Tom Skerritt, Alien's Captain Dallas, dies at 93
The actor played Captain Dallas in Ridley Scott's Alien and won an Emmy for Picket Fences, with a career of more than 170 credits.
Actor Tom Skerritt, best known for playing Captain Dallas of the Nostromo in Ridley Scott's Alien, died of natural causes at the age of 93, bloody-disgusting.com reported.
Skerritt's career ran to more than 170 film and television productions since 1962. His breakthrough came in 1970 with Robert Altman's M*A*S*H.
He played the captain of the doomed commercial towing vessel in Scott's 1979 film, and later voiced Dallas in the video game Alien: Isolation.
On television he starred as Jimmy Brock in Picket Fences, a role that won him an Emmy in 1993 and brought a nomination in 1994.
He is survived by his wife and five children.
Quick answers
What did Tom Skerritt play in Alien?
He played Captain Dallas of the Nostromo in Ridley Scott's Alien, and later voiced the character in the video game Alien: Isolation.
How old was Tom Skerritt when he died?
He was 93. The report said he died of natural causes.
Did Tom Skerritt win an Emmy?
Yes, he won an Emmy in 1993 for his role as Jimmy Brock in Picket Fences and was nominated again in 1994.