Harry Lauter
ActingAmerican 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.
Known For
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
General Winthrop
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Batman
Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
The Big Heat
Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
White Heat
Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)
Barquero
Steele
A Foreign Affair
Corporal (uncredited)
Twelve O'Clock High
Radio officer
Filmography — Acting
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
General Winthrop
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Batman
Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
The Big Heat
Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
White Heat
Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)
Rancho Notorious
Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)
Barquero
Steele
A Foreign Affair
Corporal (uncredited)
Twelve O'Clock High
Radio officer
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)
Crime Wave
Roadblock Officer (uncredited)
Flying Leathernecks
Lonely are the Brave
Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
No Way Out
Orderly (uncredited)
The Racket
Officer Mosley (uncredited)
I Was a Male War Bride
Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)
The Satan Bug
Fake SDI Agent
Dragnet
Officer Greeley
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Deputy Bill Nash
Return of the Gunfighter
Frank Marlowe
Roadblock
Saunders (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah
Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
The Red Ball Express
Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
The Gunfight at Dodge City
City Marshal Ed Masterson
Moonrise
Posse from Hell
Russell
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Briggs (uncredited)
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
Self
Cry Baby Killer
Police Lt. Porter
At Gunpoint
Federal Marshal
The Werewolf
Deputy Ben Clovey
Ambush Bay
Cpl. Alvin Ross
Apache Ambush
When Willie Comes Marching Home
Aide (uncredited)
This Woman Is Dangerous
Trooper (Uncredited)
More Dead than Alive
Doctor
711 Ocean Drive
Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)
Zamba
Jim
Flying Disc Man from Mars
Drake
Hellcats of the Navy
Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
The Todd Killings
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
House Party Guest (uncredited)
The Case Against Brooklyn
Come Fill the Cup
Cameron - Ives' Pilot (uncredited)
The Great Jewel Robber
Reporter (uncredited)
Fort Utah
Britches
The Showdown
Cowhand (uncredited)
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
Joe Barger
Without Honor
Ambulance Attendant
Raiders of Old California
Scott Johnson
Miami Exposé
Det. Tim Grogan
Topeka
Mack Wilson
Crash of Moons
Atlasan
For Pete's Sake
Creature with the Atom Brain
Reporter #1
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
Josh Miller
The Crooked Web
Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc
The Flying Missile
Army Base Information Desk Clerk
Incident
Bill Manning
Fighter Attack
Lt. Duncan
Convict Stage
Ben Lattimore
Talk About a Stranger
Clarence, Bookkeeper
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
Constable Clark
Yankee Pasha
Dick Bailey
Blonde Bait
State Department Security Chief
Tucson
George Reeves Jr.
Tarzan's Fight for Life
Dr. Ken Warwick
Sea Tiger
Randall, alias Jon Edmum
Fort Courageous
Joe
Return to Treasure Island
Parker
Prince of Pirates
Jan
Fury River
The Great Dan Patch
Bud Ransome
The Mountains of the Moon
Whitehead
Missile Monsters
Drake
Bunco Squad
James Worth (uncredited)
Thunder in God's Country
Marshal Tim Gallery
Superbeast
Stewart Victor
The Forty-Niners
Gambler
The Steel Fist
Franz
The Wild Westerners
Jud Gotch
Dig That Uranium
Haskell, the boss
Death in Small Doses
Steve Hummel / Mr. Brown
The Women of Pitcairn Island
Ben Fish
Alimony
Doctor
Timber Country Trouble
Webb, the lumberjack
Silver City Bonanza
Pete Horne
Apache Country
Dave Kilrain
Bandit King of Texas
Trem Turner
Dragonfly Squadron
Capt. Vedders
Hills of Utah
Henchman Evan Fox
Yukon Gold
Ace Morgan
Experiment Alcatraz
Richard 'Dick' McKenna
The Magnificent Rogue
Boy Model
A Date with Death
Lt. George Caddell
Prince of the Plains
Tom Owens
According to Mrs. Hoyle
Gordon Warren
The Marshal's Daughter
Russ Mason
Valley of Fire
Tod Rawlings
Fighting Lawman
Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons
The Gypsy Moon
Atlasan
Jungle Patrol
Lt. Derby
Whirlwind
Wade Trimble
Buffalo Gun
Vin
Trader Tom of the China Seas
Tom Rogers
The Louisiana Hussy
Clay Lanier
Blue Grass of Kentucky
Dick Wentworth
The Gay Intruders
Male Secretary
Girl on the Run
Drunk
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
Dr. Hale
Silver Needle in the Sky
Atlasan
The Price of Freedom
Man in restaurant (uncredited)
Manhunt in Space
Atlasan
The Kid from Amarillo
Tom Mallory
Frontier Investigator
Rocky's Brother
Outlaw Treasure
Jesse James
Lord of the Jungle
Pilot
King of the Carnival
Bert King
This My Son
Don Caldwell