Top Gun and Alien actor Tom Skerritt dies at 93

US actor Tom Skerritt, known for Alien, Top Gun, Steel Magnolias and the TV series Picket Fences, has died aged 93 of natural causes, his family said. Across a six-decade career he also appeared in Mash, A River Runs Through It and Ted. A former US Air Force serviceman, he co-founded TheFilmSchool in Seattle to support new filmmakers.