Harry Lauter
Acting
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.
Born: June 19, 1914
Place of Birth: White Plains, New York, USA
Known For
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
The Big Heat
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
White Heat
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.
The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes. Reruns are viewable on cable and by internet streaming. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002, although it was not picked up.
The Time Tunnel
The Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure. The show was creator-producer Irwin Allen's third science fiction television series, released by 20th Century Fox and broadcast on ABC. The show ran for one season of 30 episodes. Reruns are viewable on cable and by internet streaming. A pilot for a new series was produced in 2002, although it was not picked up.
The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.
Hogan's Heroes
Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. Bob Crane starred as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, coordinating an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group from the camp. Werner Klemperer played Colonel Wilhelm Klink, the commandant of the camp, and John Banner was the inept sergeant-of-the-guard, Hans Schultz. The series was popular during its six-season run. In 2013, creators Bernard Fein through his estate and Albert S. Ruddy acquired the sequel and other separate rights to Hogan's Heroes from Mark Cuban through arbitration and a movie based on the show has been planned.
Prince of Pirates
In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders Roland imprisoned but Roland escapes and leads a revolt.
The Life of Riley
Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention into minor problems. His stock answer to every turn of fate became a catch phrase: 'What a revoltin' development this is!"
Filmography
as Dep. Sheriff Gibson
as Stewart Victor
as General Winthrop
as House Party Guest (uncredited)
as Sheriff
as Steele
as Doctor
as Policeman
as Mike
as Sgt. Poster
as Whitehead
as Mobley
as Youngston
as Josh Miller
as Britches
as Frank Marlowe
as Alien
as Wilson
as Mr. Johnson
as Brannigan
as Josh Miller
as Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
as Cpl. Alvin Ross
as Judd Conners
as Sheriff
as Marshall
as Submarine Captain
as Spence Gillis
as Ben Watson
as Joe
as Fake SDI Agent
as Ben Lattimore
as Corbin
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
as Dr. Kalmus
as Motorcycle Officer
as Cat McGraw
as Lund
as Roy Kane
as Wade
as Jud Gotch
as Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
as John Maitland
as Vin
as Russell
as North
as Col. Tryker
as Lt. George Caddell
as City Marshal Ed Masterson
as Clay Lanier
as Billy Grant
as Reagan
as Kirby
as Hank
as Capt. Ross
as Orville Tippet
as Lenny
as Maj. Blaine
as Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
as Duke
as Drunk
as Sheriff Conners
as Francis Jordan
as Bill Mack
as Police Lt. Porter
as Dr. Ken Warwick
as Joe Barger
as Drake
as Scott Johnson
as Sgt. Shelton
as Chris Hearn
as Steve Hummel / Mr. Brown
as Crawford - Miner
as Charles Decker
as Briggs (uncredited)
as Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
as Dr. Hale
as Henry Wilson
as Ben Fish
as Maurie - Gunman
as Karger - Outlaw
as Union Sgt. Stone
as Hake Morris
as Stopes
as Vic Stanley
as Breed
as Det. Tim Grogan
as Deputy Ben Clovey
as Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)
as State Department Security Chief
as Federal Marshal
as Haskell, the boss
as Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc
as Truck Driver
as Walt Taylor
as Clay
as Sy
as Martin
as Terry
as Kelly
as Gregory Bellow
as Leach
as Henry Rucker
as Michael Drennan
as Deputy Bill Nash
as Reporter #1
as Bert King
as Pilot
as Jesse James
as Webb, the lumberjack
as Andrew Stevens
as Anders - Phone Co. Supervisor
as Atlasan
as Officer Greeley
as Jim Herrick
as Gambler
as Atlasan
as Parker
as Atlasan
as Atlasande
as Dick Bailey
as Capt. Vedders
as Deputy Sheriff Malden
as Tom Rogers
as Atlasan
as Lt. Duncan
as Roadblock Officer (uncredited)
as Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
as Bailey
as Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons
as Mack Wilson
as Constable Clark
as Russ Mason
as Jan
as George Carlton
as Honor Guard Captain
as Atkins
as Henry Schmidtlein
as Ray Marshall
as Harry Grant
as Ace Morgan
as Randall, alias Jon Edmum
as Dave Kilrain
as Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
as Clarence, Bookkeeper
as Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)
as Trooper (Uncredited)
as Franz
as Tod Rawlings
as Tom Mallory
as Officer Mosley (uncredited)
as Cameron - Ives' Pilot (uncredited)
as Henchman Evan Fox
as Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
as Saunders (uncredited)
as Gordon Warren
as Wade Trimble
as Marshal Tim Gallery
as Pete Horne
as Army Base Information Desk Clerk
as Richard 'Dick' McKenna
as Drake
as James Worth (uncredited)
as Orderly (uncredited)
as Cowhand (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)
as Aide (uncredited)
as Dick Wentworth
as Radio officer
as Ambulance Attendant
as Fred Vance
as Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)
as Jim
as Trem Turner
as Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)
as Bud Ransome
as Doctor
as Rocky's Brother
as George Reeves Jr.
as Tom Owens
as Lt. Derby
as Bill Manning
as Male Secretary
as Corporal (uncredited)
as Boy Model