HARRY LAUTER BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Harry Lauter was born on June 19th, 1914 in White Plains, New York with the birth name Herman Arthur Lauter, born to Hermen E. and Franceska Lauter. His family raised him in Colorado and began his career in the industry in the 1930's.
Some of his early film roles included, "The Magnificent Rogue" (1946) starring Lynne Roberts, Warren Douglas, Gerald Mohr and Adele Mara, "Hit Parade of 1947" (1947) starring Eddie Albert, Constance Moore Joan Edwards, "Jungle Patrol" (1948) starring Kristine Miller, Arthur Franz, Ross Ford and Tommy Noonan and State Department: File 649 (1949) starring William Lundigan and Virginia Bruce.
His first real star role was on the wstern television series, "Tales of the Texas Rangers" (1955) sharring the spotlight with fellow actor Willard Parker, for which he starred in a total of fifty two episodes.
Other television appearances over the course of his career included, "The Gene Autry Show", "Annie Oakley" starring Gail Davis and Jimmy Hawkins, "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" starring Ozzie Nelson and Ricky Nelson, "The Lone Ranger" starring Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels, "The Range Rider" starring Jock Mahoney and Dickie Jones, "Cowboy G-Men" starring Russell Hayden and Jackie Coogan, "Death Valley Days", "Gunsmoke" starring James Arness and Milburn Stone, "Rawhide" starring Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood, "The Virginian" starring James Drury and Doug McClure, "How the West Was Won" starring James Arness and "State Trooper" starring Rod Cameron among many others.
In addition to television work he remained working as a film actor appearing in, "White Heat" (1949) starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Edmond O'Brien, "The Cry Baby Killer" (1958) starring alongside Jack Nicholson in his film debut and Carolyn Mitchell, "Good Day for a Hanging" (1959) starring Fred MacMurray, Maggie Hayes, Joan Blackman and Robert Vaughn, "Posse From Hell" (1961) starring Audie Murphy, Vic Morrow, John Saxon, Royal Dano and James Bell, "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963) with an allstar cast including Spencer Tracy, Buddy Hackett, Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney, Edie Adams, Jimmy Durante, Dorothy Provine, Buster Keaton, Sid Caesar, Phil Silvers, Peter Falk just to name a few, "Convict Stage" (1965) co-staring Don 'Red' Barry and Jodi Mitchell, "Ambush Bay" (1966) starring Hugh O'Brian, Mickey Rooney and James Mitchum and "More Dead Than Alive" (1969) starring Clint Walker, Anne Francis and Vincent Price.
Later in life he owned an art gallery and displayed many of his own paintings. He married a total of two times throughout his life. His first wife was Barbara Jane Lauter whom he wed in 1952 and they had one child together before the marriage came to an end in 1980. He then married Doris Gilbert and they remained together until he passed away on October 30th, 1990 at the age of seventy six in Ojai, California. His remains were cremated and scattered throughout the Pacific Ocean.
Filmography
1979 How the West Was Won
1975-1976 The Blue Knight
1974 The Manhunter
1974 Chopper One
1973 Cannon
1973 Chase
1972 Room 222
1972 Superbeast
1972 Mission: Impossible
1972 The Smith Family
1966-1972 The F.B.I.
1972 Cade's County
1971 The Todd Killings
1971 Alias Smith and Jones
1971 Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1964-1971 The Virginian
1970 The High Chaparral
1970 Ironside
1970 Zig Zag
1970 Barquero
1970 Adam-12
1969 The Big Valley
1968-1969 The Guns of Will Sonnett
1965-1969 The Wild Wild West
1969 More Dead Than Alive
1953-1969 Death Valley Days
1968 Land of the Giants
1960-1968 Gunsmoke
1968 Mannix
1968 Daniel Boone
1967-1968 Cimarron Strip
1967 Tarzan
1964-1967 The Beverly Hillbillies
1966-1967 Iron Horse
1967 Fort Utah
1967 Dragnet 1967
1967 The Invaders
1967 The Time Tunnel
1967 Return of the Gunfighter
1966 Days of Our Lives
1966 Gomer Pyle: USMC
1966 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1966 For Pete's Sake
1966 The Green Hornet
1966 Batman
1966 Ambush Bay
1966 Laredo
1966 Daktari
1966 Hogan's Heroes
1956-1965 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
1959-1965 Rawhide
1965 Branded
1964-1965 My Favorite Martian
1965 Harlow
1965 Fort Courageous
1965 The Satan Bug
1965 Slattery's People
1964-1965 My Living Doll
1960-1965 Lassie
1965 Gilligan's Island
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1965 Convict Stage
1964 The Bing Crosby Show
1964 Arrest and Trial
1963 Temple Houston
1963 Burke's Law
1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
1963 The Third Man
1963 Perry Mason
1963 Showdown
1959-1963 Laramie
1962-1963 Hawaiian Eye
1963 The Rifleman
1956-1962 Cheyenne
1962 Going My Way
1961-1962 Bonanza
1962 Lonely Are the Brave
1958-1962 Tales of Wells Fargo
1962 National Velvet
1959-1961 Bronco
1958-1961 77 Sunset Strip
1957-1961 Maverick
1961 Lawman
1961 The Investigators
1959-1961 Sea Hunt
1961 Buffalo Gun
1960-1961 Stagecoach West
1961 Coronado 9
1961 Posse from Hell
1961 Sugarfoot
1961 Wagon Train
1961 Checkmate
1961 The Deputy
1960 Have Gun - Will Travel
1960 Klondike
1960 The Brothers Brannagan
1960 Key Witness
1958-1960 M Squad
1960 Riverboat
1960 Bat Masterson
1960 Peter Gunn
1960 Hotel de Paree
1960 Men Into Space
1959-1960 Colt .45
1960 This Man Dawson
1958-1959 Tombstone Territory
1959 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1959 Wichita Town
1959 World of Giants
1956-1959 Fury
1959 Date with Death
1959 Markham
1959 The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959 The Texan
1959 Louisiana Hussy
1959 The Rough Riders
1956-1959 Zane Grey Theater
1957-1959 State Trooper
1959 Yancy Derringer
1955-1959 The Millionaire
1959 Good Day for a Hanging
1955-1958 Tales of the Texas Rangers
1958 U.S. Marshal
1957-1958 The Lineup
1958 The Last Hurrah
1958 Girl on the Run
1958 Northwest Passage
1958 The Cry Baby Killer
1958 Jefferson Drum
1958 Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958 The Case Against Brooklyn
1958 The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958 Trackdown
1958 Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1958 Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1958 Return to Warbow
1957 Casey Jones
1957 26 Men
1957 Date with the Angels
1957 Raiders of Old Californi
1957 Jet Pilot
1957 Death in Small Doses
1957 Official Detective
1957 Code 3
1957 The George Sanders Mystery Theater
1957 The Lawless Eighties
1957 Hellcats of the Navy
1957 The Oklahoman
1957 Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
1957 The Silent Service
1957 The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1957 The Badge of Marshal Brennan
1957 Whirlybirds
1957 Soldiers of Fortune
1954-1957 Annie Oakley
1957 Hey, Jeannie!
1957 Dr. Christian
1956 The Women of Pitcairn Island
1949-1956 The Lone Ranger
1956 Navy Log
1956 The Count of Monte Cristo
1952-1956 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1956 Tension at Table Rock
1956 Miami Expose
1955-1956 Buffalo Bill Jr.
1956 Gun Brothers
1956 Combat Sergeant
1956 The Werewolf
1956 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956 Real George
1956 Four Star Playhouse
1956 The Three Outlaws
1956 Blonde Bait
1956 Women Without Men
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse
1956 Steve Donovan, Western Marshal
1955-1956 Cavalcade of America
1956 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955-1956 The Adventures of Champion
1956 Chevron Hall of Stars
1955 Dig That Uranium
1955 At Gunpoint
1955 The Crooked Web
1950-1955 The Gene Autry Show
1955 Apache Ambush
1955 It Came from Beneath the Sea
1955 Creature with the Atom Brain
1955 Schlitz Playhouse
1955 Not as a Stranger
1955 King of the Carnival
1955 Lord of the Jungle
1955 Outlaw Treasure
1955 The Eternal Sea
1954-1955 Treasury Men in Action
1953-1955 My Little Margie
1955 So You Don't Trust Your Wife
1955 The Public Defender
1952-1955 The Roy Rogers Show
1954 Captain Midnight
1951-1954 The Adventures of Kit Carson
1954 The Bob Mathias Story
1954 Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1954 Waterfront
1954 Dragnet
1954 Return to Treasure Island
1954 Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl
1954 Mr. and Mrs. North
1954 The Forty-Niners
1953-1954 The Loretta Young Show
1954 They Rode West
1954 Yankee Pasha
1953-1954 Ramar of the Jungle
1954 Dragonfly Squadron
1954 Stories of the Century
1954 Riot in Cell Block 11
1954 The Boy from Oklahoma
1954 Crime Wave
1954 Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954 The Joe Palooka Story
1954 City Detective
1953 Forbidden
1953 Fighter Attack
1953 Hopalong Cassidy
1953 Flight Nurse
1953 The Big Heat
1953 The Fighting Lawman
1953 Topeka
1953 Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invader
1953 Pack Train
1953 The Marshal's Daughter
1953 I Love Melvin
1952-1953 Cowboy G-Men
1953 Family Theatre
1953 Prince of Pirates
1953 Biff Baker, U.S.A.
1951-1953 The Range Rider
1952 Androcles and the Lion
1952 Battle Zone
1952 Yukon Gold
1952 Sea Tiger
1952 The Winning Team
1952 Sound Off
1952 Apache Country
1952 Red Ball Express
1952 Talk About a Stranger
1952 Night Stage to Galveston
1952 Bugles in the Afternoon
1952 Rancho Notorious
1952 This Woman Is Dangerous
1952 The Steel Fist
1951 I Want You
1951 The Racket
1951 Valley of Fire
1951 The Kid from Amarillo
1951 Come Fill the Cup
1951 The Hills of Utah
1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951 Roadblock
1951 The Mob
1951 Flying Leathernecks
1951 Let's Go Navy!
1951 Racket Squad
1951 Lorna Doone
1951 According to Mrs. Hoyle
1951 Whirlwind
1951 Thunder in God's Country
1951 Inside Straight
1951 Silver City Bonanza
1951 Call Me Mister
1951 Operation Pacific
1951 Bowery Battalion
1951 The Living Christ Series
1950 The Flying Missile
1950 Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard
1950 Experiment Alcatraz
1950 Flying Disc Man from Mars
1950 Ready to Ride
1950 I'll Get By
1950 Between Midnight and Dawn
1950 Bunco Squad
1950 No Way Out
1950 The Showdown
1950 The Great Jewel Robber
1950 711 Ocean Drive
1950 Fireside Theatre
1950 When Willie Comes Marching Hom
1950 Blue Grass of Kentucky
1949 Twelve O'Clock High
1949 The Great Dan Patch
1949 Without Honor
1949 The Life of
1949 Zamba
1949 White Heat
1949 Bandit King of Texas
1949 I Was a Male War Bride
1949 Slattery's Hurricane
1949 Alimony
1949 Frontier Investigator
1949 Tucson
1949 Prince of the Plains
1949 State Department: File 649
1948 Parole, Inc.
1948 Incident
1948 Moonrise
1948 The Gay Intruders
1948 A Foreign Affair
1948 Let's Live Again
1948 Jungle Patrol
1947 Hit Parade of 1947
1946 The Magnificent Rogue
1938 The Big Broadcast of 1938
1930 The Family Ford
