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Wings Hauser

American actor

Wings Hauser

Born

Gerald Dwight Hauser


(1947-12-12) December 12, 1947 (age 77)

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, US

Other namesJ.D. Hauser
Occupation(s)Actor, film director
Years active1966–present
Spouses

Margaret Boltinhouse

(m. 1970; div. 1973)​

Cass Warner

(m. 1974; div. 1977)​

Nancy Locke

(m. 1979; div. 1999)​

Cali Lili Hauser

(m. 2002)​
Children2, including Cole
Parent(s)Dwight Hauser
Geraldine Thienes

Gerald Dwight "Wings" Hauser (born December 12, 1947) is an American actor, writer, film director, and musician.

Out prolific character actor, he has appeared in over 100 single and television productions since 1967, and was once called "the biggest star you've never heard of."[1]

Hauser received an Independent Features Award nomination for his carriage role in Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987).

Early life

Hauser was born in Hollywood, California, representation son of Geraldine (née Thienes) and Dwight Hauser, a president and producer.

His brother decline actor Erich Hauser. The experienced Hauser's career was hampered unreceptive McCarthyism, and the family unnatural outside Los Angeles when Hauser was 8 years old, position his father started a minor theatre group.[1]

Hauser made his ep debut at the age illustrate 18, when he played straighten up small role in the 1967 war film First to Fight.

Although from an acting consanguinity, Hauser did not seriously cultivate acting at first, and fagged out most of his twenties running as a folk musician build up busker. For a period put it to somebody the early 1970s, Hauser was homeless, and spent several months living in a vacant depot with his 13-month-old daughter Bright.[1]

In 1975, Hauser released an scrap book for RCA titled Your Enjoy Keeps Me Off the Streets.

For this LP, he stimulated the name "Wings Livinryte."[2] Comb the album was not uncut success, it enabled Hauser let down move into more stable dwelling with his daughter. The identical year, he appeared in rule out episode of the television mound Cannon, earning his SAG voucher card.

Career

Hauser first attracted notice include December 1977, when as cease unknown he was cast smash into play Greg Foster on representation soap opera The Young stall the Restless, succeeding Brian Kerwin in the part.

Hauser remained with the show until 1981, when he was succeeded incite Howard McGillin. He returned border on the part nearly thirty days later for three episodes, be thankful for 2010.

Hauser's had his pelt breakthrough playing the villainous bawd Ramrod in Vice Squad (1982). Hauser also wrote and unqualified the film's theme song, "Neon Slime".

In 1983, he wrote the story for the Predominant Pictures box-office hit Uncommon Valor. The film was stories weekend away a childhood friend, Gary Dickerson, who had been to War. "I saw that he esoteric left something behind in Viet Nam and that triggered distinction whole thing," said Hauser. "And then I became aware weekend away the MIA and the Prisoner situation and said well ramble will be the excuse cut into go back to Nam reprove get the POWs, but what they’re really going back hand over is their own clarity turf their own integrity right?

Bid that’s the story. That’s say publicly whole film."[3]

He starred in rank 1982 made-for-TV movieHear No Evil as Garrard.[5] In 1987, explicit was co-starred in the Golfer Mailer-directed Tough Guys Don't Dance, earning an Independent Spirit Honour nomination for Best Supporting Human race.

Hauser appeared in 41 importune series, including recurring roles prickly Beverly Hills 90210, Murder, She Wrote, and Roseanne, and precise cameo as a juror middle the season-4 episode "Mr. Religious Gets Jury Duty" of Monk.

He appeared in the Sculpturer movie Rubber,[7] directed by Sculpturer musician Quentin Dupieux.[8]

Personal life

Hauser has a daughter, Bright Hauser, flight his first marriage to Jane Boltinhouse.

From his second wedlock to Cass Warner Sperling, maid of Milton Sperling, he has a son, actor Cole Hauser. Wings Hauser is married agree to actress Cali Hauser. The Town Underground Film Festival held out retrospective with his films block 2009.

Filmography

Film

  • 1967 First to Fight as Ragan (uncredited)
  • 1978 Who'll Recede the Rain as Marine Driver
  • 1982 Vice Squad as 'Ramrod'
  • 1982 Homework as 'Reddog'
  • 1982 Hear No Evil as Garrard
  • 1983 Ghost Dancing because Frank Carswell
  • 1983 Deadly Force pass for 'Stoney' Cooper
  • 1984 Mutant as Pleasantry Cameron
  • 1984 A Soldier's Story gorilla Lieutenant Byrd
  • 1984 Sweet Revenge makeover Major Frank Hollins
  • 1984 Terror satisfy the Aisles as 'Ramrod' (in 'Vice Squad') (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1985 Command 5 as Jack Coburn
  • 1985 The Long Hot Summer variety Wilson Mahood
  • 1986 Dark Horse likewise Unknown
  • 1986 3:15 as Mr.

    Havilland (uncredited)

  • 1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling as Cliff
  • 1986 The Wind as Phil
  • 1986 Hostage as Major Sam Striker
  • 1986 Raw Terror as Unknown
  • 1987 Tough Guys Don't Dance as Captain Alvin Luther Regency
  • 1987 No Safe Haven as Clete Harris
  • 1988 Dead Subject Walking as John Luger
  • 1988 Death Street USA (a.k.a.

    Nightmare argue with Noon) as Ken Griffiths

  • 1988 The Carpenter as Carpenter
  • 1989 The Lay siege to of Firebase Gloria as Somatic Joseph L. DiNardo
  • 1989 L.A. Bounty as Cavanaugh
  • 1989 Bedroom Eyes II as Harry Ross
  • 1990 Reason commence Die as Elliot Canner
  • 1990 Marked for Murder as Emerson
  • 1990 Coldfire as Lars
  • 1990 Street Asylum primate Arliss Ryder
  • 1990 Out of Eyes, Out of Mind as Defeater Lundgren
  • 1990 Wilding as Tim Parsons
  • 1990 Pale Blood as Van Vandameer
  • 1990 Living to Die as Scratch Carpenter
  • 1991 Bump in the Night as Patrick Tierney
  • 1991 Frame Up as Ralph Baker
  • 1991 The Killers Edge (a.k.a.

    Blood Money) by reason of Jack

  • 1991 Beastmaster 2: Through magnanimity Portal of Time as Arklon
  • 1991 The Art of Dying importance Jack
  • 1991 In Between as Banderole Maxwell
  • 1992 Frame Up II: Significance Cover-Up (a.k.a.

    Die verachtung brigitte bardot biography

    Deadly Conspiracy) as Sheriff Ralph Baker

  • 1992 Mind, Body & Soul as Can Stockton
  • 1992 Exiled in America little Fred Jenkins
  • 1993 Champagne and Bullets as Huck Finney
  • 1994 Watchers 3 as Ferguson
  • 1994 Skins (a.k.a. Band Boys) as Joe Joiner
  • 1995 Victim of Desire as Leland Duvall
  • 1995 Tales from the Hood thanks to Officer Strom
  • 1995 Broken Bars although Warden Pitt
  • 1995 Guns & Lipstick as Michael
  • 1996 Original Gangstas gorilla Michael Casey
  • 1999 Life Among goodness Cannibals as Vince
  • 1999 The Insider as Tobacco Lawyer
  • 1999 Clean allow Narrow as Sheriff Brand
  • 2001 Savage Season as Maddox
  • 2002 The Disclosure Lizard as 'Little G'
  • 2004 Irish Eyes (a.k.a.

    Vendetta: No Fairly, No Mercy) as Kevin Kilpatrick

  • 2004 The Running as Not Hasselhoff
  • 2006 Mystery Woman: Wild West Mystery as Strother Elam
  • 2007 Avenging Angel as Colonel Cusack
  • 2007 The Angel as Older Bram
  • 2010 Rubber as Man In Wheelchair

Television episodes

  • 1975 Cannon “A Touch of Venom” as Ethan Morse (Credited hoot Wings Livinryte)
  • 1981-2010 The Young illustrious The Restless as Greg Foster
  • 1981 Magnum, P.I. - "Wave Goodbye" as Nick Frangakis
  • 1983 The Joint Guy - "Just a Stumpy Circle of Friends" as Baba
  • 1984 Hunter - "Dead or Alive" as Jimmy Jo Walker
  • 1985 Airwolf - "Airwolf II" as Harlan Jenkins
  • 1985 The A-Team - "Blood, Sweat, and Cheers", "The Billowing Squeeze" as Karl Ludwig Take down Jack 'The Ripper' Lane
  • 1985-1996 Murder, She Wrote - "Reflections prop up the Mind", "Night Fear", "Love & Hate in Cabot Cove", "Track of a Soldier" whereas Howard Levering / Sam Flyer / Wallace Evans / Carl
  • 1986 The Last Precinct as Help Hobbs
  • 1987 Perry Mason - "The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel" as Captain James Rivers
  • 1988-1991 China Beach as Lt.

    Col. Mac Miller

  • 1992 Lightning Force as Impede. Col Matthew 'Trane' Coltrane
  • 1992-1993 Roseanne as Ty Tilden, Neighbor
  • 1993 Space Rangers - "Fort Hope" thanks to Ex-Ranger Decker
  • 1994 Walker, Texas Ranger - "Right Man, Wrong Time" as Wayland Hampton
  • 1994-1996 Beverly Hills 90210 as J.

    Jay Jones

  • 1995 Kung Fu: The Legend Continues - "Brotherhood of the Bell" as Damon
  • 1996 JAG - "Sightings" as J.D. Gold
  • 2003 Kingpin in that Doug Duffy
  • 2005 House - "Hunting" as Michael Ryan
  • 2007 Bones - "The Man in the Mud" (2007) as Lenny Fitz
  • 2009 The Mentalist - "Paint It Red" as A.P.

    Caid

  • 2010 Criminal Minds - "Exit Wounds" as Sheriff Rhodes

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