Harry Lauter
1914-1990
Known for Escape from the Planet of the Apes, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Batman.
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
Convict Stage (1965)
Superbeast (1972)
The Steel Fist (1952)
Yukon Gold (1952)
Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Raiders of Old California (1957)
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
Prince of Pirates (1953)
The Gypsy Moon (1954)
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
The Satan Bug (1965)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
Crime Wave (1953)
Lonely are the Brave (1962)
Moonrise (1948)
The Big Heat (1953)
The Racket (1951)
White Heat (1949)
The Red Ball Express (1952)
