Akins was cast in a large number of television series, including "The Adventures of Superman" (episode number 69, "Peril by Sea"), in which he plays a villainous conspirator, "Crusader", and "I Love Lucy" in which he portrays himself. Much of his work was on Westerns, including "Frontier", "My Friend Flicka" (three times), "Boots and Saddles", "Northwest Passage", "The Restless Gun" (four times), "The Sheriff of Cochise", "Wagon Train" (four times), "Overland Trail", "Frontier Circus", "The Tall Man", "The Rebel", "The Big Valley", "Daniel Boone", "The Legend of Jesse James", "Death Valley Days", "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre" (four times), "The Rifleman" (three times), "Rawhide" (seven times), "Gunsmoke" (10 times), "Bonanza" (four times), "The Alaskans" (twice) and "The Texan" (twice).