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
The Artist
(2011)
Peppy's Butler
The Longest Yard
(2005)
Duane
Death Wish 3
(1985)
Insp. Richard S. Shriker
King Kong
(1976)
Carnahan
Seabiscuit
(2003)
Charles Strub
Cujo
(1983)
Joe Camber
Born on the Fourth of July
(1989)
Legion Commander
The Rocketeer
(1991)
Fitch
Real Genius
(1985)
CIA Man Decker
School Ties
(1992)
Alan Greene
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
(2006)
John Hanafin (uncredited)
Raw Deal
(1986)
Baker
Breakheart Pass
(1975)
Major Claremont
Mulholland Falls
(1996)
Earl
Full Filmography
Acting
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
(1972)
Scott Elliot
Rage
(1972)
Simpson
Bad Company
(1972)
Orin
The New Centurions
(1972)
Galloway
Hickey & Boggs
(1972)
Ted
Dirty Little Billy
(1972)
Tyler
The Last American Hero
(1973)
Burton Colt
Executive Action
(1973)
Operations Chief - Team A
Lolly-Madonna XXX
(1973)
Hawk Feather
Class of '63
(1973)
Dave McKay
The Longest Yard
(1974)
Captain Knauer
The Midnight Man
(1974)
Leroy
The Migrants
(1974)
Mr. Barlow
The Godchild
(1974)
Crees
Breakheart Pass
(1975)
Major Claremont
Last Hours Before Morning
(1975)
Bud Delaney
Shadow in the Street
(1975)
Siggy Taylor
French Connection II
(1975)
General William Brian
Satan's Triangle
(1975)
Strickland
Family Plot
(1976)
Joseph Maloney
King Kong
(1976)
Carnahan
The Chicken Chronicles
(1977)
Mr. Nastase
The White Buffalo
(1977)
Tom Custer
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
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
(1980)
Frank Morris
The Jericho Mile
(1980)
Jerry Beliot
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
(1980)
Gus Carpenter
Death Hunt
(1981)
Hazel
The Amateur
(1981)
Anderson
Rooster
(1982)
Jack Claggert
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
(1982)
Padre
In the Custody of Strangers
(1982)
Judge Halloran
Eureka
(1983)
Charles Perkins
The Big Score
(1983)
Parks
Manimal
(1983)
Col. Hunt
Cujo
(1983)
Joe Camber
Lassiter
(1984)
Smoke
The Seduction of Gina
(1984)
Carl
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
(1984)
Mr. Grier
Nickel Mountain
(1984)
W.D. Freund
The Cartier Affair
(1984)
Lyndon Dean
Finders Keepers
(1984)
Josef Sirola
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
(1985)
Colonel Glenn
Death Wish 3
(1985)
Insp. Richard S. Shriker
Real Genius
(1985)
CIA Man Decker
Double Image
(1986)
Jerry Tyler
Youngblood
(1986)
Murray Chadwick
The Thanksgiving Promise
(1986)
Coach Gruniger
3:15 the Moment of Truth
(1986)
Moran
Raw Deal
(1986)
Baker
The Defiant Ones
(1986)
Sheriff Leroy Doyle
The Last Days of Patton
(1986)
Dr. Lt.Col. Paul S. Hill
Firefighter
(1986)
B.C. Thompson
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
(1987)
Buzz Mussinger
Fat Man and Little Boy
(1989)
Whitney Ashbridge
Gleaming the Cube
(1989)
Mr. Kelly
Born on the Fourth of July
(1989)
Legion Commander
My Blue Heaven
(1990)
Underwood
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
(1990)
Police Armorer
The Rocketeer
(1991)
Fitch
Tennessee Nights
(1991)
Sheriff Williams
Golden Years
(1991)
Gen. Louis Crewes
School Ties
(1992)
Alan Greene
Judgement
(1992)
Dallas Hale
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
(1992)
Lieutenant Driscoll
Extreme Justice
(1993)
Captain Shafer
The Return of Ironside
(1993)
Chief Bell
True Romance
(1993)
Police Captain Quiggle
Under Investigation
(1993)
Captain Maguire
Secret Sins of the Father
(1994)
Arnold Carter
Wagons East!
(1994)
John Slade
Trial by Jury
(1994)
John Boyle
Girl in the Cadillac
(1995)
Ben Wilmer
Breach of Trust
(1995)
Colin Kreuger
Digital Man
(1995)
Gen Roberts
Leaving Las Vegas
(1995)
Mobster 3
Mercenary
(1996)
Jack Cochran
The Sweeper
(1996)
Molls
Mulholland Falls
(1996)
Earl
Rattled
(1996)
Murray Hendershot
Coyote Summer
(1996)
Mitchell Foster
Raven Hawk
(1996)
Sheriff Daggert
Childhood Sweetheart?
(1997)
Sheriff Bowman
Under Wraps
(1997)
Kubat
Married to a Stranger
(1997)
Harry, Megan's Father
Allie & Me
(1997)
Detective Frank Richards
Top of the World
(1998)
Mel Ridgefield
A Bright Shining Lie
(1998)
General Weyand
Dollar for the Dead
(1998)
Jacob Colby
Out in Fifty
(1999)
Ed Walker
Night of Terror
(1999)
Father Connelly
Thirteen Days
(2000)
Gen. Marshall Carter
Blast
(2000)
Swenson
Python
(2000)
Pilot
Farewell, My Love
(2000)
Sergei Karpov
Civility
(2000)
Detective Erickson
Not Another Teen Movie
(2001)
The Coach
Go for Broke
(2002)
Warden Lessen
Seabiscuit
(2003)
Charles Strub
Gentleman B.
(2003)
Harry Koslow
Nobody Knows Anything!
(2004)
Gun Expert
The Librarians
(2004)
John Strong
Art Heist
(2004)
Victor Boyd
Grandpa's Place
(2004)
Grandpa
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
(2004)
General J.G. Shepherd
The Longest Yard
(2005)
Duane
Into the Fire
(2005)
Captain Dave Cutler
Purple Heart
(2005)
Civilian
The Lost
(2006)
Ed Anderson
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
(2006)
John Hanafin (uncredited)
The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie
(2007)
Pop
The Number 23
(2007)
Father Sebastian
Seraphim Falls
(2007)
Parsons
Camille
(2008)
Sheriff Steiner
Expecting a Miracle
(2009)
Walter Enright
Godspeed
(2009)
Mitch
The Frankenstein Syndrome
(2010)
Dr. Walton
Carnal Innocence
(2011)
Austin Hatinger
The Artist
(2011)
Peppy's Butler
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
(2012)
Jim "Big Jim" Fitzgerald
Trouble with the Curve
(2012)
Max
Casting By
(2012)
Self
La Classe américaine
(2012)
Self
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
(2014)
Sheriff Underwood
Chief Zabu
(2016)
Skip Keisel
The Beautiful Ones
(2017)
Dante Gabriel Tancredi