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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Lauter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Mr. Kelly

Gleaming the Cube

Baker

Raw Deal

General J.G. Shepherd

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

General William Brian

French Connection II

Joe Camber

Cujo

Earl

Mulholland Falls

Captain Knauer

The Longest Yard

Josef Sirola

Finders Keepers

Anderson

The Amateur

Detective Frank Richards

Allie & Me

Joseph Maloney

Family Plot

Sheriff Steiner

Camille

Orin

Bad Company

Major Claremont

Breakheart Pass

Insp. Richard S. Shriker

Death Wish 3

Padre

Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann

Mitch

Godspeed

John Hanafin (uncredited)

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Moran

3:15 the Moment of Truth

Hazel

Death Hunt

Parsons

Seraphim Falls

Duke

Magic

Whitney Ashbridge

Fat Man and Little Boy

Operations Chief - Team A

Executive Action

Gen. Louis Crewes

Golden Years

Scott Elliot

The Magnificent Seven Ride!

Charles Perkins

Eureka

Colonel Glenn

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

Dr. Walton

The Frankenstein Syndrome

Jerry Tyler

Double Image

Buzz Mussinger

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

Murray Chadwick

Youngblood

Tom Custer

The White Buffalo

Col. Hunt

Manimal

Self

Casting By

Swenson

Blast

Civilian

Purple Heart

Peppy's Butler

The Artist

Smoke

Lassiter

Ted

Hickey & Boggs

Kubat

Under Wraps

Max

Trouble with the Curve

Strickland

Satan's Triangle

Molls

The Sweeper

Parks

The Big Score

Gus Carpenter

The Boy Who Drank Too Much

Jim "Big Jim" Fitzgerald

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas

Leroy

The Midnight Man

John Strong

The Librarians

Hawk Feather

Lolly-Madonna XXX

Mr. Nastase

The Chicken Chronicles

Warden Lessen

Go for Broke

Jack Cochran

Mercenary

Judge Halloran

In the Custody of Strangers

Crees

The Godchild

Sheriff Williams

Tennessee Nights

Galloway

The New Centurions

Dave McKay

Class of '63

Burton Colt

The Last American Hero

Carnahan

King Kong

Simpson

Rage

Gen Roberts

Digital Man

Dallas Hale

Judgement

Gun Expert

Nobody Knows Anything!

Sheriff Bowman

Childhood Sweetheart?

Captain Shafer

Extreme Justice

Fitch

The Rocketeer

Siggy Taylor

Shadow in the Street

Harry, Megan's Father

Married to a Stranger

Ed Walker

Out in Fifty

Tyler

Dirty Little Billy

Lyndon Dean

The Cartier Affair

Grandpa

Grandpa's Place

Bud Delaney

Last Hours Before Morning

Sheriff Leroy Doyle

The Defiant Ones

Colin Kreuger

Breach of Trust

CIA Man Decker

Real Genius

Ben Wilmer

Girl in the Cadillac

Dante Gabriel Tancredi

The Beautiful Ones

Sheriff Underwood

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

Murray Hendershot

Rattled

Chief Bell

The Return of Ironside

Frank Morris

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

Sheriff Daggert

Raven Hawk

Captain Maguire

Under Investigation

Walter Enright

Expecting a Miracle

Underwood

My Blue Heaven

Bender

The Clone Master

Arnold Carter

Secret Sins of the Father

Legion Commander

Born on the Fourth of July

Mr. Grier

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

Raleigh Porter

Undercover with the KKK

B.C. Thompson

Firefighter

Mitchell Foster

Coyote Summer

Ed Anderson

The Lost

Father Sebastian

The Number 23

Victor Boyd

Art Heist

John Boyle

Trial by Jury

Dr. Lt.Col. Paul S. Hill

The Last Days of Patton

Captain Dave Cutler

Into the Fire

Skip Keisel

Chief Zabu

Police Captain Quiggle (uncredited)

True Romance

Sgt. Weed

Love's Savage Fury

Jerry Beliot

The Jericho Mile

The Coach

Not Another Teen Movie

Pilot

Python

Mr. Barlow

The Migrants

Austin Hatinger

Carnal Innocence

Duane

The Longest Yard

Ularat

The Story of Noah

John Slade

Wagons East!

Carl

The Seduction of Gina

W.D. Freund

Nickel Mountain

Harry Koslow

Gentleman B.

Alan Greene

School Ties

Gen. Marshall Carter

Thirteen Days

Mobster 3

Leaving Las Vegas

Pop

The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie

General Weyand

A Bright Shining Lie

Sergei Karpov

Farewell, My Love

Sheriff Bob

Loose Shoes

Detective Erickson

Civility

Mel Ridgefield

Top of the World

Self

La Classe américaine

Jacob Colby

Dollar for the Dead

Charles Strub

Seabiscuit

Coach Gruniger

The Thanksgiving Promise

Father Connelly

Night of Terror

Lieutenant Driscoll

Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story

Jack Claggert

Rooster

Police Armorer

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

Glen Emory

Murder So Sweet

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

132

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-10-30

Place of Birth

Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

Also Known As

Edward Lauter