Cmdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf
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Oct 23, 2026
Buzz AdamsHOST
The actor from Alien.
Buzz AdamsHOST
He played Viper in Top Gun.
Buzz AdamsHOST
He was...
Joanna BarbaHOST
Jerome Eatonton in Steel Magnolias.
Buzz AdamsHOST
He was in Steel Magnolias.
Buzz AdamsHOST
He was the bane of Weezer's existence in that movie.
Buzz AdamsHOST
Here's Tom Skerritt as Viper in Top Gun.
Tom SkerrittSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The hard deck for this hop was 10,000 feet.
Shane DennisHOST
I'm sure a lot of you are aware that Tom Skerritt passed away.
Shane DennisHOST
The guy that played Viper.
Shane DennisHOST
on Top Gun, and he had some other pretty significant roles in other movies, but I think Tom Skerritt was probably best known playing Mike Metcalf, callsign Viper, in Top Gun.
Shane DennisHOST
He was also in Steel Magnolias and some other movies.
Shane DennisHOST
But one of the and also John Anderson, who we poured one out for, played some bumper music from the former country music crooner.
Chris BiggsHOST
sometimes.
Chris BiggsHOST
Viper's dead.
Chris BiggsHOST
Tom Skerritt.
Chris BiggsHOST
Pardon me.
Chris BiggsHOST
Tom Skerritt is an actor, like a character actor.
Chris BiggsHOST
He's been doing it forever.
Chris BiggsHOST
And he was Viper from Top Gun.
Chris BiggsHOST
I like a Viper.
Bill EdPANELIST
On the radio.
Bill EdPANELIST
Woo! You remember Viper? Yeah, Tom Skerritt died.
Bill EdPANELIST
Yeah, he died.
Bill EdPANELIST
That's why I was remembering
Kenny WebsterHOST
Viper.
Kenny WebsterHOST
He was really old.
Kenny WebsterHOST
That's amazing.
Bill EdPANELIST
that movie, but he's in the movie.
James SeltzerHOST
Me too.
James SeltzerHOST
Viper, man.
James SeltzerHOST
Viper.
James SeltzerHOST
Come on, man.
James SeltzerHOST
His conversation with Maverick as he's walking near his house turns the whole thing
MBHOST
I know you might remember him from Steel Magnolias.
MBHOST
But Tom Skerritt, to me, will always be Viper.
BeejHOST
The hard deck for this hop was 10,000 feet.
BeejHOST
You knew it,
Mark DavisHOST
Think about Maverick and Goose and all of them.
Mark DavisHOST
Viper, right? Viper, the seasoned flight instructor who was kind of Maverick's mentor, the great Tom Skerritt.
Mark DavisHOST
Tom Skerritt passed away yesterday at the age of...
Mark DavisHOST
Are you ready for this? He was 93.
Austin YorkHOST
They scared the hell out of you back then.
Mike RogersHOST
And then, you know, then a few years later, Tom Skerritt, he got the role of Viper in Top Gun.
Mike RogersHOST
Yeah, that's what I remember him.
Mike RogersHOST
He starred opposite Tom Cruise.
Austin YorkHOST
scared the hell out of you back then.
Mike RogersHOST
And then, you know, then a few years later, Tom Skerritt, he got the role of Viper in Top Gun.
Mike RogersHOST
Yeah, that's what I remember him.
Mike RogersHOST
He starred opposite Tom Cruise.
Movie GuruHOST
Skerritt ushered in the 80s with a steady stream of small screen appearances, including Rawians 4, The Twilight Zone, and Cheers, before scoring 1986's Top Gun and 1988's Poltergeist 3.
Movie GuruHOST
Top Gun featured Skerritt as Commander Mike Viper Metcalf, with Tom Cruise, Tim Robbins, Kelly McGillis, and Val Kilmer rounding out the cast of the blockbuster film.
Movie GuruHOST
Skerritt then charmed audiences as Strum Eagleton, father, husband, and We serve Bordeaux, Shirley MacLaine's frenemy, in the classic 1989 movie, Steve Magnolias, starring Sally Field, Julia Roberts, and Dolly Parton.
Movie GuruHOST
The Southern dramedy reunited Skerritt and his former Turning Point co-star, MacLaine.
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