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Wings Hauser

 
Actor: Wings Hauser
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  • Born: Dec 12, 1948
  • Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer
  • Active: '80s-'90s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Action
  • Career Highlights: A Soldier's Story, Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling, In Between
  • First Major Screen Credit: Vice Squad (1982)

Biography

The years of struggle and near-starvation for actor Wings Hauser began paying off when, in 1977, he was cast as Greg Foster on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless. Fans of the series may remember that, at the time, the actor billed himself as J.D. Hauser. In the 1982 movie melodrama Vice Squad, Hauser forever sealed his cinematic future by playing the most scurrilous, hate-inducing bad guy this side of Richard Widmark. While he'd occasionally show up in a sympathetic role, Hauser spent most of his time "down and dirty" in "B" actioners and direct-to-video flicks. A much pleasanter chap in his TV appearances, Hauser has been seen on two TV sitcoms, 1986's The Last Precinct (as Lt. Hobbs) and the long-running Roseanne (as the Conners' off-and-on next-door neighbor). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Wings Hauser
Born Gerald Dwight Hauser
December 12, 1947 (1947-12-12) (age 61)
Hollywood, California
Occupation Film, television actor
Spouse(s) Cass Warner, Cali Hauser

Wings Hauser (born December 12, 1947) is an American actor, director and film writer.

Hauser was born Gerald Dwight Hauser in Hollywood, California, the son of Geraldine (née Thienes) and Academy Award-winning director and producer Dwight Hauser (1911–1969).[1] His brother is actor Erich Hauser.

In 1975, Hauser released an album for RCA with title, Your Love Keeps Me Off the Streets. For this LP he used the name Wings Livinryte. Hauser first attracted notice in 1977 in the soap opera The Young and the Restless as Greg Foster. He has appeared in 41 television series, including recurring roles in Beverly Hills 90210, Murder, She Wrote and Roseanne. In 1983 he wrote, and produced the Paramount box-office hit, Uncommon Valor. Hauser has also managed to sustain an eclectic movie career, highlighted by rather eccentric, intense character portrayals in movies such as Vice Squad, Deadly Force, No Safe Haven, and Tough Guys Don't Dance.

From his first marriage to Cass Warner he has son actor Cole Hauser. Hauser is married to actress Cali Hauser and has daughter Bright Hauser. Cult film festival, The Melbourne Underground Film Festival, held a Wings Hauser retrospective in 2009.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Wings Hauser Biography (1947-)

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