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.

Movies unavailable from Harry Lauter

Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion

Josh Miller

Movie 1967

The Price of Freedom

Man in restaurant (uncredited)

Movie 1949

Creature with the Atom Brain

Reporter #1

Movie 1955

Experiment Alcatraz

Richard 'Dick' McKenna

Movie 1950

It Came from Beneath the Sea

Deputy Bill Nash

Movie 1955

Without Honor

Ambulance Attendant

Movie 1949

Rancho Notorious

Deputy at Gunsight (uncredited)

Movie 1952

The Gay Intruders

Male Secretary

Movie 1948

A Date with Death

Lt. George Caddell

Movie 1959

The Crooked Web

Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc

Movie 1955

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion

Self

Movie 1979

Outlaw Treasure

Jesse James

Movie 1955

Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring

House Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie 1971

Zamba

Jim

Movie 1949

The Gunfight at Dodge City

City Marshal Ed Masterson

Movie 1959

Apache Country

Dave Kilrain

Movie 1952

Superbeast

Stewart Victor

Movie 1972

Valley of Fire

Tod Rawlings

Movie 1951

Return to Treasure Island

Parker

Movie 1954

Whirlwind

Wade Trimble

Movie 1951

Hills of Utah

Henchman Evan Fox

Movie 1951

Girl on the Run

Drunk

Movie 1958

Moonrise

Movie 1948

The Cry Baby Killer

Police Lt. Porter

Movie 1958

Convict Stage

Ben Lattimore

Movie 1965

The Badge of Marshal Brennan

Dr. Hale

Movie 1957

Alimony

Doctor

Movie 1949

King of the Carnival

Bert King

Movie 1955

A Foreign Affair

Corporal (uncredited)

Movie 1948

Apache Ambush

Movie 1955

Prince of Pirates

Jan

Movie 1953

Flying Disc Man from Mars

Drake

Movie 1950

Flying Leathernecks

Movie 1951

The Toughest Gun in Tombstone

Joe Barger

Movie 1958

Dragnet

Officer Greeley

Movie 1954

The Women of Pitcairn Island

Ben Fish

Movie 1956

Manhunt in Space

Atlasan

Movie 1954

Blue Grass of Kentucky

Dick Wentworth

Movie 1950

Jungle Patrol

Lt. Derby

Movie 1948

Posse from Hell

Russell

Movie 1961

Fort Courageous

Joe

Movie 1965

For Pete's Sake

Movie 1966

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Cutting - Generator Technician (uncredited)

Movie 1956

The Louisiana Hussy

Clay Lanier

Movie 1959

According to Mrs. Hoyle

Gordon Warren

Movie 1951

Incident

Bill Manning

Movie 1948

More Dead than Alive

Doctor

Movie 1969

The Steel Fist

Franz

Movie 1952

When Willie Comes Marching Home

Aide (uncredited)

Movie 1950

Crime Wave

Roadblock Officer (uncredited)

Movie 1953

The Last Hurrah

Votes Tallyman (uncredited)

Movie 1958

The Showdown

Cowhand (uncredited)

Movie 1950

White Heat

Man with Microphone in Car (uncredited)

Movie 1949

I Was a Male War Bride

Naval Lt. Perkins (uncredited)

Movie 1949

Tucson

George Reeves Jr.

Movie 1949

The Big Heat

Hank O'Connell (uncredited)

Movie 1953

The Red Ball Express

Lt. Michaelson -- Sentry (uncredited)

Movie 1952

Crash of Moons

Atlasan

Movie 1954

The Werewolf

Deputy Ben Clovey

Movie 1956

Tarzan's Fight for Life

Dr. Ken Warwick

Movie 1958

Dig That Uranium

Haskell, the boss

Movie 1955

Fort Utah

Britches

Movie 1967

The Case Against Brooklyn

Movie 1958

The Magnificent Rogue

Boy Model

Movie 1946

The Mountains of the Moon

Whitehead

Movie 1967

Silver City Bonanza

Pete Horne

Movie 1951

Thunder in God's Country

Marshal Tim Gallery

Movie 1951

The Kid from Amarillo

Tom Mallory

Movie 1951

Missile Monsters

Drake

Movie 1958

The Todd Killings

Movie 1971

Ambush Bay

Cpl. Alvin Ross

Movie 1966

Bandit King of Texas

Trem Turner

Movie 1949

Frontier Investigator

Rocky's Brother

Movie 1949

Prince of the Plains

Tom Owens

Movie 1949

Fighting Lawman

Outlaw Al Clark - aka Al Deacons

Movie 1953

Topeka

Mack Wilson

Movie 1953

The Forty-Niners

Gambler

Movie 1954

Blonde Bait

State Department Security Chief

Movie 1956

Raiders of Old California

Scott Johnson

Movie 1957

The Wild Westerners

Jud Gotch

Movie 1962

Buffalo Gun

Vin

Movie 1961

Silver Needle in the Sky

Atlasan

Movie 1954

Timber Country Trouble

Webb, the lumberjack

Movie 1955

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Lieutenant in Charge of Landing Site

Movie 1951

711 Ocean Drive

Flirty Man at Bar (uncredited)

Movie 1950

Roadblock

Saunders (uncredited)

Movie 1951

Lord of the Jungle

Pilot

Movie 1955

Batman

Mr. Merrick (uncredited)

Movie 1966

Bunco Squad

James Worth (uncredited)

Movie 1950

The Great Jewel Robber

Reporter (uncredited)

Movie 1950

No Way Out

Orderly (uncredited)

Movie 1950

Talk About a Stranger

Clarence, Bookkeeper

Movie 1952

Trader Tom of the China Seas

Tom Rogers

Movie 1954

Sea Tiger

Randall, alias Jon Edmum

Movie 1952

Silver Needle in the Sky

Atlasande

Movie 1954

The Gypsy Moon

Atlasan

Movie 1954

This Woman Is Dangerous

Trooper (Uncredited)

Movie 1952

Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders

Constable Clark

Movie 1953

Fury River

Movie 1961

The Racket

Officer Mosley (uncredited)

Movie 1951

At Gunpoint

Federal Marshal

Movie 1955

Miami Exposé

Det. Tim Grogan

Movie 1956

Tv series unavailable from Harry Lauter

77 Sunset Strip

Tv 1958

Burke's Law

Dr. Kalmus

Tv 1963

Cheyenne

Tv 1955

Trackdown

Tv 1957

Gilligan's Island

Tv 1964

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Tv 1964

Alias Smith and Jones

Sheriff

Tv 1971

Room 222

Tv 1969

Mannix

Tv 1967

The Lone Ranger

Fred Vance

Tv 1949

Perry Mason

Chris Hearn

Tv 1957

Cannon

Tv 1971

Ironside

Tv 1967

Sea Hunt

Tv 1958

Laredo

Tv 1965

Going My Way

Tv 1962

Have Gun, Will Travel

Tv 1957

Cimarron Strip

Tv 1967

The Count of Monte Cristo

Tv 1956

The High Chaparral

Mobley

Tv 1967

The Millionaire

Andrew Stevens

Tv 1955

The Virginian

Cat McGraw

Tv 1962

The Life of Riley

Tv 1949

Yancy Derringer

Francis Jordan

Tv 1958

Peter Gunn

Tv 1958

The Gene Autry Show

Tv 1950

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Tv 1955

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

Charles Decker

Tv 1957

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Tv 1963

The Big Valley

Ben Watson

Tv 1965

Bronco

Bill Mack

Tv 1958

Wendy and Me

Tv 1964

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Tv 1956

Tarzan

Josh Miller

Tv 1966

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Tv 1951

Navy Log

Tv 1955

Branded

Tv 1965

The Rifleman

Tv 1958

Bat Masterson

Sheriff Conners

Tv 1958

Laramie

Tv 1959

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Tv 1967

Racket Squad

Tv 1951

Riverboat

Col. Tryker

Tv 1959

The Texan

Tv 1958

Wichita Town

Tv 1959

Buffalo Bill Jr.

Tv 1955

The Manhunter

Tv 1974

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Maurie - Gunman

Tv 1956

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Tv 1955

City Detective

Tv 1953

State Trooper

Tv 1956

The Adventures of Kit Carson

Tv 1951

26 Men

Tv 1957

Official Detective

Tv 1957

Hopalong Cassidy

Tv 1952

Captain Midnight

Tv 1954

Mr. & Mrs. North

Tv 1952

Maverick

Tv 1957

Biff Baker U.S.A.

George Carlton

Tv 1952

Hey, Jeannie!

Tierney

Tv 1956

Matt Helm

Dep. Sheriff Gibson

Tv 1975

Tombstone Territory

Sgt. Shelton

Tv 1957

The Virginian

Lund

Tv 1962

The Virginian

Roy Kane

Tv 1962

The Millionaire

Anders - Phone Co. Supervisor

Tv 1955

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Karger - Outlaw

Tv 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Union Sgt. Stone

Tv 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Hake Morris

Tv 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Stopes

Tv 1956

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Vic Stanley

Tv 1956

Four Star Playhouse

Lt. Stanton

Tv 1952

Four Star Playhouse

Bud

Tv 1952

Death Valley Days

Henry Schmidtlein

Tv 1952