Tom Skerritt was born in Detroit in 1933 and attended McKenzie High School, Henry Ford College and Wayne State University.

Tom Skerritt has died at the age of 93. He rose to prominence playing Captain Dallas in Ridley Scott’s science-fiction classic ‘Alien’ and Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf in the blockbuster ‘Top Gun.’ ...

Tom Skerritt has died at the age of 93. The actor was best known for starring in Hollywood blockbusters such as Top Gun and Alien but passed away on Wednesday at his home in Seattle after a career ...

Forty years ago this year, three of the most quoted movies in American pop culture opened within about nine weeks of each other. Top Gun hit theaters on May 16, 1986, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off followed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tom Skerritt, the Emmy-winning Hollywood actor best known for his roles in Top Gun, Alien and the television drama Picket Fences, ...

Actor Tom Skerritt, best known for his roles in “Top Gun,” “Alien” and “Steel Magnolias,” has died, his family announced Thursday. Skerritt died Wednesday of natural causes, according to his ...

Tom Skerritt, the rugged, mustachioed actor best known to IGN readers for his roles in Top Gun and Alien, passed away from natural causes on Wednesday at the age of 93. “We are heartbroken by his loss ...

Versatile actor Tom Skerritt, who starred in Hollywood megahits including the sci-fi classic “Alien,” the war comedy “M*A*S*H,” and the action drama “Top Gun,” has died at the age of 93. Skerritt, a ...