History Creator / EdLauter

* 1972 ''Series/{{Ironside}}'': Newton (1 episode)

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/AlfredHitchcock, impressed with Lauter's performance in ''Film/FamilyPlot'', 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.

* 1986 ''Film/RawDeal'': Detective Baker

* 1992 ''Film/Judgement'': Dallas Hale

* 1984 ''Film/Lassiter'': Smoke

* 1981 ''Series/NeroWolfe'': Clay Baylor (1 episode)

* 1986 ''Film/{{Youngblood}}'': Murray Chadwick

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* 1972 ''Film/BadCompany'': Orin

* 1976 ''Series/PoliceStory'': Ralph Coleman / Joseph Kinsella

* 1997 ''Series/{{Millennium}}'': Warden Kellard (1 episode)

* 1993 ''Film/UnderInvestigatoin'': Captain Maguire

* 1982 ''Film/TimeriderTheAdventuresOfLyleSwann'': Padre

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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 Film/TheLongestYard (appearing in both the 1974 and 2005 versions), Film/FamilyPlot, and Film/TheRocketeer.

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1972 ''Film/TheMagnificentSevenRide'': Scott Elliot
1972 ''Film/TheNewCenturions'': Galloway
1972 ''Film/HickeyAndBoggs'': Ted
1972 ''Film/BadCompany'': Orin
1972 ''Film/DirtyLittleBilly'': Tyler
1972 ''Film/{{Rage}}'': Simpson
1973 ''Film/LollyMadonnaXXX'': Hawk Feather
1973 ''Film/TheLastAmericanHero'': Burton Colt
1973 ''Film/ExecutiveAction'': Operations Chief – Team A
1974 ''Film/TheMidnightMan'': Leroy
1974 ''Film/TheLongestYard'': Captain Knauer
Cameo as Duane in the 2005 remake
1975 ''Film/SatansTriangle'': Strickland (MadeForTVMovie)
1975 ''Film/FrenchConnectionII'': General Brian
1975 ''Film/BreakheartPass'': Major Claremont
1976 ''Film/FamilyPlot'': Joseph Maloney
1976 ''Film/KingKong1976'': Carnahan
1977 ''Film/TheWhiteBuffalo'': Tom Custer
1977 ''Film/TheChickenChronicles'': Mr. Nastase
1978 ''Film/ComingAttractions'': Sheriff Bob
1978 ''Film/{{Magic}}'': Duke
1979 ''Film/TheJerichoMile'': Jerry Bolt (TV Movie)
1979 ''Film/UndercoverWithTheKKK'': Raleigh Porter (TV Movie)
1980 ''Film/TheBoyWhoDrankTooMuch'': Gus Carpenter (TV Movie)
1980 ''Film/GuyanaTragedyTheStoryOfJimJones'': Jim Jones Sr. (TV Movie)
1981 ''Film/DeathHunt'': Hazel
1981 ''Film/TheAmateur'': Anderson
1982 ''Film/InTheCustodyOfStrangers'': Judge Halloran (TV Movie)
1982 ''Film/TimeriderTheAdventuresOfLyleSwann'': Padre
1982 ''Film/{{Rooster}}'': Jack Claggert (TV Movie)
1983 ''Film/{{Eureka}}'': Charles Perkins
1983 ''Film/{{Cujo}}'': Joe Camber
1983 ''Film/TheBigScore'': Parks
1984 ''Film/Lassiter'': Smoke
1984 ''Film/FindersKeepers'': Josef Sirola
1984 ''Film/NickelMountain'': W. D. Freund
1984 ''Film/TheThreeWishesOfBillyGrier'': Mr. Grier (TV Movie)
1984 ''Film/TheCartierAffair'': Lyndon Dean (TV Movie)
1985 ''Film/GirlsJustWantToHaveFun'': Colonel Glenn
1985 ''Film/RealGenius'': David Decker
1985 ''Film/DeathWish3'': Lieutenant Richard Shriker
1986 ''Film/{{Youngblood}}'': Murray Chadwick
1986 ''Film/TheDefiantOnes1986'': Sheriff Leroy Doyle (TV Movie)
1986 ''Film/TheLastDaysOfPatton'': Dr. Lt. Col. Paul S. Hill (TV Movie)
1986 ''Film/RawDeal'': Detective Baker
1987 ''Film/RevengeOfTheNerdsIINerdsInParadise'': Buzz
1989 ''Film/GleamingTheCube'': Mr. Kelly
1989 ''Film/FatManAndLittleBoy'': Whitney Ashbridge
1989 ''Film/BornOnTheFourthOfJuly'': Legion Commander
1990 ''Film/MyBlueHeaven'': Underwood
1991 ''Film/TheRocketeer'': Fitch
1992 ''Film/Judgement'': Dallas Hale
1992 ''Film/SchoolTies'': Alan Greene
1993 ''Film/ExtremeJustice'': Captain Shafer
1993 ''Film/TrueRomance'': Captain Quiggle (UncreditedRole)
1994 ''Film/WagonsEast'': John Slade
1995 ''Film/LeavingLasVegas'': Mobster #3
1995 ''Film/GirlInTheCadillac'': Ben Wilmer
1996 ''Film/RavenHawk'': Sheriff Daggert (TV Movie)
1996 ''Film/MulhollandFalls'': Detective Earl
1997 ''Film/TopOfTheWorld'': Mel Ridgefield
1997 ''Film/AllieAndMe'': Detective Frank Richards
1999 ''Film/OutInFifty''Ed Walker
2000 ''Film/{{Python}}'': Pilot (TV Movie)
2000 ''Film/ThirteenDays'': General Marshall Carter
2001 ''Film/KnightClub'': Fire Marshall
2001 ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie'': The Coach
2002 ''Film/GoForBroke'': Warden Lessen
2003 ''Film/TheGentlemanBandit'': Harry Koslow
2003 ''Film/{{Seabiscuit}}'': Charles Strub
2003 ''Film/NobodyKnowsAnything'': Gun Expert
2003 ''Film/TheLibrarians'': John Strong
2004 ''Film/StarshipTroopers2HeroOfTheFederation'': General Jack Gordon Shepherd
2004 ''Film/ArtHeist'': Victor Boyd
2005 ''Film/IntoTheFire'': Captain Dave Cutler
2006 ''Film/PurpleHeart'': Civilian
2006 ''Film/TheLost'': Ed Anderson
2006 ''Film/TalladegaNightsTheBalladOfRickyBobby'': John Hanafin (Uncredited)
2006 ''Film/SeraphimFalls'': Parsons
2007 ''Film/TheNumber23'': Father Sebastian
2007 ''Film/ThePrinceAndThePauperTheMovie'': Pop
2008 ''Film/Camille2008'': Sheriff Steiner
2009 ''Film/ExpectingAMiracle'': Walter Enright (TV Movie)
2011 ''Film/TheFrankensteinSyndrome'': Dr. Walton
2011 ''Film/TheArtist'': Peppy’s Butler
2012 ''Film/TheFitzgeraldFamilyChristmas'': Jim Fitzgerald
2012 ''Film/TroubleWithTheCurve'': Max
2014 ''Film/TheTownThatDreadedSundown'': Sheriff Underwood
2016 ''Film/ChiefZabu'': Skip Keisel

1967 ''Series/DarkShadows'': Deputy (1 episode)
1971 ''Series/{{Mannix}}'': Sergeant (1 episode)
1971-72 ''Series/{{Longstreet}}'': Detective/Uniformed Officer (2 episodes)
1972 ''Series/{{Cannon}}'': Deputy (1 episode)
1972 ''Series/{{Ironside}}'': Newton (1 episode)
1972-73 ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'': Dr. Joseph Ford (2 episodes)
1974 ''Series/TheWaltons'': Hyder Rudge (1 episode)
1974 ''Series/{{Kojak}}'': Floyd (1 episode)
1975 ''Series/{{Baretta}}'': Ed Borgue (1 episode)
1976 ''Series/PoliceStory'': Ralph Coleman / Joseph Kinsella
1977 ''Series/CharliesAngels'': Lt. Howard Fine (1 episode)
1977 ''Series/TheRockfordFiles'': Joseph Bloomberg (1 episode)
1978 ''Series/HowTheWestWasWon'': Martin Stillman
1979 ''Series/TheMisadventuresOfSheriffLobo'': Sheriff/Captain John Sebastian Coleman (4 episodes)
1979-80 ''Series/BJAndTheBear'': Same role as above (5 episodes)
1981 ''Series/NeroWolfe'': Clay Baylor (1 episode)
1983 ''Series/SimonAndSimon'': Col. Lawrence Grayson (1 episode)
1983 ''Series/StElsewhere'': Stan Morgan (1 episode)
1983 ''Series/HardcastleAndMcCormick'': Rick Vetromile (1 episode)
1983 ''Series/{{Manimal}}'': Col. Hunt (1 episode)
1983 ''Series/MagnumPI'': Captain Quintin (1 episode)
1983-84 ''Series/TheATeam'': Sheriff Hank Thompson/Major Douglas Kyle (2 episodes)
1984 ''Series/TheYellowRose'': Cal Everett (1 episode)
1984 ''Series/{{Automan}}'': Michael Hagedorn (1 episode)
1985 ''Series/OurFamilyHonor'': Ray Wilfong (1 episode)
1986 ''Series/MiamiVice'': Capt. Cahill (1 episode)
1987 ''Series/{{Ohara}}'': Vanders (1 episode)
1987 ''Series/MurderSheWrote'': Sheriff Orville Yates (1 episode)
1987-88 ''Series/TheEqualizer'': Walter Rowan/Robert Nichols (2 episodes)
1989 ''Series/{{Booker}}'': Kendall (1 episode)
1990 ''Series/{{Monsters}}'': Malcolm (1 episode)
1990 ''Series/FatherDowlingMysteries'': Rex Burnham (1 episode)
1991 ''Series/GoldenYears'': Gen. Louis Crewes
1992 ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Lt. Cmdr. Albert (1 episode)
1992 ''Series/{{Renegade}}'': Jack Barnell (1 episode)
1993 ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet'': Gruszynski (1 episode)
1993 ''Series/TheXFiles'': Col. Marcus Aurelius Bolt (1 episode)
1994 ''Series/{{Birdland}}'': Capt. John Swede (1 episode)
1994 ''Series/{{Highlander}}'': Avery Hoskins (1 episode)
1996 ''Series/CantHurryLove'': Officer (1 episode)
1996 ''Series/KungFuTheLegendContinues'': Lars Paladin (1 episode)
1997 ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'': Silas Bedoe (2 episodes)
1997 ''Series/{{Millennium}}'': Warden Kellard (1 episode)
1998-2002 ''Series/{{ER}}'': Fire Captain Dannaker (6 episodes)
1999 ''Series/TheMagnificentSeven1998'': Hank Conley (1 episode)
2000 ''Series/LawAndOrder'': Defense Counsel (1 episode)
2001 ''Series/Charmed1998'': Sutter (1 episode)
2002 ''Series/{{CSI}}'': Barclay Tobin (1 episode)
2004 ''Series/{{JAG}}'': General Hughes (1 episode)
2004 ''Series/NYPDBlue'': Jerry Rasmussen (1 episode)
2008 ''Series/ColdCase'': Shep “Mack” [=McAvoy=] ’08 (1 episode)
2008 ''Series/ChocolateNews'': Jack Cagney (1 episode)
2008 ''Series/GreysAnatomy'': Timothy Miller (1 episode)
2009-10 ''Series/{{Psych}}'': Deputy Commissioner Ed Dykstra (2 episodes)
2012-13 ''Series/ShamelessUS'': Dick Healey (4 episodes)
2013 ''Series/TheOfficeUS'': Sam Stone, Sr. (1 episode)