Tom Skerritt
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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 shows since 1962.
He is best known for his film appearances in M*A*S*H, Alien, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, Up in Smoke, and the television series Picket Fences.
Skerritt has received numerous nominations and accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for Picket Fences.
Early life
Skerritt, the son of Helen, a homemaker, and Roy Skerritt, a businessman, was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is the youngest of three children. Skerritt, a 1951 graduate of Detroit's Mackenzie High School, attended Wayne State University and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Skerritt was recruited straight after graduating from high school and spent four years in the United States Air Force as a classifications specialist. The majority of his enlistment was spent at Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas.
Personal life
Since 1988, he has divided his time between his Lake Washington home in suburban Seattle, Washington, and a second home on Lopez Island in the San Juan Islands.
Skerritt was married to Charlotte Shanks from 1957 to 1972, with whom he has three children: Andy, Erin, and Matt. He was married to Sue Oran from 1977 to 1992, with whom he has a son named Colin. He has been married to Julie Tokashiki since 1996. Emi, their one daughter, has only one child.
Career
Skerritt made his film debut in War Hunt, which was produced by Terry Sanders and released in 1962. M*A*S*H (1970), Harold and Maude (credited as "M. Borman"), Big Bad Mama, Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978), and Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf in Top Gun (1986) were two of Skerritt's notable film appearances, including M*A*S*H (1978), as Captain Dallas in Alien (1979), as a young astronaut in Contact (1997) and SpaceCamp (1986) in Commando In 1988, he appeared in Poltergeist III with Nancy Allen and Lara Flynn Boyle. Thomas Drummond "Drum" Eatenton played in Steel Magnolias in 1989. He appeared in the critically acclaimed Robert Redford-directed film A River Runs Through It in 1992 as a fly-fishing loving minister and father of the two protagonist brothers in the film.
Skerritt appeared in Ray Walston's "Mrs. Jekyll and Hyde" in 1963 (Walston was a regular cast member 30 years ago in Skerritt's show Picket Fences). In the episode "Aunt Win Steps In," he appeared in the television series The Real McCoys (1963) as a letter carrier. Patrick Hogan, a young gambler who has a tragic destiny after winning a small fortune in a saloon, was cast in Bonanza in 1964 and on Death Valley Days in 1965. In another Death Valley Days episode, "A Sense of Justice" (1966), he played a young Roy Bean with his older brother, Joshua Bean, who was played by Tris Coffin. Skerritt appeared in "Twain's Twain" in 1968, alongside Dabney Coleman as Twain's mining buddy, Calvin H. Higby. Both goldsmiths lose a fortune in gold, but Twain's destiny is in writing. Skerritt appeared in "Nobody Beats the House" on Cannon in 1972, playing a young gambler. He appeared in another episode of Cannon titled "The Conspirators" in 1975, portraying a corrupt sheriff.
Skerritt appeared in the ABC series Twelve O'Clock High (1964-1972), five episodes; Gunsmoke (1965–1972), also five episodes); and as Evan Drake on Cheers. He appeared on CBS' Picket Fences (1992-1996), as Sheriff Jimmy Brock, for which he received an Emmy Award. He has appeared in Homeland Security and The Grid since his time as a teenager.
After appearing in the pilot and several flashback scenes, he portrayed William Walker on Brothers & Sisters. It was his second time as Sally Field's husband; the first was in Steel Magnolias.
On ABC Family's miniseries Fallen, he appeared as Ezekiel alongside Paul Wesley. On Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system's showcase website, he also served as the tour guide. He lent his voice to Gun (2005), where he plays Clay Allison. Nate Ford's father appeared in seasons three and four of Leverage as Nate Ford's father.
Skerritt appeared in Don Quixote's production in February 2012. Skerritt appeared in Field of Lost Shoes with his ex-Picket Fences co-star Lauren Holly. In Lucky, the former actor's last film (2017), he was reunited with Alien co-star Harry Dean Stanton.
Skerritt is the founder and chairman of Heyou Media, a Seattle-based digital media firm.