Harry Lauter
ActingAlso 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.
Movies
(121 total)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as General Winthrop
Batman
as Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Big Heat
as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
White Heat
as Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
as Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)
Lonely are the Brave
as Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
Twelve O'Clock High
as Radio officer
A Foreign Affair
as Corporal (uncredited)
I Was a Male War Bride
as Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
as Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)
It Came from Beneath the Sea
as Deputy Bill Nash
No Way Out
as Orderly (uncredited)
Crime Wave
as Roadblock Officer (uncredited)
Return of the Gunfighter
as Frank Marlowe
The Last Hurrah
as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
The Satan Bug
as Fake SDI Agent
TV Shows
(120 total)
The Time Tunnel
as Wilson
The Time Tunnel
as Mr. Johnson
Hogan's Heroes
as Submarine Captain
Perry Mason
as Chris Hearn
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Motorcycle Officer
Gunsmoke
as Clay
Gunsmoke
as Sy
Gunsmoke
as Martin
Gunsmoke
as Terry
Gunsmoke
as Kelly
Gunsmoke
as Gregory Bellow
Gunsmoke
as Leach
Gunsmoke
as Henry Rucker
Gunsmoke
as Michael Drennan
The Wild Wild West
as Marshall
The Green Hornet
as Brannigan
The Invaders
as Alien
The Big Valley
as Ben Watson