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.

Known For

Perry Mason

Bonanza

Ironside

Adam-12

Adam-12

Mannix

The Rifleman

Maverick

All Movies (121)

• When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion1979 · as Self
• Superbeast1972 · as Stewart Victor
• The Todd Killings1971
• Escape from the Planet of the Apes1971 · as General Winthrop
• Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring1971 · as House Party Guest (uncredited)
• Barquero1970 · as Steele
• More Dead than Alive1969 · as Doctor
• The Mountains of the Moon1967 · as Whitehead
• Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion1967 · as Josh Miller
• Fort Utah1967 · as Britches
• Return of the Gunfighter1967 · as Frank Marlowe
• For Pete's Sake1966
• Batman1966 · as Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
• Ambush Bay1966 · as Cpl. Alvin Ross
• Fort Courageous1965 · as Joe
• The Satan Bug1965 · as Fake SDI Agent
• Convict Stage1965 · as Ben Lattimore
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World1963 · as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
• The Wild Westerners1962 · as Jud Gotch
• Lonely are the Brave1962 · as Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
• Fury River1961
• Buffalo Gun1961 · as Vin
• Posse from Hell1961 · as Russell
• A Date with Death1959 · as Lt. George Caddell
• The Gunfight at Dodge City1959 · as City Marshal Ed Masterson
• The Louisiana Hussy1959 · as Clay Lanier
• The Last Hurrah1958 · as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
• Girl on the Run1958 · as Drunk
• Cry Baby Killer1958 · as Police Lt. Porter
• Tarzan's Fight for Life1958 · as Dr. Ken Warwick
• The Case Against Brooklyn1958
• The Toughest Gun in Tombstone1958 · as Joe Barger
• Missile Monsters1958 · as Drake
• Raiders of Old California1957 · as Scott Johnson
• Death in Small Doses1957 · as Steve Hummel / Mr. Brown
• Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend1957 · as Briggs (uncredited)
• Hellcats of the Navy1957 · as Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
• The Badge of Marshal Brennan1957 · as Dr. Hale
• The Women of Pitcairn Island1956 · as Ben Fish
• Miami Exposé1956 · as Det. Tim Grogan
• The Werewolf1956 · as Deputy Ben Clovey
• Earth vs. the Flying Saucers1956 · as Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)
• Blonde Bait1956 · as State Department Security Chief
• Dig That Uranium1955 · as Haskell, the boss
• At Gunpoint1955 · as Federal Marshal
• The Crooked Web1955 · as Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc
• Apache Ambush1955
• Creature with the Atom Brain1955 · as Reporter #1
• It Came from Beneath the Sea1955 · as Deputy Bill Nash
• King of the Carnival1955 · as Bert King
• Lord of the Jungle1955 · as Pilot
• Outlaw Treasure1955 · as Jesse James
• Timber Country Trouble1955 · as Webb, the lumberjack
• The Gypsy Moon1954 · as Atlasan
• Dragnet1954 · as Officer Greeley
• The Forty-Niners1954 · as Gambler
• Crash of Moons1954 · as Atlasan
• Return to Treasure Island1954 · as Parker
• This My Son1954 · as Don Caldwell
• Silver Needle in the Sky1954 · as Atlasan
• Silver Needle in the Sky1954 · as Atlasande
• Yankee Pasha1954 · as Dick Bailey
• Dragonfly Squadron1954 · as Capt. Vedders
• Trader Tom of the China Seas1954 · as Tom Rogers
• Manhunt in Space1954 · as Atlasan
• Fighter Attack1953 · as Lt. Duncan
• Crime Wave1953 · as Roadblock Officer (uncredited)
• The Big Heat1953 · as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
• Fighting Lawman1953 · as Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons
• Topeka1953 · as Mack Wilson
• Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders1953 · as Constable Clark
• The Marshal's Daughter1953 · as Russ Mason
• Prince of Pirates1953 · as Jan
• Yukon Gold1952 · as Ace Morgan
• Sea Tiger1952 · as Randall, alias Jon Edmum
• Apache Country1952 · as Dave Kilrain
• The Red Ball Express1952 · as Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
• Talk About a Stranger1952 · as Clarence, Bookkeeper
• Rancho Notorious1952 · as Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)
• This Woman Is Dangerous1952 · as Trooper (Uncredited)
• The Steel Fist1952 · as Franz
• Valley of Fire1951 · as Tod Rawlings
• The Kid from Amarillo1951 · as Tom Mallory
• The Racket1951 · as Officer Mosley (uncredited)
• Come Fill the Cup1951 · as Cameron - Ives' Pilot (uncredited)
• Hills of Utah1951 · as Henchman Evan Fox
• The Day the Earth Stood Still1951 · as Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
• Roadblock1951 · as Saunders (uncredited)
• Flying Leathernecks1951
• According to Mrs. Hoyle1951 · as Gordon Warren
• Whirlwind1951 · as Wade Trimble
• Thunder in God's Country1951 · as Marshal Tim Gallery
• Silver City Bonanza1951 · as Pete Horne
• The Flying Missile1950 · as Army Base Information Desk Clerk
• Experiment Alcatraz1950 · as Richard 'Dick' McKenna
• Flying Disc Man from Mars1950 · as Drake
• Bunco Squad1950 · as James Worth (uncredited)
• No Way Out1950 · as Orderly (uncredited)
• The Showdown1950 · as Cowhand (uncredited)
• The Great Jewel Robber1950 · as Reporter (uncredited)
• 711 Ocean Drive1950 · as Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)
• When Willie Comes Marching Home1950 · as Aide (uncredited)
• Blue Grass of Kentucky1950 · as Dick Wentworth
• Twelve O'Clock High1949 · as Radio officer
• Without Honor1949 · as Ambulance Attendant
• White Heat1949 · as Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)
• Zamba1949 · as Jim
• Bandit King of Texas1949 · as Trem Turner
• I Was a Male War Bride1949 · as Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)
• The Great Dan Patch1949 · as Bud Ransome
• Alimony1949 · as Doctor
• Frontier Investigator1949 · as Rocky's Brother
• The Price of Freedom1949 · as Man in restaurant (uncredited)
• Tucson1949 · as George Reeves Jr.
• Prince of the Plains1949 · as Tom Owens
• Jungle Patrol1948 · as Lt. Derby
• Incident1948 · as Bill Manning
• Moonrise1948
• The Gay Intruders1948 · as Male Secretary
• A Foreign Affair1948 · as Corporal (uncredited)
• The Magnificent Rogue1946 · as Boy Model

All TV Shows (125)

• Matt Helm1975 · as Dep. Sheriff Gibson
• The Manhunter1974
• Cannon1971
• Alias Smith and Jones1971 · as Sheriff
• Room 2221969
• Land of the Giants1968 · as Policeman
• Adam-121968 · as Mike
• Adam-121968 · as Sgt. Poster
• Mannix1967
• The High Chaparral1967 · as Mobley
• The Guns of Will Sonnett1967
• Cimarron Strip1967
• Cimarron Strip1967 · as Youngston
• Ironside1967
• The Invaders1967 · as Alien
• The Time Tunnel1966 · as Wilson
• The Green Hornet1966 · as Brannigan
• The Time Tunnel1966 · as Mr. Johnson
• Tarzan1966 · as Josh Miller
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Judd Conners
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Sheriff
• Hogan's Heroes1965 · as Submarine Captain
• The Wild Wild West1965 · as Marshall
• Laredo1965 · as Spence Gillis
• The Big Valley1965 · as Ben Watson
• Branded1965
• Gilligan's Island1964
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.1964
• Daniel Boone1964 · as Corbin
• Wendy and Me1964
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1963
• Burke's Law1963 · as Dr. Kalmus
• Going My Way1962
• The Beverly Hillbillies1962 · as Motorcycle Officer
• The Virginian1962 · as Cat McGraw
• The Virginian1962 · as Lund
• The Virginian1962 · as Roy Kane
• The Virginian1962 · as Wade
• The Investigators1961 · as John Maitland
• Stagecoach West1960 · as North
• Stagecoach West1960 · as Captain Avery
• Stagecoach West1960 · as Doyle
• Wichita Town1959
• Laramie1959
• Riverboat1959 · as Col. Tryker
• Bonanza1959 · as Barrett
• Rawhide1959 · as Billy Grant
• Rawhide1959 · as Kirby
• Rawhide1959 · as Reagan
• Rawhide1959 · as Hank
• Rawhide1959 · as Capt. Ross
• Rawhide1959 · as Orville Tippet
• Rawhide1959 · as Maj. Blaine
• Rawhide1959 · as Lenny
• 77 Sunset Strip1958
• 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Duke
• Bat Masterson1958 · as Sheriff Conners
• Lawman1958 · as Compton Schaeffer
• Yancy Derringer1958 · as Francis Jordan
• The Rifleman1958
• The Texan1958
• Bronco1958 · as Bill Mack
• Peter Gunn1958
• Sea Hunt1958
• Tombstone Territory1957 · as Sgt. Shelton
• 26 Men1957
• Trackdown1957
• Maverick1957
• Perry Mason1957 · as Chris Hearn
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Crawford - Miner
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective1957 · as Charles Decker
• Tales of Wells Fargo1957 · as Henry Wilson
• Official Detective1957
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Maurie - Gunman
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Karger - Outlaw
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Union Sgt. Stone
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Hake Morris
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Stopes
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Vic Stanley
• Playhouse 901956 · as Breed
• State Trooper1956
• State Trooper1956 · as Ben Everett
• Hey, Jeannie!1956 · as Tierney
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie1956
• The Count of Monte Cristo1956
• Screen Director's Playhouse1955 · as Truck Driver
• Sergeant Preston of the Yukon1955
• Cheyenne1955
• Navy Log1955
• Cheyenne1955 · as Walt Taylor
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Clay
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Sy
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Martin
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Terry
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Kelly
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Leach
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Gregory Bellow
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Henry Rucker
• Gunsmoke1955 · as Michael Drennan
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955
• Buffalo Bill Jr.1955
• The Millionaire1955 · as Andrew Stevens
• The Millionaire1955 · as Anders - Phone Co. Supervisor
• Captain Midnight1954
• Waterfront1954 · as Jim Herrick
• Public Defender1954 · as Deputy Sheriff Malden
• Letter to Loretta1953 · as Bailey
• City Detective1953
• Biff Baker U.S.A.1952 · as George Carlton
• Mr. & Mrs. North1952
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet1952 · as Honor Guard Captain
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet1952 · as Harry
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet1952 · as Atkins
• Cavalcade of America1952 · as Ray Marshall
• Cavalcade of America1952 · as Harry Grant
• Death Valley Days1952 · as Henry Schmidtlein
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Bud
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Lt. Stanton
• Hopalong Cassidy1952
• The Adventures of Kit Carson1951
• Racket Squad1951
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok1951
• The Gene Autry Show1950
• The Life of Riley1949
• The Lone Ranger1949 · as Fred Vance