Wings Hauser Dies: Longtime Character Actor In Everything From ‘Baretta’ To ‘CSI’ Was 77
deadline.comWings Hauser, the father of Cole Hauser and an instantly-recognizable character actor who had roles on just about every action-based TV series in the past 50 years, died over the weekend at the studio he shared with wife Cali Lili Hauser.
He was 77. Hauser began his TV career in the ’70s on episodes of staples such as Canon, Baretta and Emergency! He had bit roles in movies of the period such as the Nick Nolte starrer Who’ll Stop the Rain?
and A Soldier’s Story with Denzel Washington. His career took off in the ’80s and ’90s, with dozens and dozens of appearances on big-name action shows like The Fall Guy, Airwolf and Walker, Texas Ranger.
He had longer arcs on China Beach, Lightning Force, Roseanne and Beverly Hills, 90210. He also played Greg Foster on more than a dozen episodes of The Young and the Restless.
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