Actor Tom Skerritt, known for his roles in Alien, M*A*S*H, and Top Gun, has passed away at age 93.

Tom Skerritt

Skerritt’s breakout role was as Duke Forrest in the 1970 M*A*S*H film. He was Captain Arthur Dallas in 20th Century-Fox’s Alien (1979), CDR Mike “Viper” Metcalf in Top Gun (1986), and Thomas Drummond “Drum” Eatenton in Steel Magnolias (1989). His other notable films include The Turning Point (1977), Up in Smoke (1978), Ice Castles (1978), The Dead Zone (1983), SpaceCamp (1986), A River Runs Through It (1992), and Contact (1997).

He earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and two Golden Globe Award nominations for his role as Sheriff Jimmy Brock in Picket Fences (1992 – 1996). He had a recurring role as Evan Drake on the sixth season of Cheers (1987 – 1988). Other TV appearances included The Twilight Zone (1986), Brothers & Sisters (2006 – 2008), Leverage (2010 – 2012), and The Good Wife (2014).

For Disney, he was Whit Turney in Those Calloways (1965). He played Bill Grand in The Parent Trap II (1986), a made-for-TV sequel to the 1961 The Parent Trap. He appeared in the Gallegher series of Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color in the 1960s.

He was the 2010 host of Disneyland’s Candlelight Processional.

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