. . . Where Are They Now? . . .Hello fans, Actor Tom Atkins is a big name in the horror film genre, having appeared in such movies as Night of the Creeps and Halloween III: Season of the Witch. What is he up to nowadays? Let's find out!
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*(Answer at the bottom)Tom AtkinsLearn More About Tom Atkins on Celebrity Nooz BIRTH DATE: November 13, 1935, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
CLAIM TO FAME: He is primarily known for his work in the horror film genre.
FAMILY LIFE: He was first married to actress Garn Stephens, who appeared in Halloween III: Season of the Witch. After they divorced, he married Janis Lee Rodgers in 1986, with whom he has one child, Taylor.
INFO: Atkins' acting career began when he appeared in stage plays both on-and-off Broadway, and his first film role was in 1968's The Detective, which starred Frank Sinatra.
In 1980, he appeared in The Fog as Nick Castle and as Rehme in the 1981 science fiction thriller Escape from New York. He starred as Dr. Dan Challis in Halloween III: Season of the Witch. He appeared in three of George A. Romero's projects: Creepshow (1982), Two Evil Eyes (1990), and Bruiser (2000).
In 1986, he appeared in the cult horror film Night of the Creeps as Detective Ray Cameron. He also appeared in the films Lethal Weapon (1987) and Striking Distance (1993), and on television in the 1970s series The Rockford Files as Lt. Alex Diehl.
On the stage, he performed in the one-man show The Chief at Pittsburgh Public Theater, and starred as Ebenezer Scrooge in A Musical Christmas Carol at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera.He appeared on Broadway in David Storey's The Changing Room, for which he received the 1973 Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Performer.
TRIVIA: During his childhood, he was a fan of horror and science fiction, one of his best loved films being the Howard Hawks classic The Thing from Another World.
Attended Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and was a member of the Gamma Phi Fraternity.
Has a Golden Retriever named Gus.
Has appeared with Adrienne Barbeau in four different films: The Fog (1980), Escape from New York (1981), Creepshow (1982) and Two Evil Eyes (1990).
WHERE IS HE NOW: In 2009, he had a supporting role as retired sheriff Jim Burke in the remake My Bloody Valentine 3D. In 2011, he co-starred with Nicolas Cage in Todd Farmer's Drive Angry.
* CREDITS:2014 The Wicked Hollows (announced)...Det. Cameron (rumored)
2012 Judy's Dead (completed) ...Roy
2012 Amazing Race...Captain Martin
2011 Drive Angry...Cap
2011 Arriving at Night (short)...Phil Redman
2010 The Chief (video) ...Art Rooney Sr.
2009/II Trapped...Detective Abbott
2009 Shannon's Rainbow...Allen
2009 My Bloody Valentine...Sheriff Jim Burke
2004 The Jury (TV series) ...Boyd Kingman
Mail Order Mystery (2004)
2003 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV series)...Mr. Monahan
Cold Comfort (2003)
2003 Oz (TV series)...Mayor Wilson Lowen
Sonata da Oz (2003)
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil (2003)
2002 Turn of Faith...Charlie Ryan
2001 Out of the Black...Eugene Carter
2000 Bruiser...Det. McCleary
1999 The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (TV movie)...Cmdr. Alex Diehl
1998 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)...Grenville Rawlins
The Twenty Percent Solution (1998)
1996 Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story (TV movie)...Henry Hart
1996 Xena: Warrior Princess (TV series) ...Atrius
Ties That Bind (1996)
1996 The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (TV movie)...Cmdr. Diehl
1994 Fortune Hunter (TV series)...Richard Bennett
Millenium
1993 Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series)...Wade Cantrell
Night of the Gladiator (1993)
1993 Striking Distance...Sgt. Fred Hardy
1993 Sworn to Vengeance (TV movie)...Ed Barry
1992 Bob Roberts...Dr. Caleb Menck
1992 What She Doesn't Know (TV movie)...Roy
1991 Cry in the Wild: The Taking of Peggy Ann (TV movie)...Jamieson
1990 Against the Law (TV series)...Walter Littlefield
Pilot (1990)
1990 Two Evil Eyes...Det. Grogan (segment "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar")
1990 Kojak: Flowers for Matty (TV movie)...Lt. Ian Conner
1989 The Heist (TV movie)...Det. Leland
1989 Dead Man Out (TV movie)...Berger
1988 Maniac Cop...Frank McCrae
1988 American Playhouse (TV series)...Douglas
Lemon Sky (1988)
1986-1987 The Equalizer (TV series)...Detective Frank Standish / Demonstrator
1987 A Stranger Waits (TV movie)...Sheriff Collier
1987 Lethal Weapon...Michael Hunsaker
1986 Spenser: For Hire (TV series)...Hatch
White Knight (1986)
1986 Night of the Creeps...Ray Cameron
1986 Stingray (TV series)...Donald Dixon
Sometimes You Gotta Sing the Blues (1986)
1986 Blind Justice (TV movie)...Kramer
1986 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)...Police Lieutenant
Beast in View (1986)
1985 The Fall Guy (TV series) ...George Spiros
The Skip Family Robinson (1985)
1985 The New Kids...'Mac' MacWilliams
1984 T.J. Hooker (TV series)...Phil Parker / Tommy D'Amico
Hooker's Run (1984)
1983 The Mississippi (TV series)...Kenyon
Town Without Pity (1983)
1983 Murder Me, Murder You (TV movie)...Jack Vance
1983 St. Elsewhere (TV series)...Bob Lonnicker
Dog Day Hospital (1983)
1982 Skeezer (TV movie)...Dr. Chanless
1982 Halloween III: Season of the Witch...Dr. Daniel 'Dan' Challis
1982 Creepshow...Stan (segments "Prologue"/"Epilogue") (uncredited)
1982 Quincy M.E. (TV series)...Cmdr. Gene Butler / John Todd
The Last of Leadbottom (1982)
Guns Don't Die (1982) ... John Todd
1982 Desperate Lives (TV movie)...John Cameron
1982 M*A*S*H (TV series)...Major Lawrence Weems
The Tooth Shall Set You Free (1982)
1979-1981 Lou Grant (TV series)...Dr. Sorenson / Frank Durning / Jim Bronsky
1981 Standing Room Only (TV series)...Craigin
Sherlock Holmes (1981)
1981 Escape from New York...Rehme
1980 The Ninth Configuration...Sgt. Krebs
1980 Power (TV movie)...Buck Buchanan
1980 Skag (TV series)...Dr. Moscone
Pilot (1980)
1980 The Fog...Nick Castle
1978 A Death in Canaan (TV movie)...Lt. Bragdon
1977 Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo (TV movie)...Buddy
1977 Baretta (TV series)...Vic
It Goes with the Job (1977)
1974-1977 The Rockford Files (TV series)...Alex Diel / Lt. Thomas Diehl
1976-1977 Serpico (TV series)...Lt. Tom Sullivan
1976 Visions (TV series)...Robert Dayka
Pennsylvania Lynch (1976)
1976 Special Delivery...Cop on Beat
1975 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)...Koko Apaleka
Sing a Song of Suspense (1975)
1975 The Rookies (TV series)...Brad Gifford
Lamb to the Slaughter (1975)
1975 Miles to Go Before I Sleep (TV movie)...O'Dell
1974 Harry O (TV series)...Sgt. Frank Cole
1974 Rhoda (TV series)...Vic Rhodes
Pop Goes the Question (1974)
1974 Get Christie Love! (TV series)...Peterson
Market for Murder (1974)
1970 The Owl and the Pussycat...Kid in Car (uncredited)
1970 Going Ape...Policeman in Apartment
1968 The Detective...Harmon
1964 Look Up and Live (TV series)...Doctor
A Lifetime of Service (1964)
1963 The Doctors (TV series)...Dylan Levein
Episode dated 9 December 1963 (1963)
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