Tom Skerritt, who starred in the TV series “Picket Fences” and appeared in movies ranging from “MASH” to “Alien,” “Top Gun,” “A River Runs Through It” and “Ted,” died on Wednesday of natural causes, Variety has confirmed with his publicist. He was 93.
\n\nThe lean, rugged, mustachioed actor won an Emmy in 1993 and was also nominated in 1994 for playing Jimmy Brock, sheriff of the oddball town at the center of David E. Kelley’s CBS dramedy “Picket Fences.” He also shared SAG Award nominations for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series for “Picket Fences” in 1995 and 1996 while also being nominated for outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series in 1995.
\n\nIn the 2000s he guested on “The West Wing” as a senator, on “Law & Order: SVU” as a biased judge and on HBO’s “Huff” as the father of Hank Azaria’s title character, replacing Robert Forster in the role. He recurred from 2006-09 on ABC’s “Brothers & Sisters” as family patriarch William Walker and guested on “The Good Wife” in 2014 and on “Madam Secretary” in 2015.
\n\nIn Robert Altman’s “MASH” (1970), Skerritt played Duke Forrest, one of the insubordinate but…
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