Harry Lauter
Actor

Harry Lauter Net Worth

Harry Lauter was an American character actor born in White Plains, New York in 1914. He was raised in Denver, Colorado and began his movie career in 1946. He was a familiar presence in low-budget films, serials, and television programs in the 1950s, and was one of the leads in the television series Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955). He spent most of his career as a serviceable second lead or heavy, and later devoted much of his energy to his own painting and running an art gallery. He passed away in 1990.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor
Birth Day June 19, 1914
Birth Place  White Plains, New York, United States
Age 106 YEARS OLD
Died On October 30, 1990(1990-10-30) (aged 76)\nOjai, Ventura County\nCalifornia, U.S.
Birth Sign Cancer
Occupation Actor (1930–1979), Artist (1979–1990)
Years active 1930–1979
Spouse(s) Barbara Jane Lauter (1952–1980) (divorced) 1 child Doris Gilbert (?-1990) (his death)

💰 Net worth

Harry Lauter, a renowned actor in the United States, is estimated to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million in 2024. With a successful career spanning decades, Lauter has made a name for himself in the entertainment industry. Known for his diverse roles and exceptional talent, he has amassed a considerable fortune throughout his acting journey. As an esteemed actor, Lauter has captured the hearts of audiences with his performances, earning him both critical acclaim and financial success.

Biography/Timeline

1946

Lauder's acting break came with a role in The Magnificent Rogue (1946), in which he played a model.

1949

Most of his career was spent as a serviceable second lead or heavy, though he continued to play bit parts in larger pictures, including an uncredited part as a plain-clothes policeman in the 1949 crime drama White Heat, which starred James Cagney and Edmond O'Brien. He also had an uncredited, non-speaking role in the 1963 Stanley Kramer comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as a police dispatcher.

1950

He came to be a familiar presence in supporting roles in low-budget films, serials (where he was often cast because of his facial resemblance to stuntman Tom Steele, who would double for him), and television programs in the 1950s. Only once did he really came close to stardom, as Clay Morgan, one of the leads in the CBS television series Tales of the Texas Rangers, which aired fifty-two episodes from 1955 to 1958. His co-star was Willard Parker as Ranger Jace Pearson.

1958

Lauter was cast twice on the NBC children's western series Fury, with Peter Graves and Bobby Diamond, and on Tombstone Territory, starring Pat Conway. Lauter also appeared on NBC's Jefferson Drum, National Velvet, and Riverboat, on CBS's Have Gun - Will Travel, with Richard Boone, and the syndicated western-themed crime drama U.S. Marshal. In 1958 he appeared in the episode "Rodeo", along with Lee Van Cleef, Barbara Baxley, and Dan Blocker, on the CBS crime drama Richard Diamond, Private Detective, starring David Janssen. Later he guest-starred in the 1962-1963 ABC drama series Going My Way with Gene Kelly. He also made a guest appearance in 1963 on CBS's Perry Mason in "The Case of the Potted Planter."

1959

Lauter appeared twice as Johnny Tyler in 1959-1960 in two episodes of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston.

1979

His last screen appearance was in 1979 as Marshal Charlie Benton in James Arness's ABC series How the West Was Won.

1990

Lauter died of a heart attack on October 30, 1990, in Ojai in Ventura County, California, at age 76. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

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