Lee McLaughlin (4 May 1936 – 20 September 2007) was an

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and film and television actor from Pennsylvania. He had minor roles in the television shows ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' and the films ''Bound for Glory'', ''Silver Streak'',

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, ''Elvira, Mistress of the Dark''.Lee McLaughlin
at IMDB (retrieved 16 December 2015)

Biography

McLaughlin was born in

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. His acting career began in 1969 with a

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in "

", which was the first of three appearances on the show. He had minor roles in ''Up Your Alley'' in 1971, "

" in 1975, and ''Silver Streak'' and ''Bound For Glory'' in 1976. He returned to television with other minor roles, including "Switch", " One Day at a Time", "Starsky & Hutch", and "

", as well as a bit part in the film ''The Car'' in 1977. In 1978, he did "

", his third and final "Starsky & Hutch", and ''

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''. His final acting credit was 2003's '' Greasewood Flat''. McLaughlin died on 20 September 2007 in

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Filmography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McLaughlin, Lee 1936 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male television actors People from Chester, Pennsylvania Male actors from Pennsylvania