Harry Lauter
Acting

Harry Lauter

Born 19 June 1914 · White Plains, New York, USA · Died 30 October 1990

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

The Day the Earth Stood Still
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Bonanza
Twelve O'Clock High
The Beverly Hillbillies
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Moonrise
Ironside
Return of the Gunfighter
The Satan Bug
The Werewolf
Barquero
Superbeast
The Todd Killings
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Barquero
More Dead than Alive
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Fort Utah
The Mountains of the Moon
Return of the Gunfighter
For Pete's Sake
Ambush Bay
The Satan Bug
Convict Stage
Fort Courageous
The Wild Westerners
Posse from Hell
Buffalo Gun
Fury River
A Date with Death
The Gunfight at Dodge City
The Louisiana Hussy
Girl on the Run
Cry Baby Killer
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Tarzan's Fight for Life
The Case Against Brooklyn
Missile Monsters
Death in Small Doses
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Hellcats of the Navy
Raiders of Old California
Jet Pilot
The Women of Pitcairn Island
The Werewolf
Blonde Bait
Miami Exposé
Creature with the Atom Brain
It Came from Beneath the Sea
The Crooked Web
Outlaw Treasure
King of the Carnival
Apache Ambush
Dig That Uranium
Timber Country Trouble
Lord of the Jungle
At Gunpoint
Dragonfly Squadron
Return to Treasure Island
Dragnet
Manhunt in Space
Crash of Moons
The Forty-Niners
Silver Needle in the Sky
Trader Tom of the China Seas
The Gypsy Moon
Yankee Pasha
Prince of Pirates
Fighting Lawman
The Marshal's Daughter
Topeka
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
Fighter Attack
Apache Country
The Steel Fist
Yukon Gold
Talk About a Stranger
Sea Tiger
Valley of Fire
Whirlwind
Hills of Utah
According to Mrs. Hoyle
Silver City Bonanza
Thunder in God's Country
The Kid from Amarillo
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Experiment Alcatraz
Flying Disc Man from Mars
Blue Grass of Kentucky
The Flying Missile
Without Honor
Twelve O'Clock High
Zamba
Alimony
The Great Dan Patch
Tucson
Bandit King of Texas
Frontier Investigator
Prince of the Plains
The Gay Intruders
Moonrise
Jungle Patrol
Incident
The Magnificent Rogue
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