Hunter von Leer

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Hunter von Leer
Born
Paul Hunter von Leer

(1944-04-03) April 3, 1944 (age 79)
OccupationActor
Years active19712003

Hunter von Leer (born in Terre Haute, Indiana; [1] April 3, 1944) is an American former actor who has appeared in films, television series, and television movies. Von Leer is a 1968 graduate of Indiana State University. [1] After graduation, von Leer moved to California, teaching high school there for a year while he tried to break into acting as a stunt man. [1]

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His last film or television credit was the 2003 TV movie Book of Days. Von Leer's acting career ended due to unspecified medical issues. [1] After leaving acting, he moved back to Indiana and became a cattle farmer in Lawrence County. [1]

Von Leer is married to wife Fariba who "has a large insurance agency in California." [1]

Filmography

Source: [1]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971ThiefTV movie
1972Trapped Beneath the Sea [1]
1972 Unholy Rollers [1] Larry
1973 A Brand New Life [1] TV movie
1973 Cahill U.S. Marshal [1] Deputy Sheriff Jim Kane
1973 The Stone Killer [1] Graham
1973 Executive Action [1] Rifleman - Team B
1975 Framed [1] Dewey
1975 The Kansas City Massacre [1]
1975Promise Him Anything [1] TV movie
1975Sky Heist [1] TV movie
1976 The Missouri Breaks [1] Sandy Chase
1976 Midway 'Strawberry 9' NavigatorUncredited
1976Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours [1] TV movie
1977 Black Sunday [1] T.V. Cameraman
1977Deadly Game [1] TV movie
1977The Girl in the Empty Grave [1] TV movie
1977 High Anxiety [1] Policeman at Airport #2
1977Panic in Echo Park [1] TV movie
1978Loose Change [1]
1978 Mean Dog Blues [1] Guard at Conjugal Barracks
1979 Steel [1] Surfer
1981 History of the World: Part I [1] Lt. Bob - The Roman Empire
1981 Halloween II [1] Deputy Gary Hunt
1981The Violation of Sarah McDavid [1] TV Movie
1982The Day the Bubble Burst [1] TV Movie
1983 Making of a Male Model [1] TV movie
1986 The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer [1] TV movie
1987Talkings Walls [1] James
1988 Big Business [1] Petey
1989 Under the Boardwalk [1] Midos
1992 Into the Sun [1] Lt. Col. Reynolds
1992 Trancers III [1] Sen. McCoy Direct-to-video
1995 The Stranger [1] Mayor Carl Perkins
2002The Round and RoundM.B.
2002Cockfight [1]
2003Book of Days [1] TV movie

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 Night Gallery [1]
1972 Cade's County [1]
1973–1974 Cannon [1]
1974–1975 Kolchak: The Night Stalker [1]
1974–1976 McCloud [1]
1977 General Hospital [1] Larry Bakerminor character
1977 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries [1]
1977–1978 The Rockford Files [1]
1978 Charlie's Angels [1]
1979 Dukes of Hazzard [1]
1979 240-Robert [1]
1980 The Stockard Channing Show [1]
1982 CHiPs [1]
1983 Hotel [1]
1983 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers [1]
1984 Magnum, P.I. [1]
1984 Trapper John, M.D. [1]
1984The Master [1]
1986–1987 Dallas B. D. Calhoun [1] minor recurring character
1988 Houston Knights [1]
1989 Guns of Paradise [1]
1991 Quantum Leap [1]
1992 In the Heat of the Night [1]
1999 The West Wing [1]

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