Harry Lauter
Birthday:
19 June 1914, White Plains, New York, USA
Birth Name:
Herman Arthur Lauter
Height:
185 cm
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, ...
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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. Show less «
[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 heavie...Show more »
[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. Show less «
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