RECENT CREDITS
Whiteout (FILM)  Sep. 11, 2009
The Velveteen Rabbit (FILM)  Feb. 27, 2009
Beer for My Horses (FILM)  Aug. 8, 2008
Bonneville (FILM)  Feb. 29, 2008
Brothers & Sisters (TV)  Feb. 18, 2007


HIGHLIGHTS
Was discovered while performing in a UCLA production of The Rainmaker.
Made his feature-film debut in the 1962 film War Hunt, alongside fellow newcomer Robert Redford. Redford later cast Skerritt in his 1992 film A River Runs Through It.
Had a cameo as a cop in the 1971 cult film Harold and Maude, credited as M. Borman.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Whiteout  2009
Actor
Film


The Velveteen Rabbit  2009 -The Horse
Voice
Film


Beer for My Horses  2008 -Sheriff Landry
Actor
Film


Bonneville  2008 -Emmett L. Johnson
Actor
Film


Swing  2004
Actor
Film


Tears of the Sun  2003 -Capt. Bill Rhodes
Actor
Film


Texas Rangers  2001 -Richard Dukes
Actor
Film


The Other Sister  1999 -Radley
Actor
Film


Smoke Signals  1998 -Police Chief
Actor
Film


A River Runs Through It  1992 -Reverend MacLean
Actor
Film


Singles  1992 -Mayor Weber
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Poison Ivy  1992 -Darryl Cooper
Actor
Film


The Rookie  1990 -Eugene Ackerman
Actor
Film


Big Man on Campus  1990 -Dr. Webster
Actor
Film


Steel Magnolias  1989 -Drum Eatenton
Actor
Film


Poltergeist 3  1988 -Bruce Gardner
Actor
Film


The Big Town  1987 -Phil Carpenter
Actor
Film


Maid to Order  1987 -Charles Montgomery
Actor
Film


Wisdom  1986 -Lloyd Wisdom
Actor
Film


Opposing Force  1986 -Maj. Logan
Actor
Film


Spacecamp  1986 -Zach
Actor
Film


Top Gun  1986 -Cmdr. Mike Metcalf
Actor
Film


Alien  1979 -Dallas
Actor
Film


La Madama  1976
Actor
Film


Arrivano Joe e Margherito  1974 -Margherito
Actor
Film


Director, Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Brothers & Sisters  2006-2007 -William Walker
Actor
TV
Expand


Actor
TV


Cheers  1987-1988 -Evan Drake
Actor
TV
Expand


Actor
TV


Divided by Hate   -Steve Riordan
Director, Actor
TV


High Noon   -Will Kane
Actor
TV


Homeland Security   -Adm. Theodore McKee
Actor
TV


Huff  2006 -Ben
Actor
TV
Expand


I'll Take Romance   -Judge Warren Danvers
Actor
TV


Actor
TV
Expand


Mammoth   -Simon Abernathy
Actor
TV


Origins of the Mafia   -Bernardino Campo
Actor
TV


Narrator
TV


Parent Trap II   -Bill
Actor
TV


Path to War   -Gen. William Westmoreland
Actor
TV


Picket Fences   -Sheriff Jim Brock
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Closer   -Det. Joe Olin
Actor
TV


Trial by Media   -Walter Abrahmson
Actor
TV


Two for Texas   -Sam Houston
Actor
TV


Vinegar Hill   -Fritz Grier
Actor
TV


West Wing   -Senator Carrick
Actor
TV
Expand


What the Deaf Man Heard   -Norm Jenkins
Actor
TV


Will & Grace   -Jay
Actor
TV
Expand


Flash Fire  2001 -Howard Anderson
Actor
Film


Contact  1997 -David Drumlin
Actor
Film


The Dead Zone  1983 -Sheriff Bannerman
Actor
Film


Up in Smoke  1978 -Strawberry
Actor
Film


The Devil's Rain  1975 -Tom Preston
Actor
Film


Thieves Like Us  1974 -Dee Mobley
Actor
Film


Big Bad Mama  1974 -Fred Diller
Actor
Film


M*A*S*H  1970 -Duke
Actor
Film


War Hunt  1961 -Cpl. Showalter
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Trial by Media   -Walter
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Those Calloways   -Whit Turner
Actor
Film


The Wild Rovers   -John Buckman
Actor
Film


The Turning Point   -Wayne
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Last Day   -Bill Powers
Actor
Film


The Calendar Girl Murders   -Dan Stoner
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Poker Alice   -Jeremy Collins
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Savage Harvest   -Casey
Actor
Film


Silence of the North   -Walter Reamer
Actor
Film


Parent Trap II   -Bill Grand
Actor
Film


Path to War   -William Westmoreland
Actor
Film


Mammoth   -Simon
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Miles to Go   -Stuart
Actor
Film


Moving Target   -Joseph Kelog
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


One Man's Way   -Leonard Peale Grown
Actor
Film


Fuzz   -Detective Bert Kling
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


High Noon   -Will Kane
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Homeland Security   -Admiral McKee
Actor
Film


Honor Bound   -Sam Cahill
Actor
Film


I'll Take Romance   -Judge Warren Danvers
Actor
Film


Ice Castles   -Marcus Winston
Actor
Film


In Sickness and in Health   -Jarrett Mattison
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Knight Moves   -Frank Sedman
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


A Touch of Scandal   -Father Dwelle
Actor
Film


Director, Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde   -Gabe Utterson
Actor
Film


Escape of the Birdmen   -Orville Fitzgerald
Actor
Film


Fighting Back   -John D'Angelo
Actor
Film


Category 7: The End of the World   -Col. Mike Davis
Actor
Film


Changing Hearts   -Johnny Pinkley
Actor
Film


Actor
Film




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Highlights

Was discovered while performing in a UCLA production of The Rainmaker.
Made his feature-film debut in the 1962 film War Hunt, alongside fellow newcomer Robert Redford. Redford later cast Skerritt in his 1992 film A River Runs Through It.
Had a cameo as a cop in the 1971 cult film Harold and Maude, credited as M. Borman.
In the wake of his Top Gun (1986) popularity, he appeared in an ad campaign for Guess jeans.
Lent his vocal talents to the Xbox/Xbox 360 game GUN.


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