 1, 1972 )
Parents
  • Helen Skerrit
  • Roy Skeritt

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tom Skerritt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Career

2021
East of the Mountains
East of the Mountains as Ben Givens
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Catch the Bullet
Catch the Bullet as Dex
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2017
Day of Days
Day of Days as Walter
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Lucky
Lucky as Fred
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2016
Journey Back to Christmas
Journey Back to Christmas as Tobias Cook
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A Hologram for the King
A Hologram for the King as Ron Clay
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2015
Field of Lost Shoes
Field of Lost Shoes as Ulysses S. Grant
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2014
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway as Narrator (voice)
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Return of the River
Return of the River as Grant Humes
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Wings: Sky Force Heroes
Wings: Sky Force Heroes as Colonel (Voice)
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2013
At Middleton
At Middleton as Dr. Roland Emerson
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Redwood Highway
Redwood Highway as Pete
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2012
Soda Springs
Soda Springs as Walt Jackson
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2011
A Valentine's Date
A Valentine's Date as Jack Connors
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Redemption Road
Redemption Road as Santa
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Over: Hawaii
Over: Hawaii as Narrator
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White Collar
White Collar as Alan Mitchell
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2010
Leverage
Leverage as Jimmy Ford
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2009
For Sale by Owner
For Sale by Owner as Clive Farrier
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The Velveteen Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit as Horse
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Whiteout
Whiteout as Dr. John Fury
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AYP Seattle's Forgotten World's Fair
AYP Seattle's Forgotten World's Fair as Narrator (voice)
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2008
Beer for My Horses
Beer for My Horses as Sheriff Wilson Landry
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Over America
Over America
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Gabe Utterson
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The Trojan Horse
The Trojan Horse as President Stanfield
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2007
Killer Wave
Killer Wave as Victor Bannister
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2006
Desperation
Desperation as John Edward Marinville
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Fallen
Fallen as Zeke
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Bonneville
Bonneville as Emmett
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Mammoth
Mammoth as Simon Abernathy
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Huff
Huff
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2005
Category 7: The End of the World
Category 7: The End of the World as Colonel Mike Davis
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Vinegar Hill
Vinegar Hill as Fritz Grier
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2004
Homeland Security
Homeland Security as Admiral McKee
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The Grid
The Grid
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Homeland Security
Homeland Security as Admiral Theodore McKee
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2003
Swing
Swing as George Verdi
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Path to War
Path to War as General William Westmoreland
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Tears of the Sun
Tears of the Sun as Captain Bill Rhodes
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Oliver Taft
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2002
Changing Hearts
Changing Hearts as Johnny Pinkley
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Greenmail
Greenmail as Tom Bradshaw
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2001
Texas Rangers
Texas Rangers as Richard Dukes
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2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
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High Noon
High Noon as Will Kane
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Trial by Media
Trial by Media as Walter
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1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer as Fred Maddux
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The Other Sister
The Other Sister as Radley Tate
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Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York as Thomas Ahearn
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1998
Two for Texas
Two for Texas as Sam Houston
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1997
What the Deaf Man Heard
What the Deaf Man Heard as Norm Jenkins
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Contact
Contact as David Drumlin
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Norm Jenkins
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1992
Knight Moves
Knight Moves as Frank Sedman
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In Sickness and in Health
In Sickness and in Health as Jerritt Mattison
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A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It as Rev. Maclean
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Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy as Darryl Cooper
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Getting Up and Going Home
Getting Up and Going Home as Jack Montgomery
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Singles
Singles as Mayor Weber
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Picket Fences
Picket Fences as Jimmy Brock
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1991
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue as Ham McDonald
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1990
The Rookie
The Rookie as Eugene Ackerman
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The China Lake Murders
The China Lake Murders as Sheriff Sam Brodie
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1989
Red King, White Knight
Red King, White Knight as Stoner
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The Heist
The Heist as Ebbet Berens
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Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias as Drum Eatenton
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Big Man on Campus
Big Man on Campus as Dr. Webster
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1988
Nightmare at Bittercreek
Nightmare at Bittercreek as Ding
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Poltergeist III
Poltergeist III as Bruce Gardner
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Honor Bound
Honor Bound as Sam Cahill
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Moving Target
Moving Target as Joseph Kellogg
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1987
Poker Alice
Poker Alice as Jeremy Collins
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Maid to Order
Maid to Order as Charles Montgomery
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The Big Town
The Big Town as Phil Carpenter
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1986
Top Gun
Top Gun as Cmdr. Mike 'Viper' Metcalf
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Miles to Go...
Miles to Go... as Stuart Browning
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The Parent Trap II
The Parent Trap II as Bill Grand
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SpaceCamp
SpaceCamp as Zack
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Wisdom
Wisdom as Lloyd Wisdom
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Opposing Force
Opposing Force as Logan
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The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
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1984
Calendar Girl Murders
Calendar Girl Murders as Lieutenant Dan Stoner
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A Touch of Scandal
A Touch of Scandal as Father Dwelle
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1983
The Dead Zone
The Dead Zone as Sheriff George Bannerman
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1982
Fighting Back
Fighting Back as John D'Angelo
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A Dangerous Summer
A Dangerous Summer as Howard Anderson
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1981
Savage Harvest
Savage Harvest as Casey
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Silence of the North
Silence of the North as Walter Reamer
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1979
Alien
Alien as Dallas
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1978
Ice Castles
Ice Castles as Marcus Winston
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Maneaters Are Loose!
Maneaters Are Loose! as John Gosford
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Up in Smoke
Up in Smoke as Strawberry
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1977
The Turning Point
The Turning Point as Wayne
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1975
The Devil's Rain
The Devil's Rain as Tom Preston
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S.W.A.T.
S.W.A.T.
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1974
Thieves Like Us
Thieves Like Us as Dee Mobley
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Big Bad Mama
Big Bad Mama as Fred
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Robert W. Palmer
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1973
The Birdmen
The Birdmen as Orville Fitzgerald
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1972
Fuzz
Fuzz as Det. Bert Kling
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1971
Wild Rovers
Wild Rovers as John Buckman
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1970
M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H as Duke Forrest
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1969
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O as Lew Morgan
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1966
The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel as Matthew Gebhardt
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1965
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke as Edmund Dano
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Disneyland
Disneyland as Corky Mardis
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1964
The Fugitive
The Fugitive as Neely Hollister
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1962
War Hunt
War Hunt as Sgt. Stan Showalter
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Frank Farmer
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The Virginian
The Virginian as Eric Kroeger
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2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2016
The American West
The American West
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2003
2002
The 'Alien' Saga
The 'Alien' Saga
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2001
History vs. Hollywood