Edward Matthew Lauter Jr. (October 30, 1938 – October 16, 2013) was an American actor and comedian. Starting as a standup comic, he moved to stage and screen acting in the late 1960s. He is best known for The Longest Yard (appearing in both the 1974 and 2005 versions), Family Plot, and The Rocketeer.
Lauter’s mother Sally Lee was a well-known actress and dancer on Broadway in the 1920s. He was married four times; to Wanda Fulton, Jennifer Holmes, Marnie Savion, and Mia Roberts; and had a total of four children. His cousin was actress and singer Elaine Stritch.
Works with Ed Lauter:
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Film
- 1972 The Magnificent Seven Ride: Scott Elliot
- 1972 The New Centurions: Galloway
- 1972 Hickey And Boggs: Ted
- 1972 Bad Company 1972: Orin
- 1972 Dirty Little Billy: Tyler
- 1972 Rage: Simpson
- 1973 Lolly-Madonna XXX: Hawk Feather
- 1973 The Last American Hero: Burton Colt
- 1973 Executive Action: Operations Chief – Team A
- 1974 The Midnight Man: Leroy
- 1974 The Longest Yard: Captain Knauer
- Cameo as Duane in the 2005 remake
- 1975 Satan's Triangle: Strickland (Made-for-TV Movie)
- 1975 French Connection II: General Brian
- 1975 Breakheart Pass: Major Claremont
- 1976 Family Plot: Joseph Maloney
- 1976 King Kong (1976): Carnahan
- 1977 The White Buffalo: Tom Custer
- 1977 The Chicken Chronicles: Mr. Nastase
- 1978 Coming Attractions: Sheriff Bob
- 1978 Magic: Duke
- 1979 The Jericho Mile: Jerry Bolt (TV Movie)
- 1979 Undercover With The KKK: Raleigh Porter (TV Movie)
- 1980 The Boy Who Drank Too Much: Gus Carpenter (TV Movie)
- 1980 Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones: Jim Jones Sr. (TV Movie)
- 1981 Death Hunt: Hazel
- 1981 The Amateur: Anderson
- 1982 In The Custody Of Strangers: Judge Halloran (TV Movie)
- 1982 Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann: Padre
- 1982 Rooster: Jack Claggert (TV Movie)
- 1983 Eureka: Charles Perkins
- 1983 Cujo: Joe Camber
- 1983 The Big Score: Parks
- 1984 Lassiter: Smoke
- 1984 Finders Keepers: Josef Sirola
- 1984 Nickel Mountain: W. D. Freund
- 1984 The Three Wishes Of Billy Grier: Mr. Grier (TV Movie)
- 1984 The Cartier Affair: Lyndon Dean (TV Movie)
- 1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun: Colonel Glenn
- 1985 Real Genius: David Decker
- 1985 Firefighter: B.C. Thompson
- 1985 Death Wish 3: Lieutenant Richard Shriker
- 1986 Youngblood (1986): Murray Chadwick
- 1986 The Defiant Ones 1986: Sheriff Leroy Doyle (TV Movie)
- 1986 The Last Days of Patton: Dr. Lt. Col. Paul S. Hill (TV Movie)
- 1986 Raw Deal: Detective Baker
- 1987 Revenge Of The Nerds II Nerds In Paradise: Buzz
- 1989 Gleaming the Cube: Mr. Kelly
- 1989 Fat Man and Little Boy: Whitney Ashbridge
- 1989 Born on the Fourth of July: Legion Commander
- 1990 My Blue Heaven: Underwood
- 1991 The Rocketeer: Fitch
- 1992 Judgement: Dallas Hale
- 1992 School Ties: Alan Greene
- 1993 Extreme Justice: Captain Shafer
- 1993 True Romance: Captain Quiggle (Uncredited Role)
- 1993 Under Investigation: Captain Maguire
- 1994 Wagons East!: John Slade
- 1995 Leaving Las Vegas: Mobster #3
- 1995 Girl In The Cadillac: Ben Wilmer
- 1996 Raven Hawk: Sheriff Daggert (TV Movie)
- 1996 The Sweeper: Molls
- 1996 Mulholland Falls: Detective Earl
- 1997 Top Of The World: Mel Ridgefield
- 1997 Allie And Me: Detective Frank Richards
- 1999 Out In FiftyEd Walker
- 2000 Python: Pilot (TV Movie)
- 2000 Thirteen Days: General Marshall Carter
- 2001 Knight Club: Fire Marshall
- 2001 Not Another Teen Movie: The Coach
- 2002 Go For Broke: Warden Lessen
- 2003 The Gentleman Bandit: Harry Koslow
- 2003 Seabiscuit: Charles Strub
- 2003 Nobody Knows Anything: Gun Expert
- 2003 The Librarians: John Strong
- 2004 Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation: General Jack Gordon Shepherd
- 2004 Art Heist: Victor Boyd
- 2005 Into The Fire: Captain Dave Cutler
- 2006 Purple Heart: Civilian
- 2006 The Lost: Ed Anderson
- 2006 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby: John Hanafin (Uncredited)
- 2006 Seraphim Falls: Parsons
- 2007 The Number 23: Father Sebastian
- 2007 The Prince And The Pauper The Movie: Pop
- 2008 Camille 2008: Sheriff Steiner
- 2009 Expecting A Miracle: Walter Enright (TV Movie)
- 2011 The Frankenstein Syndrome: Dr. Walton
- 2011 The Artist: Peppy’s Butler
- 2012 The Fitzgerald Family Christmas: Jim Fitzgerald
- 2012 Trouble with the Curve: Max
- 2014 The Town That Dreaded Sundown: Sheriff Underwood
- 2016 Chief Zabu: Skip Keisel
Television
- 1967 Dark Shadows: Deputy (1 episode)
- 1971 Mannix: Sergeant (1 episode)
- 1971-72 Longstreet: Detective/Uniformed Officer (2 episodes)
- 1972 Cannon: Deputy (1 episode)
- 1972 Ironside (1967): Newton (1 episode)
- 1972-73 The Streets of San Francisco: Dr. Joseph Ford (2 episodes)
- 1974 The Waltons: Hyder Rudge (1 episode)
- 1974 Kojak: Floyd (1 episode)
- 1975 Baretta: Ed Borgue (1 episode)
- 1976 Police Story (1973): Ralph Coleman / Joseph Kinsella
- 1977 Charlie's Angels: Lt. Howard Fine (1 episode)
- 1977 The Rockford Files: Joseph Bloomberg (1 episode)
- 1978 How The West Was Won: Martin Stillman
- 1979 The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo: Sheriff/Captain John Sebastian Coleman (4 episodes)
- 1979-80 B.J. and the Bear: Same role as above (5 episodes)
- 1981 Nero Wolfe 1981: Clay Baylor (1 episode)
- 1983 Simon & Simon: Col. Lawrence Grayson (1 episode)
- 1983 St. Elsewhere: Stan Morgan (1 episode)
- 1983 Hardcastle and McCormick: Rick Vetromile (1 episode)
- 1983 Manimal: Col. Hunt (1 episode)
- 1983 Magnum, P.I.: Captain Quintin (1 episode)
- 1983-84 The A-Team: Sheriff Hank Thompson/Major Douglas Kyle (2 episodes)
- 1984 The Yellow Rose: Cal Everett (1 episode)
- 1984 Automan: Michael Hagedorn (1 episode)
- 1985 Our Family Honor: Ray Wilfong (1 episode)
- 1986 Miami Vice: Capt. Cahill (1 episode)
- 1987 Ohara: Vanders (1 episode)
- 1987 Murder, She Wrote: Sheriff Orville Yates (1 episode)
- 1987-88 The Equalizer: Walter Rowan/Robert Nichols (2 episodes)
- 1989 Booker: Kendall (1 episode)
- 1990 Monsters: Malcolm (1 episode)
- 1990 Father Dowling Mysteries: Rex Burnham (1 episode)
- 1991 Golden Years: Gen. Louis Crewes
- 1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation: Lt. Cmdr. Albert (1 episode)
- 1992 Renegade: Jack Barnell (1 episode)
- 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street: Gruszynski (1 episode)
- 1993 The X-Files: Col. Marcus Aurelius Bolt (1 episode)
- 1994 Birdland: Capt. John Swede (1 episode)
- 1994 Highlander: Avery Hoskins (1 episode)
- 1996 Cant Hurry Love: Officer (1 episode)
- 1996 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues: Lars Paladin (1 episode)
- 1997 Walker, Texas Ranger: Silas Bedoe (2 episodes)
- 1997 Millennium (1996): Warden Kellard (1 episode)
- 1998-2002 ER: Fire Captain Dannaker (6 episodes)
- 1999 The Magnificent Seven (1998): Hank Conley (1 episode)
- 2000 Law & Order: Defense Counsel (1 episode)
- 2001 Charmed (1998): Sutter (1 episode)
- 2002 CSI: Barclay Tobin (1 episode)
- 2004 JAG: General Hughes (1 episode)
- 2004 NYPD Blue: Jerry Rasmussen (1 episode)
- 2008 Cold Case: Shep “Mack” McAvoy ’08 (1 episode)
- 2008 Chocolate News: Jack Cagney (1 episode)
- 2008 Grey's Anatomy: Timothy Miller (1 episode)
- 2009-10 Psych: Deputy Commissioner Ed Dykstra (2 episodes)
- 2012-13 Shameless (US): Dick Healey (4 episodes)
- 2013 The Office (US): Sam Stone, Sr. (1 episode)
Tropes Associated with Ed Lauter:
- What Could Have Been: Alfred Hitchcock, impressed with Lauter's performance in Family Plot, wanted him for his next film, the spy thriller The Short Night. This project was still in a very vague pre-production phase when Hitchcock died in 1980.
