Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 19, 1914
Died
Oct 30, 1990
Place of Birth
White Plains, New York, USA
Credits
211 titles
Harry Lauter
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.
Known For
Filmography
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
Matt Helm
Dep. Sheriff Gibson
The Manhunter
Superbeast
Stewart Victor
The Todd Killings
Cannon
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
General Winthrop
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
House Party Guest (uncredited)
Alias Smith and Jones
Sheriff
Barquero
Steele
Room 222
More Dead than Alive
Doctor
Land of the Giants
Policeman
Adam-12
Mike
The Mountains of the Moon
Whitehead
Mannix
The High Chaparral
Mobley
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Cimarron Strip
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Josh Miller
Fort Utah
Britches
Ironside
Return of the Gunfighter
Frank Marlowe
The Invaders
Alien
For Pete's Sake
The Time Tunnel
Wilson
The Green Hornet
Brannigan
Tarzan
Josh Miller
Batman
Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
Ambush Bay
Cpl. Alvin Ross
The F.B.I.
Judd Conners
Hogan's Heroes
Submarine Captain
The Wild Wild West
Marshall
Laredo
Spence Gillis
The Big Valley
Ben Watson
Fort Courageous
Joe
The Satan Bug
Fake SDI Agent
Branded
Convict Stage
Ben Lattimore
Gilligan's Island
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Daniel Boone
Corbin
Wendy and Me
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Burke's Law
Dr. Kalmus
Going My Way
The Beverly Hillbillies
Motorcycle Officer
The Virginian
Cat McGraw
The Wild Westerners
Jud Gotch