Born: October 30, 1938 – Died: October 16, 2013
Edward Matthew Lauter II, known for his remarkable versatility and powerful on-screen presence, was born in Long Beach, New York. His father, Edward Matthew Lauter, shaped a home environment that undoubtedly influenced Ed’s future in acting. Lauter’s impressive career spanned over four decades, leaving an indelible mark on both film and television.
Early Life and Career
Lauter made his film debut in "Dirty Little Billy" (1972), laying the groundwork for a career characterized by diverse and memorable roles. Lauter was known for his portrayals of authority figures, military men, edgy villains, and good-hearted heavies.
His breakthrough role came with his portrayal of Joe Camber in "Cujo" (1983), a performance that showcased his ability to bring intensity and depth to his characters. Lauter's talent was not limited to film; he also made significant contributions to television, including appearances in popular series like "The Office" (2013) and "Grey's Anatomy" (2008).
Lauter's career was marked by his work with prominent directors and actors, reinforcing his status as a sought-after character actor. His filmography is extensive, with notable roles in "The Longest Yard" (2005), "Real Genius" (1985), and "The Artist" (2011). His unique ability to portray a wide range of characters made him a familiar face in the industry.
Off-screen, Lauter was married to Mia from 2006 until his death in 2013. Lauter passed away from mesothelioma, leaving behind a legacy of impactful performances.
Ed Lauter’s contribution to Hollywood was significant. He was not just a character actor but a memorable presence who could adapt to any role, making him a true icon in the entertainment industry. His ability to seamlessly transition between different character types set him apart and made him a cherished figure in both cinema and television.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The Beautiful Ones | Dante Tancredi |
| 2015 | Blind Pass | Pastor |
| 2014 | The Town That Dreaded Sundown | Sheriff Underwood |
| 2012–2013 | Shameless (TV Series) | Dick Healey |
| 2013 | The Office (TV Series) | Sam Stone, Sr. |
| 2012 | Trouble with the Curve | Max |
| 2012 | The Fitzgerald Family Christmas | Jim Fitzgerald |
| 2011 | Carnal Innocence (TV Movie) | Austin Hatinger |
| 2011 | The Artist | Peppy's Butler |
| 2010 | Taken by Force | Lt. Singer |
| 2009–2010 | Psych (TV Series) | Deputy Commissioner Ed Dykstra |
| 2010 | The Prometheus Project | Dr. Walton |
| 2009 | Godspeed | Mitch |
| 2009 | Expecting a Miracle (TV Movie) | Walter Enright |
| 2008 | The American Standards | Harry |
| 2008 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) | Timothy Miller |
| 2008 | Chocolate News (TV Series) | Jack Cagney |
| 2008 | Cold Case (TV Series) | Shep 'Mack' McAvoy '08 |
| 2008 | Operation Shock and Awe... some (Short) | The General |
| 2008 | Something's Wrong in Kansas | Amos |
| 2008 | Camille | Sheriff Steiner |
| 2007 | The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie (Video) | Pop |
| 2007 | The Number 23 | Father Sebastian |
| 2006 | Seraphim Falls | Parsons |
| 2006 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby | John Hanafin (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Love Hollywood Style | Lawrence |
| 2006 | The Lost | Ed Anderson |
| 2006 | Solace (Short) | Dr. Marrow |
| 2005 | Purple Heart | Civilian |
| 2005 | Venice Underground | Capt. John Sullivan |
| 2005 | Into the Fire (TV Movie) | Captain Dave Cutler |
| 2005 | Brothers in Arms | Mayor Crawley |
| 2005 | The Longest Yard | Duane |
| 2005 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) | Jerry Rasmussen |
| 2004 | JAG (TV Series) | General Hughes |
| 2004 | Art Heist | Victor Boyd |
| 2004 | Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (Video) | Gen. Jack Gordon Shepherd |
| 2004 | Grandpa's Place | Grandpa |
| 2003 | The Librarians | John Strong |
| 2003 | Nobody Knows Anything! | Gun Expert |
| 2003 | Seabiscuit | Charles Strub |
| 2003 | Kingpin (TV Mini Series) | Unknown |
| 2002 | Go for Broke | Warden Lessen |
| 2002 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) | Barclay Tobin |
| 1998–2002 | ER (TV Series) | Fire Captain Dannaker |
| 2001 | Not Another Teen Movie | The Coach |
| 2001 | Knight Club | Fire Marshall |
| 2001 | Charmed (TV Series) | Sutter |
| 2000 | Thirteen Days | Gen. Marshall Carter |
| 2000 | Python (TV Movie) | Pilot |
| 2000 | Gentleman B. | Harry Koslow |
| 2000 | Civility | Detective Erickson |
| 2000 | Blast | Swenson |
| 2000 | Law & Order (TV Series) | Defense Counsel |
| 2000 | Farewell, My Love | Sergei Karpov |
| 1999 | Night of Terror (Video) | Father Connelly |
| 1999 | Out in Fifty | Ed Walker |
| 1999 | The Magnificent Seven (TV Series) | Hank Conley |
| 1998 | Dollar for the Dead (TV Movie) | Jacob Colby |
| 1998 | A Bright Shining Lie (TV Movie) | General Weyand |
| 1998 | Millennium (TV Series) | Warden Kellard |
| 1997 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) | Silas Bedoe |
| 1997 | Allie & Me | Detective Frank Richards |
| 1997 | Under Wraps (TV Movie) | Kubat |
| 1997 | Married to a Stranger (TV Movie) | Harry, Megan's Father |
| 1997 | Top of the World | Mel Ridgefield |
| 1997 | Childhood Sweetheart? (TV Movie) | Sheriff Bowman |
| 1996 | Coyote Summer | Mitchell Foster |
| 1996 | Mercenary (Video) | Jack Cochran |
| 1996 | For Which He Stands | Gaming Commission Chairman |
| 1996 | Mulholland Falls | Earl |
| 1996 | Rattled (TV Movie) | Murray Hendershot |
| 1996 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV Series) | Lars Paladin |
| 1996 | The Sweeper (Video) | Molls |
| 1996 | Can't Hurry Love (TV Series) | Officer |
| 1995 | Ripple (Short) | Unknown |
| 1995 | Breach of Trust | Colin Kreuger |
| 1995 | Working for Harry (Short) | Eddie |
| 1995 | Raven Hawk (TV Movie) | Sheriff Daggert |
| 1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | Mobster #3 |
| 1995 | Digital Man | General Roberts |
| 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen (TV Movie) | General Stevenson |
| 1995 | Girl in the Cadillac | Ben Wilmer |
| 1994 | Trial by Jury | John Boyle |
| 1994 | Wagons East | John Slade |
| 1994 | Highlander (TV Series) | Avery Hoskins |
| 1994 | Birdland (TV Series) | Capt. John Swede |
| 1994 | Secret Sins of the Father (TV Movie) | Arnold Carter |
| 1993 | Under Investigation | Captain Maguire |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) | Col. Marcus Aurelius Belt |
| 1993 | True Romance | Police Captain Quiggle (uncredited) |
| 1993 | The Return of Ironside (TV Movie) | Chief Bell |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) | Agent Gruszynski |
| 1993 | Extreme Justice | Captain Shafer |
| 1993 | Poisoned by Love: The Kern County Murders (TV Movie) | Glen Emory |
| 1992 | Renegade (TV Series) | Jack Barnell |
| 1992 | School Ties | Alan Greene |
| 1992 | Hitz | Dallas Hale |
| 1992 | Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story (TV Movie) | Lieutenant Driscoll |
| 1992 | Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) | Lt. Cmdr. Albert |
| 1991 | Golden Years (TV Series) | Gen. Louis Crewes |
| 1991 | The Rocketeer | Fitch |
| 1990 | Monsters (TV Series) | Malcolm |
| 1990 | *My Blue Heaven* | Underwood |
| 1990 | Father Dowling Mysteries (TV Series) | Rex Burnham |
| 1990 | Kojak: Flowers for Matty (TV Movie) | Police Armorer |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July | Legion Commander |
| 1989 | Booker (TV Series) | Kendall |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Whitney Ashbridge |
| 1989 | Tennessee Waltz | Sheriff Williams |
| 1989 | Gleaming the Cube | Mr. Kelly |
| 1988 | Goodbye, Miss 4th of July (TV Movie) | Unknown |
| 1988 | Chief Zabu | Skip Keisel |
| 1987–1988 | The Equalizer (TV Series) | Robert Nichols | Walter Rowan |
| 1987 | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise | Buzz |
| 1987 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) | Sheriff Orville Yates |
| 1987 | Ohara (TV Series) | Vanders |
| 1986 | The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) | Coach Gruniger |
| 1986 | Miami Vice (TV Series) | Capt. Cahill |
| 1986 | Firefighter (TV Movie) | B.C. Thompson |
| 1986 | The Last Days of Patton (TV Movie) | Dr. Lt.Col. Paul S. Hill |
| 1986 | Raw Deal | Baker |
| 1986 | Screen Two (TV Series) | Jerry Tyler |
| 1986 | Youngblood | Murray Chadwick |
| 1986 | 3:15 the Moment of Truth | Moran |
| 1986 | The Defiant Ones (TV Movie) | Sheriff Leroy Doyle |
| 1985 | Our Family Honor (TV Series) | Ray Wilfong |
| 1985 | Death Wish 3 | Richard Shriker |
| 1985 | Real Genius | David Decker |
| 1985 | Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Col. Glenn |
| 1984 | Nickel Mountain | W.D. Freund |
| 1984 | Crazy Like a Fox (TV Series) | Emmett Laszlo |
| 1984 | The Cartier Affair (TV Movie) | Lyndon Dean |
| 1984 | The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (TV Movie) | Mr. Grier |
| 1984 | Finders Keepers | Josef Sirola |
| 1984 | Automan (TV Series) | Michael Hagedorn |
| 1983–1984 | The A-Team (TV Series) | Major Douglas Kyle | Sheriff Hank Thompson |
| 1984 | Lassiter | Smoke |
| 1984 | The Yellow Rose (TV Series) | Cal Everett |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series) | Buddy Evans |
| 1984 | The Seduction of Gina (TV Movie) | Carl |
| 1983 | Magnum, P.I. (TV Series) | Captain Quintin |
| 1983 | The Big Score | Parks |
| 1983 | Manimal (TV Series) | Col. Hunt |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick (TV Series) | Rick Vetromile |
| 1983 | Cujo | Joe Camber |
| 1983 | Eureka | Charles Perkins |
| 1983 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) | Stan Morgen |
| 1983 | Simon & Simon (TV Series) | Col. Lawrence Grayson |
| 1982 | Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | Padre |
| 1982 | Rooster (TV Movie) | Jack Claggert |
| 1982 | In the Custody of Strangers (TV Movie) | Judge Halloran |
| 1981 | The Amateur | Anderson |
| 1981 | Nero Wolfe (TV Series) | Clay Baylor |
| 1981 | Death Hunt | Hazel |
| 1980 | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (TV Series) | Frank Morris |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (TV Movie) | Jim Jones, Sr. |
| 1979–1980 | B.J. and the Bear (TV Series) | Sheriff John Sebastian Cain | Captain John Sebastian Cain |
| 1980 | The Boy Who Drank Too Much (TV Movie) | Gus Carpenter |
| 1980 | Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) | Jonas Halloran |
| 1979 | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV Series) | Capt. John Sebastian Cain | Captain John Sebastian Cain |
| 1979 | Undercover with the KKK (TV Movie) | Raleigh Porter |
| 1979 | Love's Savage Fury (TV Movie) | Sergeant Weed |
| 1979 | The Jericho Mile (TV Movie) | Jerry Beloit |
| 1978 | Greatest Heroes of the Bible (TV Series) | Ularat |
| 1978 | Magic | Duke |
| 1978 | The Clone Master (TV Movie) | Bender |
| 1978 | Coming Attractions | Sheriff Bob |
| 1978 | How the West Was Won (TV Series) | Martin Stillman |
| 1978 | The Oregon Trail (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1977 | The Chicken Chronicles | Mr. Nastase |
| 1977 | The Rockford Files (TV Series) | Joseph Bloomberg |
| 1977 | Charlie's Angels (TV Series) | Lt. Howard Fine |
| 1977 | *The White Buffalo* | Captain Tom Custer |
| 1976 | King Kong | Carnahan |
| 1976 | Family Plot | Maloney |
| 1976 | Police Story (TV Series) | Ralph Coleman | Joseph Kinsella |
| 1975 | Kate McShane (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1975 | Breakheart Pass | Maj. Claremont |
| 1975 | French Connection II | General Brian |
| 1975 | Last Hours Before Morning (TV Movie) | Bud Delaney |
| 1975 | Requiem for a Nun (TV Movie) | Tubbs |
| 1975 | Baretta (TV Series) | Ed Borgue |
| 1975 | A Shadow in the Streets (TV Movie) | Siggy Taylor |
| 1975 | Satan's Triangle (TV Movie) | Strickland |
| 1974 | The Godchild (TV Movie) | Crees |
| 1974 | The New Land (TV Series) | Unknown |
| 1974 | The Longest Yard | Captain Knauer |
| 1974 | Kojak (TV Series) | Floyd |
| 1974 | The Waltons (TV Series) | Hyder Rudge |
| 1974 | The Midnight Man | Leroy |
| 1974 | The Migrants (TV Movie) | Mr. Barlow |
| 1973 | Executive Action | Operations Chief - Team A |
| 1973 | The Last American Hero | Burton Colt |
| 1973 | Class of '63 (TV Movie) | Dave McKay |
| 1973 | Lolly-Madonna XXX | Hawk Feather |
| 1972–1973 | The Streets of San Francisco (TV Series) | Dr. Joseph Ford | Doctor Joseph Ford |
| 1972 | Ironside (TV Series) | Newton |
| 1972 | Rage | Simpson |
| 1972 | Dirty Little Billy | Tyler |
| 1972 | Bad Company | Orin (as Edward Lauter) |
| 1972 | Hickey & Boggs | Ted |
| 1972 | The New Centurions | Galloway |
| 1972 | The Magnificent Seven Ride! | Scott Elliot |
| 1972 | Cannon (TV Series) | Deputy |
| 1971–1972 | Longstreet (TV Series) | Uniformed Officer | Detective |
| 1971 | Mannix (TV Series) | Sergeant |
| 1967 | Dark Shadows (TV Series) | Deputy (unconfirmed, uncredited) |
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