S. John Launer

Actor Nov 5 (died age 87) Cleveland, Ohio, USA 1954–1983 (29 year career)

6.1 avg rating

Highest Rated

The Twilight Zone

1959 · as Mr. Harrington

8.5

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962 · as Ed Rutherford

7.9

Perry Mason

1957 · as Judge Thomas J. Hood

7.7

Known For

Film

Marnie

Sam Ward

Film

Mommie Dearest

Pepsi Chairman

Film

Zero Hour!

Vancouver Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

Film

The Werewolf

Dr. Emery Forrest

Film

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

Bill Logan

Film

Creature with the Atom Brain

Capt. Dave Harris

Film

The Twilight Zone

Mr. Harrington

Film

Apache Rifles

Gen. Nelson

Filmography

Acting (59)

Movies (23)

M.A.D.D.: Mothers Against Drunk Drivers

1983

as Judge Sheldon Grossfeld

7.0

Mommie Dearest

1981

as Pepsi Chairman

6.3

Inmates: A Love Story

1981

as Chairman

The Last Song

as Milliken

All God's Children

Scared Straight! Another Story

1980

as Judge Wadsworth

A Question of Love

1978

as The Judge

4.8

The Amazing Howard Hughes

1977

as Doctor

6.0

The Girl Called Hatter Fox

1977

as Mr. Winton

Gable and Lombard

1976

as The Judge

4.5

Trapped Beneath the Sea

1974

as Capt. Osborn

5.8

Crosscurrent

1971

as Doctor (uncredited)

Pendulum

as Judge Kinsella

The Doomsday Flight

as Major

Marnie

as Sam Ward

Apache Rifles

as Gen. Nelson

Zero Hour!

as Vancouver Switchboard Operator (uncredited)

6.7

I Was a Teenage Werewolf

1957

as Bill Logan

4.8

The Country Husband

1956

as Airplane Passenger

The Werewolf

as Dr. Emery Forrest

Uranium Boom

as Mac

Sizeman and Son

as Magnusson

Creature with the Atom Brain

1955

as Capt. Dave Harris

5.1

Television (36)

Petrocelli

Harry O

The Rookies

The Mod Squad

Batman

as Mr. Ladd

Felony Squad

The F.B.I.

as Werth

The Big Valley

as Frank MacGarrett

The Wild Wild West

Run for Your Life

as The Conductor

Honey West

as Tyler

Kraft Suspense Theatre

1963

as Dr. Manson

5.3

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Ed Rutherford

Stoney Burke

Saints and Sinners

as Dr. Walsh

Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Sadvary

Ben Casey

Target: The Corruptors!

87th Precinct

Bonanza

as Jason Carter

The Twilight Zone

as Mr. Harrington

Hawaiian Eye

Tightrope

The Texan

Perry Mason

as Judge Thomas J. Hood

7.7

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

7.3

M Squad

1957

as Police Captain Timothy Riley

5.2

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957

as Dr. Norton

6.2

The Walter Winchell File

1957

5.0

The Court of Last Resort

1957

as Marshall Houts

The Court of Last Resort

1957

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Wilkins - Storekeeper

6.0

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Millionaire

as John Bateman

Gunsmoke

as Judge

Father Knows Best

as Mr. Clark