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Ed Lauter Acting Filmography (134)

The Beautiful Ones
2017·Dante Gabriel Tancredi
Chief Zabu
2016·Skip Keisel
The Town that Dreaded Sundown
2014·Sheriff Underwood
Casting By
2012·Self
Trouble with the Curve
2012·Max
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas
2012·Jim "Big Jim" Fitzgerald
La Classe américaine
2012·Self
The Artist
2011·Peppy's Butler
Carnal Innocence
2011·Austin Hatinger
The Frankenstein Syndrome
2010·Dr. Walton
Godspeed
2009·Mitch
Expecting a Miracle
2009·Walter Enright
Camille
2008·Sheriff Steiner
Seraphim Falls
2007·Parsons
The Number 23
2007·Father Sebastian
The Prince and the Pauper: The Movie
2007·Pop
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006·John Hanafin (uncredited)
The Lost
2006·Ed Anderson
Purple Heart
2005·Civilian
Into the Fire
2005·Captain Dave Cutler
The Longest Yard
2005·Duane
Brothers in Arms
2005·Mayor Crawley
Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
2004·General J.G. Shepherd
The Librarians
2004·John Strong
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004·Gun Expert
Grandpa's Place
2004·Grandpa
Art Heist
2004·Victor Boyd
Gentleman B.
2003·Harry Koslow
Seabiscuit
2003·Charles Strub
Go for Broke
2002·Warden Lessen
Not Another Teen Movie
2001·The Coach
Blast
2000·Swenson
Python
2000·Pilot
Thirteen Days
2000·Gen. Marshall Carter
Farewell, My Love
2000·Sergei Karpov
Civility
2000·Detective Erickson
Out in Fifty
1999·Ed Walker
Night of Terror
1999·Father Connelly
A Bright Shining Lie
1998·General Weyand
Dollar for the Dead
1998·Jacob Colby
Allie & Me
1997·Detective Frank Richards
Under Wraps
1997·Kubat
Childhood Sweetheart?
1997·Sheriff Bowman
Married to a Stranger
1997·Harry, Megan's Father
Top of the World
1997·Mel Ridgefield
Mulholland Falls
1996·Earl
The Sweeper
1996·Molls
Mercenary
1996·Jack Cochran
Rattled
1996·Murray Hendershot
Raven Hawk
1996·Sheriff Daggert
Coyote Summer
1996·Mitchell Foster
Digital Man
1995·Gen Roberts
Breach of Trust
1995·Colin Kreuger
Girl in the Cadillac
1995·Ben Wilmer
Leaving Las Vegas
1995·Mobster 3
The Tuskegee Airmen
1995·General Stevenson
Secret Sins of the Father
1994·Arnold Carter
Trial by Jury
1994·John Boyle
Wagons East!
1994·John Slade
Extreme Justice
1993·Captain Shafer
The Return of Ironside
1993·Chief Bell
Under Investigation
1993·Captain Maguire
True Romance
1993·Police Captain Quiggle (uncredited)
Murder So Sweet
1993·Glen Emory
Judgement
1992·Dallas Hale
School Ties
1992·Alan Greene
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
1992·Lieutenant Driscoll
Golden Years
1991·Gen. Louis Crewes
The Rocketeer
1991·Fitch
My Blue Heaven
1990·Underwood
Kojak: Flowers For Matty
1990·Police Armorer
Gleaming the Cube
1989·Mr. Kelly
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989·Whitney Ashbridge
Tennessee Nights
1989·Sheriff Williams
Born on the Fourth of July
1989·Legion Commander
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987·Buzz Mussinger
Raw Deal
1986·Baker
3:15 the Moment of Truth
1986·Moran
Double Image
1986·Jerry Tyler
Youngblood
1986·Murray Chadwick
The Defiant Ones
1986·Sheriff Leroy Doyle
Firefighter
1986·B.C. Thompson
The Last Days of Patton
1986·Dr. Lt.Col. Paul S. Hill
The Thanksgiving Promise
1986·Coach Gruniger
Death Wish 3
1985·Insp. Richard S. Shriker
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985·Colonel Glenn
Real Genius
1985·CIA Man Decker
Finders Keepers
1984·Josef Sirola
Lassiter
1984·Smoke
The Cartier Affair
1984·Lyndon Dean
The Three Wishes of Billy Grier
1984·Mr. Grier
The Seduction of Gina
1984·Carl
Nickel Mountain
1984·W.D. Freund
Cujo
1983·Joe Camber
Eureka
1983·Charles Perkins
The Big Score
1983·Parks
Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann
1982·Padre
In the Custody of Strangers
1982·Judge Halloran
Rooster
1982·Jack Claggert
The Amateur
1981·Anderson
Death Hunt
1981·Hazel
The Boy Who Drank Too Much
1980·Gus Carpenter
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
1980·Frank Morris
The Jericho Mile
1980·Jerry Beliot
Undercover with the KKK
1979·Raleigh Porter
Love's Savage Fury
1979·Sgt. Weed
Magic
1978·Duke
The Clone Master
1978·Bender
The Story of Noah
1978·Ularat
Loose Shoes
1978·Sheriff Bob
The White Buffalo
1977·Tom Custer
The Chicken Chronicles
1977·Mr. Nastase
Family Plot
1976·Joseph Maloney
King Kong
1976·Carnahan
French Connection II
1975·General William Brian
Breakheart Pass
1975·Major Claremont
Satan's Triangle
1975·Strickland
A Shadow in the Streets
1975·Siggy Taylor
Last Hours Before Morning
1975·Bud Delaney
The Longest Yard
1974·Captain Knauer
The Midnight Man
1974·Leroy
The Godchild
1974·Crees
The Migrants
1974·Mr. Barlow
Executive Action
1973·Operations Chief - Team A
Lolly-Madonna XXX
1973·Hawk Feather
Class of '63
1973·Dave McKay
The Last American Hero
1973·Burton Colt
The Moviemakers
1973·Self (uncredited)
Bad Company
1972·Orin
The Magnificent Seven Ride!
1972·Scott Elliot
Hickey & Boggs
1972·Ted
The New Centurions
1972·Galloway
Rage
1972·Simpson
Dirty Little Billy
1972·Tyler