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Harry Lauter
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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 …
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Harry Lauter's Filmography
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When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
as Self
Superbeast
as Stewart Victor
The Todd Killings
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as General Winthrop
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
as House Party Guest (uncredited)
Barquero
as Steele
More Dead than Alive
as Doctor
The Mountains of the Moon
as Whitehead
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
as Josh Miller
Fort Utah
as Britches
Return of the Gunfighter
as Frank Marlowe
For Pete's Sake
Batman
as Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
Ambush Bay
as Cpl. Alvin Ross
Fort Courageous
as Joe
The Satan Bug
as Fake SDI Agent
Convict Stage
as Ben Lattimore
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Wild Westerners
as Jud Gotch
Lonely are the Brave
as Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
Fury River
Buffalo Gun
as Vin
Posse from Hell
as Russell
A Date with Death
as Lt. George Caddell
The Gunfight at Dodge City
as City Marshal Ed Masterson
The Louisiana Hussy
as Clay Lanier
The Last Hurrah
as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Girl on the Run
as Drunk
Tarzan's Fight for Life
as Dr. Ken Warwick
Cry Baby Killer
as Police Lt. Porter
The Case Against Brooklyn
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
as Joe Barger
Missile Monsters
as Drake
Raiders of Old California
as Scott Johnson
Jet Pilot
Death in Small Doses
as Steve Hummel / Mr. Brown
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
as Briggs (uncredited)
Hellcats of the Navy
as Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
as Dr. Hale
The Women of Pitcairn Island
as Ben Fish
Miami Exposé
as Det. Tim Grogan
The Werewolf
as Deputy Ben Clovey
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
as Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
as Army Corporal on Leave (uncredited)
Blonde Bait
as State Department Security Chief
At Gunpoint
as Federal Marshal
Dig That Uranium
as Haskell, the boss
The Crooked Web
as Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc
Apache Ambush
Creature with the Atom Brain
as Reporter #1
King of the Carnival
as Bert King
Lord of the Jungle
as Pilot
Outlaw Treasure
as Jesse James
Timber Country Trouble
as Webb, the lumberjack
It Came from Beneath the Sea
as Deputy Bill Nash
The Gypsy Moon
as Atlasan
Dragnet
as Officer Greeley
The Forty-Niners
as Gambler
Crash of Moons
as Atlasan
Return to Treasure Island
as Parker
No Poster
This My Son
as Don Caldwell
Silver Needle in the Sky
as Atlasan
Silver Needle in the Sky
as Atlasande
Yankee Pasha
as Dick Bailey
Dragonfly Squadron
as Capt. Vedders
Trader Tom of the China Seas
as Tom Rogers
Manhunt in Space
as Atlasan
Fighter Attack
as Lt. Duncan
Crime Wave
as Roadblock Officer (uncredited)
The Big Heat
as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
Fighting Lawman
as Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons
Topeka
as Mack Wilson
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
as Constable Clark
The Marshal's Daughter
as Russ Mason
Prince of Pirates
as Jan
Yukon Gold
as Ace Morgan
Sea Tiger
as Randall, alias Jon Edmum
Apache Country
as Dave Kilrain
The Red Ball Express
as Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
Talk About a Stranger
as Clarence, Bookkeeper
Rancho Notorious
as Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)
This Woman Is Dangerous
as Trooper (Uncredited)
The Steel Fist
as Franz
Valley of Fire
as Tod Rawlings
The Kid from Amarillo
as Tom Mallory
The Racket
as Officer Mosley (uncredited)
Come Fill the Cup
as Cameron - Ives' Pilot (uncredited)
Hills of Utah
as Henchman Evan Fox
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
Roadblock
as Saunders (uncredited)
Flying Leathernecks
as Freddie (uncredited)
According to Mrs. Hoyle
as Gordon Warren
Whirlwind
as Wade Trimble
Thunder in God's Country
as Marshal Tim Gallery
Silver City Bonanza
as Pete Horne
The Flying Missile
as Army Base Information Desk Clerk
Experiment Alcatraz
as Richard 'Dick' McKenna
Flying Disc Man from Mars
as Drake
Bunco Squad
as James Worth (uncredited)
No Way Out
as Orderly (uncredited)
The Showdown
as Cowhand (uncredited)
The Great Jewel Robber
as Reporter (uncredited)
711 Ocean Drive
as Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home
as Aide (uncredited)
Blue Grass of Kentucky
as Dick Wentworth
Twelve O'Clock High
as Radio officer
Without Honor
as Ambulance Attendant
White Heat
as Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)
Zamba
as Jim
Bandit King of Texas
as Trem Turner
I Was a Male War Bride
as Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)
The Great Dan Patch
as Bud Ransome
Alimony
as Doctor
Frontier Investigator
as Rocky's Brother
No Poster
The Price of Freedom
as Man in restaurant (uncredited)
Tucson
as George Reeves Jr.
Prince of the Plains
as Tom Owens
Jungle Patrol
as Lt. Derby
Incident
as Bill Manning
Moonrise
The Gay Intruders
as Male Secretary
A Foreign Affair
as Corporal (uncredited)
The Magnificent Rogue
as Boy Model