Born in Detroit, Michigan, USA — Aug 25 1933

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.
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Oliver Taft

Neely Hollister

Det. Joey 'O' Olin

Evan Drake

Chris Carrick

James Paisley

Jerry

Jim Kellner

Hamish Browne

Dr. Jay Markus

Frank Farmer

Morgan Carpenter

Alan Mitchell

Lew Morgan

Directing

Hicks

Eric Kroeger

William Walker

Patrick McCord

Robert Hastings

(segment "What Are Friends For?")

Bud

Jimmy Ford

Herb Smith


Jimmy Brock

Detective Frank Sheen


Self

Lou Patterson

Dallas

Edmund Dano

Matthew Gebhardt

Lt. Paddy Gialella


Tom Skerritt

Mailman

Charley Doyle

Don Bared

Viper



David Drumlin

Arnie Cambor

Enoch Shelton


Corky Mardis


Captain Bill Rhodes

Cliff

Norm Jenkins

Drum Eatenton

Vance Baker

Rev. Maclean


Duke Forrest

Sheriff Bannerman

Dr. John Fury

Zeke

Darryl Cooper

Motorcycle Officer

Strawberry


Self


William Westmoreland

Gabe Utterson

Self

Thomas Ahearn

Radley Tate

Bernardino Campo

Eugene Ackerman

Ron Clay

Fred Maddux

Victor Bannister

Fred

Zeke

Fred

Colonel Mike Davis

Police Chief

Whit Turner

John Edward Marinville

John Buckman

Bill Grand

Wayne

Frank Sedman

Phil Carpenter

Chief Inspector

Mayor Weber

Emmett L. Johnson

Zack

Lloyd Wisdom

President Stanfield

Tom Preston

Richard Dukes

Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy

Self

Det. Bert Kling

Dr. Roland Emerson

Jerritt Mattison

Dee Mobley

Sgt. Stan Showalter

Tom Bradshaw

Bruce Gardner

Dr. Thomas Ryan

Simon Abernathy

Neighbor (uncredited)

Will Kane

Self

Ham McDonald

Father Dwelle

Ulysses S. Grant

John D'Angelo

Sam Houston

Johnny Pinkley

Self

Charles Montgomery
Self

Joseph Kellogg

Jeremy Collins

Self
Self

Marcus Winston

Ebbet Berens

Self - Actor

Norm Jenkins

Stoner

Admiral Theodore McKee

Corky Mardis

Jack

Detective Bass

Horse (voice)

Dr. Webster

Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy

Stuart Browning

Jack Connors

Sheriff Sam Brodie

George Verdi

Fred Maddux

Howard Anderson

Self

Orville Fitzgerald

Tobias Cook

Admiral McKee

Santa

Fritz Grier

Walt Jackson

Ding

Walter Reamer

Colonel (voice)

Lieutenant Dan Stoner

Jack Montgomery

Sgt. Trapani

Bill Powers

Casey

Pete Peterson

Judge Warren Danvers

Sheriff Wilson Landry

Logan

Sam Cahill

Dex

Clive Farrier

Leonard Peale, Grown

The Phantom

Walter

John Gosford

Steve Riordan

Jim

Margherito

Ben Givens

Walter


Narrator (voice)

Host


Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)

Narrator (voice)

Narrator

Self - Presenter