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
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
Burton Colt
The Last American Hero
Carnahan
King Kong
Simpson
Rage
Dave McKay
Class of '63
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
A Shadow in the Streets
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
Self (uncredited)
The Moviemakers
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