Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt


Born: August 25, 1933 in Detroit, MI
Awards: Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series 1992-93
Education: Wayne State University, Detroit; UCLA

Resides in Detroit where he is an Artist and a writer. He is very active inenvironmental and educational issues and has met with President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore in Washington representing the Environmental Media Association. Address:

Tom Skerritt
151 El Camino Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90212

Tom Skerritt
335 N. Maple Drive Suite 360
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Note: Hopefully, there will be more information. I have written to Tom Skerritt and maybe he will write back and answer some of my questions. His date of birth is kind of questionable (is he really THAT OLD? I really wanted to believe it was ten years off... Tom, if you see this page, please e-mail me and tell me it ain't so...). This is the one that is most likely correct.


Actor Filmography


  • Contact (1997) .... Dr. David Drumlin
  • Divided by Hate (1997) (TV) .... Steve Riordan
    ... aka Bitter Markings (1997) (TV)
  • What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) (TV)
  • "Picket Fences" (1992) TV Series .... Sheriff Jimmy Brock
  • Getting Up and Going Home (1992) (TV)
  • In Sickness and in Health (1992) (TV) .... Jarrett Mattison
    ... aka Hearts on Fire (1992) (TV)
  • Knight Moves (1992) .... Frank Sedman
    ... aka Face to Face (1992)
  • Poison Ivy (1992) .... Darryl Cooper
  • River Runs Through It, A (1992) .... Rev. Maclean
  • Singles (1992) .... Mayor Weber
  • Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue (1992) .... Ham
    ... aka Wild Orchid 2: Blue Movie Blue (1992)
  • Child in the Night (1990) (TV) .... Bass
  • China Lake Murders, The (1990) (TV)
  • Rookie, The (1990) .... Eugene Ackerman
  • She'll Take Romance (1990) (TV) .... Warren Denvers


  • Big Man on Campus (1989) .... Dr. Webster
  • Heist, The (1989) (TV) .... Ebbet Berens
  • Red King, White Knight (1989) (TV) .... Stoner
  • Steel Magnolias (1989) .... Drum Eatenton
  • Honor Bound (1988) .... Sam Cahill
  • Moving Target (1988) (TV) .... Joseph Kellogg
  • Nightmare at Bittercreek (1988) (TV)
  • Poltergeist III (1988) .... Bruce Gardner
  • Big Town, The (1987) .... Phil Carpenter
  • Maid to Order (1987) .... Charles Montgomery
  • Poker Alice (1987) (TV) .... Jeremy Collins
  • Miles to Go... (1986) (TV) .... Stuart Browning
  • Opposing Force (1986) .... Logan
    ... aka Hellcamp (1986)
  • Parent Trap II (1986) (TV) .... Bill Grand
  • SpaceCamp (1986) .... Zach
  • Top Gun (1986) .... Cmdr. Mike Metcalf ("Viper")
  • Wisdom (1986) .... Lloyd Wisdom
  • Calendar Girl Murders (1984) (TV) .... Dan Stoner
    ... aka Insatiable (1984) (TV)
    ... aka Victimized (1984) (TV)
  • Touch of Scandal, A (1984) (TV) .... Father Dwelle
  • "Ryan's Four" (1983) TV Series .... Doctor Thomas Ryan
  • Dead Zone, The (1983) .... Sheriff Bannerman
  • Ryan's Four (1983) (TV)
  • "Cheers" (1982) TV Series .... Evan Drake (1987-1988)
  • Fighting Back (1982/I) .... John D'Angelo
    ... aka Death Vengeance (1982)
  • Dangerous Summer, A (1981) .... Howard Anderson
    ... aka Burning Man (1981)
  • Savage Harvest (1981) .... Casey
  • Silence of the North (1981)


  • Alien (1979) .... Dallas
  • Ice Castles (1978) .... Marcus Winston
  • Maneaters Are Loose! (1978) (TV)
  • Up in Smoke (1978) .... Strawberry
  • Turning Point, The (1977) .... Wayne
  • E tanta paura (1976)
  • Devil's Rain, The (1975) .... Tom Preston
  • Last Day, The (1975) (TV) .... Bill Powers
  • Madama, La (1975)
  • Arrivano Joe e Margherito (1974) .... Margherito
    ... aka Joe y Margherito (1974)
    ... aka Run, Run, Joe! (1974)
  • Big Bad Mama (1974) .... Fred Diller
  • Thieves Like Us (1974) .... Dee Mobley
  • Fuzz (1972) .... Bert King
  • Birdmen (1971) (TV) .... Orville "Fitz" Fitzgerald
    ... aka Escape of the Birdmen (1971) (TV)
  • Wild Rovers (1971) .... John Buckman
  • MASH (1970) .... Capt. Augustus Bedford "Duke" Forrest, MD
    ... aka M*A*S*H (1970)


  • Those Calloways (1965) .... Whit Turner
  • War Hunt (1962) .... Corporal Showalter

    • Filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Combined

    Director filmography

    1. Divided by Hate (1997) (TV)
      ... aka Bitter Markings (1997) (TV)
    2. "Picket Fences" (1992) TV Series

    Writer filmography

    1. Divided by Hate (1997) (TV)
      ... aka Bitter Markings (1997) (TV)
    Notable TV guest appearances

    1. "Cheers" (1982) playing "Evan Drake" in episode: "A Tale of Two Cuties" 1/21/1988
    2. "Cheers" (1982) playing "Evan Drake" in episode: "Backseat Becky, Up Front" 5/5/1988
    3. "Cheers" (1982) playing "Evan Drake" in episode: "Let Sleeping Drakes Lie" 2/18/1988
    4. "Cheers" (1982) playing "Evan Drake" in episode: "Sam in the Grey Flannel Suit, The" 3/3/1988
    5. "Cheers" (1982) playing "Evan Drake" in episode: "Yacht of Fools" 2/4/1988
    6. "Cheers" (1982) playing "Evan Drake" in episode: "A Kiss is Still a Kiss" 12/3/1987
    7. "Twilight Zone, The" (1985) playing "Alex Mattingly" in episode: "What Are Friends For?" 10/4/1986
    8. "Hitchhiker, The" (1983) playing "Detective Frank Sheen" in episode: "True Believer"
    9. "S.W.A.T." (1975) playing "Maynard Hill" in episode: "Dragons and Owls" 3/6/1976
    10. "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" (1974) playing "Robert Palmer" in episode: "Devil's Platform, The" 11/15/1974
    11. "Cannon" (1971) playing "Toby Hauser" in episode: "Nobody Beats the House" 12/20/1972
    12. "Nichols" (1971) in episode: "Marrying Fool, The" 1971
    13. "Combat!" (1962) playing "Sgt. Decker" in episode: "Gantlet, The" 1967
    14. "Combat!" (1962) playing "Burke" in episode: "Nothing to Lose" 2/1/1966
    15. "Gunsmoke" (1955) in episode: "Jailer, The" 10/1/1966
    16. "Time Tunnel, The" (1966) playing "assassin"
    17. "Combat!" (1962) playing "Hicks" in episode: "Losers Cry Deal" 1/1/1965
    18. "Twelve O'Clock High" (1964) playing "Sgt. Ben Rodale" 9/27/1965
    19. "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964) playing "Richardson" in episode: "Enemies, The" 1965
    20. "Fugitive, The" (1963) in episode: "Joshua's Kingdom"
    21. "Combat!" (1962) playing "Glinski" in episode: "Prisoner, The" 12/25/1962
    22. "Combat!" (1962) in episode: "Day in June, A" 1962