Dan Lauria
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Born | Daniel Joseph Lauria (1947-04-12) April 12, 1947 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1962–present |
Spouse(s) | Eileen Cregg (1991–2001) |
Military career | |
Service/branch | United States Marine Corps |
Years of service | 1970–1973 |
Rank | Captain (O-3) |
Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Daniel Joseph Lauria (born April 12, 1947) is an American actor, best known for his role as Jack Arnold in The Wonder Years.
Contents
1 Early life
2 Career
3 Filmography
4 Television
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Early life
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. He got his start in acting while attending Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut, on a football scholarship.
Career
Lauria is best known for his portrayal of Jack Arnold, the 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 has also appeared in an episode of Boy Meets World, starring Ben Savage, the younger brother of The Wonder Years' 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 appeared as Vince Lombardi in the Broadway play Lombardi.[3] The play received positive reviews, 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, 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 the Green Bay Packers, the team Lombardi coached to victories in the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968, defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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.
Filmography

Lauria at the 41st Emmy Awards on September 17, 1989
South Bronx Heroes (1985)
Doing Life (1986) TV movie with Tony Danza
Stakeout (1987)
David (1988)
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)
Terror in the Family (1996) (TV)
Prison of Secrets (1997) (TV)
From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Wide Awake (1998)
A Wake in Providence (1999)
Stranger in My House (1999)
Big Momma's House 2 (2006)
The Bronx is Burning (2007)
The Spirit (2008)
How I Met Your Mother (2008) (TV)
Alien Trespass (2009)
Donna On Demand (2009)
Life of Lemon (2010)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2010) (TV)
A to Z (2015) (TV)
Grey's Anatomy (2015) (TV)
Blue Bloods (2015) (TV)
I'm Not Ready for Christmas (2015) (TV)
Television
- Rogan, "Utopia Now" Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985)
- Hockey Coach Brockton, "Growing Pains" (1986)
- Detective Harry Dupnick, "Special Treatment" Cagney & Lacey (1987)
- Detective Harry Dupnick, "Loves Me Not" Cagney & Lacey (1987)
- Detective Harry Dupnick, "School Daze" Cagney & Lacey (1988)
- Joseph Sears, "L.A. Law" (1987)
- Man whose wife gives birth aboard plane "Growing Pains" (1987)
- Jack Arnold, The Wonder Years (1988–1993)
- Todd Martin, "Terror In The Family" (1996)
- Judge Lamb, "Wheels" Boy Meets World (1997)
- Coach Russ Petrocelli, "Party of Five" (1997)
- Salvatore Matacio, "A Father's Image" Walker, Texas Ranger (1997)
- Major Samuel Mortison, "A Safe Passage" Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (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)
- Father, "Damaged", Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (2003)
- Ellis Conway, "Voices", Ghost Whisperer (2005)
- Bill Peterson, "Poker? I Barely Know Her", Psych (2007)
- Nolan, "Not a Father's Day", How I Met Your Mother (2008)
- General Lee Whitworth, MD, "Amplification", Criminal Minds (2009)
- Boxing Gym Owner, "Traffic" Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2010)
- Carl, "The Astonishing" Nurse Jackie Season 3; Episode 8 (2011)
- Ray Masters, "Personal Fouls" Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2011)
- Judge Raymond Gillot, "Head Games" Harry's Law (2011)
- James Cleary, "The Dragon and the Fairy", NCIS: Los Angeles (season 3) (2012)
- Jack Sullivan, Sullivan & Son (2012)
- Bill Wallace "Earth Mover", Batman Beyond Season 2; Episode 2 (Voice Characterization)
- J.J., Hot in Cleveland, Season 5, 3 episodes (2014)
- Stan FDNY Commissioner, "With Friends Like These", Blue Bloods Season 6; Episode 4 (2015)
- Al Luongo, Pitch, main cast (2016)
- Doug, "Keep the Faith", The Night Shift, Season 4; Episode 7 (2017)
- Morgan Cade, "Ready or Not," NCIS, Season 15; Episode 9 (2017)
- Frank, "Out with the In-Laws," Man with a Plan, Season 2; Episode 15 (2018)
- Mo White, Shameless, Recurring Guest Star, Season 9 (2018)
See also
Biography portal
References
^ Dan Lauria Biography at Film Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
^ Dean, Paul (27 April 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 2 April 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
Cutler, Jacqueline (10 September 2006). "'The Path to 9/11". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ Healy, Patrick (April 15, 2010). "Turf for a Different Kind of N.F.L. Play: Broadway". The New York Times.
^ Hague, Jim. "'Lombardi' on Broadway is a smash hit" "Tasty Tidbits" The Union City Reporter; October 24, 2010; Pages 12 & 13
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