View Full Version : Character Actor Ed Lauter 1938-2013


Zoneboy
10-16-2013, 08:53 PM
He appeared in more than 200 films and TV episodes over the past four decades, with roles in "The Artist, “ER” and "Shameless."

Link (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/prolific-character-actor-ed-lauter-dies-649138)


Ed Lauter, the always working character actor who played the butler of Berenice Bejo’s character Peppy in the best-picture Oscar winner The Artist, died Wednesday. He was 74.

Lauter discovered in May that he had contracted mesothelioma, a terminal form of cancer most commonly caused by exposure to asbestos, publicist Edward Lozzi told The Hollywood Reporter.

Most recently, Lauter had recurring roles on Showtime drama Shameless as Dick Healey and on USA Network’s Pysch as Deputy Commissioner Ed Dystra. Earlier, he recurred on ER, playing Fire Captain Dannaker.

A native of Long Beach, N.Y., Lauter made his TV debut on a 1971 episode of Mannix and arrived on the big screen for the first time in the Western Dirty Little Billy (1972). He is listed with an incredible 204 acting credits on IMDb.

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icecream
10-17-2013, 06:23 PM
Mary McDonough posted he was on The Waltons. I don't remember him, what role did Ed play?

Mr. Television
10-17-2013, 06:32 PM
Mary McDonough posted he was on The Waltons. I don't remember him, what role did Ed play?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0743700/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_186

He's listed in the episode "The Car.."

gidgetgrape
10-17-2013, 08:07 PM
I liked him as Sarah Jessica Parker's dad in "Girl's Just Want To Have Fun."