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.
Filmography
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979
as Self
Superbeast
1972
as Stewart Victor
The Todd Killings
1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
as General Winthrop
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1971
as House Party Guest (uncredited)
Barquero
1970
as Steele
More Dead than Alive
1969
as Doctor
The Mountains of the Moon
1967
as Whitehead
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967
as Josh Miller
Fort Utah
1967
as Britches
Return of the Gunfighter
1967
as Frank Marlowe
For Pete's Sake
1966
Batman
1966
as Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
Ambush Bay
1966
as Cpl. Alvin Ross
Fort Courageous
1965
as Joe
The Satan Bug
1965
as Fake SDI Agent
Convict Stage
1965
as Ben Lattimore
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
The Wild Westerners
1962
as Jud Gotch
Lonely are the Brave
1962
as Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
Fury River
1961
Buffalo Gun
1961
as Vin
Posse from Hell
1961
as Russell
A Date with Death
1959
as Lt. George Caddell