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Biography

Tom Skerritt was born on August 25, 1933, in Detroit, Michigan, as the son of Helen and Roy Skerritt. Skeritt attended high school at…more

Born

8/25/1933, Detroit, Michigan

Birth Name

Thomas Roy Skerritt

Gender

Male

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Star (6)

Role
- Stephen King's Desperation
  John Edward Marinville
  - S 1: Ep 1 Desperation
    5/23/06
- Category 7: The End of the World
  Col. Mike Davis
  - S 1: Ep 1 Part 1
    11/6/05
- The Grid
  Acton Sandman
  - S 1: Ep 6 Episode #6
    8/9/04
  - S 1: Ep 5 Episode #5
    8/9/04
  - S 1: Ep 4 Episode #4
    8/2/04
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode #3
    7/26/04
  - S 1: Ep 2 Episode #2
    7/19/04
  - + 1 More Credits
- Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
  Thomas Ahearn
  - S 1: Ep 1 Part 1
    11/14/99
- Picket Fences
  Sheriff Jimmy Brock
  - S 4: Ep 20 Liver Let Die
    6/26/96
  - S 4: Ep 19 To Forgive is Divine
    6/19/96
  - S 4: Ep 18 Forget Selma
    6/12/96
  - S 4: Ep 16 Winner Takes All
    6/5/96
  - S 4: Ep 22 Three Weddings and a Meltdown
    4/24/96
  - + 83 More Credits
- Ryan's Four
  Dr. Thomas Ryan
  - S 1: Ep 5 Couples
    4/27/83
  - S 1: Ep 4 Heartaches
    4/20/83
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Choice
    4/13/83
  - S 1: Ep 2 Never Say Die
    4/6/83
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    4/5/83
Recurring Role (15)

Role
- Brothers & Sisters
  William Walker
  - S 3: Ep 23 Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
    5/3/09
  - S 2: Ep 16 Prior Commitments
    5/11/08
  - S 1: Ep 15 Love is Difficult
    2/18/07
  - S 1: Ep 9 Mistakes Were Made, Part 2
    11/19/06
  - S 1: Ep 8 Mistakes Were Made, Part 1 (a.k.a. Glass Jumps)
    11/12/06
  - + 2 More Credits
- Cheers
  Evan Drake
  - S 6: Ep 25 Backseat Becky, Up Front
    5/5/88
  - S 6: Ep 20 The Sam in the Gray Flannel Suit
    3/3/88
  - S 6: Ep 18 Let Sleeping Drakes Lie
    2/18/88
  - S 6: Ep 16 Yacht of Fools
    2/4/88
  - S 6: Ep 15 Tale of Two Cuties
    1/21/88
  - + 1 More Credits
- Gunsmoke
  Tuck Frye
  - S 18: Ep 14 Jubilee
    12/18/72
- Gunsmoke
  Fred Garth
  - S 16: Ep 2 The Noose
    9/21/70
- The Virginian
  Recurring Role
  - S 7: Ep 1 The Saddle Warmer
    9/18/68
  - S 6: Ep 22 The Crooked Path
    2/21/68
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Technical Sergeant Neely
  - S 3: Ep 16 A Long Time Dead
    1/6/67
- Gunsmoke
  Rov Timpson
  - S 12: Ep 13 The Moonstone
    12/17/66
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Lieutenant Paddy Gialella
  - S 2: Ep 22 Twenty-Fifth Mission
    2/14/66
- Gunsmoke
  Edmund Dano
  - S 11: Ep 10 The Pretender
    11/20/65
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Sergeant Ben Rodale
  - S 2: Ep 3 Then Came the Mighty Hunter
    9/27/65
- The Virginian
  Billy Landers
  - S 3: Ep 29 The Showdown
    4/14/65
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Lieutenant Parmalee
  - S 1: Ep 15 Those Who Are About to Die
    1/1/65
- Twelve O'Clock High
  Lieutenant Ryan
  - S 1: Ep 12 Soldiers Sometimes Kill
    12/11/64
- The Virginian
  Paul
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Secret of Brynmar Hall
    4/1/64
- The Virginian
  Eric Kroeger
  - S 1: Ep 8 Impasse
    11/14/62
Guest Star (67)

Role
- White Collar
  Alan Mitchell
  - S 3: Ep 14 Pulling Strings
    2/7/12
- Leverage
  Jimmy Ford
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Radio Job
    1/8/12
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Three-Card Monte Job
    8/8/10
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 238 Episode #2.238
    6/11/09
- Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 9 Pepperoni
    1/20/08
- The Dead Zone
  Herb Smith
  - S 6: Ep 13 Denouement
    9/16/07
- e-Talk Daily
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 113 November 23, 2006
    11/23/06
- Fallen
  Ezekiel/Zeke
  - S 1: Ep 0 Fallen TV Movie
    7/23/06
- Huff
  Ben Huffstodt
  - S 2: Ep 9 Radio Silence
    5/21/06
  - S 2: Ep 7 So...What Brings You to Armageddon?
    5/7/06
- Huff
  Ben Huffstadt
  - S 2: Ep 6 Red Meat
    4/30/06
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Hon. Oliver Taft
  - S 5: Ep 24 Poison
    5/11/04
- The West Wing
  Chris Carrick
  - S 5: Ep 5 Constituency of One
    10/29/03
- Will & Grace
  Jay Markus
  - S 5: Ep 7 The Needle & Omelet's Done
    11/14/02
- E! True Hollywood Story
  himself
  - S 2: Ep 35 Elizabeth Taylor
    11/29/98
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Norm Jenkins
  - S 47: Ep 1 What the Deaf Man Heard
    12/23/97
- Chicago Hope
  Jim Kellner
  - S 4: Ep 1 Guns 'n' Roses
    10/1/97
- Screen Actors Guild Awards
  Himself, Nominee
  - S 2: Ep 1 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
    2/24/96
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself - Presenter
  - S 46: Ep 1 The 46th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/11/94
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 145 March 30, 1993
    3/30/93
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 30: Ep 58 Show #4469
    1/28/92
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Jim
  - S 19: Ep 1 A Question About Sex
    9/13/90
- Disneyland
  Bill Grand
  - S 31: Ep 18 Parent Trap II
    2/22/87
- The Twilight Zone (1985)
  Alex Mattingly
  - S 2: Ep 3 What Are Friends For?
    10/4/86
- The Hitchhiker
  Detective Frank Sheen
  - S 1: Ep 23 True Believer
    3/11/86
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 7 September 18, 1979
    9/18/79
  - S 5: Ep 190 June 26, 1979
    6/26/79
- Baretta
  Al Brimmer
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Appointment
    3/9/78
- S.W.A.T.
  Maynard Hill
  - S 2: Ep 19 Dragons and Owls
    3/6/76
- Barnaby Jones
  Darrin Addison
  - S 3: Ep 18 Image of Evil
    2/18/75
- Cannon
  Sheriff Andrews
  - S 4: Ep 14 The Conspirators
    1/1/75
- Manhunter
  guest star
  - S 1: Ep 14 Flight to Nowhere
    12/18/74
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
  Sen. Robert W. Palmer
  - S 1: Ep 7 The Devil's Platform
    11/15/74
- Get Christie Love
  Landon
  - S 1: Ep 2 Deadly Betrayal
    9/18/74
- Bonanza
  Corporal Bill Tanner
  - S 14: Ep 15 The Hunter
    1/16/73
- Cannon
  Toby Hauser
  - S 2: Ep 13 Nobody Beats the House
    12/20/72
- The F.B.I.
  Bill Leonard
  - S 7: Ep 24 The Deadly Species
    3/5/72
- Nichols
  Charley Doyle
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Marrying Fool
    12/28/71
- Cannon
  Dude Donaldson
  - S 1: Ep 1 Salinas Jackpot
    9/14/71
- The F.B.I.
  Thorn Hazard
  - S 6: Ep 15 The Unknown Victim
    1/3/71
- The Name of the Game
  Pete
  - S 3: Ep 3 Cynthia Is Alive and Living in Avalon
    10/2/70
- Medical Center
  Artie Atwood
  - S 1: Ep 26 Between Dark And Daylight
    4/15/70
- Hawaii Five-O
  Lew Morgan
  - S 2: Ep 21 Most Likely to Murder
    2/11/70
- Lancer
  Bill Blake
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Knot
    3/18/69
- The Outsider
  Arnie Cambor
  - S 1: Ep 17 A Bowl Of Cherries
    1/29/69
- Death Valley Days
  Sam Clemens
  - S 17: Ep 12 Ten Day Millionaires
    12/21/68
- The Felony Squad
  Tony Breer
  - S 3: Ep 8 Matched For Murder
    11/15/68
- Run for Your Life
  Lou Patterson
  - S 3: Ep 19 The Killing Scene
    2/1/68
- Cimarron Strip
  Enoch Shelton
  - S 1: Ep 18 Knife in the Darkness
    1/25/68
- The F.B.I.
  John Clarence Rim
  - S 3: Ep 12 The Legend of John Rim
    12/31/67
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Trapani
  - S 17: Ep 1 A Bell for Adano
    11/11/67
- Mannix
  Morgan Carpenter
  - S 1: Ep 7 Warning: Live Blueberries
    10/28/67
- Combat!
  Sgt. Decker
  - S 5: Ep 20 The Gantlet
    2/7/67
- Gunsmoke
  Orv Timpson
  - S 12: Ep 13 The Moonstone
    12/17/66
- The Time Tunnel
  Matthew
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Death Trap
    12/2/66
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Pete
  - S 4: Ep 6 Joshua's Kingdom
    10/18/66
- The F.B.I.
  Robert Hastings
  - S 2: Ep 3 The Assassin
    10/9/66
- Gunsmoke
  Ben Stone
  - S 12: Ep 3 The Jailer
    10/1/66
- Combat!
  Burke
  - S 4: Ep 21 Nothing to Lose
    2/1/66
- Death Valley Days
  Guest Star
  - S 14: Ep 9 The Book
    10/28/65
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  Richardson
  - S 1: Ep 29 The Enemies
    3/29/65
- The Fugitive (1963)
  Neely Hollister
  - S 2: Ep 18 Nicest Fella You'd Ever Want to Meet
    1/19/65
- Bonanza
  Jerry
  - S 6: Ep 4 Thanks for Everything, Friend
    10/11/64
- My Favorite Martian
  Edgar
  - S 1: Ep 31 Miss Jekyll and Hyde
    5/17/64
- Death Valley Days
  Emmett Dalton
  - S 12: Ep 9 Three Minutes to Eternity
    12/11/63
- My Three Sons
  Young Steve
  - S 4: Ep 11 The Proposals
    11/28/63
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  Dr. Frank Farmer
  - S 1: Ep 31 Run for Doom
    5/17/63
- The Real McCoys
  Mailman
  - S 6: Ep 22 Aunt Win Steps In
    3/10/63
- Combat!
  [uncredited]
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Prisoner
    12/25/62
- Combat!
  Uncredited
  - S 1: Ep 11 A Day in June
    12/18/62
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- The Closer
  Retired Detective "Joey O" Olin
  - S 5: Ep 8 Elysian Fields
    7/27/09
Director (2)

Role
- Picket Fences
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 19 To Forgive is Divine
    6/19/96
  - S 4: Ep 4 Bloodbrothers
    10/13/95
  - S 3: Ep 7 Rebels with Causes
    11/11/94
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Director
  - S 19: Ep 1 A Question About Sex
    9/13/90

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- Tom's father, Roy, was in business while his mother, Helen, was a homemaker.
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- In 2002, Tom cited Picket Fences as his favorite TV program of all time.
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- Tom loves books written by author John Steinbeck.
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- Tom: I have never really capitalized effectively on the successful films I have appeared in. And I have been in some pretty damn good films. What it comes down to is what someone told me years ago -- if you have one hit and the next two are not successful, then you have to start from scratch again. That's what happened to me. It's like a game, I suppose, and I've been doing OK.
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- Tom: (on the biggest compliment received from a director) Just being hired by a great director is complimentary.
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- Tom: (on his favorite piece of music) I've got too many I can't really say. I love music too much to pick out one particular favorite. I could never do a disservice to some other great creative work.
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