Harry Lauter

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Harry Lauter
Born	Herman Arthur Lauter June 19, 1914(1914-06-19) White Plains, New York, U.S.
Died	October 30, 1990 (aged 76) Ojai, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–1979

Herman Arthur "Harry" Lauter (June 19, 1914 – October 30, 1990) was an American character actor.

He came to be a familiar presence in low-budget films, serials (where he was often cast because of his facial resemblance to stuntman Tom Steele, who would double him), and television programs in the 1950s, though he only once really came close to a stardom, as one of the leads in the television series Tales of the Texas Rangers in 1950, along with episodic appearances on Gunsmoke and Cheyenne among other series. Most of his career was spent as a serviceable second lead or heavy, though he continued to play bit parts in larger pictures, including an uncredited part as a plain-clothesed policeman in the 1949 crime drama, White Heat which starred James Cagney and Edmond O'Brien.

The son of an artist, he devoted much of his energy late in his life to his own painting and running an art gallery. He died in 1990.

External links

• Harry Lauter at the Internet Movie Database

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