
Cast
Tom Skerritt
Acting
Cast
Tom Skerritt
Known for
Acting
Born
1933-08-25
From
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as Tom Skerrit, Thomas Roy Skerritt, Τομ Σκέριτ
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.

Alien
as Dallas

Ted
as Tom Skerritt

Top Gun
as Viper

Contact
as David Drumlin

Tears of the Sun
as Captain Bill Rhodes

A River Runs Through It
as Rev. Maclean

Singles
as Mayor Weber

Steel Magnolias
as Drum Eatenton

Broke
as Cliff

M*A*S*H
as Duke Forrest

Poison Ivy
as Darryl Cooper

The Dead Zone
as Sheriff Bannerman

Poltergeist III
as Bruce Gardner

The Rookie
as Eugene Ackerman

Whiteout
as Dr. John Fury

Fallen
as Zeke

Up in Smoke
as Strawberry

Knight Moves
as Frank Sedman

Ice Castles
as Marcus Winston

Harold and Maude
as Motorcycle Officer

The Parent Trap II
as Bill Grand

War Hunt
as Sgt. Stan Showalter

Fighting Back
as John D'Angelo

Path to War
as William Westmoreland

Lucky
as Fred

Texas Rangers
as Richard Dukes

La madama
as Jack

Desperation
as John Edward Marinville

At Middleton
as Dr. Roland Emerson

Mammoth
as Simon Abernathy

A Hologram for the King
as Ron Clay

SpaceCamp
as Zack

Big Bad Mama
as Fred

Wisdom
as Lloyd Wisdom

Field of Lost Shoes
as Ulysses S. Grant

The Big Town
as Phil Carpenter

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
as Ham McDonald

Poker Alice
as Jeremy Collins

Fuzz
as Det. Bert Kling

Swing
as George Verdi

Redemption Road
as Santa

The Other Sister
as Radley Tate

Beer for My Horses
as Sheriff Wilson Landry

Maid to Order
as Charles Montgomery

A Look Through His Lens
as Self

The Devil’s Rain
as Tom Preston

The Heist
as Ebbet Berens

Maneaters Are Loose!
as John Gosford

Those Calloways
as Whit Turner

The Turning Point
as Wayne

The Alien Saga
as Self

Bonneville
as Emmett L. Johnson

Opposing Force
as Logan

Alien: Terror in Space
as Self - Actor

Thieves Like Us
as Dee Mobley

Your Love Never Fails
as Jack Connors

Memory: The Origins of Alien
as Self

Savage Harvest
as Casey

Big Man on Campus
as Dr. Webster

The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
as Fred Maddux

What the Deaf Man Heard
as Norm Jenkins

Nightmare at Bittercreek
as Ding

Getting Up and Going Home
as Jack Montgomery

Smoke Signals
as Police Chief

Catch the Bullet
as Dex

Red King, White Knight
as Stoner

The Moonshine War
as Neighbor (uncredited)

The Last Day
as Bill Powers

Plot of Fear
as Chief Inspector

The Velveteen Rabbit
as Horse (voice)

Child in the Night
as Detective Bass

Changing Hearts
as Johnny Pinkley

The China Lake Murders
as Sheriff Sam Brodie

The Beast Within: Making Alien
as Self

One Man's Way
as Leonard Peale, Grown

Altman on His Own Terms
as Self

Homeland Security
as Admiral McKee

Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
as Self

Greenmail
as Tom Bradshaw

Wild Rovers
as John Buckman

Journey Back to Christmas
as Tobias Cook

For Sale by Owner
as Clive Farrier

Moving Target
as Joseph Kellogg

Run, Run, Joe!
as Margherito

A Bell for Adano
as Sgt. Trapani

Vinegar Hill
as Fritz Grier

Redwood Highway
as Pete Peterson

Calendar Girl Murders
as Lieutenant Dan Stoner

Wings: Sky Force Heroes
as Colonel (voice)

High Noon
as Will Kane

Silence of the North
as Walter Reamer

Miles to Go…
as Stuart Browning

East of the Mountains
as Ben Givens

In Sickness and in Health
as Jerritt Mattison

The Birdmen
as Orville Fitzgerald

Two for Texas
as Sam Houston

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Gabe Utterson

Soda Springs
as Walt Jackson

An American Daughter
as Walter

Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy

The Further Adventures of Gallegher
as Corky Mardis

A Dangerous Summer
as Howard Anderson

Over Hawaii
as Narrator (voice)

She'll Take Romance
as Judge Warren Danvers

A Question About Sex
as Jim

A Touch of Scandal
as Father Dwelle

Honor Bound
as Sam Cahill

Soaring Over America

Divided by Hate
as Steve Riordan

Over California
as Narrator (voice)

The Phantom 52
as The Phantom

Day of Days
as Walter

Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
as Narrator (voice)

The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
as Narrator

Into the Wild Blue
as Host

The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
as Narrator (voice)
