US actor Tom Skerritt, known for his roles as the doomed caption in 1979's "Alien", a tough flight instructor in the 1986 megahit “Top Gun” and who won an Emmy award winner for his work in the television series “Picket Fences”, has died at 93, his family said in a statement.
Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning actor who embodied a solid, wry authority figure, whether as a flight instructor in “Top Gun”, a tough-but-fair sheriff on TV’s “Picket Fences” or the doomed captain of “Alien”, has died. He was 93.
