Talk:Claude Akins

Date of birth
It is different from Find-A-Grave. Lincher 15:29, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

First film He was great in From here to eternity. Good actor at 27. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ivasto (talk • contribs) 13:52, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Filmography He also appeared as a policeman in the 1954 movie "A Witness To Murder" with Barbara Stanwyck — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.111.66.157 (talk) 02:22, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

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How about this; remove all pictures from every article so that nobody has to worry about whether an image can be used or not. --Nosehair2200 (talk) 20:30, 16 November 2023 (UTC)

Ethnic heritage
His native American heritage isn't addressed in the article.Dogru144 (talk) 20:18, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Why does the article call him Cherokee-American? All Cherokee (and all American Indians) are American! 2600:1700:BC01:9B0:178:C976:B03E:642E (talk) 00:58, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Voix Française
Jacques Thebault doubledans Rio Bravo, Edmond Bernard double dans Commanche station. André Valmy double dans l or des pistolero,le retour des sept, Michel Gatineau double dans les maraudeurs attaquent, Claude Bertrand Double dans la brigade du diable, L indien. Henry Djanick double dans À bout portant,les rues de San Francisco série tv, Tarentule le cargot de la mort tv, Dream West série Tv. Bob Mason série tv, Jean Durand double double dans Ouragan sur le caine, Claude Joseph double dans la planète de la bataille des singes. Robert Bazil double dans alerte à la bombe. Georges Atlas double dans Arabesque série Tv. Yannick455 (talk) 15:05, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Edmond Bernard double dans Tentacules. Yannick455 (talk) 15:13, 23 January 2018 (UTC)

Jacques Dynam double dans l aventure est au bout de la route série tv. Yannick455 (talk) 05:27, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Jean Davy double dans the curse. Yannick455 (talk) 05:28, 23 August 2018 (UTC)

Removal of CN Tags
I removed a number of CN tags because they were attached to portions of text added by the same editor. While that may be someone asking another editor to check their work, ″The template is intended for use when there is a general question of the verifiability of a statement, or when an editor believes that a reference verifying the statement should be provided.″ In my opinion, the tags were Drive-by and not meant to actually improve the article directly. Items tagged were not contentious and had no libelous potential, especially since the subject of the article is no longer living. The overall banner for citations is enough. -- Srwalden (talk) 13:06, 7 November 2018 (UTC)

Birth date
There is a wide divergence in public sources concerning Akins' birth date, some saying 1926, as his son states, and some saying 1918. It is rare for an actor to inflate his age, so 1918 seems more likely as well as being more commonly cited. I have changed from 1926 to 1918, noting the divergence. If anyone has Ancestry.com access they are encouraged to use that source, which can be used as a tie-breaker in these kinds of situations. The publicly available 1940 census is unhelpful but he probably is listed in the military database. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 12:06, 19 April 2019 (UTC)

I've switched the date of birth back to 1926, on the basis of Find A Grave indicating that his parents were born in 1903 and 1904. Note gravestone Makes 1926 far more likely than 1918 as a birth date for their son. In addition, I found Akins in the 1940 census, giving his age as 13 and his name as Aubrey, which was his middle name. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 14:47, 19 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Why do people in TV shows that were on in the 50's and 60's look at least 10 years older than they apoarently are? Claude Atkins was in an episode of Bonanza that I just watched that aired in 1960. He looked to be 50. I'm 46 and I look 20 years younger than him. If he really was 34 years old in that episode, he's got to be the oldest looking 34 year old man in the history of 34 year old men. I looked like I was still in high school when I was 34(according to other people). I know people age at different rates, but this is rediculous. I respectfully disagree with his year of birth being 1926. 164.68.159.13 (talk) 19:23, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I made the above post credited to IP address 164.68.159.13 but I was not logged in. If you intend to reply to that post, please reply to this one instead so I will be notified. Thank You. Heat8888 (talk) 20:08, 14 March 2023 (UTC)
 * So then you're claiming his parents were 14 and 15 years old when he was born? Possible, but not very likely in 1918. If it was 1218, okay, but not very likely in 1918. His son says he was born in 1926, which also makes sense with his parents' ages, so I'll go with the son and common sense. 2600:1700:BC01:9B0:178:C976:B03E:642E (talk) 01:02, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

A friend provided me with a SSDI citation from Ancestry.com, further confirming the 1926 birth date. Figureofnine (talk • contribs) 18:14, 22 April 2019 (UTC)