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&quest; 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&quest;, 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

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