Wings Hauser

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Wings Hauser
Born
Gerald Dwight Hauser

(1947-12-12) December 12, 1947 (age 76)
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 and occasional director. He received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his supporting role in Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987).

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Life and career

Hauser was born in Hollywood, California, the son of Geraldine (née Thienes) and director and producer Dwight Hauser (1911–1969). [1] His brother is actor Erich Hauser. In 1967, Hauser landed his first acting role as a marine rifleman in the World War II-drama First to Fight.

In 1975, Hauser released an album for RCA entitled Your Love Keeps Me Off the Streets. For this LP, he used the name Wings Livinryte. Hauser first attracted notice in 1977 in The Young and the Restless as Greg Foster. He starred in the 1982 made-for-TV-movie Hear No Evil as Garrard. [2] [3] [4] Hauser appeared in forty-one television series, including recurring roles in Beverly Hills 90210 , Murder, She Wrote , and Roseanne , and a cameo as a juror in the season 4 episode "Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty" of Monk .

In 1983, a story he wrote became the Paramount box-office hit Uncommon Valor . Hauser appeared in the 1982 movie Vice Squad as the pimp "Ramrod," and performed the song "Neon Slime" for the opening and closing credits. He appeared in Deadly Force, No Safe Haven, Tough Guys Don't Dance, and the French movie Rubber , [5] directed by French musician Quentin Dupieux. [6]

Personal life

Hauser has a daughter from his first marriage. From his second marriage he has a son, Cole Hauser.

Filmography

Film

  • 1967 First to Fight as Ragan (uncredited)
  • 1978 Who'll Stop the Rain as Marine Driver
  • 1982 Vice Squad as 'Ramrod'
  • 1982 Homework as 'Reddog'
  • 1982 Hear No Evil as Garrard
  • 1983 Ghost Dancing as Frank Carswell
  • 1983 Deadly Force as 'Stoney' Cooper
  • 1984 Mutant as Josh Cameron
  • 1984 A Soldier's Story as Lieutenant Byrd
  • 1984 Sweet Revenge as Major Frank Hollins
  • 1984 Terror in the Aisles as 'Ramrod' (in 'Vice Squad') (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • 1985 Command 5 as Jack Coburn
  • 1985 The Long Hot Summer as Wilson Mahood
  • 1986 Dark Horse as 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 Man Walking as John Luger
  • 1988 Death Street USA (a.k.a. Nightmare at Noon ) as Ken Griffiths
  • 1988 The Carpenter as Carpenter
  • 1989 The Siege of Firebase Gloria as Corporal Joseph L. DiNardo
  • 1989 L.A. Bounty as Cavanaugh
  • 1989 Bedroom Eyes II as Harry Ross
  • 1990 Reason to Die as Elliot Canner
  • 1990 Marked for Murder as Emerson
  • 1990 Coldfire as Lars
  • 1990 Street Asylum as Arliss Ryder
  • 1990 Out of Sight, Out of Mind as Victor Lundgren
  • 1990 Wilding as Tim Parsons
  • 1990 Pale Blood as Van Vandameer
  • 1990 Living to Die as Nick Carpenter
  • 1991 Bump in the Night as Patrick Tierney
  • 1991 Frame Up as Ralph Baker
  • 1991 The Killers Edge (a.k.a. Blood Money) as Jack
  • 1991 Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time as Arklon
  • 1991 The Art of Dying as Jack
  • 1991 In Between as Jack Maxwell
  • 1992 Frame Up II: The Cover-Up (a.k.a. Deadly Conspiracy) as Sheriff Ralph Baker
  • 1992 Mind, Body & Soul as John Stockton
  • 1992 Exiled in America as Fred Jenkins
  • 1993 Champagne and Bullets as Huck Finney
  • 1994 Watchers 3 as Ferguson
  • 1994 Skins (a.k.a. Gang Boys) as Joe Joiner
  • 1995 Victim of Desire as Leland Duvall
  • 1995 Tales from the Hood as Officer Strom
  • 1995 Broken Bars as Warden Pitt
  • 1995 Guns & Lipstick as Michael
  • 1996 Original Gangstas as Michael Casey
  • 1999 Life Among the Cannibals as Vince
  • 1999 The Insider as Tobacco Lawyer
  • 1999 Clean and Narrow as Sheriff Brand
  • 2001 Savage Season as Maddox
  • 2002 The Blue Lizard as 'Little G'
  • 2004 Irish Eyes (a.k.a. Vendetta: No Conscience, 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 Stone Angel as Older Bram
  • 2010 Rubber as Man In Wheelchair

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References

Citations

  1. Wings Hauser Biography (1947-)
  2. Terrace 1985, p. 188.
  3. "Hear No Evil". Turner Classic Movies . United States: Turner Broadcasting System . Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  4. Terrace 2011, p. 445.
  5. Sales Art and Bizarro Clip - Junk Gets Revenge in Rubber
  6. A Fiery Death for Race of 'Rubber'

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