Harry Lauter
Known for Acting · 209 credits
- Born
- 1914-06-19
- Died
- 1990-10-30
- Place of birth
- White Plains, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Herman Arthur Lauter · Harry T. Lauter · Herman Arthur "Harry" Lauter
Biography
American character actor specializing in villainous roles. Born in White Plains, New York to Herman E. and Franceska Lauter, he was raised in Denver, Colorado. Although it has been suggested that he appeared briefly in a couple of films during the Thirties, his real movie career began in 1946. He came to be a familiar presence in low-budget films, serials, and television programs in the 1950s, though he only once really came close to stardom, as one of the leads in the television series "Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955)". Most of his career was spent as a serviceable second lead or heavy, though he continued to play bit parts in larger pictures. The son of an artist, he devoted much of his energy late in life to his own painting and running an art gallery. He died in 1990.
Known For
TV Shows (89)
Ironside
1967
Perry Mason
1957
as Chris Hearn
The Rifleman
1958
Bonanza
1959
as Barrett
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Motorcycle Officer
Peter Gunn
1958
Hogan's Heroes
1965
as Submarine Captain
Maverick
1957
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1952
as Honor Guard Captain / Harry / Atkins
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Marshall
The Lone Ranger
1949
as Fred Vance
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Crawford - Miner
Mannix
1967
Adam-12
1968
as Mike / Sgt. Poster
Lawman
1958
as Compton Schaeffer
Burke's Law
1963
as Dr. Kalmus
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Bud / Lt. Stanton
Daniel Boone
1964
as Corbin
Cheyenne
1955
as Walt Taylor
The Virginian
1962
as Cat McGraw / Lund / Roy Kane / Wade
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
as Henry Wilson
The F.B.I.
1965
as Judd Conners / Sheriff
Room 222
1969
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Charles Decker
Gunsmoke
1955
as Clay / Sy / Martin / Terry / Kelly / Leach / Gregory Bellow / Henry Rucker / Michael Drennan
The Big Valley
1965
as Ben Watson
Rawhide
1959
as Billy Grant / Kirby / Reagan / Hank / Capt. Ross / Orville Tippet / Maj. Blaine / Lenny
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
Cannon
1971
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Bat Masterson
1958
as Sheriff Conners
The High Chaparral
1967
as Mobley
The Invaders
1967
as Alien
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Maurie - Gunman / Karger - Outlaw / Union Sgt. Stone / Hake Morris / Stopes / Vic Stanley
The Millionaire
1955
as Andrew Stevens / Anders - Phone Co. Supervisor
Sea Hunt
1958
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Duke
State Trooper
1956
as Ben Everett
Land of the Giants
1968
as Policeman
Gilligan's Island
1964
Laramie
1959
Tombstone Territory
1957
as Sgt. Shelton
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Wilson / Mr. Johnson
Playhouse 90
1956
as Breed
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
as Sheriff
Navy Log
1955
The Gene Autry Show
1950
as Ron Williams / Henchman in Plaid Shirt
Racket Squad
1951
The Adventures of Kit Carson
1951
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Texan
1958
Laredo
1965
as Spence Gillis
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Francis Jordan
City Detective
1953
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
The Roy Rogers Show
1951
as Ralph Colton
The Green Hornet
1966
as Brannigan
Riverboat
1959
as Col. Tryker
Public Defender
1954
as Deputy Sheriff Malden
Movies (120)
Miami Exposé
1956
as Det. Tim Grogan
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
as Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
as General Winthrop
Batman
1966
as Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
Fighting Lawman
1953
as Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons
Whirlwind
1951
as Wade Trimble
White Heat
1949
as Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)
Yukon Gold
1952
as Ace Morgan
The Big Heat
1953
as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956
as Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)
Lonely are the Brave
1962
as Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
A Foreign Affair
1948
as Corporal (uncredited)
Twelve O'Clock High
1949
as Radio officer
Flying Leathernecks
1951
Outlaw Treasure
1955
as Jesse James
The Satan Bug
1965
as Fake SDI Agent
Timber Country Trouble
1955
as Webb, the lumberjack
Tucson
1949
as George Reeves Jr.
Barquero
1970
as Steele
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Return of the Gunfighter
1967
as Frank Marlowe
The Red Ball Express
1952
as Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958
as Dr. Ken Warwick
More Dead than Alive
1969
as Doctor
No Way Out
1950
as Orderly (uncredited)
The Racket
1951
as Officer Mosley (uncredited)
Valley of Fire
1951
as Tod Rawlings
Posse from Hell
1961
as Russell
The Gay Intruders
1948
as Male Secretary
I Was a Male War Bride
1949
as Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)
A Date with Death
1959
as Lt. George Caddell
Girl on the Run
1958
as Drunk
Cry Baby Killer
1958
as Police Lt. Porter
King of the Carnival
1955
as Bert King
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952
as Trooper (Uncredited)
Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950
as Dick Wentworth
Ambush Bay
1966
as Cpl. Alvin Ross
The Todd Killings
1971
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959
as City Marshal Ed Masterson
Crime Wave
1953
as Roadblock Officer (uncredited)
Creature with the Atom Brain
1955
as Reporter #1
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967
as Josh Miller
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958
Hellcats of the Navy
1957
as Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
as Aide (uncredited)
At Gunpoint
1955
as Federal Marshal
Death in Small Doses
1957
as Steve Hummel / Mr. Brown
Rancho Notorious
1952
as Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)
The Werewolf
1956
as Deputy Ben Clovey
The Great Jewel Robber
1950
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
1957
as Dr. Hale
Hills of Utah
1951
as Henchman Evan Fox
Return to Treasure Island
1954
as Parker
Prince of Pirates
1953
as Jan
It Came from Beneath the Sea
1955
as Deputy Bill Nash
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957
as Briggs (uncredited)
Come Fill the Cup
1951
as Cameron - Ives' Pilot (uncredited)
The Showdown
1950
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Talk About a Stranger
1952
as Clarence, Bookkeeper
Silver City Bonanza
1951
as Pete Horne
711 Ocean Drive
1950
as Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)
Dragnet
1954
as Officer Greeley
Sea Tiger
1952
as Randall, alias Jon Edmum
The Kid from Amarillo
1951
as Tom Mallory
Moonrise
1948
Incident
1948
as Bill Manning
Roadblock
1951
as Saunders (uncredited)
The Crooked Web
1955
as Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc
Fort Utah
1967
as Britches
Crash of Moons
1954
as Atlasan
The Flying Missile
1950
as Army Base Information Desk Clerk
Prince of the Plains
1949
as Tom Owens
This My Son
1954
as Don Caldwell
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
1953
as Constable Clark
Dragonfly Squadron
1954
as Capt. Vedders
Apache Country
1952
as Dave Kilrain
Yankee Pasha
1954
as Dick Bailey
The Great Dan Patch
1949
as Bud Ransome
Missile Monsters
1958
as Drake
Blonde Bait
1956
as State Department Security Chief
Dig That Uranium
1955
as Haskell, the boss
The Louisiana Hussy
1959
as Clay Lanier
Convict Stage
1965
as Ben Lattimore
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1971
as House Party Guest (uncredited)
Without Honor
1949
as Ambulance Attendant
Flying Disc Man from Mars
1950
as Drake
Apache Ambush
1955
Bunco Squad
1950
as James Worth (uncredited)
Experiment Alcatraz
1950
as Richard 'Dick' McKenna
Raiders of Old California
1957
as Scott Johnson
Bandit King of Texas
1949
as Trem Turner
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958
as Joe Barger
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
as Self
Thunder in God's Country
1951
as Marshal Tim Gallery
Fury River
1961
The Forty-Niners
1954
as Gambler
The Women of Pitcairn Island
1956
as Ben Fish
Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954
as Tom Rogers
The Wild Westerners
1962
as Jud Gotch
Jungle Patrol
1948
as Lt. Derby
Fighter Attack
1953
as Lt. Duncan
Buffalo Gun
1961
as Vin
Silver Needle in the Sky
1954
as Atlasan / Atlasande
According to Mrs. Hoyle
1951
as Gordon Warren
Manhunt in Space
1954
as Atlasan
Alimony
1949
as Doctor
The Steel Fist
1952
as Franz
Topeka
1953
as Mack Wilson
The Mountains of the Moon
1967
as Whitehead
The Magnificent Rogue
1946
as Boy Model
Lord of the Jungle
1955
as Pilot
For Pete's Sake
1966
The Marshal's Daughter
1953
as Russ Mason
Superbeast
1972
as Stewart Victor
Frontier Investigator
1949
as Rocky's Brother
The Gypsy Moon
1954
as Atlasan
Fort Courageous
1965
as Joe
The Price of Freedom
1949
as Man in restaurant (uncredited)
Zamba
1949
as Jim
About Harry Lauter
American character actor specializing in villainous roles. Born in White Plains, New York to Herman E. and Franceska Lauter, he was raised in Denver, Colorado. Although it has been suggested that he appeared briefly in a couple of films during the Thirties, his real movie career began in 1946. He came to be a familiar presence in low-budget films, serials, and television programs in the 1950s, though he only once really came close to stardom, as one of the leads in the television series "Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955)". Most of his career w… With 209 credits spanning from 1946 to 1979, Harry Lauter has appeared in 120 films and 89 TV shows.
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- Miami Exposé (1956) — as Det. Tim Grogan
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) — as Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
- It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) — as General Winthrop
- Batman (1966) — as Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
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