The Late Great Tom Skerritt

Actor Tom Skerritt died on October 21, 2026, at the age of 93. He appeared in such movies as MASH (1970), Alien (1979), Steel Magnolias (1989), and A River Runs Through It (1992). On television, he starred on the show Picket Fences and guest starred on shows from Gunsmoke to Chicago Hope.Tom Skerritt was born on August 25, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan. He graduated from Mackenzie High School in Detroit, then enlisted in the United States Air Force where he served as a classifications specialist. Following his service, he attended Wayne State University in Detroit where he studied English. He transferred to UCLA where he acted in school productions. It was because of his appearance in a production of The Rainmaker that he was cast in the low budget Korean War movie War Hunt (1962). He left UCLA to pursue a career in acting.In the Sixties, Tom Skerritt appeared in the movies One Man's Way (1964), Those Calloways (1965), MASH (1970), and The Moonshine War (1970).. He made his television…