[Claude Akins and Simon Oakland.]
Slywy suggested a separated-at-birth pairing of the actors Claude Akins and Simon Oakland. There’s a strong resemblance, made stronger still by search engines that return pictures of the one in a search for the other. The above pairing is the best I could do. I turned the Akins photo to black and white and cropped an Oakland photo to match.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2019
Separated at birth
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I just saw this post. The resemblance was strong when they were younger (like Oakland on Bonanza). It also took me looking up the name after the Bonanza episode to realize Oakland was Kolchak's crabby editor on The Night Stalker.
Looking for pictures of these two made my head spin a little — who’s who? I like how they appear and reappear in series after series.
I like that Oakland went from concert violinist to regular tough guy. Well, "like" is not the right word.
Usually it’s the other way around. :)
Oakland and Akins were two of my all time favorite character actors. I always wondered why they were never given starring roles on a TV show. Or am I wrong about that?
I’m not that familiar with Oakland, but I could easily imagine Akins as the lead in a cop show or a family comedy. Does that sound plausible?
AKINS was the "lead" in the 70s show Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo, which was a spinoff from BJ & the Bear.
Oakland & Akins were both in the Night Stalker movie, which preceded the tv series. Akins played a Sheriff, & Oakland was the crabby editor, as you remembered. (Why do I remember these things?!?)
I think I have extraordinarily well-informed readers.
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