Veteran actor Ed Lauter dies at 74

[Hawaii Hiker]

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/veteran-character-actor-ed-lauter-dies-age-74

You may not recgonize the name, but you'll surely recgonize the face..He was in original "Longest Yard", Hawaii Five-0 episodes, and countless other roles over last 30 yrs or so....

[onehandle]

1. My favorite film where his 'face' was seen: 'My Blue Heaven'

RIP.

[brewens]

2. I will never watch the remake of The Longest Yard. That's a timeless classic in my book.

It's like making another Cool Hand Luke. Not interested!

[Hawaii Hiker]

5. I wish i didn't see the remake as it sucked

There is only one Mean Machine!...(i think that was the name of the prison team)...

[brewens]

7. I remember when it was a fairly new movie and our high school team travelled to Walla Walla,

WA to play their high school team. Going past the Washington State Penetentiary, we were joking about playing the guards! We stomped the WA-Hi Blue Devils that night!

A 70's football kid from my area really loved that movie. Sonny Sixkiller was in it!

That night had a special memory for me. A senior that didn't play much but was one of my best friends got to come in at center because our regular center was injured on a play. He was stoked and we kicked ass! I was playing right guard as a junior. We even double teamed and pancaked one of their defensive lineman! The rest of that game was his only real playing time on the varsity. He broke his neck in a diving accident a couple of summers later and spent the next thirty years in a wheel chair before he passed away. We always bullshitted about that night every time I saw him for the rest of his life.

[warrior1]

3. Rest in peace

I remember him from X-Files.

[Doctor_J]

4. I just watched Executive Action

one of his early bits. Good actor. RIP

[SamYeager]

6. HE was a damned good actor.

The acting world has lost an important member.