Dan Lauria

Dan Lauria
Lauria at WonderCon 2009
Born	Daniel Joseph Lauria April 12, 1947 (1947-04-12) (age 64) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1981 – present
Spouse	Eileen Cregg (1991-1998)

Daniel Joseph "Dan" Lauria (born April 12, 1947) is an American television and film actor.^[1]

Early life

Lauria, an Italian-American, was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Carmela (née Luongo) and Joseph J. Lauria.^[2] He also lived in Lindenhurst, New York. He graduated from Lindenhurst 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 US Marine Corps in the early 1970s, at the same point in his life that Jack Arnold, his character in The Wonder Years did during the Korean War. He got his start in acting while attending Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT, on a football scholarship.

Career

Lauria is best known for his portrayal of Jack Arnold, the intimidating and money conscious father on the TV series The Wonder Years, that ran from 1988 to 1993. He also played 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 in a War Veterans public service announcement and 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, Dan has appeared as General Lee Whitworth, M.D. on T.V. series Criminal Minds Season 4. He's also appeared in an episode of Boy Meets World, starring Ben Savage, the younger brother of The Wonder Years's 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 Kennedy's rise.

In 2010, Lauria appears as Vince Lombardi in the Broadway play Lombardi,^[3] The play has received positive reviews, as has Lauria's performance, with sports writer 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, raved, "I really felt like he was Lombardi. It was uncanny."^[4]

Filmography

Lauria at the 39th Emmy Awards

• Stakeout (1987)
• The Big One: The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
• Another Stakeout (1993)
• In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (1993)
• Amazing Grace (1995)
• Excessive Force II: Force on Force (1995)
• Faithful (1996)
• Independence Day (1996)
• No One Could Protect Her (1996)
• From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
• Wide Awake (1998)
• Stranger In My House (1999)(Guest star in Portrait Of Maddie )
• Smallville (2001)
• Big Momma's House 2 (2006)
• The Bronx is Burning (2007)
• Psych (2007)
• The Spirit (2008)
• How I Met Your Mother (TV series) (2008)
• Alien Trespass (2009)
• Criminal Minds (TV series) (2009)
• Donna On Demand (2009)
• Life Of Lemon (2010)
• Law and Order: Criminal Intent (2010)

Television

• Jack Arnold, The Wonder Years (1988–1993)
• Todd Martin, "Terror In The Family" (1996)
• Judge Lamb, "Wheels" Boy Meets World (1997)
• Salvatore Matacio, "A Father's Image" Walker, Texas Ranger (1997)
• Coach Walt Arnold, "Hothead", Smallville (2001)
• Allen Blaisdell, "Secret Agent Man" JAG (2003)
• Allen Blaisdell, "The One That Got Away" JAG (2003)
• Allen Blaisdell, "Touchdown" JAG (2003)
• Allen Blaisdell, "Back in the Saddle" JAG (2003)
• Boxing Gym Owner, "Traffic" Law and Order: Criminal Intent (2010)
• Ray Stephens, "Personal Fouls" Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2011)

References

1. ^ Harrison, Nancy (August 26, 1990). "For Wonder Years, Actor Recalls L.I.". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/26/nyregion/for-wonder-years-actor-recalls-li.html?scp=4&sq=wonder%20years&st=cse. Retrieved 2010-08-11. 
2. ^ Dan Lauria Biography at Film Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
3. ^ Healy, Patrick (April 15, 2010). "Turf for a Different Kind of N.F.L. Play: Broadway". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/theater/15arts-BROADWAY_BRF.html. 
4. ^ Hague, Jim. "'Lombardi' on Broadway is a smash hit" "Tasty Tidbits" The Union City Reporter; October 24, 2010; Pages 12 & 13

External links

Biography portal

• Dan Lauria at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Lauria, Dan
Alternative names
Short description	United States Marine
Date of birth	April 12, 1947
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York
Date of death
Place of death