Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt is an American film and television actor born in Detroit, Michigan on August 25th, 1933. His early work includes a bevy of guest appearances on various westerns and action programs throughout the 1960s and 70s. In the sci-fi genre, Skerritt's most significant role was in the part of Dallas, captain of an ill-fated towing vessel in the 1979 Ridley Scott horror film Alien.

Notes & Trivia

 * His first film was the 1962 movie War Hunt.


 * Played characters in both the film and television adaptations of Stephen King's The Dead Zone.