Tom Skerritt, Star of Alien, Top Gun and Picket Fences, Dies at 93

Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning American actor known for Alien, Top Gun and Picket Fences, has died at the age of 93. His family said he died of natural causes on October 21, 2026. Skerritt built a screen and stage career that lasted more than six decades. He was widely recognised as Captain Dallas in Alien and as Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf, Maverick’s flight instructor, in Top Gun. He won a Primetime Emmy in 1993 for playing Sheriff Jimmy Brock in Picket Fences. His other credits included MASH, Steel Magnolias, A River Runs Through It, Contact, Cheers and Leverage.

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