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Tom Atkins  (born November 13, 1935) is an American television and film actor. He is primarily known for his work in the horror film genre, having worked with writers and directors such as John Carpenter, Stephen King, and George A. Romero. He is also a familiar face to mainstream viewers, often playing police officers.
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Tom Atkins Biography / Wiki
| Name | Tom Atkins |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1935-11-13 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 86 |
| Deathday |
Tom Atkins Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Halloween III: Season of the Witch | Dr. Daniel ‘Dan’ Challis | 1982-10-22 | Dr. Daniel Challis and Ellie Grimbridge stumble onto a gruesome murder scheme when Ellie’s novelty-salesman father, Harry, is killed while in possessi… |
| Maniac Cop | Frank McCrae | 1988-05-13 | In New York, people are slain and strangled to death brutally on the open street. All witnesses agree that the murderer was in a cop’s uniform. Soon t… |
| The Chief | Art Rooney | 2010-10-15 | 1976- Step inside the cluttered office of Art Rooney and meet “The Chief.” Come face to face with the guiding force behind the Pittsburgh Steelers. He… |
| Just Desserts: The Making of ‘Creepshow’ | Himself | 2007-10-22 | Details the making of Stephen King & George A. Romero’s 1982 horror anthology classic, from conception through to completion…. |
| Stand Alone: The Making of “Halloween III: Season of the Witch” | 2012-09-18 | Retrospective documentary on the making of “Halloween III: Season of the Witch.”… | |
| In Search of Darkness | Self | 2019-05-01 | An exploration of ’80s horror movies through the perspective of the actors, directors, producers and SFX craftspeople who made them, and their impact … |
| In Search of Darkness: Part III | Self | 2022-12-01 | The epic conclusion to the In Search of Darkness trilogy. In this epic final chapter, our focus turns to the straight-to-video horror classics that po… |
| Judy’s Dead | Roy | 2014-11-16 | John and Molly return home to attend a funeral for their mother, Judy, after being estranged from their parents for more than a decade. Confrontations… |
| Lemon Sky | Douglas | 1988-02-10 | An out of high school teen from the midwest moves to San Diego, California in the 1950s to live with his estranged father and new family. Escaping his… |
| A Stranger Waits | 1987-03-29 | Most men consider the widow Kate Bennington to be irresistible, but when she dives into a madly passionate love affair with a mysterious younger man, … | |
| Fantasm | Himself | 2013-05-04 | At 15 years old, Kyle Kuchta went to his first horror convention. Years later, he visits multiple cons to understand why these gatherings are so impor… |
| Trick | Talbott | 2019-10-18 | A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc…. |
| In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self | 2020-10-06 | The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In S… |
| Trapped | Detective Abbott | 2009-10-25 | The suicide was easy, getting away with everything else could be murder…. |
| A Death in Canaan | Lt. Bragdon | 1978-03-01 | When a teenager is accused of his mother’s murder, the community of Canaan rallies to his defense…. |
| Night of the Creeps | Det. Ray Cameron | 1986-08-21 | In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a frate… |
| Skeezer | Dr. Chanless | 1982-12-27 | A nurse-therapist uses her dog to reach emotionally disturbed children where she works…. |
| Encounter | Professor Westlake | 2018-12-09 | A group of friends uncover an otherworldly object in a rural field, which they soon discover holds greater secrets than they could imagine…. |
| Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story | Henry Hart | 1996-11-24 | Story about a runner whose bulimia and anorexia threatens both her dream of competing in the Olympics and her marriage to Denver’s mayor…. |
| Dead Man Out | Berger | 1989-03-12 | A psychiatrist is sent to evaluate if a convicted multiple murderer who’s awaiting execution on Death Row for eighth year now and whose behavior durin… |
| Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann | Jamieson | 1991-05-06 | True story of a young woman’s abduction by a deranged loner that led to the largest manhunt in the history of Pennsylvania…. |
| Serpico: The Deadly Game | Lt. Tom Sullivan | 1976-04-24 | This pilot film for the TV series is the story of Officer Frank Serpico, a New York City cop who fought crime in the city and corruption in the police… |
| Lethal Weapon | Michael Hunsaker | 1987-03-06 | Veteran buttoned-down LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh is partnered with unhinged cop Martin Riggs, who — distraught after his wife’s death — has a dea… |
| Murder Me, Murder You | Jack Vance | 1983-04-09 | Private eye Mike Hammer probes his long-lost love’s death while seeking their daughter…. |
| Power | Buck Buchanan | 1980-01-14 | Loosely based on the life of Jimmy Hoffa, this traces the rise of Tommy Vanda (Joe Don Baker) from a Chicago dock worker to an influential labor leade… |
| Turn of Faith | Charlie Ryan | 2002-06-05 | Mob drama starring Ray ‘Boom Boom’ Mancini, Mia Sara and Costas Mandylor…. |
| The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds… It Leads | Cmdr. Alex Diehl | 1999-04-20 | Jim Rockford must help a friend unjustly accused of child molestation…. |
| Blind Justice | Kramer | 1986-03-09 | An innocent man is identified as a rapist, and the accusation ruins his life…. |
| The Heist | Det. Leland | 1989-09-16 | Ex-con Neal Skinner seeks revenge against track owner Ebbet Berens for framing him in an emerald smuggling deal…. |
| The Collected | Clu | The third film in The Collector series, following “The Collector” (2009) and “The Collection” (2012). Plot TBA…. | |
| Kojak: Flowers For Matty | Lt. Ian Conner | 1990-01-04 | Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder…. |
| Miles to Go Before I Sleep | O’Dell | 1975-01-08 | A lonely old man (Martin Balsam) finds his life beginning to have some meaning when he helps a teenager living in a rehab center…. |
| Sworn to Vengeance | Ed Barry | 1993-03-22 | 3 kids have been brutally murdered. Sergeant Stewart gets the job investigating this macabre case. He is very determined to solve the case and he even… |
| The Fog | Nick Castle | 1980-02-08 | Strange things begin to occurs as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. … |
| Bruiser | Det. McCleary | 2000-02-13 | Bruiser is the story of a man who has always tried to fit in. He keeps his mouth shut, follows the rules, and does what he’s supposed to do. But one m… |
| My Bloody Valentine | Sheriff Jim Burke | 2009-01-16 | Ten years ago, a tragedy changed the town of Harmony forever. Tom Hanniger, an inexperienced coal miner, caused an accident in the tunnels that trappe… |
| What She Doesn’t Know | Roy | 1992-02-23 | An idealistic law school graduate comes to work in the New York D.A.’s office. Her first case leads her straight to her father, a veteran New York cop… |
| The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits… | Cmdr. Alex Diehl | 1996-01-14 | Jim Rockford, is framed for the murder of another rival detective with whom Jim was seen having an argument…. |
| Desperate Lives | John Cameron | 1982-03-03 | A brother and sister get caught up in the drug scene in their local high school, with tragic results…. |
| Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo | Buddy | 1977-12-28 | An airplane carring coffee beans from South America has some unpleasant stowaways: a hoard of tarantulas which overcome the pilots as the airplane is … |
| Apocalypse Kiss | Captain John Vogle | 2014-01-01 | In this futuristic science fiction thriller, government security agent Jerry Hipple has been unsuccessfully tracking the city’s most infamous criminal… |
| The Equalizer – The Movie: Blood & Wine | Detective Frank Standish | 1987-09-23 | Robert McCall (Edward Woodward) is forced to work with a former terrorist turned monk by the name of Joseph Heiden(Telly Savalas), whom he despises an… |
| Drive Angry | Cap | 2011-02-24 | Milton is a hardened felon who has broken out of Hell, intent on finding the vicious cult who brutally murdered his daughter and kidnapped her baby. H… |
| Out of the Black | Eugene Carter | 2001-07-25 | Two brothers struggle to uncover the truth behind the mining accident that killed their father and bankrupted the town…. |
| Escape from New York | Rehme | 1981-05-23 | In the future, crime is out of control and New York City’s Manhattan is a maximum security prison. Grabbing a bargaining chip right out of the air, co… |
| Shannon’s Rainbow | Captain Martin | 2009-04-23 | After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her own anger and sadness. Her family doctor (Daryl H… |
| Striking Distance | Sgt. Fred Hardy | 1993-09-17 | Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on … |
| The Ninth Configuration | Sgt. Krebs | 1980-02-29 | Col. Vincent Kane is a military psychiatrist who takes charge of an army mental hospital situated in a secluded castle. Among Kane’s many eccentric pa… |
| Skag | Dr. Moscone | 1980-01-06 | Pete “Skag” Skagska is a 56 year old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling sroke forces him to stay home and try to put his life … |
| Special Delivery | Cop on Beat | 1976-07-16 | A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and o… |
| Bob Roberts | Caleb Mneck | 1992-09-04 | Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a differen… |
| Halloween: 25 Years of Terror | Himself | 2006-07-26 | A documentary that follows the evolution of the ‘Halloween’ movies over the past twenty-five years. It examines why the films are so popular and revis… |
| Two Evil Eyes | Det. Grogan | 1990-01-25 | Two horror segments based on Edgar Allan Poe stories set in and around the city of Pittsburgh. “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” concerns a cheat… |
| Smoke and Mirrors: The Story of Tom Savini | Himself | 2015-10-31 | Tom Savini is one of the greatest special effects legends in the history of cinema, but little is known about his personal life until now. For the fir… |
| The New Kids | Col. John MacWilliams | 1985-01-18 | A brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population…. |
| The Detective | Harmon | 1968-05-28 | Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a gay man…. |
| The Owl and the Pussycat | Kid in Car (uncredited) | 1970-11-03 | Meek, owlish Felix and strident, catty Doris live in the same apartment building. His incessant typing bothers her; her gentlemen callers bother him. … |
| Creepshow | Stan (segments “Prologue” / “Epilogue”) (uncredited) | 1982-11-12 | Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen…. |
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