Thomas Roy "Tom" Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. He is known for his roles in [MASH (1970), Alien (1979), Top Gun (1986), A River Runs Through It (1992), and the television series Picket Fences (1992 - 1996). Skerritt has earned several awards and nominations, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for Picket Fences. He played Sheriff George Bannerman in The Dead Zone (1983), Johnny Marinville in Desperation (2006) and Johnny Smith's father , Herb Smith , in The Dead Zone, Episode: "Denouement" S7E13.
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