@midnightmoviesnack: Tom Skerritt once said someone had described him as "a character actor locked in a leading man's body." It's hard to find a better description of the man who could play Dallas in Alien (1979), Viper in Top Gun (1986), or Reverend Maclean in A River Runs Through It (1992) without ever seeming to fight for the center of the frame. Skerritt died October 21 at 93. He was one of those actors whose presence made a movie feel steadier the moment he appeared, and he made it look remarkably easy. #tomskerritt #restinpeace #alien #topgun #picketfences