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Tom Atkins Wiki Biography

Handsome, rugged, versatile and charismatic character actor Tom Atkins was born on November 13, 1935 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Atkins initially became an avid horror film fan in his childhood days; Howard Hawks' immortal classic The Thing from Another World (1951) made an especially strong impression on him as a kid. Tom attended Duquesne ... 

Full NameTom Atkins
Date Of BirthNovember 13, 1935
Place Of BirthPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Height5' 11" (1.8 m)
ProfessionActor
EducationDuquesne University
NationalityAmerican
SpouseJanis Lee Rodgers (m. 1986)
ChildrenE. Taylor Atkins
ParentsGeorge C. Atkins, Dorothy E. Williams
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IMDB
AwardsDrama Desk Award for Most Promising Performer
MoviesHalloween III: Season of the Witch, Night of the Creeps, The Fog, Maniac Cop, Lethal Weapon, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Escape from New York, Drive Angry, Two Evil Eyes, Striking Distance, Bruiser, Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo, The Ninth Configuration, Bob Roberts, Lemon Sky, The New Kids, Cry in the W...
TV ShowsThe Rockford Files, Serpico
#Trademark
1Often plays police officers
#Quote
1I made a few other films in New York in the late 60's, early 70's. But I think The Fog (1980) was my first film in Los Angeles. I could be wrong. And it was a "horror" film. And then I made a bunch of horror films for a while. And I loved them. I had always admired Vincent Price, and though I never worked with him, it was one of the treats of my life to meet him in Los Angeles, and we were mutual fans. I would like to have had a career like his.
2Well, I grew up in Pittsburgh. My father worked for J&L Steel. We were a blue collar family. And that's the kind of actor I am. What you see is what you get. I've played a lot of cops and a few bad guys. No one has ever hired me to play a brain surgeon, though I have played a couple of docs.
3Mel Gibson was lovely. He was on the edge of both scenes that I had with Danny Glover.
4You know, they just don't make big movie stars the way they used to, maybe because the system has changed, the studio system, but it's sad to see people like Jimmy Stewart go, all the giants of the past.
5Jimmy Garner is a very gracious guy, as he was then and he is still today.
6Richard Donner was a particular delight. He's a wonderful kind of old-fashioned director, from what I would have thought the golden days of Hollywood must have been from the '30s and '40s. He was just a big, handsome, strapping, strong, delightful, cigar-smoking, very open, gregarious guy. He would talk to anybody. He never closed off the set.
#Fact
1His longtime partner David Lewell died in 2004.
2Currently lives in Peters Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. [2004]
3Has appeared with Adrienne Barbeau in four films: The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), Creepshow (1982) and Two Evil Eyes (1990).
4His son E. Taylor Atkins graduated from Peters Township High School in Pennsylvania.
5Is a frequent player in shows at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, most famously in the one-man show "The Chief", in which he depicts the late founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Art Rooney.
6Has a Golden Retriever named Gus.
7His favorite of all the movies he has worked on is Night of the Creeps (1986).
8During his childhood, he was a huge fan of science fiction and horror films.
9Member of Gamma Phi Fraternity.
10Graduated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Judy's Dead2014Roy
Apocalypse Kiss2014Cpt. John Vogle
Arriving at Night2011ShortPhil Redman
Drive Angry2011Cap
The Chief2010VideoArt Rooney Sr.
Trapped2009/IIDetective Abbott
Shannon's Rainbow2009Captain Martin
My Bloody Valentine2009Burke
The Jury2004TV SeriesBoyd Kingman
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2003TV SeriesMr. Monahan
Oz2003TV SeriesMayor Wilson Lowen
Turn of Faith2002Charlie Ryan
Out of the Black2001Eugene Carter
Bruiser2000Detective McCleary
The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads1999TV MovieCmdr. Alex Diehl
Homicide: Life on the Street1998TV SeriesGrenville Rawlins
Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story1996TV MovieHenry Hart
Xena: Warrior Princess1996TV SeriesAtrius
The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits...1996TV MovieCmdr. Alex Diehl
Fortune Hunter1994TV SeriesRichard Bennett
Walker, Texas Ranger1993TV SeriesWade Cantrell
Striking Distance1993Sgt. Fred Hardy
Sworn to Vengeance1993TV MovieEd Barry
Bob Roberts1992Dr. Caleb Menck
What She Doesn't Know1992TV MovieRoy
Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann1991TV MovieJamieson
Kojak: Flowers for Matty1990TV MovieLt. Ian Conner
Against the Law1990TV SeriesWalter Littlefield
Two Evil Eyes1990Det. Grogan (segment "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar")
The Heist1989TV MovieDet. Leland
Dead Man Out1989TV MovieBerger
Maniac Cop1988Frank McCrae
Lemon Sky1988Douglas
The Equalizer1986-1987TV SeriesDetective Frank Standish / Demonstrator
A Stranger Waits1987TV MovieSheriff Collier
Lethal Weapon1987Michael Hunsaker
Spenser: For Hire1986TV SeriesHatch
Night of the Creeps1986Ray Cameron
Stingray1986TV SeriesDonald Dixon
Blind Justice1986/ITV MovieKramer
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1986TV SeriesPolice Lieutenant
The Fall Guy1985TV SeriesGeorge Spiros
The New Kids1985'Mac' MacWilliams
T.J. Hooker1984TV SeriesPhil Parker / Tommy D'Amico
The Mississippi1983TV SeriesKenyon
Murder Me, Murder You1983TV MovieJack Vance
St. Elsewhere1983TV SeriesBob Lonnicker
Skeezer1982TV MovieDr. Chanless
Halloween III: Season of the Witch1982Daniel Challis
Creepshow1982Stan (segments "Prologue" / "Epilogue") (uncredited)
Quincy M.E.1982TV SeriesCmdr. Gene Butler / John Todd
Desperate Lives1982TV MovieJohn Cameron
M*A*S*H1982TV SeriesMajor Lawrence Weems
Lou Grant1979-1981TV SeriesDr. Sorenson / Jim Bronsky / Frank Durning
Standing Room Only1981TV SeriesCraigin
Escape from New York1981Rehme
The Ninth Configuration1980Sgt. Krebs
Power1980TV MovieBuck Buchanan
Skag1980TV SeriesDr. Moscone
The Fog1980Nick Castle
A Death in Canaan1978TV MovieLt. Bragdon
Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo1977TV MovieBuddy
Baretta1977TV SeriesVic
The Rockford Files1974-1977TV SeriesAlex Diel Lt. Thomas Diehl
Serpico1976-1977TV SeriesLt. Tom Sullivan
Visions1976TV SeriesRobert Dayka
Special Delivery1976Cop on Beat
Hawaii Five-O1975TV SeriesKoko Apelika
The Rookies1975TV SeriesBrad Gifford
Miles to Go Before I Sleep1975TV MovieO'Dell
Harry O1974TV SeriesSgt. Frank Cole
Rhoda1974TV SeriesVic Rhodes
Get Christie Love!1974TV SeriesPeterson
The Owl and the Pussycat1970Kid in Car (uncredited)
Where's Poppa?1970Policeman in Apartment
The Detective1968Harmon
Look Up and Live1964TV SeriesDoctor
The Doctors1963TV SeriesDylan Levein

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Lunatic, Maniac and the Psycho's Parking Lot: Hitchcock Presents Anti-Pervert Manual2008Short grateful acknowledgment

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
'Creepshow' Days with Michael Gornick2016Video shortHimself
Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini2015DocumentaryHimself
Fantasm2013DocumentaryHimself
Stand Alone: The Making of Halloween III2012VideoHimself
Doomed Detective: Tom Atkins on Maniac Cop2011Video documentary short
Night of the Creeps: Tom Atkins, Man of Action2009Video documentary shortHimself
Thrill Me!: The Making of Night of the Creeps2009Video documentaryHimself
Just Desserts: The Making of 'Creepshow'2007Video documentaryHimself
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror2006Video documentaryHimself

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2010Fangoria Horror Hall of FameFangoria Chainsaw Awards
2010Horror Icon of the YearLouisville Fright Night Film Fest

Known for movies

Michael Hunsaker

Lethal Weapon (1987)
as Michael Hunsaker

Daniel Challis

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)
as Daniel Challis

Rehme

Escape from New York (1981)
as Rehme

Nick Castle

The Fog (1980)
as Nick Castle


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