Wings Hauser


Actor

About

Also Known As
Gerald Dwight Hauser
Birth Place
Hollywood, California, USA
Born
December 12, 1947

Biography

Husky, curly-haired actor, a prolific no-nonsense performer who has offered his talents to thirty or so features, ranging from B-action pics like "Vice Squad" (1982), to numerous straight-to-video flicks like "Wilding" (1991), to a few classier, well-intended outings such as "A Soldier's Story" (1984). On TV, the amiable-looking Hauser has played one of the many incarnations of Greg Fost...

Photos & Videos

Family & Companions

Jane Boltinhouse
Wife
Singer. Married in 1971; Hauser moved out in 1973, taking daughter Bright, then 13 months old, with him.
Cass Sperling
Wife
Author. Married in 1974; divorced in 1977; mother of Cole Hauser; granddaughter of Harry Warner.
Nancy Look
Wife
Actor. Married c. 1978; divorced c. 1990.
Linda Blair
Companion
Actor. Appeared in "The Exorcist" (1973); met Hauser on the set of "Bedroom Eyes II" (1990).

Biography

Husky, curly-haired actor, a prolific no-nonsense performer who has offered his talents to thirty or so features, ranging from B-action pics like "Vice Squad" (1982), to numerous straight-to-video flicks like "Wilding" (1991), to a few classier, well-intended outings such as "A Soldier's Story" (1984). On TV, the amiable-looking Hauser has played one of the many incarnations of Greg Foster on the daytime soap "The Young and the Restless" and was a regular player, as Lieutenant Colonel Miller, on "China Beach" (1990). In between his copious film acting chores, Hauser also appeared as cool dad Ty Tillman on a season of "Roseanne." He has also directed a few films, including "Coldfire" (1990) and "The Art of Dying" (1992).

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Gang Boys (1998)
Director
Skins (1995)
Director
The Art of Dying (1991)
Director
Coldfire (1990)
Director
Living to Die (1990)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Rubber (2010)
The Stone Angel (2007)
The Clean and Narrow (2000)
The Insider (1999)
Gang Boys (1998)
Original Gangstas (1996)
Tales From the Hood (1995)
Skins (1995)
Victim of Desire (1995)
Watchers III (1994)
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1992)
Sheriff Ralph Baker
Mind, Body & Soul (1992)
John Stockton
Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)
Pale Blood (1991)
Frame Up (1991)
Wilding (1991)
Tim
The Killers Edge (1991)
John Saxon
Bump in the Night (1991)
The Art of Dying (1991)
Jack
Coldfire (1990)
Sergeant Lars
Bedroom Eyes II (1990)
Reason to Die (1990)
Exiled in America (1990)
Fred Jenkins
Living to Die (1990)
Nick Carpenter
Street Asylum (1990)
Marked For Murder (1990)
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
L.A. Bounty (1989)
Nightmare at Noon (1988)
Ken Griffiths
Dead Man Walking (1988)
The Wind (1987)
Phil
Hostage (1987)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987)
No Safe Haven (1987)
Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987)
The Highwayman (1987)
The Carpenter (1987)
Ed
The Last Precinct (1986)
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)
3:15, The Moment of Truth (1986)
Mr Havilland
Command 5 (1985)
Sweet Revenge (1984)
Major Frank Hollins
A Soldier's Story (1984)
Lieutenant Bird
Night Shadows (1984)
Deadly Force (1983)
Stoney Cooper
Ghost Dancing (1983)
Frank Carswell
Hear No Evil (1982)
Don Gerrard
Homework (1982)
Red Dog
Vice Squad (1982)
Ramrod
Who'll Stop The Rain? (1978)
Marine Driver

Writer (Feature Film)

Gang Boys (1998)
Screenwriter
No Safe Haven (1987)
Screenplay

Producer (Feature Film)

Uncommon Valor (1983)
Associate Producer

Music (Feature Film)

Vice Squad (1982)
Song Performer ("Neon Slime")

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Sight Unseen (1991)
The Long Hot Summer (1985)
Wilson Mahood
Aspen (1977)

Life Events

1978

Made film acting debut in a bit part in "Who'll Stop the Rain"

1982

First featured film role, "Vice Squad"

1989

Debut as screenwriter, "No Safe Haven"

1990

Directorial debut, "Living to Die"

1999

Cast as a lawyer for the tobacco industry in "The Insider"

Family

Dwight Hauser
Father
Screenwriter.
Geraldine Hauser
Mother
Homemaker.
Bright Hauser
Daughter
Producer. Born in February 1971; mother, Jane Boltinhouse.
Cole Hauser
Son
Actor. Born on March 22, 1975; mother, Cass Sperling.

Companions

Jane Boltinhouse
Wife
Singer. Married in 1971; Hauser moved out in 1973, taking daughter Bright, then 13 months old, with him.
Cass Sperling
Wife
Author. Married in 1974; divorced in 1977; mother of Cole Hauser; granddaughter of Harry Warner.
Nancy Look
Wife
Actor. Married c. 1978; divorced c. 1990.
Linda Blair
Companion
Actor. Appeared in "The Exorcist" (1973); met Hauser on the set of "Bedroom Eyes II" (1990).
Dafna Galili Hauser
Wife
Married on June 1, 1996.

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