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, V...

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 ...

While many folks would likely recognize Skerritt for his mainstream roles such as Sheriff Jimmy Brock in Picket Fences, Drum Eatenton in Steel Magnolias, and Commander Mike “Viper” Metcalf in Top Gun,...