Ed Lauter: US character actor dies aged 74
American character actor Ed Lauter, recently seen in the
Oscar-winning The Artist, has died aged 74. Lauter played chauffer to the female
character Peppy Miller, played by Oscar nominee actress Berenice Bejo. Lauter
died on Wednesday of mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lung, commonly
caused by asbestos exposure. Lauter played a sadistic prison guard whose team
squares up to Reynolds' team of misfit convicts in a game of American Football.
His family, which includes four children
and his wife. He also starred in ER and opposite Burt Reynolds in 1974's The
Longest Yard.
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