Ed Lauter
Acting1938Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
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
Acting History
2017
The Beautiful Ones
as Dante Gabriel Tancredi
2016
Chief Zabu
as Skip Keisel
2014
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
as Sheriff Underwood
2013
The Office
TVas Sam Stone, Sr.• 1 eps
2012
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
as Jim "Big Jim" Fitzgerald
Trouble with the Curve
as Max
Casting By
as Self
La Classe américaine
as Self
Shameless
TVas Dick Healey• 4 eps
2011
Carnal Innocence
as Austin Hatinger
The Artist
as Peppy's Butler
2010
The Frankenstein Syndrome
as Dr. Walton
2009
2008
Camille
as Sheriff Steiner
Cold Case
TVas Shep 'Mack' McAvoy (2008)• 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
TVas Timothy Miller• 1 eps
2007
2006
Jack Ketchum's The Lost
as Ed Anderson
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
as John Hanafin (uncredited)
2005
2004
Art Heist
as Victor Boyd
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
as General J.G. Shepherd
The Librarians
as John Strong
Nobody Knows Anything!
as Gun Expert
Grandpa's Place
as Grandpa
2003
Seabiscuit
as Charles Strub
Gentleman B.
as Harry Koslow
2002
Go for Broke
as Warden Lessen
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Barclay Tobin• 1 eps
2001
Not Another Teen Movie
as The Coach
Charmed
TVas Sutter• 1 eps
2000
Thirteen Days
as Gen. Marshall Carter
Civility
as Detective Erickson
Blast
as Swenson
Python
as Pilot
Farewell, My Love
as Sergei Karpov
Law & Order
TVas Defense Counsel Glick• 1 eps
1999
Night of Terror
as Father Connelly
Out in Fifty
as Ed Walker
The Magnificent Seven
TVas Hank Conley• 1 eps
1998
Dollar for the Dead
as Jacob Colby
A Bright Shining Lie
as General Weyand
ER
TVas Fire Captain Dannaker• 6 eps
Millennium
TVas Warden Kellard• 1 eps
1997
Under Wraps
as Kubat
Top of the World
as Mel Ridgefield
Allie & Me
as Detective Frank Richards
Childhood Sweetheart?
as Sheriff Bowman
Married to a Stranger
as Harry, Megan's Father
Walker, Texas Ranger
TVas Silas Bedoe• 2 eps
1996
Mercenary
as Jack Cochran
Raven Hawk
as Sheriff Daggert
The Sweeper
as Molls
Rattled
as Murray Hendershot
Mulholland Falls
as Earl
Coyote Summer
as Mitchell Foster
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TVas Lars Paladin• 1 eps
1995
Digital Man
as Gen Roberts
Leaving Las Vegas
as Mobster 3
Girl in the Cadillac
as Ben Wilmer
Breach of Trust
as Colin Kreuger
Can't Hurry Love
TVas Officer
1994
Wagons East!
as John Slade
Secret Sins of the Father
as Arnold Carter
Trial by Jury
as John Boyle
Highlander: The Series
TVas Avery Hoskins• 1 eps
1993
The Return of Ironside
as Chief Bell
Extreme Justice
as Captain Shafer
Murder So Sweet
as Glen Emory
Under Investigation
as Captain Maguire
True Romance
as Police Captain Quiggle (uncredited)
Homicide: Life on the Street
TVas Gruszynski• 1 eps
The X-Files
TVas Col. Marcus Aurelius Belt• 1 eps
1992
School Ties
as Alan Greene
Judgement
as Dallas Hale
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
as Lieutenant Driscoll
Renegade
TVas Jack Barnell• 1 eps
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TVas Lt. Cmdr. Albert• 1 eps
1991
1990
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
as Police Armorer
My Blue Heaven
as Underwood
1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Whitney Ashbridge
Born on the Fourth of July
as Legion Commander
Tennessee Nights
as Sheriff Williams
Gleaming the Cube
as Mr. Kelly
Booker
TVas Kendall
1988
The Equalizer
TVas Robert Nichols• 1 eps
1987
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
as Buzz Mussinger
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Sheriff Orville Yates• 1 eps
1986
The Last Days of Patton
as Dr. Lt.Col. Paul S. Hill
Youngblood
as Murray Chadwick
3:15 the Moment of Truth
as Moran
The Thanksgiving Promise
as Coach Gruniger
The Defiant Ones
as Sheriff Leroy Doyle
Firefighter
as B.C. Thompson
Double Image
as Jerry Tyler
Raw Deal
as Baker
Miami Vice
TVas Capt. Cahill• 1 eps
1985
Real Genius
as CIA Man Decker
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
as Colonel Glenn
Death Wish 3
as Insp. Richard S. Shriker
1984
The Cartier Affair
as Lyndon Dean
Finders Keepers
as Josef Sirola
Lassiter
as Smoke
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
as Mr. Grier
Nickel Mountain
as W.D. Freund
The Seduction of Gina
as Carl
Crazy like a Fox
TVas Lanslow• 1 eps
Automan
TVas Michael Hagedorn• 1 eps
The A-Team
TVas Major Douglas Kyle / Sheriff Hank Thomson• 1 eps
1983
Cujo
as Joe Camber
Eureka
as Charles Perkins
The Big Score
as Parks
Hardcastle and McCormick
TVas Rick Vetromile• 2 eps
St. Elsewhere
TVas Stan Morgen• 1 eps
Simon & Simon
TVas Col. Lawrence Grayson• 1 eps
Manimal
TVas Col. Hunt
Magnum, P.I.
TVas Captain Quintin• 1 eps
1982
In the Custody of Strangers
as Judge Halloran
Rooster
as Jack Claggert
1981
1980
The Jericho Mile
as Jerry Beliot
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
as Gus Carpenter
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
as Frank Morris
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
TVas Jim Jones, Sr.
Hawaii Five-O
TVas Jonas Halloran• 1 eps
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
TVas Frank Morris
1979
Love's Savage Fury
as Sgt. Weed
Undercover with the KKK
as Raleigh Porter
1978
1977
The White Buffalo
as Tom Custer
The Chicken Chronicles
as Mr. Nastase
Charlie's Angels
TVas Lt. Howard Fine• 1 eps
The Rockford Files
TVas Joseph Bloomberg• 1 eps
1976
Family Plot
as Joseph Maloney
King Kong
as Carnahan
Police Story
TVas Ralph Coleman / Joseph Kinsella• 2 eps
1975
French Connection II
as General William Brian
Breakheart Pass
as Major Claremont
Last Hours Before Morning
as Bud Delaney
Satan's Triangle
as Strickland
A Shadow in the Streets
as Siggy Taylor
Kate McShane
TVas Phil Baines
Baretta
TVas Ed Borgue• 1 eps
1974
The Longest Yard
as Captain Knauer
The Midnight Man
as Leroy
The Godchild
as Crees
The Migrants
as Mr. Barlow
Kodiak
TVas Brook Spencer
The Waltons
TVas Hyder Rudge• 1 eps
Kojak
TVas Floyd• 1 eps
1973
Executive Action
as Operations Chief - Team A
The Last American Hero
as Burton Colt
The Moviemakers
as Self (uncredited)
Lolly-Madonna XXX
as Hawk Feather
Class of '63
as Dave McKay
1972
The New Centurions
as Galloway
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
as Scott Elliot
Bad Company
as Orin
Dirty Little Billy
as Tyler
Rage
as Simpson
Hickey & Boggs
as Ted
Ironside
TVas Sergeant• 1 eps
Cannon
TVas Deputy• 1 eps
The Streets of San Francisco
TVas Doctor Joseph Ford• 2 eps
1971
Mannix
TVas Sergeant• 1 eps