Tom Skerritt
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
A River Runs Through It
as Rev. Maclean
1992
M*A*S*H
as Duke Forrest
1970
Contact
as David Drumlin
1997
Desperation
as John Edward Marinville
2006
Top Gun
as Viper
1986
Poltergeist III
as Bruce Gardner
1988
Maid to Order
as Charles Montgomery
1987
Steel Magnolias
as Drum Eatenton
1989
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
as Ham McDonald
1991
Fuzz
as Det. Bert Kling
1972
Singles
as Mayor Weber
1992
The Dead Zone
as Sheriff Bannerman
1983
Whiteout
as Dr. John Fury
2009
Path to War
as William Westmoreland
2003
Knight Moves
as Frank Sedman
1992
Savage Harvest
as Casey
1981
The Rookie
as Eugene Ackerman
1990
One Man's Way
as Leonard Peale, Grown
1964
The Moonshine War
as Neighbor (uncredited)
1970
Maneaters Are Loose!
as John Gosford
1978
TV Appearances
The Time Tunnel
as Matthew Gebhardt
1966
Brothers and Sisters
as William Walker
2006
The F.B.I.
as Robert Hastings
1965
Huff
2004
Hawaii Five-O
as Lew Morgan
1968
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "What Are Friends For?")
1985
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Baretta
1975
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Oliver Taft
1999
Mannix
as Morgan Carpenter
1967
History vs. Hollywood
as Self
2001
Gunsmoke
as Edmund Dano
1955