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Actor Born: August 25, 1933 in Detroit, MI Biography:"Tom Skerritt" is probably the best-known actor whose name is never remembered. A rugged "outdoors" type, Skerritt briefly attended Wayne State University and UCLA before making his film bow in "War Hunt" (1962). His subsequent film and TV roles were sizeable, but so adept was Skerritt at immersing himself in his character that he seemed to have no tangible, recurrent personality of his own. Billed second as "Duke" in the original "M*A*S*H*" (1970), Skerritt did his usual finely-honed job, but audiences of the time preferred the demonstrative, mannered acting technique of "Elliott Gould", "Donald Sutherland" and "Robert Duvall"; significantly, Skerritt's character was not carried over into the even more unsubtle "M*A*S*H" TV series. Finally, in 1980, Skerritt began to attain a following with his authoritative performance in "Alien". Since that time, there's been no stopping him. He posed in a popular... Full Biography
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