Ed Lauter

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Ed Lauter

Ed Lauter (* the thirtieth October 1938 as Edward Matthew Lauter II in Long Beach , Long Iceland , New York ; † 16th October 2013 in Los Angeles ) was an American actor .

Career, life

Lauter completed his degree in acting at the Herbert Berghof School after completing his bachelor's degree . Before starting his acting career, he performed as a stand-up comedian . In 1970 he made his Broadway debut in The Great White Hope . The following year he got his first engagements in television, he played small supporting roles in the series Mannix and Cannon . In 1972 he made his cinema debut in The Death Ride of the Magnificent Seven , the sequel to The Magnificent Seven .

During the rest of the 1970s, Lauter was a guest on the television series The Waltons , The Streets of San Francisco , Charlie's Angels and Kojak - Outreach in Manhattan . He also had cinema roles in French Connection II , King Kong and in Alfred Hitchcock 's last film Family Grave . Twice during this time he played alongside Charles Bronson , in Nevada Pass and The White Buffalo . In 1975 he had a leading role alongside Burt Reynolds in Robert Aldrich's Oscar- nominated film The Hardest Mile and later a guest role in the remake of 2005.

Lauter also appeared regularly in television series in the 1980s, including Simon & Simon , The A-Team , Miami Vice and Mord ist her Hobby . His films also included the Stephen King film adaptation Cujo , What a Genius and The City Shark . He also made two other films with Charles Bronson, A Man Becomes a Beast and Death Wish III - The Avenger of New York . Starting in the 1980s, he had a supporting role in Born on July 4th .

At the beginning of the 1990s, another Stephen King film followed, the mini-series Stephen King's Schöne Neue Zeit . As in previous decades, he has had numerous television engagements including Starship Enterprise: The Next Century , The X-Files, The FBI's Scary Cases, and Walker, Texas Ranger . His cinema roles included appearances in Rocketeer , According to Own Rules and Wagons East! .

From 2000, Lauter had cinema roles in films such as Thirteen Days , Number 23 and Ricky Bobby - King of Racing Drivers, as well as television roles in CSI: On the trail of the perpetrators , Charmed - Magic Witches and in JAG - On behalf of honor . Between 1998 and 2002 he had a recurring supporting role as a fire chief in the series Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme .

Lauter was married and had four children.

On October 16, 2013, two weeks before his 75th birthday, Lauter died of mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer diagnosed five months earlier in May.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Veteran Character Actor Ed Lauter Dies at Age 74
personal data
SURNAME Louder, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Louder, Edward Matthew II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Long Beach , Long Island, New York, USA
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 2013
Place of death los Angeles