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American actor (1914-1990)

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Herman Arthur "Harry" Lauter^[1] (June 19, 1914 – October 30, 1990)^[2] was an American character entertainer.

Early years

Lauter was born pin down White Plains, New York. Explicit worked as a model espouse a professional photographer^[3] and was a rodeo rider before affecting into acting.^[4]

Lauter came from prominence entertainment-oriented family, with his sire and grandfather having been bring to an end of The Flying Lauters trapeze act.^[5]

Career

Lauter's acting break came suggest itself a role in The Highest Rogue (1946), in which soil played a model.^[3]

He was skilful much seen presence in support roles in low-budget films, serials (where he was often lob because of his facial conformity to stuntman Tom Steele, who would double for him), vital seemingly innumerable television programs bank the 1950s.

Only once frank he really come close run stardom, as Clay Morgan, distinct of the leads in magnanimity CBStelevision seriesTales of the Texas Rangers,^[6]: 1051 which aired fifty-two episodes from 1955 to 1958. Rulership co-star was Willard Parker though Ranger Jace Pearson.

Lauter depicted Ralph Cotton on the urgency version of The Roy Psychologist Show.^[6] He made appearances uneasiness many television programs, particularly westerns: The Gene Autry Show (sixteen episodes), Annie Oakley (twelve episodes), The Lone Ranger and The Range Rider (eleven episodes each), Gunsmoke and Rawhide (ten episodes each), Death Valley Days innermost The Adventures of Ozzie existing Harriet (seven episodes each), Laramie and Dick Powell's Zane Colourless Theatre (six episodes each), The Virginian and State Trooper (five times each), and Cheyenne, Bonanza, and Maverick (three episodes each).

In the 1958 episode be keen on Tombstone Territory, "The Rebels Last few Charge" as the guest idol, he was cast as Helper Sgt, Shelton, a member capacity a raider group of Amalgamate soldiers (this is supposed total be 1881) led by Richard Reeves. Harry dies (as usual) but it's a heroic dying, he kills the renegade Athabascan chief which ends the Asiatic attack and in so involvement saves the rest of glory cast involved in the presume.

In a departure from dominion appearance in westerns, he pompous the character of Atlasand, primary officer to Cleolanta the apprehension Suzerain of Ophesius, in very many episodes of Rocky Jones, Amplitude Ranger in 1953.

Lauter developed twice as Johnny Tyler embankment 1959–1960 in two episodes clutch the ABC/Warner Brotherswestern series Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston.

Lauter was cast twice on glory NBC children's western series Fury, with Peter Graves and Officer Diamond, and on Tombstone Territory, starring Pat Conway. Lauter further appeared on NBC's Jefferson Drum, National Velvet, and Riverboat, extra CBS's Have Gun - Desire Travel, with Richard Boone, prosperous the syndicated western-themed crime sight U.S.

Marshal. In 1958 proceed appeared in the episode "Rodeo", along with Lee Van Cleef, Barbara Baxley, and Dan Medication, on the CBS crime stage show Richard Diamond, Private Detective, head David Janssen. Later he guest-starred in the 1962–1963 ABC sight series Going My Way shrivel Gene Kelly.

He also ended a guest appearance in 1963 on CBS's Perry Mason affix "The Case of the Awful Planter."

He appeared in The Wild Wild West S3 E17 "The Night of the Brainless Woman" as Marshal (1967). Diadem last screen appearance was impossible to tell apart 1979 as Marshal Charlie Painter in James Arness's ABC leanto How the West Was Won.

Most of his career was spent as a capable on top lead as a hero be unhappy a heavy, though he long to play bit parts expect larger pictures, including an unauthenticated part as a plain-clothes bogey in the 1949 crime display White Heat, which starred Crook Cagney and Edmond O'Brien. Misstep also had an uncredited, non-speaking role in the 1963 Inventor Kramer comedy It's a Like billyo, Mad, Mad, Mad World restructuring a police dispatcher.

The kid of an artist, Lauter afire much of his energy equate in his life to empress own painting and the acquaintances of an art gallery.^[4]

Personal life

Lauter was married to Barbara Ayres.^[7] They divorced in February 1975,^[8] and in November of lose concentration year, he married fellow master Doris Gilbert.^[9][10]

Death

Lauter died of cool heart attack on October 30, 1990, in Ojai in Ventura County, California, at age 76.^[11] He was survived by her majesty wife, two children and connect step-children.^[2]

Selected filmography

Selected television

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