Person Details

Birthday: 1914-06-19 23:17:26

Death: 1990-10-30 23:17:26

Aliases: Herman Arthur Lauter , Harry T. Lauter

Gender: Male

Place of birth: White Plains, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 101

TV Involvements: 61


Most Famous Work

Biography

American character actor specializing in villainous roles. Born in White Plains, New York to Herman E. and Franceska Lauter, he was raised in Denver, Colorado. Although it has been suggested that he appeared briefly in a couple of films during the Thirties, his real movie career began in 1946. He came to be a familiar presence in low-budget films, serials, and television programs in the 1950s, though he only once really came close to stardom, as one of the leads in the television series "Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955)". Most of his career was spent as a serviceable second lead or heavy, though he continued to play bit parts in larger pictures. The son of an artist, he devoted much of his energy late in life to his own painting and running an art gallery. He died in 1990.

Most Famous Work

Perry Mason
Average
8

Perry Mason

(1957) Chris Hearn
Adam-12
Average
7

Adam-12

(1968) Sgt. Poster
Daniel Boone
Average
7

Daniel Boone

(1964) Corbin
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Average
6
The Virginian
Average
6

The Virginian

(1962) Roy Kane
The High Chaparral
Average
6

The High Chaparral

(1967) Mobley
The Millionaire
Average
5

The Millionaire

(1955) Anders - Phone Co. Supervisor
The Big Valley
Average
6

The Big Valley

(1965) Ben Watson

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1979 Self
1975 Dep. Sheriff Gibson
1974 N/A
1972 Stewart Victor
1971 N/A
N/A
General Winthrop
House Party Guest (uncredited)
Sheriff
1970 Steele
1969 N/A
Doctor
1968 Policeman
Mike
Sgt. Poster
1967 Whitehead
N/A
Mobley
N/A
N/A
Josh Miller
Britches
N/A
Frank Marlowe
Alien
1966 N/A
Wilson
Brannigan
Mr. Johnson
Josh Miller
Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
Cpl. Alvin Ross
1965 Judd Conners
Sheriff
Submarine Captain
Marshall
N/A
Ben Watson
Joe
Fake SDI Agent
N/A
Ben Lattimore
1964 N/A
N/A
Corbin
N/A
1963 Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
N/A
Dr. Kalmus
1962 N/A
Motorcycle Officer
Cat McGraw
Lund
Roy Kane
Jud Gotch
Deputy in Canyon
1961 N/A
Vin
Russell
1960 North
1959 N/A
N/A
Col. Tryker
Lt. George Caddell
City Marshal Ed Masterson
Clay Lanier
Billy Grant
Kirby
Reagan
Hank
Capt. Ross
Orville Tippet
Maj. Blaine
Lenny
1958 Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
N/A
Drunk
Sheriff Conners
Francis Jordan
N/A
N/A
Bill Mack
N/A
Police Lt. Porter
Dr. Ken Warwick
N/A
Joe Barger
N/A
Drake
1957 Scott Johnson
Sgt. Shelton
N/A
N/A
N/A
Chris Hearn
Steve Hummel / Mr. Brown
Crawford - Miner
Charles Decker
Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Dr. Hale
Henry Wilson
N/A
1956 Ben Fish
Maurie - Gunman
Karger - Outlaw
Union Sgt. Stone
Hake Morris
Stopes
Vic Stanley
Breed
N/A
Tierney
N/A
Det. Tim Grogan
Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)
Deputy Ben Clovey
State Department Security Chief
N/A
1955 Haskell, the boss
Federal Marshal
Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc
Truck Driver
N/A
N/A
N/A
Clay
Sy
Martin
Terry
Kelly
Leach
Gregory Bellow
Henry Rucker
Michael Drennan
N/A
N/A
Reporter #1
Deputy Bill Nash
Bert King
Pilot
Jesse James
Webb, the lumberjack
N/A
Andrew Stevens
Anders - Phone Co. Supervisor
1954 Atlasan
N/A
Officer Greeley
Gambler
Atlasan
Parker
Atlasan
Atlasande
Dick Bailey
Capt. Vedders
Tom Rogers
Atlasan
1953 Roadblock Officer (uncredited)
Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
Bailey
Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons
N/A
Mack Wilson
Constable Clark
Russ Mason
Jan
1952 George Carlton
N/A
Ray Marshall
Harry Grant
Henry Schmidtlein
Lt. Stanton
Bud
N/A
Ace Morgan
Randall, alias Jon Edmum
Dave Kilrain
Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
Clarence, Bookkeeper
Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)
Trooper (Uncredited)
Franz
1951 Tod Rawlings
Tom Mallory
Officer Mosley (uncredited)
Henchman Evan Fox
Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
Saunders (uncredited)
N/A
N/A
N/A
Gordon Warren
Wade Trimble
N/A
Marshal Tim Gallery
Pete Horne
1950 Army Base Information Desk Clerk
Richard 'Dick' McKenna
Drake
James Worth (uncredited)
Orderly (uncredited)
Cowhand (uncredited)
N/A
Reporter (uncredited)
Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)
Aide (uncredited)
Dick Wentworth
1949 Radio officer
Ambulance Attendant
N/A
Fred Vance
Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)
Jim
Trem Turner
Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)
Bud Ransome
Doctor
Rocky's Brother
Man in restaurant (uncredited)
George Reeves Jr.
Tom Owens
1948 Lt. Derby
Bill Manning
N/A
Male Secretary
Corporal (uncredited)
1946 Boy Model
Year Character Movie/Tv

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