Ed Lauter

Highest Rated: 95% The Artist (2011)

Lowest Rated: 0% Into the Fire (2005)

Birthday: Oct 30, 1940

Birthplace: Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA

An English major in college, Ed Lauter worked as a stand-up comic before entering films in 1971. The tall, menacing Lauter has generally been typecast as humorless, easily corruptible authority figures. He was at his meanest as the vindictive Captain Knaur in Robert Aldrich's The Longest Yard. His TV credits include such roles as Sheriff Cain in BJ and the Bear (1979-80) and General Louis Crewes in Stephen King's The Golden Years (1991). In 1976, Ed Lauter was afforded a rare leading role--and a sympathetic one to boot--in the made-for-TV murder mystery Last Hours Before Morning (1976). Lauter appeared in the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard and had a small role in the Oscar-winning film The Artist (2011). He also had a recurring role on the TV series Shameless. Lauter passed away in 2013 of mesothelioma at age 74, with several films in post-production, awaiting release.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies

		Credit
No Score Yet	The Beautiful Ones	Dante Tancredi	—	2017
No Score Yet	Chief Zabu	Skip	—	2016
66%	The Town That Dreaded Sundown	Sheriff Underwood	—	2014
94%	Casting By	Actor	$14.5K	2013
64%	The Fitzgerald Family Christmas	Jim Fitzgerald	—	2012
51%	Trouble with the Curve	Max	$35.8M	2012
95%	The Artist	Le majordome	$44.7M	2011
No Score Yet	The Frankenstein Syndrome (The Frankenstein Experiment)	Dr. Walton	—	2011
50%	Godspeed	Mitch	—	2010
No Score Yet	The Prometheus Project	Actor	—	2010
No Score Yet	Camille	Sheriff Steiner	—	2009
No Score Yet	Expecting a Miracle (The Miracle of Dommatina)	Actor	—	2009
83%	The Lost	Ed Anderson	—	2008
No Score Yet	The Prince and the Pauper	Pop	—	2007
8%	The Number 23	Father Sebastian	$35.1M	2007
55%	Seraphim Falls	Parsons	$0.3M	2007
No Score Yet	The American Standards	Actor	—	2007
No Score Yet	Venice Underground	Capt. John Sullivan	—	2006
0%	Into the Fire	Capt. Cutler	—	2005
No Score Yet	Brothers in Arms	Mayor Crawley	—	2005
31%	The Longest Yard	Duane	$158M	2005
No Score Yet	Purple Heart	Actor	—	2005
No Score Yet	Art Heist	Victor Boyd	—	2004
33%	Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation	J.G. Shepherd	—	2004
78%	Seabiscuit	Charles Strub	$120.2M	2003
No Score Yet	Nobody Knows Anything	Actor	—	2003
No Score Yet	Malicious Intent	Erickson	—	2002
No Score Yet	Gentleman Bandit	Harry	—	2002
No Score Yet	Go for Broke	Warden Lessen	—	2002
No Score Yet	Strike Force	John Strong	—	2001
29%	Not Another Teen Movie	The Coach	$37.9M	2001
No Score Yet	Knight Club	Fire Marshal	—	2001
No Score Yet	Python	Pilot	—	2001
83%	Thirteen Days	Gen. Marshall Carter	—	2000
No Score Yet	Blast	Swenson	—	2000
67%	Hickey & Boggs	Ted	—	2000
No Score Yet	Farewell, My Love	Sergei Karpov	—	2000
No Score Yet	Top of the World	Ridgenfield	—	1999
No Score Yet	Out in Fifty	Actor	—	1999
No Score Yet	Dollar for the Dead	Colby	—	1998
No Score Yet	Allie & Me	Det. Frank Richards	—	1998
No Score Yet	A Bright Shining Lie	Gen. Weyand	—	1998
No Score Yet	Under Wraps	Kubat	—	1997
No Score Yet	Married to a Stranger	Harry, Megan's Father	—	1997
No Score Yet	Mercenary	Jack Cochran	—	1997
No Score Yet	The Sweeper	Molls	—	1996
No Score Yet	Raven Hawk	Sheriff Doggert	—	1996
30%	Mulholland Falls	Earl	—	1996
No Score Yet	For Which He Stands	Actor	—	1996
No Score Yet	Rattled	Murray Hendershot	—	1996
No Score Yet	Coyote Summer	Callie's Uncle	—	1996
91%	Leaving Las Vegas	Mobster No. 3	—	1995
88%	The Tuskegee Airmen	Gen. Stevenson	—	1995
No Score Yet	Breach of Trust	Colin Kreuger	—	1995
No Score Yet	Girl In The Cadillac	Ben	—	1995
No Score Yet	Digital Man	General Roberts	—	1995
8%	Trial by Jury	John Boyle	—	1994
0%	Wagons East!	Slade	—	1994
No Score Yet	Secret Sins of the Father	Arnold Carter	—	1994
No Score Yet	Extreme Justice	Capt. Shafter	—	1993
No Score Yet	Under Investigation	Captain Maguire	—	1993
No Score Yet	Goodbye, Miss 4th of July	Actor	—	1993
No Score Yet	Murder So Sweet	Glen Emory	—	1993
No Score Yet	Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders	Glen Emory	—	1993
60%	School Ties	Allan Greene	—	1992
No Score Yet	Hitz	Dallas Hale	—	1992
No Score Yet	Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? Bambi Bembenek	Lt. Driscoll	—	1992
65%	The Rocketeer	Fitch	—	1991
71%	My Blue Heaven	Actor	—	1990
85%	Born on the Fourth of July	Legion Commander	—	1989
47%	Fat Man and Little Boy	Whitney Ashbridge	—	1989
29%	Gleaming the Cube (A Brother's Justice)	Mr. Kelly	—	1989
No Score Yet	Black Water	Sheriff Williams	—	1989
7%	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise	Buzz	—	1987
No Score Yet	The Thanksgiving Promise	Coach Gruniger	—	1986
No Score Yet	Firefighter (The Greater Alarm)	B.C. Thompson	—	1986
No Score Yet	The Last Days of Patton	Actor	—	1986
No Score Yet	Yuri Nosenko, KGB	Tyler	—	1986
25%	Raw Deal	Baker	—	1986
No Score Yet	3:15 (3:15 The Moment Of Truth)	Moran	—	1986
38%	Youngblood	Coach Murray Chadwick	—	1986
6%	Death Wish 3	Richard Shriker	—	1985
73%	Real Genius	CIA Man Decker	—	1985
38%	Girls Just Want to Have Fun	Col. Glenn	—	1985
No Score Yet	The Defiant Ones	Sheriff Leroy Doyle	—	1985
No Score Yet	Nickel Mountain	W.D. Freund	—	1985
No Score Yet	The Cartier Affair	Lyndon Dean	—	1984
33%	Eureka	Perkins	—	1984
No Score Yet	Finders Keepers	Josef Sirola	—	1984
71%	Lassiter	Smoke	—	1984
No Score Yet	The Big Score	Parks	—	1983
62%	Cujo	Joe	—	1983
No Score Yet	Timerider	Padre	—	1983
No Score Yet	Time Rider	Actor	—	1983
No Score Yet	In the Custody of Strangers	Judge Halloran	—	1982
No Score Yet	The Amateur	Anderson	—	1982
17%	Death Hunt	Hazel	—	1981
No Score Yet	Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story	Frank Morris	—	1980
No Score Yet	Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones	Jones Sr.	—	1980
No Score Yet	Loose Shoes	Sheriff	—	1980
No Score Yet	The Jericho Mile	Jerry Beloit	—	1979
No Score Yet	Love's Savage Fury	Actor	—	1979
No Score Yet	Greatest Heroes of the Bible	Actor	—	1979
83%	Magic	Duke	—	1978
No Score Yet	The Chicken Chronicles	Mr. Nastase	—	1977
17%	The White Buffalo	Capt. Tom Custer	—	1977
53%	King Kong	Carnahan	—	1976
92%	Family Plot	Maloney	—	1976
60%	Breakheart Pass	Claremont	—	1975
76%	The French Connection II	General Brian	—	1975
No Score Yet	Satan's Triangle	Strickland	—	1975
79%	The Longest Yard	Capt. Wilhelm Knauer	—	1974
No Score Yet	The Midnight Man	Leroy	—	1974
No Score Yet	The Migrants	Mr. Barlow	—	1974
67%	Executive Action	Chief	—	1973
80%	The Last American Hero	Burton Colt	—	1973
No Score Yet	Lolly-Madonna XXX (The Lolly-Madonna War)	Hawk Feather	—	1973
No Score Yet	Class of '63	Actor	—	1973
No Score Yet	Rage	Orderly Simpson	—	1972
No Score Yet	Dirty Little Billy	Tyler	—	1972
92%	Bad Company	Orin	—	1972
No Score Yet	The New Centurions	Galloway	—	1972
No Score Yet	The Magnificent Seven Ride!	Scott Elliott	—	1972

TV

		Credit
No Score Yet	Cold Case 2003-2010	Shep McAvoy	2008
83%	Grey's Anatomy 2005	Timothy Miller	2008
84%	NYPD Blue 1993-2005	Jerry	2005
No Score Yet	Just Shoot Me 1997-2003	Bob	2003
No Score Yet	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000-2015	Clay Tobin	2002
No Score Yet	ER 1994-2009	Fire Capt. Dannaker	2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
No Score Yet	Law & Order 1990-2010	Mulroney's Defense Co-counsel	2000
No Score Yet	Walker, Texas Ranger 1993-2001	Silas Bedoe	1997
No Score Yet	Highlander 1992-1998	Avery Hoskins	1994
91%	Homicide: Life on the Street 1993-1999	Gruszynski	1993
75%	The X-Files 1993-2018	Lt Colonel Marcus Belt	1993
89%	Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987-1994	Lt. Albert	1992
No Score Yet	Murder, She Wrote 1984-1996	Sheriff Yates	1987
No Score Yet	The Equalizer 1985-1989	Rowan	1987
No Score Yet	Miami Vice 1984-1990	Cahill	1986
No Score Yet	The A-Team 1983-1987	Sheriff Thompson Kyle	1986 1984 1983
No Score Yet	Magnum, P.I. 1980-1988	Capt. Quintin	1983
No Score Yet	St. Elsewhere 1982-1988	Stan Morgen	1983
No Score Yet	Charlie's Angels 1976-1981	Fine	1977
No Score Yet	The Rockford Files 1974-1980	Bloomberg	1977
No Score Yet	Kojak 1973-1978	Floyd	1974
No Score Yet	The Waltons 1972-1981	Rudge	1974
No Score Yet	The Streets of San Francisco 1972-1977	Dr. Joe Ford Doctor	1973 1972
No Score Yet	Ironside 1967-1975	Newton	1972

QUOTES FROM Ed Lauter CHARACTERS

Janey Glenn says: If I win I'm gonna be on TV alright?

Col. Glenn says: Negative!

Jim Fitzgerald says: I had no intention of breaking this family up!

Dr. Walton says: Prometheus was a god who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals.Scholars believe that the fire in the story represents the power and the Wisdom of God. I am the modern day Prometheus. I have been searching for that fire my entire life.

Camahan says: [conversing with Wilson over the 2-way radio regarding the next procedure in the search for Kong and Dwan] There's gonna be somebody on that radar all night, isn't there?

Fred Wilson says: [in a tone of weary disgust] Any large furry BLIPS seen moving in your direction, you will KNOW...! Sweet dreams and out.