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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Very sad. I remember him going all the way back to B.J. and the Bear. He was also on one of my favorite A-Team episodes. A very good character actor. R.I.P. Ed. :(

:rip: Ed Lauter. He's another one of those guys whose face you recognize even if you don't remember his name.

Another great actor gone. R.I.P.

:rip: Ed Lauter. He's another one of those guys whose face you recognize even if you don't remember his name.
True :( RIP Ed

Ed also appeared in the Season Finale of the 1st Season of The Original Charlie's Angels

He played a crooked cop named Lt. Fine in "The Blue Angels" which was the 2nd episode Directed by Georg Stanford Brown who is best known as Kate Jackson's Co-Star in the abc Cop Show The Rookies

The episode also featured Dirk Benedict from The Original Battlestar Galactica and The A-Team

Checkout this clip:

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