Harry Lauter
Born: 1914-06-19 in White Plains, New York, USA
Died: 1990-10-30
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1979
1975
- Matt Helm as Dep. Sheriff Gibson
1974
1972
- Superbeast as Stewart Victor
1971
- Cannon
- Alias Smith and Jones as Sheriff
- Escape from the Planet of the Apes as General Winthrop
- Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring as House Party Guest (uncredited)
- The Todd Killings
1970
- Barquero as Steele
1969
- Room 222
- More Dead than Alive as Doctor
1968
- Adam-12 as Mike
- Land of the Giants as Policeman
1967
- Ironside
- Mannix
- The High Chaparral as Mobley
- The Invaders as Alien
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
- Cimarron Strip
- Return of the Gunfighter as Frank Marlowe
- The Mountains of the Moon as Whitehead
- Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion as Josh Miller
- Fort Utah as Britches
1966
- The Time Tunnel as Wilson
- Tarzan as Josh Miller
- The Green Hornet as Brannigan
- Batman as Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
- For Pete's Sake
- Ambush Bay as Cpl. Alvin Ross
1965
- The F.B.I. as Judd Conners
- Hogan's Heroes as Submarine Captain
- The Wild Wild West as Marshall
- The Big Valley as Ben Watson
- Laredo as Spence Gillis
- Branded
- The Satan Bug as Fake SDI Agent
- Convict Stage as Ben Lattimore
- Fort Courageous as Joe
1964
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Burke's Law as Dr. Kalmus
1962
- The Virginian as Cat McGraw
- The Beverly Hillbillies as Motorcycle Officer
- Going My Way
- Lonely are the Brave as Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
- The Wild Westerners as Jud Gotch
1961
- The Investigators as John Maitland
- Posse from Hell as Russell
- Fury River
- Buffalo Gun as Vin
1960
- Stagecoach West as North
1959
- Bonanza as Barrett
- Rawhide as Billy Grant
- Laramie
- Riverboat as Col. Tryker
- Wichita Town
- The Gunfight at Dodge City as City Marshal Ed Masterson
- A Date with Death as Lt. George Caddell
- The Louisiana Hussy as Clay Lanier
1958
- The Rifleman
- Lawman as Compton Schaeffer
- Bat Masterson as Sheriff Conners
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Peter Gunn
- Sea Hunt
- The Texan
- Bronco as Bill Mack
- Yancy Derringer as Francis Jordan
- The Last Hurrah as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
- Tarzan's Fight for Life as Dr. Ken Warwick
- The Case Against Brooklyn
- Girl on the Run as Drunk
- Cry Baby Killer as Police Lt. Porter
- The Toughest Gun in Tombstone as Joe Barger
- Missile Monsters as Drake
1957
- Perry Mason as Chris Hearn
- Maverick
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Crawford - Miner
- Tales of Wells Fargo as Henry Wilson
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Charles Decker
- Trackdown
- Tombstone Territory as Sgt. Shelton
- Official Detective
- 26 Men
- Raiders of Old California as Scott Johnson
- Hellcats of the Navy as Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
- Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend as Briggs (uncredited)
- Jet Pilot
- Death in Small Doses as Steve Hummel / Mr. Brown
- The Badge of Marshal Brennan as Dr. Hale
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Maurie
- State Trooper
- Playhouse 90 as Breed
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- The Count of Monte Cristo
- Hey, Jeannie! as Tierney
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers as Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit as Army Corporal on Leave (uncredited)
- Miami Exposé as Det. Tim Grogan
- The Werewolf as Deputy Ben Clovey
- The Women of Pitcairn Island as Ben Fish
- Blonde Bait as State Department Security Chief
1955
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Cheyenne
- Gunsmoke as Clay
- The Millionaire as Andrew Stevens
- Navy Log
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Truck Driver
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- Buffalo Bill Jr.
- It Came from Beneath the Sea as Deputy Bill Nash
- Creature with the Atom Brain as Reporter #1
- Outlaw Treasure as Jesse James
- At Gunpoint as Federal Marshal
- King of the Carnival as Bert King
- Apache Ambush
- Lord of the Jungle as Pilot
- The Crooked Web as Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc
- Dig That Uranium as Haskell, the boss
- Timber Country Trouble as Webb, the lumberjack
1954
- Public Defender as Deputy Sheriff Malden
- Captain Midnight
- Waterfront as Jim Herrick
- Return to Treasure Island as Parker
- Trader Tom of the China Seas as Tom Rogers
- Silver Needle in the Sky as Atlasan
- Dragnet as Officer Greeley
- Crash of Moons as Atlasan
- Yankee Pasha as Dick Bailey
- The Forty-Niners as Gambler
- Manhunt in Space as Atlasan
- Dragonfly Squadron as Capt. Vedders
- The Gypsy Moon as Atlasan
- This My Son as Don Caldwell
1953
- City Detective
- Letter to Loretta as Bailey
- The Big Heat as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
- Crime Wave as Roadblock Officer (uncredited)
- Fighting Lawman as Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons
- Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders as Constable Clark
- The Marshal's Daughter as Russ Mason
- Prince of Pirates as Jan
- Fighter Attack as Lt. Duncan
- Topeka as Mack Wilson
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Bud
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Honor Guard Captain
- Cavalcade of America as Ray Marshall
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Mr. & Mrs. North as Barry Weston
- Biff Baker U.S.A. as George Carlton
- Death Valley Days as Henry Schmidtlein
- Rancho Notorious as Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)
- Yukon Gold as Ace Morgan
- The Red Ball Express as Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
- This Woman Is Dangerous as Trooper (Uncredited)
- Talk About a Stranger as Clarence, Bookkeeper
- The Steel Fist as Franz
- Sea Tiger as Randall, alias Jon Edmum
- Apache Country as Dave Kilrain
1951
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
- The Adventures of Kit Carson
- Racket Squad
- The Roy Rogers Show as Ralph Colton
- The Day the Earth Stood Still as Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
- Come Fill the Cup as Cameron - Ives' Pilot (uncredited)
- The Racket as Officer Mosley (uncredited)
- Flying Leathernecks as Freddie (uncredited)
- According to Mrs. Hoyle as Gordon Warren
- Roadblock as Saunders (uncredited)
- Whirlwind as Wade Trimble
- Thunder in God's Country as Marshal Tim Gallery
- Valley of Fire as Tod Rawlings
- The Kid from Amarillo as Tom Mallory
- Silver City Bonanza as Pete Horne
- Hills of Utah as Henchman Evan Fox
1950
- The Gene Autry Show
- No Way Out as Orderly (uncredited)
- When Willie Comes Marching Home as Aide (uncredited)
- The Great Jewel Robber as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Flying Missile as Army Base Information Desk Clerk
- Blue Grass of Kentucky as Dick Wentworth
- Bunco Squad as James Worth (uncredited)
- The Showdown as Cowhand (uncredited)
- Flying Disc Man from Mars as Drake
- Experiment Alcatraz as Richard 'Dick' McKenna
- 711 Ocean Drive as Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Fred Vance
- The Life of Riley
- White Heat as Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)
- Twelve O'Clock High as Radio officer
- I Was a Male War Bride as Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)
- The Great Dan Patch as Bud Ransome
- Tucson as George Reeves Jr.
- Bandit King of Texas as Trem Turner
- Prince of the Plains as Tom Owens
- The Price of Freedom as Man in restaurant (uncredited)
- Without Honor as Ambulance Attendant
- Zamba as Jim
- Frontier Investigator as Rocky's Brother
- Alimony as Doctor
1948
- A Foreign Affair as Corporal (uncredited)
- Moonrise
- Incident as Bill Manning
- The Gay Intruders as Male Secretary
- Jungle Patrol as Lt. Derby
1946
- The Magnificent Rogue as Boy Model