Ed Lauter
Biography
Ed Lauter ( October 30, 1938 – October 16, 2013) was an American actor. His films include The Last American Hero (1973), The Longest Yard (1974), King Kong (1976), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987), School Ties (1992), True Romance (1993), Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Purple Heart (2005), Camille (2007), and A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper(2007). 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Lauter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Gleaming the Cube
as Mr. Kelly
1989
Raw Deal
as Baker
1986
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
as General J.G. Shepherd
2004
French Connection II
as General William Brian
1975
Cujo
as Joe Camber
1983
Mulholland Falls
as Earl
1996
The Longest Yard
as Captain Knauer
1974
Finders Keepers
as Josef Sirola
1984
The Amateur
as Anderson
1981
Allie & Me
as Detective Frank Richards
1997
Family Plot
as Joseph Maloney
1976
Camille
as Sheriff Steiner
2008
Bad Company
as Orin
1972
Breakheart Pass
as Major Claremont
1975
Death Wish 3
as Insp. Richard S. Shriker
1985
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
as Padre
1982
Godspeed
as Mitch
2009
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
as John Hanafin (uncredited)
2006
3:15 the Moment of Truth
as Moran
1986
Death Hunt
as Hazel
1981
TV Appearances
St. Elsewhere
as Stan Morgen
1982
Murder, She Wrote
as Sheriff Orville Yates
1984
Magnum, P.I.
as Captain Quintin
1980
Hardcastle and McCormick
as Rick Vetromile
1983
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Barclay Tobin
2000
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Lars Paladin
1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Lt. Cmdr. Albert
1987
The A-Team
as Sheriff Hank Thomson
1983
Miami Vice
as Capt. Cahill
1984
Simon & Simon
as Col. Lawrence Grayson
1981
Hawaii Five-O
as Jonas Halloran
1968
Cold Case
as Shep 'Mack' McAvoy (2008)
2003