Wings Hauser

American actor

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Also known as Gerald Hauser

Born: December 12, 1947
Died: March 15, 2025
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1.“R.I.P. Wings Hauser: prolific character actor has passed away at 77”joblo.com/rip-wings-hauser/Retrieved 2025-03-20
2.“Wings Hauser, Actor in ‘Vice Squad’ and ‘A Soldier’s Story,’ Dies at 77”hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/wings-hauser-dead-vice-squad-soldiers-story-1236169294/
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Birthplace: Hollywood
Place of death: Santa Monica
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: actor
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, screenwriter
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, television actor
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Spouse: Cali Lili(2002–2025)
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Gerald Dwight "Wings" Hauser was an American actor, screenwriter, film director and musician. A prolific character actor, he appeared in over 100 film and television productions since 1967, and was once called "the biggest star you've never heard of". He received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male for his role in Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987). He is the father of actor Cole Hauser.

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Appears in

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L.A. Bounty(1989)
The Siege of Firebase Gloria(1989)
Nightmare at Noon(1988)
The Carpenter (film)(1988)
No Safe Haven(1987)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel(1987)
Tough Guys Don't Dance(1987)
The Wind(1986)
3:15(1986)
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling(1986)
Terror in the Aisles(1984)
Mutant(1984)
A Soldier's Story(1984)
Deadly Force(1983)
Vice Squad(1982)
Homework(1982)
Who'll Stop the Rain(1978)
First to Fight(1967)

Directed

1 linked to Wings Hauser in Wikidata

SSkins1994 · 1994 film by Wings Hauser

Wrote

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NNo Safe Haven1987 · 1987 film directed by Ronnie Rondell Jr.

Produced

1 linked to Wings Hauser in Wikidata

UUncommon Valor1983 · 1983 film by Ted Kotcheff

Performed

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AA.P. Caidcharacter in The Mentalist

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Sex or gender: male
Family name: Hauser
Child: Cole Hauser
Bright Hauser
Father: Dwight Hauser
Start of work period: 1967
Birth name: Gerald Dwight Hauser
Native language: English
Writing language: English
Given name: Gerald
Nickname: Wings
End of work period: 2025

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