Actor Ed Lauter attends the world premiere of The Tourist at the Ziegfeld Theatre in 2010 in New York.
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Actor Ed Lauter attends the world premiere of The Tourist at the Ziegfeld Theatre in 2010 in New York.
Evan Agostini/AP
Veteran character actor Ed Lauter's long, angular face and stern bearing made him an instantly recognizable figure in scores of movies and TV shows.
His career stretched across five decades. He was 74.
Lauter's publicist, Edward Lozzi, says the actor died Wednesday of mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer most commonly caused by asbestos exposure.
Lauter's presence as an irascible authority figure, a brutal thug or a conniving con man made him all but impossible to miss in any film he was in.
He was the brutal prison guard who was Burt Reynolds' nemesis in the 1974 comedy-drama The Longest Yard and the sleazy gas station attendant in Alfred Hitchcock's last film, The Family Plot.
His TV appearances included The Office, ER, Murder, She Wrote and The Rockford Files.
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