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Tom Skerritt

  • Born Aug. 25, 1933
  • Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • Died Oct. 21, 2026, aged 93

Thomas Roy Skerritt (August 25, 1933 — October 21 2026) was an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. Known for his film roles in M*A*S*H (1970), The Turning Point (1977), Up in Smoke (1978), Alien (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Top Gun …

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Thomas Roy Skerritt (August 25, 1933 — October 21 2026) was an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. Known for his film roles in M*A*S*H (1970), The Turning Point (1977), Up in Smoke (1978), Alien (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Top Gun (1986), Steel Magnolias (1989), A River Runs Through It (1992), and the television series Picket Fences (1992–96), Skerritt earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for the latter.

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