An American actor. He has appeared in numerous movies and was a stand up comic before getting into acting. Lauter was born in Long Beach, Long Island, New York. His films include The Last American Hero (1973), Executive Action (1973), The Midnight Man (1974), The Longest Yard (1974), Breakheart Pass (1975), King Kong (1976), Magic (1978), Death Hunt (1981), Cujo (1983), Real Genius (1985), Girls Just Want To Have Fun (1985), Death Wish 3 (1985), Youngblood (1986), Raw Deal (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), The Rocketeer (1991), School Ties (1992), True Romance (1993), Under Wraps (1997) Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Purple Heart (2005), Camille (2007) and A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper(2007). He starred with Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, Karen Black and William Devane in the final film of director Alfred Hitchcock, Family Plot. Hitchcock was impressed by Lauter and asked him to play a major role in the romantic espionage thriller he planned as his next film; the director's failing health and eventual death in 1980 meant that The Short Night never went into production. Lauter's TV guest appearances include performances on Psych, The X-Files, Kojak, The A-Team, Booker, Charmed, Highlander: The Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation (as Lt. Cmdr. Albert in the season 5 episode "The First Duty"),The Equalizer and ER (with a recurring role as Fire Captain Dannaker).
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Known For
True Romance
(1993)
Police Captain Quiggle
Not Another Teen Movie
(2001)
The Coach
Death Wish 3
(1985)
Insp. Richard S. Shriker
The Longest Yard
(2005)
Duane
Cujo
(1983)
Joe Camber
The Artist
(2011)
Peppy's Butler
Born on the Fourth of July
(1989)
Legion Commander
King Kong
(1976)
Carnahan
Trouble with the Curve
(2012)
Max
Real Genius
(1985)
CIA Man Decker
Thirteen Days
(2000)
Gen. Marshall Carter
The Rocketeer
(1991)
Fitch
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
(2006)
John Hanafin (uncredited)
Leaving Las Vegas
(1995)
Mobster 3
Seraphim Falls
(2007)
Parsons
The White Buffalo
(1977)
Tom Custer
Full Filmography
Acting
Bad Company
(1972)
Orin
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
(1972)
Scott Elliot
Hickey & Boggs
(1972)
Ted
Rage
(1972)
Simpson
The New Centurions
(1972)
Galloway
Dirty Little Billy
(1972)
Tyler
Executive Action
(1973)
Operations Chief - Team A
Lolly-Madonna XXX
(1973)
Hawk Feather
Class of '63
(1973)
Dave McKay
The Last American Hero
(1973)
Burton Colt
The Longest Yard
(1974)
Captain Knauer
The Godchild
(1974)
Crees
The Midnight Man
(1974)
Leroy
The Migrants
(1974)
Mr. Barlow
French Connection II
(1975)
General William Brian
Breakheart Pass
(1975)
Major Claremont
Satan's Triangle
(1975)
Strickland
Shadow in the Street
(1975)
Siggy Taylor
Last Hours Before Morning
(1975)
Bud Delaney
Family Plot
(1976)
Joseph Maloney
King Kong
(1976)
Carnahan
The White Buffalo
(1977)
Tom Custer
The Chicken Chronicles
(1977)
Mr. Nastase
Magic
(1978)
Duke
The Clone Master
(1978)
Bender
The Story of Noah
(1978)
Ularat
Loose Shoes
(1978)
Sheriff Bob
Love's Savage Fury
(1979)
Sgt. Weed
Undercover with the KKK
(1979)
Raleigh Porter
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
(1980)
Gus Carpenter
The Jericho Mile
(1980)
Jerry Beliot
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
(1980)
Frank Morris
The Amateur
(1981)
Anderson
Death Hunt
(1981)
Hazel
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
(1982)
Padre
In the Custody of Strangers
(1982)
Judge Halloran
Rooster
(1982)
Jack Claggert
Cujo
(1983)
Joe Camber
Eureka
(1983)
Charles Perkins
The Big Score
(1983)
Parks
Manimal
(1983)
Col. Hunt
Finders Keepers
(1984)
Josef Sirola
Lassiter
(1984)
Smoke
The Cartier Affair
(1984)
Lyndon Dean
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
(1984)
Mr. Grier
The Seduction of Gina
(1984)
Carl
Nickel Mountain
(1984)
W.D. Freund
Death Wish 3
(1985)
Insp. Richard S. Shriker
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
(1985)
Colonel Glenn
Real Genius
(1985)
CIA Man Decker
Raw Deal
(1986)
Baker
3:15 the Moment of Truth
(1986)
Moran
Double Image
(1986)
Jerry Tyler
Youngblood
(1986)
Murray Chadwick
The Defiant Ones
(1986)
Sheriff Leroy Doyle
The Last Days of Patton
(1986)
Dr. Lt.Col. Paul S. Hill
The Thanksgiving Promise
(1986)
Coach Gruniger
Firefighter
(1986)
B.C. Thompson
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
(1987)
Buzz Mussinger
Gleaming the Cube
(1989)
Mr. Kelly
Born on the Fourth of July
(1989)
Legion Commander
Fat Man and Little Boy
(1989)
Whitney Ashbridge
My Blue Heaven
(1990)
Underwood
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
(1990)
Police Armorer
Golden Years
(1991)
Gen. Louis Crewes
Tennessee Nights
(1991)
Sheriff Williams
The Rocketeer
(1991)
Fitch
Judgement
(1992)
Dallas Hale
School Ties
(1992)
Alan Greene
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
(1992)
Lieutenant Driscoll
Extreme Justice
(1993)
Captain Shafer
Under Investigation
(1993)
Captain Maguire
True Romance
(1993)
Police Captain Quiggle
The Return of Ironside
(1993)
Chief Bell
Secret Sins of the Father
(1994)
Arnold Carter
Trial by Jury
(1994)
John Boyle
Wagons East!
(1994)
John Slade
Digital Man
(1995)
Gen Roberts
Girl in the Cadillac
(1995)
Ben Wilmer
Breach of Trust
(1995)
Colin Kreuger
Leaving Las Vegas
(1995)
Mobster 3
Mulholland Falls
(1996)
Earl
The Sweeper
(1996)
Molls
Mercenary
(1996)
Jack Cochran
Rattled
(1996)
Murray Hendershot
Raven Hawk
(1996)
Sheriff Daggert
Coyote Summer
(1996)
Mitchell Foster
Under Wraps
(1997)
Kubat
Childhood Sweetheart?
(1997)
Sheriff Bowman
Allie & Me
(1997)
Detective Frank Richards
Married to a Stranger
(1997)
Harry, Megan's Father
A Bright Shining Lie
(1998)
General Weyand
Top of the World
(1998)
Mel Ridgefield
Dollar for the Dead
(1998)
Jacob Colby
Out in Fifty
(1999)
Ed Walker
Night of Terror
(1999)
Father Connelly
Blast
(2000)
Swenson
Python
(2000)
Pilot
Thirteen Days
(2000)
Gen. Marshall Carter
Farewell, My Love
(2000)
Sergei Karpov
Civility
(2000)
Detective Erickson
Not Another Teen Movie
(2001)
The Coach
Go for Broke
(2002)
Warden Lessen
Gentleman B.
(2003)
Harry Koslow
Seabiscuit
(2003)
Charles Strub
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
(2004)
General J.G. Shepherd
The Librarians
(2004)
John Strong
Nobody Knows Anything!
(2004)
Gun Expert
Art Heist
(2004)
Victor Boyd
Grandpa's Place
(2004)
Grandpa
Purple Heart
(2005)
Civilian
Into the Fire
(2005)
Captain Dave Cutler
The Longest Yard
(2005)
Duane
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
(2006)
John Hanafin (uncredited)
The Lost
(2006)
Ed Anderson
Seraphim Falls
(2007)
Parsons
The Number 23
(2007)
Father Sebastian
The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie
(2007)
Pop
Camille
(2008)
Sheriff Steiner
Godspeed
(2009)
Mitch
Expecting a Miracle
(2009)
Walter Enright
The Frankenstein Syndrome
(2010)
Dr. Walton
The Artist
(2011)
Peppy's Butler
Carnal Innocence
(2011)
Austin Hatinger
Trouble with the Curve
(2012)
Max
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
(2012)
Jim "Big Jim" Fitzgerald
La Classe américaine
(2012)
Self
Casting By
(2012)
Self
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
(2014)
Sheriff Underwood
Chief Zabu
(2016)
Skip Keisel
The Beautiful Ones
(2017)
Dante Gabriel Tancredi