Ed Lauter

Known for: Acting

Born: 1938-10-30 – 2013-10-16 (aged 74)

From: Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

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.

Filmography (186)

MOVIE★ 6.5
The Beautiful Ones
2017
as Dante Gabriel Tancredi
MOVIE★ 4.5
Chief Zabu
2016
as Skip Keisel
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014
as Sheriff Underwood
MOVIE★ 6.9
Casting By
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.5
La Classe américaine
2012
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Trouble with the Curve
2012
as Max
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012
as Jim "Big Jim" Fitzgerald
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Artist
2011
as Peppy's Butler
MOVIE★ 4.6
Carnal Innocence
2011
as Austin Hatinger
TV★ 8.2
Shameless
2011
as Dick Healey
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Frankenstein Syndrome
2010
as Dr. Walton
MOVIE★ 6.2
Expecting a Miracle
2009
as Walter Enright
MOVIE★ 4.0
Godspeed
2009
as Mitch
MOVIE★ 9.0
Something's Wrong in Kansas
2008
as Amos
MOVIE★ 6.2
Camille
2008
as Sheriff Steiner
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie
2007
as Pop
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Number 23
2007
as Father Sebastian
MOVIE★ 6.4
Seraphim Falls
2007
as Parsons
MOVIE★ 6.4
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006
as John Hanafin (uncredited)
TV★ 7.9
Psych
2006
as Ed Dykstra
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Lost
2006
as Ed Anderson
MOVIE★ 5.0
Into the Fire
2005
as Captain Dave Cutler
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Longest Yard
2005
as Duane
TV★ 8.2
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Timothy Miller
TV★ 8.6
The Office
2005
as Sam Stone, Sr.
MOVIE★ 5.2
Purple Heart
2005
as Civilian
MOVIE★ 3.5
Brothers in Arms
2005
as Mayor Crawley
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Librarians
2004
as John Strong
MOVIE★ 3.7
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004
as Gun Expert
MOVIE★ 4.5
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004
as General J.G. Shepherd
MOVIE★ 5.5
Grandpa's Place
2004
as Grandpa
MOVIE★ 4.0
Art Heist
2004
as Victor Boyd
TV★ 7.8
Cold Case
2003
as Shep 'Mack' McAvoy (2008)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Seabiscuit
2003
as Charles Strub
MOVIE★ 4.4
Gentleman B.
2003
as Harry Koslow
MOVIE★ 4.7
Go for Broke
2002
as Warden Lessen
MOVIE★ 5.8
Not Another Teen Movie
2001
as The Coach
MOVIE★ 7.0
Thirteen Days
2000
as Gen. Marshall Carter
MOVIE★ 4.0
Civility
2000
as Detective Erickson
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Barclay Tobin
MOVIE★ 5.1
Python
2000
as Pilot
MOVIE★ 4.8
Blast
2000
as Swenson
MOVIE★ 4.2
Farewell, My Love
2000
as Sergei Karpov
MOVIE★ 6.0
Night of Terror
1999
as Father Connelly
MOVIE★ 3.7
Out in Fifty
1999
as Ed Walker
MOVIE★ 5.7
Dollar for the Dead
1998
as Jacob Colby
TV★ 8.2
Charmed
1998
as Sutter
MOVIE★ 5.8
A Bright Shining Lie
1998
as General Weyand
TV★ 6.6
The Magnificent Seven
1998
as Hank Conley
MOVIE★ 5.5
Under Wraps
1997
as Kubat
MOVIE★ 3.4
Allie & Me
1997
as Detective Frank Richards
MOVIE★ 5.7
Married to a Stranger
1997
as Harry, Megan's Father
MOVIE★ 5.2
Top of the World
1997
as Mel Ridgefield
MOVIE★ 4.8
Childhood Sweetheart?
1997
as Sheriff Bowman
TV★ 7.7
Millennium
1996
as Warden Kellard
MOVIE★ 5.7
Mercenary
1996
as Jack Cochran
MOVIE★ 4.0
Raven Hawk
1996
as Sheriff Daggert
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Sweeper
1996
as Molls
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mulholland Falls
1996
as Earl
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rattled
1996
as Murray Hendershot
MOVIE★ 6.0
Coyote Summer
1996
as Mitchell Foster
MOVIE★ 7.3
Leaving Las Vegas
1995
as Mobster 3
MOVIE★ 4.8
Girl in the Cadillac
1995
as Ben Wilmer
TV★ 6.5
Can't Hurry Love
1995
as Officer
MOVIE★ 4.9
Digital Man
1995
as Gen Roberts
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995
as General Stevenson
MOVIE★ 4.9
Breach of Trust
1995
as Colin Kreuger
TV★ 7.8
ER
1994
as Fire Captain Dannaker
MOVIE★ 5.4
Trial by Jury
1994
as John Boyle
MOVIE★ 4.9
Wagons East!
1994
as John Slade
MOVIE★ 3.5
Secret Sins of the Father
1994
as Arnold Carter
MOVIE★ 2.6
Under Investigation
1993
as Captain Maguire
TV★ 8.4
The X-Files
1993
as Col. Marcus Aurelius Belt
MOVIE★ 7.5
True Romance
1993
as Police Captain Quiggle (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Extreme Justice
1993
as Captain Shafer
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Return of Ironside
1993
as Chief Bell
TV★ 7.0
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Silas Bedoe
MOVIE★ 6.0
Murder So Sweet
1993
as Glen Emory
TV★ 8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Gruszynski
TV★ 6.7
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993
as Lars Paladin
TV★ 7.4
Highlander: The Series
1992
as Avery Hoskins
TV★ 6.7
Renegade
1992
as Jack Barnell
MOVIE★ 6.5
School Ties
1992
as Alan Greene
MOVIE★ 3.9
Judgement
1992
as Dallas Hale
MOVIE★ 4.4
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
1992
as Lieutenant Driscoll
MOVIE★ 5.8
Golden Years
1991
as Gen. Louis Crewes
TV★ 6.2
Golden Years
1991
as Gen. Louis Crewes
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Rocketeer
1991
as Fitch
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Defense Counsel Glick
MOVIE★ 6.1
My Blue Heaven
1990
as Underwood
MOVIE★ 5.8
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990
as Police Armorer
MOVIE★ 7.0
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
as Legion Commander
MOVIE★ 6.2
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
as Whitney Ashbridge
TV★ 5.2
Booker
1989
as Kendall
MOVIE★ 5.6
Tennessee Nights
1989
as Sheriff Williams
MOVIE★ 6.0
Gleaming the Cube
1989
as Mr. Kelly
TV★ 7.1
Monsters
1988
as Malcolm
TV★ 8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Lt. Cmdr. Albert
MOVIE★ 5.6
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987
as Buzz Mussinger
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Last Days of Patton
1986
as Dr. Lt.Col. Paul S. Hill
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986
as Coach Gruniger
MOVIE★ 7.0
Firefighter
1986
as B.C. Thompson
MOVIE★ 5.8
Raw Deal
1986
as Baker
MOVIE★ 5.4
Double Image
1986
as Jerry Tyler
MOVIE★ 5.8
3:15 the Moment of Truth
1986
as Moran
MOVIE★ 6.2
Youngblood
1986
as Murray Chadwick
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Defiant Ones
1986
as Sheriff Leroy Doyle
MOVIE★ 6.2
Death Wish 3
1985
as Insp. Richard S. Shriker
TV★ 7.1
The Equalizer
1985
as Walter Rowan
MOVIE★ 6.7
Real Genius
1985
as CIA Man Decker
MOVIE★ 6.1
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985
as Colonel Glenn
TV★ 7.1
Screen Two
1985
as Jerry Tyler
TV★ 7.2
Crazy like a Fox
1984
as Lanslow
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Cartier Affair
1984
as Lyndon Dean
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
1984
as Mr. Grier
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Sheriff Orville Yates
TV★ 7.4
Miami Vice
1984
as Capt. Cahill
MOVIE★ 5.4
Finders Keepers
1984
as Josef Sirola
MOVIE★ 5.4
Lassiter
1984
as Smoke
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Seduction of Gina
1984
as Carl
MOVIE★ 4.2
Nickel Mountain
1984
as W.D. Freund
TV★ 7.8
Automan
1983
as Michael Hagedorn
TV★ 7.3
Manimal
1983
as Col. Hunt
TV★ 6.5
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983
as Rick Vetromile
MOVIE★ 6.2
Cujo
1983
as Joe Camber
MOVIE★ 5.3
Eureka
1983
as Charles Perkins
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Big Score
1983
as Parks
TV★ 7.5
The A-Team
1983
as Sheriff Hank Thomson
TV★ 5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Stan Morgen
MOVIE★ 5.4
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982
as Padre
MOVIE★ 4.5
Rooster
1982
as Jack Claggert
MOVIE★ 6.4
In the Custody of Strangers
1982
as Judge Halloran
TV★ 7.5
Nero Wolfe
1981
as Clay Baylor
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Amateur
1981
as Anderson
TV★ 6.7
Simon & Simon
1981
as Col. Lawrence Grayson
MOVIE★ 6.7
Death Hunt
1981
as Hazel
TV★ 7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Captain Quintin
MOVIE★ 5.5
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Frank Morris
TV★ 5.0
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980
as Frank Morris
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Jericho Mile
1980
as Jerry Beliot
TV★ 7.3
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
1980
as Jim Jones, Sr.
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
1980
as Gus Carpenter
MOVIE★ 5.2
Undercover with the KKK
1979
as Raleigh Porter
MOVIE★ 5.3
Love's Savage Fury
1979
as Sgt. Weed
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Story of Noah
1978
as Ularat
MOVIE★ 6.8
Magic
1978
as Duke
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Clone Master
1978
as Bender
MOVIE★ 3.9
Loose Shoes
1978
as Sheriff Bob
MOVIE★ 3.5
The Chicken Chronicles
1977
as Mr. Nastase
MOVIE★ 6.0
The White Buffalo
1977
as Tom Custer
TV★ 6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Lt. Howard Fine
MOVIE★ 6.3
King Kong
1976
as Carnahan
MOVIE★ 6.8
Family Plot
1976
as Joseph Maloney
MOVIE★ 6.6
Breakheart Pass
1975
as Major Claremont
TV★ 6.0
Kate McShane
1975
as Phil Baines
MOVIE★ 6.8
French Connection II
1975
as General William Brian
MOVIE★ 4.5
Last Hours Before Morning
1975
as Bud Delaney
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Shadow in the Streets
1975
as Siggy Taylor
TV★ 6.5
Baretta
1975
as Ed Borgue
MOVIE★ 5.4
Satan's Triangle
1975
as Strickland
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Godchild
1974
as Crees
TV★ 6.5
Kodiak
1974
as Brook Spencer
TV★ 7.6
The Rockford Files
1974
as Joseph Bloomberg
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Longest Yard
1974
as Captain Knauer
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Midnight Man
1974
as Leroy
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Migrants
1974
as Mr. Barlow
MOVIE★ 6.5
Executive Action
1973
as Operations Chief - Team A
TV★ 7.2
Kojak
1973
as Floyd
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Last American Hero
1973
as Burton Colt
TV★ 7.0
Police Story
1973
as Ralph Coleman / Joseph Kinsella
MOVIE★ 6.0
Class of '63
1973
as Dave McKay
MOVIE★ 6.0
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973
as Hawk Feather
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Moviemakers
1973
as Self (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Rage
1972
as Simpson
MOVIE★ 5.0
Dirty Little Billy
1972
as Tyler
MOVIE★ 6.4
Bad Company
1972
as Orin
MOVIE★ 5.9
Hickey & Boggs
1972
as Ted
TV★ 7.0
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
as Doctor Joseph Ford
TV★ 7.2
The Waltons
1972
as Hyder Rudge
MOVIE★ 6.6
The New Centurions
1972
as Galloway
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972
as Scott Elliot
TV★ 4.7
Film '72
1971
as Self
TV★ 6.7
Cannon
1971
as Deputy
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Jonas Halloran
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
as Sergeant
TV★ 6.9
Ironside
1967
as Sergeant