Harry Lauter

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1914-06-19 (76 years old)

Deathday

1990-10-30

Place of Birth

White Plains, New York, USA

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 pictu...

Acting

1967

1949

The Price of Freedom

as Man in restaurant (uncredited)

1954

Dragonfly Squadron

as Capt. Vedders

1965

The Satan Bug

as Fake SDI Agent

1950

Experiment Alcatraz

as Richard 'Dick' McKenna

1955

It Came from Beneath the Sea

as Deputy Bill Nash

1949

Without Honor

as Ambulance Attendant

1949

Twelve O'Clock High

as Radio officer

1952

Rancho Notorious

as Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)

1948

The Gay Intruders

as Male Secretary

1959

A Date with Death

as Lt. George Caddell

1955

The Crooked Web

as Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc

1957

Death in Small Doses

as Steve Hummel / Mr. Brown

1955

Outlaw Treasure

as Jesse James

1971

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

as House Party Guest (uncredited)

1949

Zamba

as Jim

1959

The Gunfight at Dodge City

as City Marshal Ed Masterson

1952

Apache Country

as Dave Kilrain

1972

Superbeast

as Stewart Victor

1951

Valley of Fire

as Tod Rawlings

1951

Whirlwind

as Wade Trimble

1951

Hills of Utah

as Henchman Evan Fox

1958

1958

The Cry Baby Killer

as Police Lt. Porter

1965

Convict Stage

as Ben Lattimore

1949

Alimony

as Doctor

1955

1948

A Foreign Affair

as Corporal (uncredited)

1954

Dragnet

as Officer Greeley

1954

1950

Blue Grass of Kentucky

as Dick Wentworth

1948

Jungle Patrol

as Lt. Derby

1961

Posse from Hell

as Russell

1965

1956

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

as Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)

1949

The Great Dan Patch

as Bud Ransome

1959

The Louisiana Hussy

as Clay Lanier

1951

According to Mrs. Hoyle

as Gordon Warren

1948

Incident

as Bill Manning

1952

1950

1953

Crime Wave

as Roadblock Officer (uncredited)

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)

1952

Yukon Gold

as Ace Morgan

1950

The Showdown

as Cowhand (uncredited)

1949

White Heat

as Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)

1949

I Was a Male War Bride

as Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)

1957

Hellcats of the Navy

as Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton

1949

Tucson

as George Reeves Jr.

1953

The Big Heat

as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)

1952

The Red Ball Express

as Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)

1954

Crash of Moons

as Atlasan

1956

The Werewolf

as Deputy Ben Clovey

1958

Tarzan's Fight for Life

as Dr. Ken Warwick

1955

Dig That Uranium

as Haskell, the boss

1967

Fort Utah

as Britches

1946

1950

The Flying Missile

as Army Base Information Desk Clerk

1951

Silver City Bonanza

as Pete Horne

1951

Thunder in God's Country

as Marshal Tim Gallery

1951

The Kid from Amarillo

as Tom Mallory

1958

1966

Ambush Bay

as Cpl. Alvin Ross

1949

Bandit King of Texas

as Trem Turner

1949

Frontier Investigator

as Rocky's Brother

1949

1953

Fighting Lawman

as Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons

1953

1953

Topeka

as Mack Wilson

1954

1956

Blonde Bait

as State Department Security Chief

1957

1962

1961

1962

Lonely are the Brave

as Deputy in Canyon

1955

Timber Country Trouble

as Webb, the lumberjack

1951

The Day the Earth Stood Still

as Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site

1950

711 Ocean Drive

as Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)

1951

Roadblock

as Saunders (uncredited)

1955

1966

Batman

as Mr. Merrick (uncredited)

1971

1970

Barquero

as Steele

1950

Bunco Squad

as James Worth (uncredited)

1950

The Great Jewel Robber

as Reporter (uncredited)

1950

No Way Out

as Orderly (uncredited)

1952

Talk About a Stranger

as Clarence, Bookkeeper

1952

Sea Tiger

as Randall, alias Jon Edmum

1954

The Gypsy Moon

as Atlasan

1954

1952

This Woman Is Dangerous

as Trooper (Uncredited)

1951

The Racket

as Officer Mosley (uncredited)

1954

Yankee Pasha

as Dick Bailey

1955

At Gunpoint

as Federal Marshal

1956

Miami Exposé

as Det. Tim Grogan

1967

Return of the Gunfighter

as Frank Marlowe

1963

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

1954

This My Son

as Don Caldwell

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