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Harry Lauter(1914-1990)

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Harry Lauter
A teenage boy panics and takes hostages when he thinks he's committed murder.
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The Cry Baby Killer (1958)
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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.
BornJune 19, 1914
DiedOctober 30, 1990(76)
BornJune 19, 1914
DiedOctober 30, 1990(76)
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Harry Lauter in Annie Oakley (1954)
Harry Lauter and Don Megowan in Tales of Wells Fargo (1957)
Harry Lauter and Hugh O'Brian in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
James Arness, Howard Caine, Harry Lauter, and Dennis Weaver in Gunsmoke (1955)
William Boyett and Harry Lauter in Death Valley Days (1952)
Harry Lauter and Patricia Medina in Miami Exposé (1956)
Richard Denning, Richard Emory, Harry Lauter, and Frank Lovejoy in The Crooked Web (1955)
Aline Towne and Harry Lauter in Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954)
Harry Lauter in King of the Carnival (1955)
Harry Lauter and Robert Shayne in King of the Carnival (1955)
Fran Bennett, Harry Lauter, Lee Roberts, and Rick Vallin in King of the Carnival (1955)
Aline Towne, Fred Graham, Harry Lauter, and Tom Steele in Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954)

Known for

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
6.3
  • General Winthrop
  • 1971
Richard Denning and Angela Stevens in Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
Creature with the Atom Brain
5.5
  • Reporter #1
  • 1955
Incident (1948)
Incident
6.5
  • Bill Manning
  • 1948
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
Mr. & Mrs. North
7.5
TV Series
  • Barry Weston

Credits

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Actor

  • Bruce Boxleitner and James Arness in How the West Was Won (1976)
    How the West Was Won
  • The Blue Knight (1975)
    The Blue Knight
  • Anthony Franciosa and Laraine Stephens in Matt Helm (1975)
    Matt Helm
  • The Manhunter (1974)
    The Manhunter
  • Chopper One (1974)
    Chopper One
  • Cannon (1971)
    Cannon
  • Brian Fong, Michael Richardson, Mitchell Ryan, and Reid Smith in Chase (1973)
    Chase
  • Michael Constantine, Lloyd Haynes, Denise Nicholas, and Karen Valentine in Room 222 (1969)
    Room 222
  • Superbeast (1972)
    Superbeast
  • Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Peter Graves, Peter Lupus, and Greg Morris in Mission: Impossible (1966)
    Mission: Impossible
  • "The Smith Family" Janet Blair, Henry Fonda, Darleen Carr, Ron Howard, Michael-James Wixted
    The Smith Family
  • The F.B.I. (1965)
    The F.B.I.
  • Glenn Ford, Edgar Buchanan, Victor Campos, Sandra Ego, Peter Ford, and Taylor Lacher in Cade's County (1971)
    Cade's County
  • David Janssen in O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971)
    O'Hara, U.S. Treasury
    • (uncredited)
  • Robert F. Lyons in The Todd Killings (1971)
    The Todd Killings

Videos8

The Cry Baby Killer
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The Cry Baby Killer
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The Cry Baby Killer
The Cry Baby Killer
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The Cry Baby Killer
The Cry Baby Killer
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The Cry Baby Killer
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The Cry Baby Killer
The Cry Baby Killer
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Personal details

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    • June 19, 1914
    • White Plains, New York, USA
    • October 30, 1990
    • Ojai, California, USA(heart failure)
    • Doris GilbertNovember 3, 1975 - October 30, 1990 (his death)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared in the US tour of "The Story of Mary Suratt".

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  • Trivia
    He died on October 30, 1990, as did Tom Steele, with whom he co-starred in the serial Trader Tom of the China Seas (1954).
  • Quotes
    [on playing so many "heavies"] I like to play the heavy because they pretty well leave you alone, unless you go overboard. I love the heavies, and I love the reaction I get from people. "Why are you so mean on screen? You're not a mean guy at all". Most of the people I know that played really nasty heavies, Bob Wilke [Robert J. Wilke], Mickey Simpson . . . they are the nicest guys in the world.

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