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Acting
Birthday:
October 30, 1938
Place of Birth:
Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
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Ed Lauter
Biography
Ed Lauter ( October 30, 1938 – October 16, 2013) was an American actor. His films include The Last American Hero (1973), The Longest Yard (1974), King Kong (1976), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), School Ties (1992), True Romance (1993), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Purple Heart (2005), Camille (2007), and A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper(2007). Lauter's TV guest appearances include performances on Psych, The X-Files, Kojak, The A-Team, Booker, Charmed, Highlander: The Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation (as Lt. Cmdr. Albert in the season 5 episode "The First Duty"),The Equalizer and ER (with a recurring role as Fire Captain Dannaker).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Beautiful Ones | Dante Gabriel Tancredi |
| 2016 | Chief Zabu | Skip Keisel |
| 2014 | The Town that Dreaded Sundown | Sheriff Underwood |
| 2012 | Casting By | Self |
| 2012 | Trouble with the Curve | Max |
| 2012 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | Jim "Big Jim" Fitzgerald |
| 2012 | La Classe américaine | Self |
| 2011 | The Artist | Peppy's Butler |
| 2011 | Carnal Innocence | Austin Hatinger |
| 2010 | The Frankenstein Syndrome | Dr. Walton |
| 2009 | Godspeed | Mitch |
| 2009 | Expecting a Miracle | Walter Enright |
| 2008 | Camille | Sheriff Steiner |
| 2007 | Seraphim Falls | Parsons |
| 2007 | The Number 23 | Father Sebastian |
| 2007 | The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie | Pop |
| 2006 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | John Hanafin (uncredited) |
| 2006 | The Lost | Ed Anderson |
| 2005 | Purple Heart | Civilian |
| 2005 | Into the Fire | Captain Dave Cutler |
| 2005 | The Longest Yard | Duane |
| 2004 | Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation | General J.G. Shepherd |
| 2004 | Nobody Knows Anything! | Gun Expert |
| 2004 | Grandpa's Place | Grandpa |
| 2004 | Art Heist | Victor Boyd |
| 2003 | The Librarians | John Strong |
| 2003 | Gentleman B. | Harry Koslow |
| 2003 | Seabiscuit | Charles Strub |
| 2002 | Go for Broke | Warden Lessen |
| 2001 | Not Another Teen Movie | The Coach |
| 2000 | Blast | Swenson |
| 2000 | Python | Pilot |
| 2000 | Thirteen Days | Gen. Marshall Carter |
| 2000 | Farewell, My Love | Sergei Karpov |
| 2000 | Civility | Detective Erickson |
| 1999 | Out in Fifty | Ed Walker |
| 1999 | Night of Terror | Father Connelly |
| 1998 | A Bright Shining Lie | General Weyand |
| 1998 | Dollar for the Dead | Jacob Colby |
| 1997 | Allie & Me | Detective Frank Richards |
| 1997 | Under Wraps | Kubat |
| 1997 | Childhood Sweetheart? | Sheriff Bowman |
| 1997 | Married to a Stranger | Harry, Megan's Father |
| 1997 | Top of the World | Mel Ridgefield |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | Earl |
| 1996 | The Sweeper | Molls |
| 1996 | Mercenary | Jack Cochran |
| 1996 | Rattled | Murray Hendershot |
| 1996 | Raven Hawk | Sheriff Daggert |
| 1996 | Coyote Summer | Mitchell Foster |
| 1995 | Digital Man | Gen Roberts |
| 1995 | Breach of Trust | Colin Kreuger |
| 1995 | Girl in the Cadillac | Ben Wilmer |
| 1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | Mobster 3 |
| 1994 | Secret Sins of the Father | Arnold Carter |
| 1994 | Trial by Jury | John Boyle |
| 1994 | Wagons East! | John Slade |
| 1993 | Extreme Justice | Captain Shafer |
| 1993 | The Return of Ironside | Chief Bell |
| 1993 | Under Investigation | Captain Maguire |
| 1993 | True Romance | Police Captain Quiggle (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Murder So Sweet | Glen Emory |
| 1992 | Judgement | Dallas Hale |
| 1992 | School Ties | Alan Greene |
| 1992 | Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story | Lieutenant Driscoll |
| 1991 | Golden Years | Gen. Louis Crewes |
| 1991 | The Rocketeer | Fitch |
| 1990 | My Blue Heaven | Underwood |
| 1990 | Kojak: Flowers For Matty | Police Armorer |
| 1989 | Gleaming the Cube | Mr. Kelly |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Whitney Ashbridge |
| 1989 | Tennessee Nights | Sheriff Williams |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Legion Commander |
| 1987 | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | Buzz Mussinger |
| 1986 | Raw Deal | Baker |
| 1986 | 3:15 the Moment of Truth | Moran |
| 1986 | Double Image | Jerry Tyler |
| 1986 | Youngblood | Murray Chadwick |
| 1986 | The Defiant Ones | Sheriff Leroy Doyle |
| 1986 | Firefighter | B.C. Thompson |
| 1986 | The Last Days of Patton | Dr. Lt.Col. Paul S. Hill |
| 1986 | The Thanksgiving Promise | Coach Gruniger |
| 1985 | Death Wish 3 | Insp. Richard S. Shriker |
| 1985 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Colonel Glenn |
| 1985 | Real Genius | CIA Man Decker |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers | Josef Sirola |
| 1984 | Lassiter | Smoke |
| 1984 | The Cartier Affair | Lyndon Dean |
| 1984 | The Three Wishes of Billy Grier | Mr. Grier |
| 1984 | The Seduction of Gina | Carl |
| 1984 | Nickel Mountain | W.D. Freund |
| 1983 | Cujo | Joe Camber |
| 1983 | Eureka | Charles Perkins |
| 1983 | Manimal | Col. Hunt |
| 1983 | The Big Score | Parks |
| 1982 | Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | Padre |
| 1982 | In the Custody of Strangers | Judge Halloran |
| 1982 | Rooster | Jack Claggert |
| 1981 | The Amateur | Anderson |
| 1981 | Death Hunt | Hazel |
| 1980 | The Boy Who Drank Too Much | Gus Carpenter |
| 1980 | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Frank Morris |
| 1980 | The Jericho Mile | Jerry Beliot |
| 1979 | Undercover with the KKK | Raleigh Porter |
| 1979 | Love's Savage Fury | Sgt. Weed |
| 1978 | Magic | Duke |
| 1978 | The Clone Master | Bender |
| 1978 | The Story of Noah | Ularat |
| 1978 | Loose Shoes | Sheriff Bob |
| 1977 | The White Buffalo | Tom Custer |
| 1977 | The Chicken Chronicles | Mr. Nastase |
| 1976 | Family Plot | Joseph Maloney |
| 1976 | King Kong | Carnahan |
| 1975 | French Connection II | General William Brian |
| 1975 | Breakheart Pass | Major Claremont |
| 1975 | Satan's Triangle | Strickland |
| 1975 | Shadow in the Street | Siggy Taylor |
| 1975 | Last Hours Before Morning | Bud Delaney |
| 1974 | The Longest Yard | Captain Knauer |
| 1974 | The Midnight Man | Leroy |
| 1974 | The Godchild | Crees |
| 1974 | The Migrants | Mr. Barlow |
| 1973 | Executive Action | Operations Chief - Team A |
| 1973 | Lolly-Madonna XXX | Hawk Feather |
| 1973 | Class of '63 | Dave McKay |
| 1973 | The Last American Hero | Burton Colt |
| 1972 | Bad Company | Orin |
| 1972 | The Magnificent Seven Ride! | Scott Elliot |
| 1972 | Hickey & Boggs | Ted |
| 1972 | The New Centurions | Galloway |
| 1972 | Rage | Simpson |
| 1972 | Dirty Little Billy | Tyler |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Shameless | Dick Healey |
| 2006 | Psych | Ed Dykstra |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Timothy Miller |
| 2005 | The Office | Sam Stone, Sr. |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Shep 'Mack' McAvoy (2008) |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Barclay Tobin |
| 1998 | Charmed | Sutter |
| 1998 | The Magnificent Seven | Hank Conley |
| 1996 | Millennium | Warden Kellard |
| 1995 | Can't Hurry Love | Officer |
| 1994 | ER | Fire Captain Dannaker |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | Lars Paladin |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Silas Bedoe |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Col. Marcus Aurelius Belt |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Gruszynski |
| 1992 | Highlander: The Series | Avery Hoskins |
| 1992 | Renegade | Jack Barnell |
| 1991 | Golden Years | Gen. Louis Crewes |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Defense Counsel Glick |
| 1989 | Booker | Kendall |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Lt. Cmdr. Albert |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Walter Rowan |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Robert Nichols |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Sheriff Orville Yates |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Capt. Cahill |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | Lanslow |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Rick Vetromile |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Sheriff Hank Thomson |
| 1983 | Manimal | Col. Hunt |
| 1983 | Automan | Michael Hagedorn |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Major Douglas Kyle |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Stan Morgen |
| 1981 | Simon & Simon | Col. Lawrence Grayson |
| 1981 | Nero Wolfe | Clay Baylor |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Captain Quintin |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Jim Jones, Sr. |
| 1980 | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Frank Morris |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Lt. Howard Fine |
| 1975 | Baretta | Ed Borgue |
| 1975 | Kate McShane | Phil Baines |
| 1974 | Kodiak | Brook Spencer |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Joseph Bloomberg |
| 1973 | Kojak | Floyd |
| 1973 | Police Story | Ralph Coleman / Joseph Kinsella |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | Doctor Joseph Ford |
| 1972 | The Waltons | Hyder Rudge |
| 1971 | Cannon | Deputy |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Jonas Halloran |
| 1967 | Mannix | Sergeant |
| 1967 | Ironside | Sergeant |