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Tom Atkins (actor)

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and "noticed that the officers lived great, but that was only because they had gone to college," and so, after leaving the navy, Atkins enrolled in college where he met a girl who was involved in a theatre group. Tom studied at the
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afterwards. I think he wrote a terrific film that was kind of a big put-on of '50s horror. And I had great lines in that movie!"
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magazine "It was the most fun film I've ever worked on. It was a pure giggle from beginning to end. The director
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fraternity. He says: "I was in my 20s already when I got interested in acting and I liked it a lot."
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After appearing in TV series and movies, including portraying Lt. Alex Diel in seasons 1 and 2 of
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and Atkins assumed that he would follow in his father's footsteps. He enlisted in the
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Atkins initially had no desire to be an actor. His father worked in a steel mill in
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genre. He is well known to movie goers for his role as Michael Hunsaker in the
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Episode: "Halloween Hootenanny: Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Meyers"
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Atkins has also appeared in numerous television series and films such as
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In 2009, he had a supporting role as a retired sheriff in the remake
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My Bloody Valentine: Sex, Blood and Screams – The Make-Up Effects
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He portrayed Detective Ray Cameron in the 1986 cult horror film
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Stand Alone: The Making of Halloween III: Season of the Witch
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genres, having worked with writers and directors such as
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Atkins began his career in stage plays both on-and-off
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was very young and very talented and he went on to do
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He tells 3054: 3008: 3006: 3004: 3002: 3000: 2998: 2996: 2994: 2992: 2990: 3478: 226:Atkins has appeared in numerous films including 3081: 941:(segments "Prologue" / "Epilogue"), Uncredited 607:, in which he depicted the late founder of the 2987: 2689:Night of the Creeps: Tom Atkins, Man of Action 2586:Episode: "Something Borrowed, Something Blue" 2174:Episode: "Sometimes You Gotta Sing the Blues" 2479:The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds ... 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