Harry Lauter
Date of birth: 1914-06-19
Place of birth: White Plains, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Herman Arthur Lauter, Harry T. Lauter, Herman Arthur "Harry" Lauter
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion
1967-09-06
In this exciting jungle adventure the esteemed archaeologist, Dr Singleton, and his daughter, Mary,
The Price of Freedom
1949-04-29
The son of a newspaper editor visits his uncle in Germany and learns how government control graduall
Dragonfly Squadron
1954-03-21
A Korean War film with a secondary plot of the training of South Korean pilots, to fly fighters in a
The Satan Bug
1965-03-26
A US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has
Creature with the Atom Brain
1955-07-01
Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers,
Experiment Alcatraz
1950-11-21
A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
It Came from Beneath the Sea
1955-07-01
A giant octopus, whose feeding habits have been affected by radiation from H-Bomb tests, rises from
Without Honor
1949-10-26
Jane, a housewife, is confronted during her daily chores by Dennis, her married lover with whom she
Twelve O'Clock High
1949-12-21
In the early days of daylight bombing raids over Germany, General Frank Savage must take command of
Rancho Notorious
1952-04-10
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, A
The Gay Intruders
1948-09-02
Psychiatrists move in with bickering stage spouses and start bickering too.
A Date with Death
1959-06-01
A drifter riding the rails gets mistaken for the new sheriff of a small town. He takes the police jo
The Crooked Web
1955-11-30
Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the
When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979-06-05
Some of TV and film's popular western actors reunite in this tribute special hosted by Glenn Ford.
Death in Small Doses
1957-09-15
A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
Outlaw Treasure
1955-05-15
When two outlaw gangs team up to rob gold shipments, the U.s. Army sends their ace-troubleshooter, D
Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring
1971-02-16
Dennie has returned from a year among the hippies to her superficial, image-conscious suburban famil
Zamba
1949-09-01
Jenny and her six-year-old son, Tommy, are flying over the Belgian Congo when they are forced to bai
The Gunfight at Dodge City
1959-05-01
Fleeing to Dodge City after killing a man in self defence Masterson finds his brother Ed (Harry Laut
Apache Country
1952-05-30
A criminal gang provokes the local Apaches in order to divert the authorities' attention from their
Superbeast
1972-11-01
A doctor finds a jungle laboratory, complete with mad scientist and genetic engineering experiments
Valley of Fire
1951-11-20
An outcast gambler hijacks a wagon train of eligible women taken west by a mayor.
Return to Treasure Island
1954-06-30
There's something to be said for finishing what you've started. That's why the gentile Captain Long
Whirlwind
1951-04-16
A singing postal inspector (Gene Autry) and his partner (Smiley Burnette) save a woman's (Gail Davis
Hills of Utah
1951-09-30
A singing doctor on horseback heals a feud between cattlemen and copper miners.
Girl on the Run
1958-10-10
A Hollywood private eye (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) seeks a singer being stalked by a hired killer.
Moonrise
1948-10-01
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one
Cry Baby Killer
1958-08-15
After committing what he thinks is murder, teenage Jimmy Wallace panics and holds a couple hostage.
Convict Stage
1965-01-01
A cowboy whose sister has been murdered by a gang of vicious outlaws seeks his revenge. But a venera
The Badge of Marshal Brennan
1957-04-14
Jim Davis is a man on the run. He comes across the body of a dead man wearing the badge of a marshal
Alimony
1949-06-11
A promising young composer is tempted away from his devoted wife by a fortune-seeking woman who care
King of the Carnival
1955-06-27
Treasury agents go after a ring of counterfeiters operating out of a traveling carnival.
A Foreign Affair
1948-08-20
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman
Apache Ambush
1955-08-24
Two former enemies find themselves together on a cattle drive and fighting marauding Apaches and Mex
Prince of Pirates
1953-03-07
In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret trea
Flying Disc Man from Mars
1950-10-25
Mota is a Martian representative, who has come to impose interplanetary law on the Earth (which has
Flying Leathernecks
1951-08-28
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go int
The Toughest Gun in Tombstone
1958-05-14
A lawman goes undercover in order to capture the outlaws who murdered his wife.
Dragnet
1954-09-04
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.
The Women of Pitcairn Island
1956-12-01
The widows and children of survivors of the H.M.S. Bounty rule Pitcairn Island, fighting off sailors
Manhunt in Space
1954-01-01
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger fights space pirates over an invisible spaceship.
Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950-01-22
The story revolves around a colt born in Kentucky and named "Blue Grass". and the training of the co
Jungle Patrol
1948-11-01
Eight fighter pilots hold off constant Japanese attacks during the construction of an airstrip in Ne
Posse from Hell
1961-03-01
Banner Cole is a tough sheriff's deputy who forms a small posse to go after 4 death cell escapees wh
Fort Courageous
1965-05-01
In this western, a cavalry sergeant is wrongly court-martialed. To reclaim his good name, he takes o
For Pete's Sake
1966-10-14
"For Pete's Sake" is the heartfelt and inspiring story of a man (Robert Sampson) struggling to come
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
1956-06-13
Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a dire
The Great Dan Patch
1949-07-22
David Palmer, a young chemist, returns to his father's Indiana farm, to marry a local school teacher
The Louisiana Hussy
1959-04-01
Cajun newlyweds must deal with the jealousy of his brother, who also loved her, and the arrival of a
According to Mrs. Hoyle
1951-05-20
A retired teacher sells her apartment to a group of gangsters.
Incident
1948-10-30
An innocent man -- due to a case of mistaken identity -- is beaten. Once recovered, the stockbroker
More Dead than Alive
1969-01-15
When the multiple murderer Cain is released from prison after 18 years, he wants to settle down as a
The Steel Fist
1952-01-06
In an Iron Curtain country an idealistic student goes on the run from the Communist authorities.
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950-02-17
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frus
Crime Wave
1953-10-22
Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out fo
The Last Hurrah
1958-12-31
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a yo
Yukon Gold
1952-08-30
In this Yukon adventure, a gold mining community is rocked by a murder. A Mountie investigates and e
The Showdown
1950-08-15
Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man wh
White Heat
1949-09-02
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his ol
I Was a Male War Bride
1949-08-26
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a Frenc
Hellcats of the Navy
1957-05-01
Future "first couple" Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis made their only joint film appearance in Hellcat
Tucson
1949-04-27
The story of Andy Bryant, a University of Arizona student whose grades suffer because of his preoccu
The Big Heat
1953-10-14
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law in
The Red Ball Express
1952-05-29
August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward
Crash of Moons
1954-07-10
A three-part episode from the TV series Rocky Jones, Space Ranger edited together and released as a
The Werewolf
1956-07-01
The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committe
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958-08-15
Dr. Sturdy is trying to establish a modern hospital in the jungle. His efforts are strongly opposed
Dig That Uranium
1955-12-25
The boys buy a uranium mine out west, but when they get there they find that it's pretty much worthl
Fort Utah
1967-09-01
An ex-gunfighter goes up against a man who is trying to stir up trouble with the Indians to enrich h
The Case Against Brooklyn
1958-06-01
A rookie cop takes on criminals who have the local government in their pocket.
The Magnificent Rogue
1946-11-07
A serviceman returns home at the end of WWII to discover his wife has become the head of her own ver
The Flying Missile
1950-12-24
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
The Mountains of the Moon
1967-11-24
A religious sect, cheated by an adventurer, wants to occupy an African territory not knowing that it
Silver City Bonanza
1951-03-01
Blind Pete Horne knows the location of the Lost Spanish Silver Lode, but is knifed before he can tel
Thunder in God's Country
1951-04-07
Hidden Valley has managed to retain its Old Western atmosphere, free of modern-day corruption, until
The Kid from Amarillo
1951-10-29
Charles "Durango" Starrett and his pal Smiley Burnette go after smugglers. Our heroes travel incogni
Missile Monsters
1958-01-01
A warlord from Mars recruits an Earth industrialist with a Nazi past to manufacture weapons by means
The Todd Killings
1971-10-20
Based on the true story of '60s thrill-killer Charles Schmidt ("The Pied Piper of Tucson"), Skipper
Ambush Bay
1966-05-10
A Marine unit on a Japanese-held island in the Philippines tries to hook up with local Filipino guer
Bandit King of Texas
1949-08-29
The Jewel Land Company of Elko, Texas is selling Government land to settlers. Before any of the sett
Frontier Investigator
1949-05-01
Rocky Lane, out to find the murderer of his brother, runs into a battle between two stage lines for
Prince of the Plains
1949-04-08
Banker Ned Owens refuses to call in the many unpaid loans made to the local ranchers as he knows the
Fighting Lawman
1953-09-20
A US Marshal hunts down three bank robbers that are living under new identities.
The Marshal's Daughter
1953-06-25
To fully appreciate the western comedy The Marshal's Daughter, one must be aware that its star, a za
Topeka
1953-08-09
Bill Elliot emulates his idol William S. Hart in the superior western Topeka. Elliot plays the arche
The Forty-Niners
1954-07-30
1849 California and the Gold Boom. Marshal Sam Nelson goes under cover to find out the identity of a
Blonde Bait
1956-04-01
Seeking the whereabouts of international gangster Nick Randall, the US State Department contacts Sco
Raiders of Old California
1957-11-01
A villainous cavalry officer is trying to force the owner of a hacienda to give him his land when a
The Wild Westerners
1962-06-06
Sheriff Plummer and his men are using their badges to easily rob gold shipments and kill the drivers
Buffalo Gun
1961-07-01
In this western, the Indians claim that their government rations are being stolen and they threaten
Silver Needle in the Sky
1954-05-29
Rocky Jones tries to free the hostages and thwart the plans of the evil Queen Cleolantha.
Lonely are the Brave
1962-04-26
A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape wit
Timber Country Trouble
1955-05-08
A short feature western comprising two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series, the episodes be
The Day the Earth Stood Still
1951-09-18
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destru
711 Ocean Drive
1950-07-01
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a bet
Roadblock
1951-09-17
An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
Lord of the Jungle
1955-06-12
The jungle boy tries to stop a herd of rogue elephants.
Batman
1966-07-30
The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a s
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971-05-20
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a s
Barquero
1970-07-29
Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robb
Bunco Squad
1950-09-01
Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells,
The Great Jewel Robber
1950-07-15
Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the noto
No Way Out
1950-08-16
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accu
Talk About a Stranger
1952-04-18
Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Trader Tom of the China Seas
1954-01-06
In this 12 Chapter serial the UN enlists trader Tom Rogers and Vivian Wells, to lead the effort to p
Sea Tiger
1952-07-27
Murder ensues when owners and hired help contrive against each other to obtain diamonds and gold ing
Silver Needle in the Sky
1954-05-29
Rocky Jones tries to free the hostages and thwart the plans of the evil Queen Cleolantha.
The Gypsy Moon
1954-12-25
Rocky Jones and his buddies happen upon two strange moons orbiting each other. They soon discover th
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952-02-09
A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to the h
Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
1953-07-08
A villain named Marlof attempts to set up secret missile bases inside Canada so he can launch missil
Fury River
1961-09-14
Rogers Rangers fight the French & Indians in Canada while searching for a waterway which will lead t
The Racket
1951-10-25
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanl
Yankee Pasha
1954-04-17
Tale of an adventurer trying to rescue a damsel kidnapped by pirates.
At Gunpoint
1955-12-25
A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
Miami Exposé
1956-09-01
A police detective baits killer gamblers with a mob witness (Patricia Medina) in the Everglades.
Return of the Gunfighter
1967-03-25
A gunfighter and a cowboy help a Mexican girl avenge the land-related murder of her parents.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963-11-07
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $
This My Son
1954-06-27
Modern adaption of the prodigal son.
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957-05-04
In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his hench
Fighter Attack
1953-11-29
World War II film set in German occupied Italy. A US fighter pilot is shot down in enemy territory d
Come Fill the Cup
1951-10-24
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. A