Ed Lauter

Biography: An English major in college, Ed Lauter worked as a stand-up comic before entering films in 1971. The tall, menacing Lauter has generally been typecast as humorless, easily corruptible authority figures. He was at his meanest as the vindictive Captain Knaur in Robert Aldrich's The Longest Yard. His TV credits include such roles as Sheriff Cain in BJ and the Bear (1979-80) and General Louis Crewes in Stephen King's The Golden Years (1991). In 1976, Ed Lauter was afforded a rare leading role--and a sympathetic one to boot--in the made-for-TV murder mystery Last Hours Before Morning (1976). Lauter appeared in the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard and had a small role in the Oscar-winning film The Artist (2011). He also had a recurring role on the TV series Shameless. Lauter passed away in 2013 of mesothelioma at age 74, with several films in post-production, awaiting release.

Ed Lauter's Scores

Average career score: 75
Highest Metascore: 94 Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 66 Stephen King's Golden Years: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
5 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd Shameless (US): Season 3 Jan 13, 2013 Ed Lauter 8.7
tbd Psych: Season 5 Jul 14, 2010 Ed Lauter 8.4
tbd Psych: Season 4 Aug 7, 2009 Actor 8.7
75 Brotherhood: Season 3 Nov 2, 2008 Ed Lauter 7.9
tbd Cold Case: Season 6 Sep 28, 2008 Shep McAvoy tbd
68 Grey's Anatomy: Season 5 Sep 25, 2008 Timothy Miller 7.3
tbd NYPD Blue: Season 12 Sep 21, 2004 Jerry tbd
tbd Just Shoot Me: Season 7 Oct 8, 2002 Bob tbd
tbd CSI: Season 2 Sep 27, 2001 Clay Tobin 4.9
tbd ER: Season 8 Sep 27, 2001 Fire Capt. Dannaker / Fire Capt. Dannaker 8.4
tbd ER: Season 7 Oct 12, 2000 Fire Capt. Dannaker / Fire Capt. Dannaker 7.8
tbd Charmed: Season 3 Oct 5, 2000 Ed Lauter 6.3
tbd Law & Order: Season 10 Sep 22, 1999 Mulroney's Defense Co-Counsel 9.4
tbd ER: Season 4 Oct 7, 1998 Fire Capt. Dannaker / Fire Capt. Dannaker 8.8
tbd ER: Season 5 Sep 24, 1998 Fire Capt. Dannaker / Fire Capt. Dannaker 8.4
tbd Walker, Texas Ranger: Season 6 Sep 27, 1997 Silas Bedoe tbd
tbd Highlander: Season 2 Oct 2, 1993 Avery Hoskins tbd
70 The X-Files: Season 1 Sep 10, 1993 Lt Colonel Marcus Belt 8.7
94 Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 1 Jan 31, 1993 Gruszynski 8.7
tbd Star Trek: The Next Generation: Season 5 Sep 23, 1991 Lt. Albert 9.0
66 Stephen King's Golden Years: Season 1 Jul 16, 1991 Gen. Louis Crewes tbd
tbd Father Dowling Mysteries: Season 2 Jan 4, 1990 Rex tbd
tbd The Equalizer: Season 2 Oct 8, 1986 Ed Lauter / Rowan tbd
tbd Murder, She Wrote: Season 3 Sep 28, 1986 Sheriff Yates tbd
tbd Miami Vice: Season 3 Sep 26, 1986 Cahill tbd
tbd Magnum, P.I.: Season 4 Sep 29, 1983 Capt. Quintin tbd
tbd The A-Team: Season 2 Sep 20, 1983 Kyle 8.5
tbd The A-Team: Season 1 Jan 23, 1983 Ed Lauter / Sheriff Thompson 7.2
tbd St. Elsewhere: Season 1 Oct 26, 1982 Stan Morgen tbd
tbd Simon and Simon: Season 2 Oct 7, 1982 Colonel Grayson tbd