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.

Фільмографія

• Matt Helm — Dep. Sheriff Gibson
• The Manhunter
• 1972Superbeast — Stewart Victor
• Alias Smith and Jones — Sheriff
• Cannon
• 1971Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring — House Party Guest (uncredited)
• 1971The Todd Killings
• 1971Втеча з планети Мавп — General Winthrop
• 1970Barquero — Steele
• 1969More Dead than Alive — Doctor
• Room 222
• Adam-12 — Mike, Sgt. Poster
• Land of the Giants — Policeman
• Cimarron Strip — Youngston
• 1967Fort Utah — Britches
• Ironside
• Mannix
• 1967Return of the Gunfighter — Frank Marlowe
• 1967Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion — Josh Miller
• The Guns of Will Sonnett
• The High Chaparral — Mobley
• The Invaders — Alien
• 1967The Mountains of the Moon — Whitehead
• 1966Ambush Bay — Cpl. Alvin Ross
• 1966For Pete's Sake
• Tarzan — Josh Miller
• The Time Tunnel — Wilson, Mr. Johnson
• 1966Бетмен — Mr. Merrick (uncredited)
• Зелений Шершень — Brannigan
• Branded
• 1965Convict Stage — Ben Lattimore
• 1965Fort Courageous — Joe
• Hogan's Heroes — Submarine Captain
• Laredo — Spence Gillis
• The Big Valley — Ben Watson
• The F.B.I. — Judd Conners, Sheriff
• 1965The Satan Bug — Fake SDI Agent
• The Wild Wild West — Marshall
• Daniel Boone — Corbin
• Gilligan's Island
• Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
• Wendy and Me
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• Burke's Law — Dr. Kalmus
• 1963Цей шалений, шалений, шалений, шалений світ — Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
• Going My Way
• 1962Lonely are the Brave — Deputy in Canyon (uncredited)
• The Virginian — Cat McGraw, Lund, Roy Kane, Wade
• 1962The Wild Westerners — Jud Gotch
• Селюки з Беверлі-Хіллс — Motorcycle Officer
• 1961Buffalo Gun — Vin
• 1961Fury River
• 1961Posse from Hell — Russell
• The Investigators — John Maitland
• Stagecoach West — North, Captain Avery, Doyle
• 1959A Date with Death — Lt. George Caddell
• Bonanza — Barrett
• Laramie
• Rawhide — Billy Grant, Kirby, Reagan, Hank, Capt. Ross, Orville Tippet, Maj. Blaine, Lenny
• Riverboat — Col. Tryker
• 1959The Gunfight at Dodge City — City Marshal Ed Masterson
• 1959The Louisiana Hussy — Clay Lanier
• Wichita Town
• 77 Sunset Strip — Duke
• Bat Masterson — Sheriff Conners
• Bronco — Bill Mack
• 1958Cry Baby Killer — Police Lt. Porter
• 1958Girl on the Run — Drunk
• Lawman — Compton Schaeffer
• 1958Missile Monsters — Drake
• Peter Gunn
• Sea Hunt
• 1958Tarzan's Fight for Life — Dr. Ken Warwick
• 1958The Case Against Brooklyn
• 1958The Last Hurrah — Votes Tallyman (uncredited)
• The Rifleman
• The Texan
• 1958The Toughest Gun in Tombstone — Joe Barger
• Yancy Derringer — Francis Jordan
• 26 Men
• 1957Death in Small Doses — Steve Hummel / Mr. Brown
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Crawford - Miner
• 1957Hellcats of the Navy — Lt. (j.g.) Wes Barton
• 1957Jet Pilot
• Maverick
• Official Detective
• 1957Raiders of Old California — Scott Johnson
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Charles Decker
• 1957Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend — Briggs (uncredited)
• Tales of Wells Fargo — Henry Wilson
• 1957The Badge of Marshal Brennan — Dr. Hale
• Tombstone Territory — Sgt. Shelton
• Trackdown
• Перрі Мейсон — Chris Hearn
• 1956Blonde Bait — State Department Security Chief
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Maurie, Karger, Stone, Hake Morris, Stopes, Vic Stanley
• 1956Earth vs. the Flying Saucers — Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)
• Hey, Jeannie! — Tierney
• 1956Miami Exposé — Det. Tim Grogan
• Playhouse 90 — Breed
• State Trooper — Ben Everett
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• 1956The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit — Army Corporal on Leave (uncredited)
• 1956The Werewolf — Deputy Ben Clovey
• 1956The Women of Pitcairn Island — Ben Fish
• 1955Apache Ambush
• 1955At Gunpoint — Federal Marshal
• Buffalo Bill Jr.
• Cheyenne — Walt Taylor
• 1955Creature with the Atom Brain — Reporter #1
• 1955Dig That Uranium — Haskell, the boss
• 1955It Came from Beneath the Sea — Deputy Bill Nash
• 1955King of the Carnival — Bert King
• 1955Lord of the Jungle — Pilot
• Navy Log
• 1955Outlaw Treasure — Jesse James
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Truck Driver
• Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
• 1955The Crooked Web — Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc
• The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
• The Millionaire — Andrew Stevens, Anders - Phone Co. Supervisor
• 1955Timber Country Trouble — Webb, the lumberjack
• Дим зі ствола — Clay, Sy, Martin, Terry, Kelly, Leach, Gregory Bellow, Henry Rucker, Michael Drennan
• Captain Midnight
• 1954Crash of Moons — Atlasan
• 1954Dragnet — Officer Greeley
• 1954Dragonfly Squadron — Capt. Vedders
• 1954Manhunt in Space — Atlasan
• Public Defender — Deputy Sheriff Malden
• 1954Return to Treasure Island — Parker
• 1954Silver Needle in the Sky — Atlasan, Atlasande
• 1954The Forty-Niners — Gambler
• 1954The Gypsy Moon — Atlasan
• 1954This My Son — Don Caldwell
• 1954Trader Tom of the China Seas — Tom Rogers
• Waterfront — Jim Herrick
• 1954Yankee Pasha — Dick Bailey
• 1953Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders — Constable Clark
• City Detective
• 1953Crime Wave — Roadblock Officer (uncredited)
• 1953Fighter Attack — Lt. Duncan
• 1953Fighting Lawman — Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons
• Letter to Loretta — Bailey
• 1953Prince of Pirates — Jan
• 1953The Marshal's Daughter — Russ Mason
• 1953Topeka — Mack Wilson
• 1953Сильна спека — Hank O'Connell (uncredited)
• 1952Apache Country — Dave Kilrain
• Biff Baker U.S.A. — George Carlton
• Cavalcade of America — Ray Marshall, Harry Grant
• Death Valley Days — Henry Schmidtlein
• Four Star Playhouse — Bud, Lt. Stanton
• Hopalong Cassidy
• Mr. & Mrs. North — Barry Weston
• 1952Rancho Notorious — Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)
• 1952Sea Tiger — Randall, alias Jon Edmum
• 1952Talk About a Stranger — Clarence, Bookkeeper
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet — Honor Guard Captain, Harry, Atkins
• 1952The Red Ball Express — Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)
• 1952The Steel Fist — Franz
• 1952This Woman Is Dangerous — Trooper (Uncredited)
• 1952Yukon Gold — Ace Morgan
• 1951According to Mrs. Hoyle — Gordon Warren
• 1951Come Fill the Cup — Cameron - Ives' Pilot (uncredited)
• 1951Flying Leathernecks — Freddie (uncredited)
• 1951Hills of Utah — Henchman Evan Fox
• Racket Squad
• 1951Roadblock — Saunders (uncredited)
• 1951Silver City Bonanza — Pete Horne
• The Adventures of Kit Carson
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
• 1951The Kid from Amarillo — Tom Mallory
• 1951The Racket — Officer Mosley (uncredited)
• The Roy Rogers Show — Ralph Colton
• 1951Thunder in God's Country — Marshal Tim Gallery
• 1951Valley of Fire — Tod Rawlings
• 1951Whirlwind — Wade Trimble
• 1951День, коли Земля зупинилась — Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site
• 1950711 Ocean Drive — Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)
• 1950Blue Grass of Kentucky — Dick Wentworth
• 1950Bunco Squad — James Worth (uncredited)
• 1950Experiment Alcatraz — Richard 'Dick' McKenna
• 1950Flying Disc Man from Mars — Drake
• 1950No Way Out — Orderly (uncredited)
• 1950The Flying Missile — Army Base Information Desk Clerk
• The Gene Autry Show — Ron Williams, Henchman in Plaid Shirt
• 1950The Great Jewel Robber — Reporter (uncredited)
• 1950The Showdown — Cowhand (uncredited)
• 1950When Willie Comes Marching Home — Aide (uncredited)
• 1949Alimony — Doctor
• 1949Bandit King of Texas — Trem Turner
• 1949Frontier Investigator — Rocky's Brother
• 1949I Was a Male War Bride — Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)
• 1949Prince of the Plains — Tom Owens
• 1949The Great Dan Patch — Bud Ransome
• The Life of Riley
• The Lone Ranger — Fred Vance
• 1949The Price of Freedom — Man in restaurant (uncredited)
• 1949Tucson — George Reeves Jr.
• 1949Twelve O'Clock High — Radio officer
• 1949Without Honor — Ambulance Attendant
• 1949Zamba — Jim
• 1949Білий гарт — Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)
• 1948A Foreign Affair — Corporal (uncredited)
• 1948Incident — Bill Manning
• 1948Jungle Patrol — Lt. Derby
• 1948Moonrise
• 1948The Gay Intruders — Male Secretary
• 1946The Magnificent Rogue — Boy Model

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• 1979When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion — Self