It gives me great sadness to report that actor Tom Skerritt, who played Captain Dallas in 1979's Alien, died on October 21, 2026, aged 93 of natural causes.

Tom Skerritt, who has died aged 93, was a lined and lived-in supporting actor who became a familiar face in the American ...

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