Gerald Dwight "Wings" Hauser (born December 12, 1947) is an American actor and occasional director. He received an

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nomination for his supporting role in '' Tough Guys Don't Dance'' (1987).

Life and career

Hauser was born in Hollywood, California, the son of Geraldine (née Thienes) and director and producer Dwight Hauser (1911–1969). 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

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entitled ''Your Love Keeps Me Off the Streets''. For this LP, he used the name Wings Livinryte. Hauser first attracted notice in 1977 in ''

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'' as Greg Foster. He starred in the 1982 made-for-TV-movie '' Hear No Evil'' as Garrard. Hauser appeared in forty-one television series, including recurring roles in ''

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'', '' Murder, She Wrote'', and '' Roseanne'', and a cameo as a juror in the season 4 episode "Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty" of ''

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''. In 1983, a story he wrote became the Paramount box-office hit '' Uncommon Valor''. Hauser appeared in the 1982 movie ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', directed by French musician

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Personal life

Hauser has a daughter, Bright Hauser, from his first marriage to Jane Boltinhouse. From his second marriage to Cass Warner Sperling, daughter of

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, he has a son, actor

Cole Hauser Cole Hauser (born March 22, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for film roles in ''Higher Learning'', '' School Ties'', '' Dazed and Confused'', ''Good Will Hunting'', '' Pitch Black'', '' Tigerland'', '' Hart's War'', '' Tears of the Sun'' ...

. Wings Hauser is married to actress Cali Hauser. The Melbourne Underground Film Festival held a retrospective with his films in 2009.

Filmography

Film

* 1967 '' First to Fight'' as Ragan (uncredited) * 1978 ''

Who'll Stop the Rain ''Who'll Stop the Rain'' is a 1978 American crime film directed by Karel Reisz and starring Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, and Anthony Zerbe. It was released by United Artists and produced by Herb Jaffe and Gabriel Katzka with Sh ...

'' as Marine Driver * 1982 ''

'' as 'Ramrod' * 1982 ''

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'' as 'Reddog' * 1982 '' Hear No Evil'' as Garrard * 1983 ''Ghost Dancing'' as Frank Carswell * 1983 '' Deadly Force'' as 'Stoney' Cooper * 1984 ''

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'' as Josh Cameron * 1984 '' A Soldier's Story'' as Lieutenant Byrd * 1984 ''Sweet Revenge'' as Major Frank Hollins * 1984 ''

Terror in the Aisles ''Terror in the Aisles'' is a 1984 American documentary film about horror films, including slasher films and crime thrillers. The film is directed by Andrew J. Kuehn, and hosted by Donald Pleasence and Nancy Allen. The original music score is co ...

'' 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 ''Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling'' is a 1986 American biographical comedy-drama film directed, produced by and starring Richard Pryor, who also wrote the screenplay with Paul Mooney and Rocco Urbisci. ''Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling'' w ...

'' 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 ''Nightmare at Noon'', also titled ''Death Street USA'', is a 1988 American action horror film written and directed by Nico Mastorakis, and starring Wings Hauser, Bo Hopkins, George Kennedy, and Brion James. The film was shot on-location in Moab a ...

'') as Ken Griffiths * 1988 '' The Carpenter'' as Carpenter * 1989 ''

The Siege of Firebase Gloria ''The Siege of Firebase Gloria'' is a 1989 war film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, starring Wings Hauser and R. Lee Ermey. It was filmed in the Philippines. Plot At the start of the Tet Offensive, a Marine Long Range Reconnaissance unit le ...

'' 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 Pale Blood is a 1990 direct-to-video vampire film directed by V.V. Dachin Hsu and Michael W. Leighton. It was written by Hsu and Takashi Matsuoka, and produced by Omar Kaczmarczyk and Leighton. The film starred George Chakiris, Wings Hauser and ...

'' 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 ''Road to Revenge'' as Huck Finney * 1994 ''

Watchers 3 ''Watchers 3'' is the 1994 sequel to the 1988 horror film '' Watchers'' directed by Jeremy Stanford. Starring Wings Hauser, the film is loosely based on the 1987 novel '' Watchers'' by Dean Koontz. Produced by Roger Corman, ''Watchers 3'' was sh ...

'' as Ferguson * 1994 ''Skins (a.k.a. Gang Boys)'' as Joe Joiner * 1995 '' Victim of Desire'' as Leland Duvall * 1995 ''

Tales from the Hood ''Tales from the Hood'' is a 1995 American comedy horror anthology film directed by Rusty Cundieff and executive-produced by Spike Lee. The film presents four short urban-themed horror stories based on problem concepts that affect the African-Am ...

'' as Officer Strom * 1995 ''Broken Bars'' as Warden Pitt * 1995 ''Guns & Lipstick'' as Michael * 1996 ''

Original Gangstas ''Original Gangstas'' is a 1996 action-gangster film filmed and set in urban Gary, Indiana starring Blaxploitation film stars such as Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Jim Brown, and Richard Roundtree. It is the final film directed by Larry Cohen ...

'' 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 ''The Stone Angel'' is a novel by Canadian writer Margaret Laurence. First published in 1964 by McClelland and Stewart, it is perhaps the best-known of Laurence's series of five novels set in the fictitious town of Manawaka, Manitoba. In parall ...

'' as Older Bram * 2010 ''

'' as Man In Wheelchair

Television episodes

* 1975 ''

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'' “A Touch of Venom” as Ethan Morse (Credited as Wings Livinryte) * 1981-2010 ''

The Young and The Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, ...

'' as Greg Foster * 1981 ''

Magnum, P.I. ''Magnum, P.I.'' is an American crime drama television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on ...

'' - "Wave Goodbye" as Nick Frangakis *1983 ''

The Fall Guy ''The Fall Guy'' is an American action/adventure television series produced for ABC and originally broadcast from November 4, 1981, to May 2, 1986. It starred Lee Majors, Douglas Barr, and Heather Thomas as Hollywood stunt performers who mo ...

'' - "Just a Small Circle of Friends" as Baba * 1984 '' Hunter'' - "Dead or Alive" as Jimmy Jo Walker * 1985 ''

Airwolf ''Airwolf'' is an American action military drama television series that centers on a high-technology military helicopter, code-named ''Airwolf'', and its crew. The show follows them as they undertake various exotic missions, many involving e ...

'' - "Airwolf II" as Harlan Jenkins * 1985 ''

The A-Team ''The A-Team'' is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from January 1983 to March 1987 about former members of a fictitious United States Army Special Forces unit. The four members of the team were tried by court ma ...

'' - "Blood, Sweat, and Cheers", "The Big Squeeze" as Karl Ludwig / Jack 'The Ripper' Lane * 1985-1996 '' Murder, She Wrote'' - "Reflections of the Mind", "Night Fear", "Love & Hate in Cabot Cove", "Track of a Soldier" as Howard Levering / Sam Bennett / Wallace Evans / Carl * 1986 ''

The Last Precinct ''The Last Precinct'' is an American sitcom television series that premiered on NBC January 26, and then aired weekly from April 11 to May 30, 1986 on Friday nights at 9:00pm. The series stars Adam West as Capt. Rick Wright, leading a group of ...

'' as Lieutenant Hobbs * 1987 ''

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'' - "The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel" as Captain James Rivers * 1988-1991 ''

China Beach ''China Beach'' is an American war film, war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe beach in the city of Da Nang, Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, nicknamed "China Beach" in English by Amer ...

'' as Lt. Col. Mac Miller *1992 ''

Lightning Force ''Lightning Force'' is an American action television series starring Matthew Walker, Wings Hauser and Guylaine St-Onge that aired in syndication. The series premiered in 1991 and went off in 1992, in all 22 episodes were produced. Synopsis Li ...

'' as LT. Col Matthew 'Trane' Coltrane * 1992-1993 '' Roseanne'' as Ty Tilden, Neighbor * 1993 '' Space Rangers'' - "Fort Hope" as Ex-Ranger Decker * 1994 ''

Walker, Texas Ranger ''Walker, Texas Ranger'' is an American action crime television series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It was inspired by the film '' Lone Wolf McQuade'', with both this series and that film starring Chuck Norris as a member of the ...

'' - "Right Man, Wrong Time" as Wayland Hampton * 1994-1996 ''

'' 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'' as Doug Duffy * 2005 '' House'' - "Hunting" as Michael Ryan * 2007 ''

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'' - "The Man in the Mud" (2007) as Lenny Fitz * 2009 ''

The Mentalist ''The Mentalist'' is an American drama television series that ran from September 23, 2008, until February 18, 2015, broadcasting 151 episodes over seven seasons, on CBS. Created by Bruno Heller, who was also its executive producer, the show f ...

'' - "Paint It Red" as A.P. Caid * 2010 ''

Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created and produced by Jeff Davis. The series premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005, and originally concluded on February 19, 2020; it was revived in 2022. It ...

'' - "Exit Wounds" as Sheriff Rhodes

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