Ed Lauter
An American actor He has appeared in numerous movies and was a stand up comic before getting into acting Lauter was born in Long Beach Long Island New York His films include The Last American Hero 1973 Executive Action 1973 The Midnight Man 1974 The Longest Yard 1974 Breakheart Pass 1975 King Kong 1976 Magic 1978 Death Hunt 1981 Cujo 1983 Real Genius 1985 Girls Just Want To Have Fun 1985 Death Wish 3 1985 Youngblood 1986 Raw Deal 1986 Revenge of the Nerds II Nerds in Paradise 1987 The Rocketeer 1991 School Ties 1992 True Romance 1993 Under Wraps 1997 Not Another Teen Movie 2001 Purple Heart 2005 Camille 2007 and A Modern Twain Story The Prince and the Pauper2007 He starred with Bruce Dern Barbara Harris Karen Black and William Devane in the final film of director Alfred Hitchcock Family Plot Hitchcock was impressed by Lauter and asked him to play a major role in the romantic espionage thriller he planned as his next film the directors failing health and eventual death in 1980 meant that The Short Night never went into production Lauters TV guest appearances include performances on Psych The XFiles Kojak The ATeam Booker Charmed Highlander The Series Star Trek The Next Generation as Lt Cmdr Albert in the season 5 episode The First DutyThe Equalizer and ER with a recurring role as Fire Captain Dannaker Description above from the Wikipedia article Ed Lauter licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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