Tom Skerritt, Emmy-winning actor with roles in 'Top Gun' and 'Alien,' dies
October 22, 2026 at 15:35 EDTPA homepage
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.
