Harry Lauter
ActingAmerican 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
Self
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
Stewart Victor
Superbeast
1972
The Todd Killings
1971
General Winthrop
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
House Party Guest (uncredited)
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1971
Steele
Barquero
1970
Doctor
More Dead than Alive
1969
Whitehead
The Mountains of the Moon
1967
Josh Miller
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967
Britches
Fort Utah
1967
Frank Marlowe
Return of the Gunfighter
1967
For Pete's Sake
1966
Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
Batman
1966
Cpl. Alvin Ross
Ambush Bay
1966
Joe
Fort Courageous
1965
Fake SDI Agent
The Satan Bug
1965
Ben Lattimore
Convict Stage
1965
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
Jud Gotch
The Wild Westerners
1962
Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
Lonely are the Brave
1962
TV Shows
Dep. Sheriff Gibson
Matt Helm
1975
The Manhunter
1974
Cannon
1971
Sheriff
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Room 222
1969
Policeman
Land of the Giants
1968
Mike
Adam-12
1968
Sgt. Poster
Adam-12
1968
Mannix
1967
Mobley
The High Chaparral
1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
Cimarron Strip
1967
Youngston
Cimarron Strip
1967
Ironside
1967
Alien
The Invaders
1967
Wilson
The Time Tunnel
1966
Brannigan
The Green Hornet
1966
Mr. Johnson
The Time Tunnel
1966
Josh Miller
Tarzan
1966
Judd Conners
The F.B.I.
1965