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Herman Arthur "Harry" Lauter (June 19, 1914 – October 30, 1990) was an American character actor originally from White Plains, New York. He came to be a familiar presence in low-budget films, serials (where he was often cast because of his facial resemblance to stuntman Tom Steele, who would double him), and television programs in the 1950s, though he only once really came close to a stardom, as Clay Morgan, one of the leads in the series Tales of the Texas Rangers, which aired from 1955-1958. He starred in fifty-two episodes. Lauter also made appearances on many television programs,... MORE

Herman Arthur "Harry" Lauter (June 19, 1914 – October 30, 1990) was an American character actor originally from White Plains, New York. He came to be a familiar presence in low-budget films, serials (where he was often cast because of his facial resemblance to stuntman Tom Steele, who would double him), and television programs in the 1950s, though he only once really came close to a stardom, as Clay Morgan, one of the leads in the series Tales of the Texas Rangers, which aired from 1955-1958. He starred in fifty-two episodes. Lauter also made appearances on many television programs, particularly westerns: The Gene Autry Show (sixteen episodes), Annie Oakley (12 episodes), The Lone Ranger and The Range Rider (eleven episodes each), Gunsmoke and Rawhide (ten episodes each), Death Valley Days and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (seven episodes each), Laramie and Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (six episodes each), The Virginian and State Trooper (five times each), and Cheyenne, Bonanza, and Maverick (three episodes each). His last appearance was in 1979 as Marshal Charlie Benton in James Arness's How the West Was Won. Most of his career was spent as a serviceable second lead or LESS