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.
121 movies · 89 shows
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979·0.0
Superbeast
1972·3.6
The Todd Killings
1971·4.6
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971·6.4
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1971·5.7
Barquero
1970·6.2
More Dead than Alive
1969·5.9
The Mountains of the Moon
1967·0.0
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967·6.3
Fort Utah
1967·4.3
Return of the Gunfighter
1967·6.1
For Pete's Sake
1966·7.5
Batman
1966·6.4
Ambush Bay
1966·5.6
Fort Courageous
1965·5.1
The Satan Bug
1965·6.1
Convict Stage
1965·6.4
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963·7.0
The Wild Westerners
1962·7.2
Lonely are the Brave
1962·7.4
Fury River
1961·6.3
Buffalo Gun
1961·9.0
Posse from Hell
1961·6.2
A Date with Death
1959·4.7
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959·5.7
The Louisiana Hussy
1959·4.7
The Last Hurrah
1958·7.2
Girl on the Run
1958·7.0
Cry Baby Killer
1958·5.8
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958·4.6
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958·6.1
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958·6.5
Missile Monsters
1958·4.0
Raiders of Old California
1957·5.4
Death in Small Doses
1957·5.1
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957·6.0
Hellcats of the Navy
1957·4.8
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
1957·6.5
The Women of Pitcairn Island
1956·4.2
Miami Exposé
1956·6.0
The Werewolf
1956·5.6
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956·6.1
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956·6.7
Blonde Bait
1956·5.8
Dig That Uranium
1955·4.3
At Gunpoint
1955·6.7
The Crooked Web
1955·6.0
Apache Ambush
1955·6.3
Creature with the Atom Brain
1955·5.1
It Came from Beneath the Sea
1955·5.7
King of the Carnival
1955·9.0
Lord of the Jungle
1955·6.7
Outlaw Treasure
1955·9.0
Timber Country Trouble
1955·0.0
The Gypsy Moon
1954·2.5
Dragnet
1954·6.1
The Forty-Niners
1954·6.0
Crash of Moons
1954·3.6
Return to Treasure Island
1954·5.6
This My Son
1954·0.0
Silver Needle in the Sky
1954·5.5
Yankee Pasha
1954·5.3
Dragonfly Squadron
1954·6.5
Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954·10.0
Manhunt in Space
1954·3.2
Fighter Attack
1953·4.5
Crime Wave
1953·7.1
The Big Heat
1953·7.7
Fighting Lawman
1953·6.0
Topeka
1953·6.0
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
1953·6.5
The Marshal's Daughter
1953·4.3
Prince of Pirates
1953·8.3
Yukon Gold
1952·5.0
Sea Tiger
1952·6.5
Apache Country
1952·9.0
The Red Ball Express
1952·5.9
Talk About a Stranger
1952·6.2
Rancho Notorious
1952·6.5
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952·5.9
The Steel Fist
1952·6.0
Valley of Fire
1951·10.0
The Kid from Amarillo
1951·7.0
The Racket
1951·6.3
Come Fill the Cup
1951·7.0
Hills of Utah
1951·9.0
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951·7.5
Roadblock
1951·5.9
Flying Leathernecks
1951·5.8
According to Mrs. Hoyle
1951·5.7
Whirlwind
1951·6.0
Thunder in God's Country
1951·10.0
Silver City Bonanza
1951·8.0
The Flying Missile
1950·5.3
Experiment Alcatraz
1950·6.9
Flying Disc Man from Mars
1950·4.9
Bunco Squad
1950·6.1
No Way Out
1950·6.9
The Showdown
1950·6.0
The Great Jewel Robber
1950·7.6
711 Ocean Drive
1950·6.4
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950·6.9
Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950·7.0
Twelve O'Clock High
1949·7.2
Without Honor
1949·4.7
White Heat
1949·7.6
Zamba
1949·5.0
Bandit King of Texas
1949·8.0
I Was a Male War Bride
1949·7.0
The Great Dan Patch
1949·5.5
Alimony
1949·6.1
Frontier Investigator
1949·9.0
The Price of Freedom
1949·8.0
Tucson
1949·7.5
Prince of the Plains
1949·8.0
Jungle Patrol
1948·6.7
Incident
1948·5.4
Moonrise
1948·6.3
The Gay Intruders
1948·6.7
A Foreign Affair
1948·7.1
The Magnificent Rogue
1946·6.5