Dan Lauria

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Dan Lauria
Lauria at the ATX TV Festival 2014 for Sullivan & Son
Born (1947-04-12) April 12, 1947 (age 77)
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1962–present
Spouse
Eileen Cregg
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(m. 1991; div. 2001)​
Military career
Service/branchUnited States Marine Corps
Years of service1970–1973
RankCaptain (O-3)
Battles/warsVietnam War

Dan Lauria (born April 12, 1947) is an American actor, who played the role of Jack Arnold in The Wonder Years (1988–1993), Jack Sullivan on Sullivan and Son (2012–2014), and Al Luongo on Pitch (2016–2017).

Early life[edit]

Lauria, an Italian-American, was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Carmela (née Luongo) and Joseph J. Lauria.[1] He also lived in Lindenhurst, New York. He graduated from Lindenhurst Senior High School in 1965 as a varsity football player, and he briefly taught physical education at Lindenhurst High School. A Vietnam War veteran, Lauria served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps;[2] he served at the same point in his life that Jack Arnold, his character in The Wonder Years, did during the Korean War. In Vietnam, he served as a platoon commander at An Loc near the Cambodian border. He got his start in acting while attending Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut, on a football scholarship.

Career[edit]

Lauria is best known for his portrayal of Jack Arnold, the stern, but loving, money-conscious father on the TV series The Wonder Years, which ran from 1988 to 1993. He also played NASA Administrator James Webb in the 1998 TV miniseries From the Earth to the Moon and Commanding Officer, USA in 1996's Independence Day. More recently he has appeared as Police Commissioner Eustace Dolan in The Spirit. He appeared as Coach Hamstrung in The Three Stooges N.Y.U.K. on AMC in 2000. Lauria appeared on stage in New York in the summer of 2006 in an off-Broadway production of A Stone Carver by William Mastrosimone with Jim Iorio and Elizabeth Rossa. Lauria also had a small role in a season two episode of Army Wives, as well as a season one episode of The Mentalist. In 2009, Lauria has appeared as General Lee Whitworth, M.D. in Criminal Minds season 4. He has also appeared in an episode of Boy Meets World, starring Ben Savage, the younger brother of Fred Savage. In late 2009, Lauria returned to the off-Broadway stage, appearing as Jimmy Hoffa in Brian Lee Franklin's Good Bobby, a fictionalized account of Robert F. Kennedy's rise.

In 2010, Lauria appeared as Vince Lombardi in the Broadway play Lombardi.[3] The play received positive reviews, with sportswriter Jim Hague commenting, "Lauria truly becomes Vince Lombardi. You almost forget you're watching an actor. He's Lombardi through and through, down to the wire-framed glasses and intimidating scowl." North Bergen football coach Vince Ascolese, who met Lombardi, commented "I really felt like he was Lombardi. It was uncanny."[4] Lauria's portrayal of Lombardi was used during the NFL on FOX introduction to Super Bowl XLV, where one of the two participating teams was the Green Bay Packers; the team Lombardi coached to victories in the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968. The Packers went on to defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in that game.

In 2012, Lauria played the part of Jean Shepherd in the Broadway production of A Christmas Story: The Musical, a role which he reprised off-Broadway at Madison Square Garden in 2013. From 2012 through 2014, he played Jack Sullivan on the Steve Byrne sitcom Sullivan & Son.

Lauria served one year as a Department of Veterans Affairs celebrity hospital visitor, during which he toured many VA hospitals, meeting patients.

Filmography[edit]

Lauria at the 41st Primetime Emmy Awards on September 17, 1989

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1981 C.O.D. Secret Service Man
1983 Without a Trace Baker
1985 South Bronx Heroes FBI Agent
1987 Stakeout Phil Coldshank
1993 Another Stakeout Phil Coldshank
1995 Excessive Force II: Force on Force Orlando Franco
1996 No One Could Protect Her Greg Coming
1996 Independence Day Commanding Officer
1998 True Friends Pauley
1998 Wide Awake Father Peters
1999 Strange in My House Dennis
1999 A Wake in Providence Rudy
2001 Full Disclosure Clive Carter
2001 Ricochet River Coach Garth
2002 Contagion General Ryker
2002 Outside the Law Detective Froman
2002 High Times Potluck Carmine
2003 Dead Canaries Vito Scaldafieri
2005 The Signs of the Cross Mr. Coyne
2005 Jesus, Mary and Joey Father Gino
2006 Big Momma's House 2 Crawford
2008 Dear Me Mr. Hunt
2008 The Spirit Eustace Dolan
2009 Alien Trespass Chief Dawson
2009 Donna on Demand Detective Lewis
2009 Dead Air Fred
2009 InSearchOf Reverend Blackwell
2010 The Waiter Father Parks
2011 Here's the Kicker Dave Berry
2011 Life of Lemon Arthur
2013 Make Your Move Parole Officer Foster
2014 Sister Jeffrey Presser
2017 The Concessionaires Must Die! Jack Fisk
2017 An American Dog Story Paw Poochini
2017 Locating Silver Lake Speaker
2020 The Eagle and the Albatross Al Wiserman
2020 The Way Back Gerry Norris
2020 Holidate Wally
2021 Potato Dreams of America John
2024 Reagan Tip O'Neill [5]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1982 Muggable Mary, Street Cop Vince Palucci Television film
1984 Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer John Shane Episode: "Kill Devil"
1985–1987 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Rogan, Foster 2 episodes
1986–1987 Growing Pains Dan, Hockey Coach 2 episodes
1987 L.A. Law Joseph Sears Episode: "Prince Kuzak in a Can"
1987 Wiseguy Jack Phillips Episode: "A Deal's a Deal"
1987–1988 Cagney & Lacey Harry Dupnick 4 episodes
1988 David John Television film
1988–1993 The Wonder Years Jack Arnold Main role
1990 The Great Los Angeles Earthquake Steve Winslow Television film
1993 In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco Bob Blanchard Television film
1995 Amazing Grace Harry Kramer 5 episodes
1995 Burke's Law Jimmy Jackson Episode: "Who Killed Cock-a-Doodle Dooley?"
1996 Terror in the Family Todd Marten Television film
1996–1997 Party of Five Russ Petrocelli 6 episodes
1997 Boy Meets World Judge Lamb Episode: "Wheels"
1997 Prison of Secrets Ed Crang Television film
1997 Walker, Texas Ranger Salvatore Matacio Episode: "A Father's Image"
1997 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Samuel Morrison Episode: "Safe Passage"
1988 From the Earth to the Moon James Webb 2 episodes
1999 Batman Beyond Bill Wallace (voice) Episode: "Earth Mover"[6]
2000 Static Shock Sean Foley (voice) Episode: "Sons of the Fathers"[6]
2000 Diagnosis: Murder Donald Purdy Episode: "Murder by Remote"
2001 Smallville Walt Arnold Episode: "Hothead"
2003 JAG Allen Blaisdell 4 episodes
2003, 2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Peter Kurtz, Ray Masters 2 episodes
2003 7th Heaven Andrew Hampton Episode: "Life and Death"
2005 Ghost Whisperer Ellis Conway Episode: "Voices"
2007 Psych Bill Peterson Episode: "Poker? I Barely Know Her"
2007 The Bronx Is Burning Detective Borelli Episode: "The Seven Commandments"
2007 The Black Donnellys Franny Kenny Episode: "Wasn't That Enough?"
2008 How I Met Your Mother Nolan Episode: "Not a Father's Day"
2009 The Mentalist Santino Battaglia Episode: "Red Sauce"
2009 Criminal Minds Lee Whitworth Episode: "Amplification"
2010 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Sal Episode: "Inhumane Society"
2011 Nurse Jackie Carl Episode: "The Astonishing"
2011–2012 Harry's Law Raymond Gillot 2 episodes
2012 NCIS: Los Angeles James Cleary Episode: "The Dragon and the Fairy"
2012–2014 Sullivan & Son Jack Sullivan Main role
2013 Person of Interest Stanley Amis Episode: "Proteus"
2012–2015 Perception Joe Moretti 5 episodes
2014 Hot in Cleveland J.J. 3 episodes
2015 Grey's Anatomy Martin Davis Episode: "Don't Dream It's Over"
2015, 2019 Blue Bloods Stan Rourke 2 episodes
2016 Pitch Al Luongo 10 episodes
2017 The Night Shift Doug Episode: "Keep the Faith"
2017 Elementary Louis Garmendia Episode: "High Heat"
2017 NCIS Morgan Cade Episode: "Ready or Not"
2018 Christmas at Grand Valley Frank Television film
2018 Man with a Plan Frank Episode: "Out with the In-Laws"
2018 Shameless Mo White 3 episodes
2018–2021 This Is Us Mr. Damon 3 episodes
2019 The Resident Simon Ortiz Episode: "Adverse Events"
2021 MacGyver Lenny Krengel Episode "Quarantine + N95 + Landline + Telescope + Social Distance"
2021 The Goldbergs Arnie Wofsy Episode: "The William Penn Years"
2023 Fantasy Island Lou Hutchinson Episode: "War of the Roses (and the Hutchinsons)"
2023 The Good Doctor Mr. Ermey Episode: "Loves Labor"

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dan Lauria Biography at Film Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Dean, Paul (April 27, 1995). "To Hell . . . and Back : Not everyone who fought in Vietnam came home shattered. Millions returned intact in mind and body, and used the worst of combat to find the best of life". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
    Cutler, Jacqueline (September 10, 2006). "'The Path to 9/11". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  3. ^ Healy, Patrick (April 15, 2010). "Turf for a Different Kind of N.F.L. Play: Broadway". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Hague, Jim. "'Lombardi' on Broadway is a smash hit" "Tasty Tidbits" The Union City Reporter; October 24, 2010; Pages 12 & 13
  5. ^ Johnson, Ted (December 9, 2022). "Dan Lauria To Play Tip O'Neill In Ronald Reagan Biopic". Deadline. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Dan Lauria (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved May 4, 2024. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.

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