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.
Movies
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Josh Miller
The Satan Bug
Fake SDI Agent
Creature with the Atom Brain
Reporter #1
Experiment Alcatraz
Richard 'Dick' McKenna
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Deputy Bill Nash
Without Honor
Ambulance Attendant
Twelve O'Clock High
Radio officer
A Date with Death
Lt. George Caddell
The Crooked Web
Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc
Buffalo Gun
Vin
Death in Small Doses
Steve Hummel / Mr. Brown
Outlaw Treasure
Jesse James
The Gunfight at Dodge City
City Marshal Ed Masterson
Apache Country
Dave Kilrain
Superbeast
Stewart Victor
Valley of Fire
Tod Rawlings
Return to Treasure Island
Parker
Whirlwind
Wade Trimble
Hills of Utah
Henchman Evan Fox
Girl on the Run
Drunk
The Cry Baby Killer
Police Lt. Porter
Convict Stage
Ben Lattimore
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Dr. Hale
Alimony
Doctor
King of the Carnival
Bert King
Prince of Pirates
Jan
Flying Disc Man from Mars
Drake
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Joe Barger
Bandit King of Texas
Trem Turner
Manhunt in Space
Atlasan
Fort Courageous
Joe
The Great Dan Patch
Bud Ransome
The Louisiana Hussy
Clay Lanier
According to Mrs. Hoyle
Gordon Warren
The Forty-Niners
Gambler
Incident
Bill Manning
More Dead than Alive
Doctor
The Showdown
Cowhand (uncredited)
White Heat
Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)
Hellcats of the Navy
Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
Tucson
George Reeves Jr.
The Big Heat
Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
Crash of Moons
Atlasan
The Werewolf
Deputy Ben Clovey
Blonde Bait
State Department Security Chief
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Dr. Ken Warwick
Dig That Uranium
Haskell, the boss
Fort Utah
Britches
The Magnificent Rogue
Boy Model
The Flying Missile
Army Base Information Desk Clerk
The Kid from Amarillo
Tom Mallory
Silver City Bonanza
Pete Horne
Thunder in God's Country
Marshal Tim Gallery
Yukon Gold
Ace Morgan
Missile Monsters
Drake
The Todd Killings
Ambush Bay
Cpl. Alvin Ross
Frontier Investigator
Rocky's Brother
Prince of the Plains
Tom Owens
The Steel Fist
Franz
Fighting Lawman
Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons
The Marshal's Daughter
Russ Mason
Topeka
Mack Wilson
Raiders of Old California
Scott Johnson
The Wild Westerners
Jud Gotch
Silver Needle in the Sky
Atlasan
Lonely Are the Brave
Deputy in Canyon
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
Timber Country Trouble
Webb, the lumberjack
Roadblock
Saunders (uncredited)
711 Ocean Drive
Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)
Lord of the Jungle
Pilot
Batman
Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
General Winthrop
Barquero
Steele
Bunco Squad
James Worth (uncredited)
No Way Out
Orderly (uncredited)
The Great Jewel Robber
Reporter (uncredited)
Talk About a Stranger
Clarence, Bookkeeper
Trader Tom of the China Seas
Tom Rogers
Sea Tiger
Randall, alias Jon Edmum
The Gypsy Moon
Atlasan
Silver Needle in the Sky
Atlasande
This Woman Is Dangerous
Trooper (Uncredited)
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
Constable Clark
Fury River
The Racket
Officer Mosley (uncredited)
Yankee Pasha
Dick Bailey
At Gunpoint
Federal Marshal
Miami Exposé
The Gay Intruders
Male Secretary
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
House Party Guest (uncredited)
Flying Leathernecks
The Women of Pitcairn Island
Ben Fish
Blue Grass of Kentucky
Dick Wentworth
Posse from Hell
Russell
For Pete's Sake
The Last Hurrah
Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
Crime Wave
Roadblock Officer (uncredited)
I Was a Male War Bride
Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)
The Price of Freedom
Man in restaurant (uncredited)
Dragonfly Squadron
Capt. Vedders
Rancho Notorious
Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
Zamba
Jim
Moonrise
A Foreign Affair
Corporal (uncredited)
Apache Ambush
Dragnet
Officer Greeley
Jungle Patrol
Lt. Derby
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Aide (uncredited)
Shows
77 Sunset Strip
Cheyenne
Gilligan's Island
The Beverly Hillbillies
Motorcycle Officer
The F.B.I.
Judd Conners
Gunsmoke
Clay
Perry Mason
Chris Hearn
Ironside
Sea Hunt
The Virginian
Cat McGraw
Tarzan
Josh Miller
Rawhide
Billy Grant
Daniel Boone
Corbin
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Gene Autry Show
The Millionaire
Andrew Stevens
Cimarron Strip
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Bronco
Bill Mack
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Rifleman
Laramie
Buffalo Bill Jr.
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Maurie - Gunman
State Trooper
26 Men
The Adventures of Kit Carson
Cavalcade of America
Ray Marshall
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Mr. & Mrs. North
The Time Tunnel
Wilson
Burke's Law
Dr. Kalmus
Trackdown
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
How the West Was Won
Mannix
Alias Smith and Jones
Sheriff
Land of the Giants
Policeman
Room 222
Cannon
Laredo
Going My Way
Peter Gunn
The High Chaparral
Mobley
The Life of Riley
Yancy Derringer
Francis Jordan
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Big Valley
Ben Watson
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Charles Decker
The Count of Monte Cristo
Wendy and Me
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Branded
Bat Masterson
Sheriff Conners
Navy Log
Riverboat
Col. Tryker
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Wichita Town
The Manhunter
Racket Squad
The Texan
City Detective
Hopalong Cassidy
Official Detective
Captain Midnight
Letter to Loretta
Bailey
The Green Hornet
Brannigan
Maverick
Biff Baker U.S.A.
George Carlton
The Invaders
Alien
The Time Tunnel
Mr. Johnson
Death Valley Days
Henry Schmidtlein
The Lone Ranger
Fred Vance
Hey, Jeannie!
Tierney
Matt Helm
Dep. Sheriff Gibson
Tombstone Territory
Sgt. Shelton
The F.B.I.
Sheriff
The Virginian
Lund
The Virginian
Roy Kane
Rawhide
Kirby
Rawhide
Reagan
Rawhide
Hank
Rawhide
Capt. Ross
Rawhide
Orville Tippet
Rawhide
Maj. Blaine
Rawhide
Lenny
Gunsmoke
Sy
Gunsmoke
Martin
Gunsmoke
Terry
Gunsmoke
Kelly
Gunsmoke
Leach
Gunsmoke
Gregory Bellow
Gunsmoke
Henry Rucker
Gunsmoke
Michael Drennan
The Millionaire
Anders - Phone Co. Supervisor
Cavalcade of America
Harry Grant
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Karger - Outlaw
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Union Sgt. Stone
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Hake Morris
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Stopes
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Vic Stanley
Four Star Playhouse
Bud
Four Star Playhouse
Lt. Stanton
Playhouse 90
Breed
Wells Fargo
Henry Wilson
The Living Christ
Andrew
Hogan's Heroes
Submarine Captain
Adam-12
Mike
Adam-12
Sgt. Poster