Ed Lauter Biography (1940-)

Born October 30, 1940, in Long Beach, NY. Addresses: Agent: Artists Agency, 10000 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 305, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Actor
Birth Details
October 30, 1940
Long Beach, New York, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Appearances
  • Scott Elliot, The Magnificent Seven Ride!, 1972
  • Galloway, The New Centurions (also known as Precinct 45: Los Angeles Police), 1972
  • Rage, 1972
  • Ted, Hickey and Boggs, 1972
  • Tyler, Dirty Little Billy, 1972
  • Orin, Bad Company, 1972
  • Burton Colt, The Last American Hero (also known as Hard Driver), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
  • Team A operations chief, Executive Action, National General, 1973
  • Hawk Feather, Lolly-Madonna, XXX (also known as The Lolly-Madonna War), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
  • Captain Knauer, The Longest Yard (also known as The Mean Machine), Paramount, 1974
  • Leroy, The Midnight Man, 1974
  • General Brian, The French Connection II, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975
  • Maloney, Family Plot, Universal, 1976
  • Carnahan, King Kong, Paramount, 1976
  • Major Clermont, Breakheart Pass, 1976
  • Captain Tom Custer, The White Buffalo (also known as Hunt to Kill), 1977
  • Mr. Nastase, The Chicken Chronicles, 1977
  • Duke, Magic, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978
  • Sheriff Bob, Loose Shoes (also known as Coming Attractionsand Quackers), 1980
  • Hazel Sutter, Death Hunt, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1981
  • Anderson, The Amateur, 1981
  • Charles Perkins, Eureka, 1982
  • Joe Camber, Cujo, Warner Bros., 1983
  • Padre, Timerider (also known as Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann), 1983
  • Parks, The Big Score, 1983
  • Smoke, Lassiter, Warner Bros., 1984
  • Josef Sirola, Finders Keepers, Warner Bros., 1984
  • Baker, Raw Deal (also known as Triple Identity), De Laurentiis Entertainment, 1985
  • David Decker, Real Genius, TriStar, 1985
  • Richard S. Shriker, Death Wish III, Cannon, 1985
  • Colonel Glenn, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, 1985
  • W. D. Freund, Nickel Mountain, 1985
  • Murray Chadwick, Youngblood, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1986
  • Moran, 3:15 (also known as 3:15 the Moment of Truth), 1986
  • Buzz, Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise, 1987
  • Skip, Chief Zabu, 1988
  • Legion commander, Born on the Fourth of July, 1989
  • Sheriff Williams, Tennessee Nights (also known as Black Water), 1989
  • Dallas Hale, Judgement (also known as Hitz), 1989
  • Mr. Kelly, Gleaming the Cube (also known as A Brother's Justice and Skate or Die), 1989
  • Whitney Ashbridge, Fat Man and Little Boy (also known as Shadowmakers), 1989
  • Underwood, My Blue Heaven, 1990
  • Fitch, The Rocketeer, 1991
  • Alan Greene, School Ties, 1992
  • Police captain, True Romance, 1993
  • John Slade, Wagons East!, 1994
  • John Boyle, Trial by Jury, 1994
  • Third mobster, Leaving Las Vegas, 1995
  • Molls, The Sweeper, 1995
  • Ben Wilmer, Girl in the Cadillac, 1995
  • General Roberts, Digital Man, 1995
  • Kreuger, Crash (also known as Breach of Trust and DirtyMoney), 1995
  • Earl, Mulholland Falls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1996
  • Gaming commission chairman, For Which He Stands, 1996
  • Mitchell Foster, Coyote Summer, Leucadia Film Corp., 1996
  • Detective Frank Richards, Allie and Me, Redwood Communications, 1997
  • Out in Fifty, Avalanche Home Entertainment, 1999
  • Seigei, Farewell, My Love, Win's Entertainment, 1999
  • Erickson, Civility, Soho Entertainment, 1999
  • Harry, Gentleman B. (also known as The Gentleman Bandit), Showcase Entertainment, 2000
  • Swenson, Blast, 2000
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Sheriff Cain, B. J. and the Bear, 1979-80
  • Miniseries
  • Martin Stillman, How the West Was Won, 1978
  • Ularat, Greatest Heroes of the Bible, 1978
  • Movies
  • Dave McKay, Class of '63, ABC, 1973
  • Crees, The Godchild, ABC, 1974
  • Mr. Barlow, The Migrants, CBS, 1974
  • Bud Delaney, Last Hours before Morning, NBC, 1975
  • Strickland, Satan's Triangle, ABC, 1975
  • Siggy Taylor, A Shadow in the Streets, 1975
  • Bender, The Clone Master, NBC, 1978
  • Raleigh Porter, Undercover with the KKK (also known as The Freedom Riders and My Undercover Years with the KKK), NBC, 1979
  • Sergeant Weed, Love's Savage Fury, ABC, 1979
  • Jerry Beloit, The Jericho Mile, ABC, 1979
  • Jim Jones, Sr., Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (also knownas The Mad Messiah), CBS, 1980
  • Frank Morris, Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (also known as Alcatraz and Clarence Carnes), NBC, 1980
  • Gus Carpenter, The Boy Who Drank Too Much, CBS, 1980
  • Jack Claggert, Rooster, ABC, 1982
  • Judge Halloran, In the Custody of Strangers, ABC, 1982
  • Lyndon Dean, The Cartier Affair, NBC, 1984
  • Carl, The Seduction of Gina (also known as Another High Roller), CBS, 1984
  • Mr. Grier, The Three Wishes of Billy Grier, ABC, 1984
  • Coach Gruniger, The Thanksgiving Promise, ABC, 1986
  • Jerry Tyler, Yuri Nosenko, KGB, HBO, 1986
  • B. C. Thompson, Firefighter (also known as Greater Alarm),CBS, 1986
  • Sheriff LeRoy Doyle, The Defiant Ones, ABC, 1986
  • Lieutenant Colonel Paul S. Hill, The Last Days of Patton, CBS, 1986
  • B. D. Devon, Goodbye, Miss 4th of July, The Disney Channel, 1988
  • Flowers for Matty, ABC, 1990
  • General Louis Crewes, Golden Years (also known as Stephen King's Golden Years), CBS, 1991
  • Lieutenant Driscoll, Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story (also known as The Heart of the Lie), ABC, 1992
  • Glen Emory, Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders (also knownas Murder So Sweet), CBS, 1993
  • Chief Bell, The Return of Ironside, NBC, 1993
  • Captain Maguire, Under Investigation, 1993
  • Captain Shafer, Extreme Justice (also known as S.I.S.--ExtremeJustice), HBO, 1993
  • Arnold Carter, Secret Sins of the Father, NBC, 1994
  • General Stevenson, The Tuskegee Airmen, HBO, 1995
  • Sheriff Daggert, Raven Hawk, HBO, 1996
  • Murray Hendershot, Rattled, USA Network, 1996
  • Cochran, Mercenary, HBO, 1997
  • Sheriff Bowman, Childhood Sweethearts?, CBS, 1997
  • Megan's father, Married to a Stranger, The Family Channel, 1997
  • Under Wraps, The Disney Channel, 1997
  • Mel Ridgefield, Top of the World (also known as Cold Cash and Showdown), HBO, 1998
  • General Fred Weyand, A Bright Shining Lie, HBO, 1998
  • Jacob Colby, Dollar for the Dead, TNT, 1998
  • Detective Toliver, Incognito, Black Entertainment Television, 1999
  • Rendezvous, USA Network, 1999
  • Episodic
  • Dr. Joe Ford, "A Trout in the Milk," The Streets of San Francisco,1972
  • Doctor, "The Thirty-Year Pin," The Streets of San Francisco, 1972
  • Deputy, "A Flight of Hawks," Cannon, 1972
  • Hyder Rudge, "The Car," The Waltons, 1974
  • "Mojo," Kojak, 1974
  • Lieutenant Howard Fine, "The Blue Angels," Charlie's Angels, 1977
  • Hardcastle and McCormick, 1983
  • Sheriff Thompson, "Black Day at Bad Rock," The A-Team, 1983
  • "Working," St. Elsewhere, 1983
  • "Operation: Silent Night," Magnum, P.I., 1983
  • Major Douglas Kyle, "Deadly Maneuvers," The A-Team, 1984
  • "Pilot," Crazy like a Fox, 1984
  • Walter Rowan, "A Place to Stay," The Equalizer, 1987
  • Sheriff Orville Yates, "The Cemetery Vote," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1987
  • Robert Nichols, "No Place like Home," The Equalizer, 1988
  • Kendall, "High Rise," Booker, 1989
  • "Malcolm," Monsters, 1990
  • Rex Burnham, "The Confidence Mystery," Father Dowling Mysteries, 1990
  • Lieutenant Commander Albert, "The First Duty," Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1992
  • Gruszynski, "And the Rockets Dead Glare," Homicide: Life on the Street, NBC, 1993
  • Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Belt, "Space," The X Files, Fox, 1993
  • Captain "Uncle John" Swede, "Plan B," Birdland, ABC, 1994
  • Avery Hoskins, "Bless the Child," Highlander, 1994
  • The officer, Can't Hurry Love, CBS, 1995
  • "Circle of Light," Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, 1996
  • Silas Bedoe, Walker, Texas Ranger, CBS, 1997
  • Fire Captain Dannaker, "Exodus," ER, NBC, 1998
  • Warden Kellard, "In Arcadia Ego," Millennium, Fox, 1998
  • Hank Conley, "Vendetta," The Magnificent Seven, CBS, 1999
  • Fire Captain Dannaker, "The Storm," Parts 1-2, ER, NBC, 1999
  • Defense counsel, "Entitled," Law and Order, NBC, 2000
  • Appeared in "Sweet Revenge," an episode of Nero Wolfe.
  • Specials
  • Evans's father, Dead Wrong--The John Evans Story, 1984