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Acting

Ed Lauter

Career: Active from 1972 to 2016, busiest in 1986 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 20
top three billing

Average score: 51/100

Highest rated: Family Plot
76/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 135 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ed Lauter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0
Fantasy
0.8, average 1.7
Family Dynamics
4.0, average 4.8
Showbiz
0.6, average 1.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 6
Suspenseful 5
Psychological Thriller 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Coming-of-Age 4
Redemption 4
Social Commentary 4
Quirky Characters 3
Revenge Thriller 3
1980s Nostalgia 3
Historical Setting 3
Bleak Atmosphere 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

182

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

9 titles · average score 59

The Beautiful Ones

55

as Dante Gabriel Tancredi

as Skip Keisel

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

55

as Sheriff Underwood

Trouble with the Curve

60

as Max

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas

57

as Jim "Big Jim" Fitzgerald

Shameless

79

TV show · as Dick Healey

The Artist

85

as Peppy's Butler

Carnal Innocence

43

as Austin Hatinger

The Frankenstein Syndrome

42

as Dr. Walton

2000s

32 titles · average score 53

Godspeed

36

as Mitch

Camille

56

as Sheriff Steiner

Seraphim Falls

61

as Parsons

Psych

80

TV show · as Ed Dykstra

The Lost

70

as Ed Anderson

The Office

80

TV show · as Sam Stone Sr.

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Timothy Miller

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

32

as General J.G. Shepherd

Gentleman B.

as Harry Koslow

Cold Case

73

TV show · as Shep 'Mack' McAvoy (2008)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

68

TV show · as Barclay Tobin

Blast

52

as Swenson

1990s

48 titles · average score 57

Charmed

70

TV show · as Sutter

Childhood Sweetheart?

as Sheriff Bowman

Under Wraps

59

as Kubat

The Sweeper

38

as Molls

Raven Hawk

52

as Sheriff Daggert

Wagons East!

22

as John Slade

Trial by Jury

29

as John Boyle

The X-Files

76

TV show · as Col. Marcus Aurelius Belt

Golden Years

52

TV show · as Gen. Louis Crewes

The Rocketeer

66

as Fitch

Golden Years

55

as Gen. Louis Crewes

Law & Order

74

TV show · as Defense Counsel Glick

1980s

51 titles · average score 58

Raw Deal

45

as Baker

Double Image

as Jerry Tyler

Youngblood

57

as Murray Chadwick

The Defiant Ones

56

as Sheriff Leroy Doyle

Death Wish 3

38

as Insp. Richard S. Shriker

Girls Just Want to Have Fun

55

as Colonel Glenn

The Cartier Affair

44

as Lyndon Dean

Lassiter

45

as Smoke

Cujo

58

as Joe Camber

Eureka

44

as Charles Perkins

Death Hunt

48

as Hazel

The Boy Who Drank Too Much

as Gus Carpenter

1970s

39 titles · average score 59

Undercover with the KKK

as Raleigh Porter

Magic

68

as Duke

The Chicken Chronicles

48

as Mr. Nastase

Family Plot

76

as Joseph Maloney

Charlie's Angels

44

TV show · as Lt. Howard Fine

Breakheart Pass

66

as Major Claremont

French Connection II

70

as General William Brian

Last Hours Before Morning

as Bud Delaney

The Longest Yard

68

as Captain Knauer

The Last American Hero

58

as Burton Colt

Bad Company

76

as Orin

The Waltons

65

TV show · as Hyder Rudge

1960s

3 titles · average score 55

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Jonas Halloran

Ironside

45

TV show · as Sergeant

Mannix

71

TV show · as Sergeant