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Tom Skerritt and Joan Prather in Big Bad Mama (1974)

Tom Skerritt and Angie Dickinson in Big Bad Mama (1974)

William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, Angie Dickinson, and Susan Sennett in Big Bad Mama (1974)

William Shatner, Tom Skerritt, and Angie Dickinson in Big Bad Mama (1974)

Tom Skerritt and Faye Dunaway in Changing Hearts (2002)

Tom Skerritt and Hayley Mills in The Parent Trap II (1986)

Tom Skerritt, Diane Baker, and Stewart Granger in The Virginian (1962)

Sally Field and Tom Skerritt in Steel Magnolias (1989)

Tom Skerritt and George Takei in Death Valley Days (1952)

Tom Skerritt, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Vann Gravage in A River Runs Through It (1992)

Tom Skerritt, Bud Cort, and Ruth Gordon in Harold and Maude (1971)

Tom Skerritt, Donald Sutherland, and Elliott Gould in M*A*S*H (1970)

Tom Skerritt, Donald Sutherland, Bud Cort, Elliott Gould, Kim Atwood, Rene Auberjonois, Timothy Brown, Corey Fischer, Danny Goldman, Carl Gottlieb, Ken Prymus, and John Schuck in M*A*S*H (1970)

Robert Duvall, Tom Skerritt, and Donald Sutherland in M*A*S*H (1970)

Tom Skerritt in Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)

John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, and Veronica Cartwright in Alien (1979)

Kirstie Alley and Tom Skerritt in Cheers (1982)

Tom Skerritt and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)

Tom Skerritt in Brothers & Sisters (2006)

Tom Skerritt, James Darren, and Scott Marlowe in The Time Tunnel (1966)

Tom Skerritt and Kathy Baker in Picket Fences (1992)

Tom Skerritt and Zelda Rubinstein in Picket Fences (1992)

Tom Skerritt and Costas Mandylor in Picket Fences (1992)

Lauren Holly, Tom Skerritt, and Kelly Connell in Picket Fences (1992)

Tom Skerritt and Michael Keenan in Picket Fences (1992)

Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Tom Skerritt, Rick Rossovich, and Adrian Pasdar in Top Gun (1986)

Tom Skerritt, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, David Arkin, Carl Gottlieb, and John Schuck in M*A*S*H (1970)

Tom Skerritt, Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Fred Williamson, Roger Bowen, and John Schuck in M*A*S*H (1970)

Tom Skerritt and Craig Sheffer in A River Runs Through It (1992)

Brad Pitt, Tom Skerritt, and Craig Sheffer in A River Runs Through It (1992)

Tom Skerritt in A River Runs Through It (1992)

Tom Skerritt and Ted Danson in Cheers (1982)

Tom Skerritt and Darren McGavin in Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)

Tom Skerritt and Shirley Knight in Redwood Highway (2013)

Lean, ruggedly handsome leading man and supporting actor whose "outdoor" looks have improved with age, Tom Skerritt attended Wayne State University and UCLA. He was first noticed in a UCLA production of "The Rainmaker" before making his movie debut in War Hunt (1962). However, he spent most of the next decade in television, regularly appearing in Combat! (1962), The Virginian (1962), Gunsmoke (1955) and 12 O'Clock High (1964). Skerritt's next big break was appearing alongside Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould in Robert Altman's biting satire M*A*S*H (1970). Several other film roles quickly followed, before he landed the plum role of Capt. Dallas of the ill-fated commercial towing vehicle Nostromo in the creepy sci-fi epic Alien (1979).

Skerritt turned up again in another thriller playing a cop hunting a serial killer in the eerie The Dead Zone (1983), as a Navy Officer Flight instructor in Top Gun (1986) , in the six-chick flick Steel Magnolias (1989), and then as the poster boy for a "Guess" Jeans ad campaign utilizing his mature, weather-beaten features. Skerritt didn't neglect his TV background and reappeared on the small screen in Cheers (1982), The China Lake Murders (1990) and picked up an Emmy in 1994 for his performance as Sheriff Brock in the superb series Picket Fences (1992).

Skerritt has remained continually busy for the past decade, contributing natural, entertaining and reliable performances in TV series, made-for-TV movies and major theatrical releases. He recreated the role of Will Kane in the TV production of High Noon (2000), and appeared alongside Bruce Willis in the mercenary war drama Tears of the Sun (2003).

Tom Skerritt at an event for Hannibal (2001)

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