Ed Lauter

Ed Lauter

Date of Birth:

Oct 30, 1938

Place of Birth:

Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

An American actor. He has appeared in numerous movies and was a stand up comic before getting into acting. Lauter was born in Long Beach, Long Island, New York. His films include The Last American Hero (1973), Executive Action (1973), The Midnight Man (1974), The Longest Yard (1974), Breakheart Pass (1975), King Kong (1976), Magic (1978), Death Hunt (1981), Cujo (1983), Real Genius (1985), Girls Just Want To Have Fun (1985), Death Wish 3 (1985), Youngblood (1986), Raw Deal (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), The Rocketeer (1991), School Ties (1992), True Romance (1993), Under Wraps (1997) Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Purple Heart (2005), Camille (2007) and A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper(2007). He starred with Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, Karen Black and William Devane in the final film of director Alfred Hitchcock, Family Plot. Hitchcock was impressed by Lauter and asked him to play a major role in the romantic espionage thriller he planned as his next film; the director's failing health and eventual death in 1980 meant that The Short Night never went into production. 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.

filmography:

Raven Hawk Raven Hawk

1996

Art Heist Art Heist

2004

The Lost The Lost

2006

Rattled Rattled

1996

Civility Civility

2000

Rooster Rooster

1982

Seabiscuit Seabiscuit

2003

Python Python

2000

Chief Zabu Chief Zabu

2016

Magic Magic

1978

Death Hunt Death Hunt

1981

Youngblood Youngblood

1986

Eureka Eureka

1983

Godspeed Godspeed

2009

Cujo Cujo

1983

Raw Deal Raw Deal

1986

Camille Camille

2008

Allie & Me Allie & Me

1997

Manimal Manimal

1983

Mercenary Mercenary

1996

King Kong King Kong

1976

Judgement Judgement

1992

Rage Rage

1972

Lassiter Lassiter

1984

The Artist The Artist

2011

Casting By Casting By

2012

Blast Blast

2000

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