Ed Lauter
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 30 October 1938 · Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
- Died
- 16 October 2013
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Lauter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
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- 2017The Beautiful Ones as Dante Gabriel Tancredi
- 2016Chief Zabu as Skip Keisel
- 2014The Town that Dreaded Sundown as Sheriff Underwood
- 2012Casting By as Self
- 2012La Classe américaine as Self
- 2012Trouble with the Curve as Max
- 2012The Fitzgerald Family Christmas as Jim "Big Jim" Fitzgerald
- 2011The Artist as Peppy's Butler
- 2011Carnal Innocence as Austin Hatinger
- 2010The Frankenstein Syndrome as Dr. Walton
- 2009Expecting a Miracle as Walter Enright
- 2009Godspeed as Mitch
- 2008Something's Wrong in Kansas as Amos
- 2008Camille as Sheriff Steiner
- 2007The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie as Pop
- 2007The Number 23 as Father Sebastian
- 2007Seraphim Falls as Parsons
- 2006Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby as John Hanafin (uncredited)
- 2006The Lost as Ed Anderson
- 2005Into the Fire as Captain Dave Cutler
- 2005The Longest Yard as Duane
- 2005Purple Heart as Civilian
- 2005Brothers in Arms as Mayor Crawley
- 2005Grey's Anatomy as Timothy Miller · 1 episode
- 2004The Librarians as John Strong
- 2004Nobody Knows Anything! as Gun Expert
- 2004Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation as General J.G. Shepherd
- 2004Grandpa's Place as Grandpa
- 2004Art Heist as Victor Boyd
- 2003Seabiscuit as Charles Strub
- 2003Gentleman B. as Harry Koslow
- 2002Go for Broke as Warden Lessen
- 2001Not Another Teen Movie as The Coach
- 2000Thirteen Days as Gen. Marshall Carter
- 2000Civility as Detective Erickson
- 2000Python as Pilot
- 2000Blast as Swenson
- 2000Farewell, My Love as Sergei Karpov
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Barclay Tobin · 1 episode
- 1999Night of Terror as Father Connelly
- 1999Out in Fifty as Ed Walker
- 1998Dollar for the Dead as Jacob Colby
- 1998A Bright Shining Lie as General Weyand
- 1997Under Wraps as Kubat
- 1997Allie & Me as Detective Frank Richards
- 1997Married to a Stranger as Harry, Megan's Father
- 1997Top of the World as Mel Ridgefield
- 1997Childhood Sweetheart? as Sheriff Bowman
- 1996Mercenary as Jack Cochran
- 1996Raven Hawk as Sheriff Daggert
- 1996The Sweeper as Molls
- 1996Mulholland Falls as Earl
- 1996Rattled as Murray Hendershot
- 1996Coyote Summer as Mitchell Foster
- 1995Leaving Las Vegas as Mobster 3
- 1995Girl in the Cadillac as Ben Wilmer
- 1995Digital Man as Gen Roberts
- 1995The Tuskegee Airmen as General Stevenson
- 1995Breach of Trust as Colin Kreuger
- 1994Trial by Jury as John Boyle
- 1994Wagons East! as John Slade
- 1994Secret Sins of the Father as Arnold Carter
- 1993Under Investigation as Captain Maguire
- 1993True Romance as Police Captain Quiggle (uncredited)
- 1993Extreme Justice as Captain Shafer
- 1993The Return of Ironside as Chief Bell
- 1993Murder So Sweet as Glen Emory
- 1992School Ties as Alan Greene
- 1992Judgement as Dallas Hale
- 1992Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story as Lieutenant Driscoll
- 1991Golden Years as Gen. Louis Crewes
- 1991The Rocketeer as Fitch
- 1990My Blue Heaven as Underwood
- 1990Kojak: Flowers For Matty as Police Armorer
- 1989Born on the Fourth of July as Legion Commander
- 1989Fat Man and Little Boy as Whitney Ashbridge
- 1989Tennessee Nights as Sheriff Williams
- 1989Gleaming the Cube as Mr. Kelly
- 1987Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise as Buzz Mussinger
- 1986The Last Days of Patton as Dr. Lt.Col. Paul S. Hill
- 1986The Thanksgiving Promise as Coach Gruniger
- 1986Firefighter as B.C. Thompson
- 1986Raw Deal as Baker
- 1986Double Image as Jerry Tyler
- 19863:15 the Moment of Truth as Moran
- 1986Youngblood as Murray Chadwick
- 1986The Defiant Ones as Sheriff Leroy Doyle
- 1985Death Wish 3 as Insp. Richard S. Shriker
- 1985Real Genius as CIA Man Decker
- 1985Girls Just Want to Have Fun as Colonel Glenn
- 1984The Cartier Affair as Lyndon Dean
- 1984The Three Wishes of Billy Grier as Mr. Grier
- 1984Finders Keepers as Josef Sirola
- 1984Lassiter as Smoke
- 1984The Seduction of Gina as Carl
- 1984Nickel Mountain as W.D. Freund
- 1983Cujo as Joe Camber
- 1983Eureka as Charles Perkins
- 1983The Big Score as Parks
- 1982Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann as Padre
- 1982Rooster as Jack Claggert
- 1982In the Custody of Strangers as Judge Halloran
- 1981The Amateur as Anderson
- 1981Death Hunt as Hazel
- 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Frank Morris
- 1980The Jericho Mile as Jerry Beliot
- 1980The Boy Who Drank Too Much as Gus Carpenter
- 1979Undercover with the KKK as Raleigh Porter
- 1979Love's Savage Fury as Sgt. Weed
- 1978The Story of Noah as Ularat
- 1978Magic as Duke
- 1978The Clone Master as Bender
- 1978Loose Shoes as Sheriff Bob
- 1977The Chicken Chronicles as Mr. Nastase
- 1977The White Buffalo as Tom Custer
- 1976King Kong as Carnahan
- 1976Family Plot as Joseph Maloney
- 1975Breakheart Pass as Major Claremont
- 1975French Connection II as General William Brian
- 1975Last Hours Before Morning as Bud Delaney
- 1975A Shadow in the Streets as Siggy Taylor
- 1975Satan's Triangle as Strickland
- 1974The Godchild as Crees
- 1974The Longest Yard as Captain Knauer
- 1974The Midnight Man as Leroy
- 1974The Migrants as Mr. Barlow
- 1973Executive Action as Operations Chief - Team A
- 1973The Last American Hero as Burton Colt
- 1973Class of '63 as Dave McKay
- 1973Lolly-Madonna XXX as Hawk Feather
- 1973The Moviemakers as Self (uncredited)
- 1972Rage as Simpson
- 1972Dirty Little Billy as Tyler
- 1972Bad Company as Orin
- 1972Hickey & Boggs as Ted
- 1972The New Centurions as Galloway
- 1972The Magnificent Seven Ride! as Scott Elliot