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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 19, 1914
Place of Birth:
White Plains, New York, USA
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Harry Lauter
Biography
American character actor specializing in villainous roles. Born in White Plains, New York to Herman E. and Franceska Lauter, he was raised in Denver, Colorado. Although it has been suggested that he appeared briefly in a couple of films during the Thirties, his real movie career began in 1946. He came to be a familiar presence in low-budget films, serials, and television programs in the 1950s, though he only once really came close to stardom, as one of the leads in the television series "Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955)". Most of his career was spent as a serviceable second lead or heavy, though he continued to play bit parts in larger pictures. The son of an artist, he devoted much of his energy late in life to his own painting and running an art gallery. He died in 1990.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion | Self |
| 1972 | Superbeast | Stewart Victor |
| 1971 | Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring | House Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1971 | The Todd Killings | |
| 1971 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | General Winthrop |
| 1970 | Barquero | Steele |
| 1969 | More Dead than Alive | Doctor |
| 1967 | Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion | Josh Miller |
| 1967 | Fort Utah | Britches |
| 1967 | The Mountains of the Moon | Whitehead |
| 1967 | Return of the Gunfighter | Frank Marlowe |
| 1966 | For Pete's Sake | |
| 1966 | Ambush Bay | Cpl. Alvin Ross |
| 1966 | Batman | Mr. Merrick (uncredited) |
| 1965 | The Satan Bug | Fake SDI Agent |
| 1965 | Convict Stage | Ben Lattimore |
| 1965 | Fort Courageous | Joe |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Police Dispatcher (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Wild Westerners | Jud Gotch |
| 1962 | Lonely are the Brave | Deputy in Canyon |
| 1961 | Posse from Hell | Russell |
| 1961 | Buffalo Gun | Vin |
| 1961 | Fury River | |
| 1959 | A Date with Death | Lt. George Caddell |
| 1959 | The Gunfight at Dodge City | City Marshal Ed Masterson |
| 1959 | The Louisiana Hussy | Clay Lanier |
| 1958 | Girl on the Run | Drunk |
| 1958 | The Cry Baby Killer | Police Lt. Porter |
| 1958 | The Toughest Gun in Tombstone | Joe Barger |
| 1958 | The Last Hurrah | Votes Tallyman (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Tarzan's Fight for Life | Dr. Ken Warwick |
| 1958 | The Case Against Brooklyn | |
| 1958 | Missile Monsters | Drake |
| 1957 | Death in Small Doses | Steve Hummel / Mr. Brown |
| 1957 | The Badge of Marshal Brennan | Dr. Hale |
| 1957 | Hellcats of the Navy | Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton |
| 1957 | Raiders of Old California | Scott Johnson |
| 1956 | The Women of Pitcairn Island | Ben Fish |
| 1956 | Earth vs. the Flying Saucers | Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Werewolf | Deputy Ben Clovey |
| 1956 | Blonde Bait | State Department Security Chief |
| 1956 | Miami Exposé | Det. Tim Grogan |
| 1955 | Creature with the Atom Brain | Reporter #1 |
| 1955 | It Came from Beneath the Sea | Deputy Bill Nash |
| 1955 | The Crooked Web | Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc |
| 1955 | Outlaw Treasure | Jesse James |
| 1955 | King of the Carnival | Bert King |
| 1955 | Apache Ambush | |
| 1955 | Dig That Uranium | Haskell, the boss |
| 1955 | Timber Country Trouble | Webb, the lumberjack |
| 1955 | Lord of the Jungle | Pilot |
| 1955 | At Gunpoint | Federal Marshal |
| 1954 | Dragonfly Squadron | Capt. Vedders |
| 1954 | Return to Treasure Island | Parker |
| 1954 | Dragnet | Officer Greeley |
| 1954 | Manhunt in Space | Atlasan |
| 1954 | Crash of Moons | Atlasan |
| 1954 | The Forty-Niners | Gambler |
| 1954 | Silver Needle in the Sky | Atlasan |
| 1954 | Trader Tom of the China Seas | Tom Rogers |
| 1954 | The Gypsy Moon | Atlasan |
| 1954 | Silver Needle in the Sky | Atlasande |
| 1954 | Yankee Pasha | Dick Bailey |
| 1953 | Prince of Pirates | Jan |
| 1953 | Crime Wave | Roadblock Officer (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Big Heat | Hank O'Connell (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Fighting Lawman | Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons |
| 1953 | The Marshal's Daughter | Russ Mason |
| 1953 | Topeka | Mack Wilson |
| 1953 | Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders | Constable Clark |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Apache Country | Dave Kilrain |
| 1952 | The Steel Fist | Franz |
| 1952 | Yukon Gold | Ace Morgan |
| 1952 | The Red Ball Express | Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Talk About a Stranger | Clarence, Bookkeeper |
| 1952 | Sea Tiger | Randall, alias Jon Edmum |
| 1952 | This Woman Is Dangerous | Trooper (Uncredited) |
| 1951 | Valley of Fire | Tod Rawlings |
| 1951 | Whirlwind | Wade Trimble |
| 1951 | Hills of Utah | Henchman Evan Fox |
| 1951 | Flying Leathernecks | |
| 1951 | According to Mrs. Hoyle | Gordon Warren |
| 1951 | Silver City Bonanza | Pete Horne |
| 1951 | Thunder in God's Country | Marshal Tim Gallery |
| 1951 | The Kid from Amarillo | Tom Mallory |
| 1951 | The Day the Earth Stood Still | Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site |
| 1951 | Roadblock | Saunders (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Racket | Officer Mosley (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Experiment Alcatraz | Richard 'Dick' McKenna |
| 1950 | Flying Disc Man from Mars | Drake |
| 1950 | Blue Grass of Kentucky | Dick Wentworth |
| 1950 | When Willie Comes Marching Home | Aide (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Showdown | Cowhand (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Flying Missile | Army Base Information Desk Clerk |
| 1950 | 711 Ocean Drive | Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Bunco Squad | James Worth (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Great Jewel Robber | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1950 | No Way Out | Orderly (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Price of Freedom | Man in restaurant (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Without Honor | Ambulance Attendant |
| 1949 | Twelve O'Clock High | Radio officer |
| 1949 | Zamba | Jim |
| 1949 | Alimony | Doctor |
| 1949 | The Great Dan Patch | Bud Ransome |
| 1949 | White Heat | Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited) |
| 1949 | I Was a Male War Bride | Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Tucson | George Reeves Jr. |
| 1949 | Bandit King of Texas | Trem Turner |
| 1949 | Frontier Investigator | Rocky's Brother |
| 1949 | Prince of the Plains | Tom Owens |
| 1948 | The Gay Intruders | Male Secretary |
| 1948 | Moonrise | |
| 1948 | A Foreign Affair | Corporal (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Jungle Patrol | Lt. Derby |
| 1948 | Incident | Bill Manning |
| 1946 | The Magnificent Rogue | Boy Model |