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).

Life and career

Hauser was born in Hollywood, California, the son of Geraldine (née Thienes) and director and producer

Dwight Hauser Dwight Arthur Hauser (July 4, 1911 – January 18, 1969) was an American film screenwriter, actor and film producer, also the father of actor Wings Hauser and grandfather of actors Cole Hauser and Erich Hauser. Death Hauser died on January 18, ...

(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 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 ''

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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 '' Beverly Hills 90210'', ''

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'', 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 '' 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 ''

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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 Milton Sperling, he has a son, actor Cole Hauser. 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'' 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 ''

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'' as Josh Cameron * 1984 ''

A Soldier's Story ''A Soldier's Story'' is a 1984 American mystery drama film directed and produced by Norman Jewison, adapted by Charles Fuller from his Pulitzer Prize-winning '' A Soldier's Play'', an adaptation of Herman Melville's novella '' Billy Budd''. It ...

'' 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 ''

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'' as Fred Jenkins * 1993 ''Road to Revenge'' as Huck Finney * 1994 '' Watchers 3'' as Ferguson * 1994 ''Skins (a.k.a. Gang Boys)'' as Joe Joiner * 1995 ''

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'' 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 ''

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'' as Colonel Cusack * 2007 '' The Stone Angel'' 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 ''

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'' as Greg Foster * 1981 '' Magnum, P.I.'' - "Wave Goodbye" as Nick Frangakis *1983 '' The Fall Guy'' - "Just a Small Circle of Friends" as Baba * 1984 ''

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'' - "Dead or Alive" as Jimmy Jo Walker * 1985 '' Airwolf'' - "Airwolf II" as Harlan Jenkins * 1985 '' The A-Team'' - "Blood, Sweat, and Cheers", "The Big Squeeze" as Karl Ludwig / Jack 'The Ripper' Lane * 1985-1996 ''

'' - "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'' as Lieutenant 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 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'' - "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 ''

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'' as Doug Duffy * 2005 ''

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'' - "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 ''

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'' - "Exit Wounds" as Sheriff Rhodes

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