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Don Stroud

Don Stroud

Highest Rated: 100% The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

Lowest Rated: 9% Armed and Dangerous (1986)

Birthday: Sep 1, 1943

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Character actor Don Stroud made a career out of playing vicious killers with killer tans. Beach blond, hulky, and handsome, Stroud was the son of vaudevillian Clarence Stroud and grew up in Hawaii. There, he learned to surf and competed professionally in the sport. After working as a stunt-double on the TV series "Hawaiian Eye," Stroud was inspired to pursue acting and moved to Los Angeles. In time he began to land small roles on TV and gained his reputation as a villain once director Don Siegel cast him in "Madigan" and later "Coogan's Bluff," the latter opposite Clint Eastwood. With increasing frequency, Stroud began to show up on police procedurals as charismatic criminals -- "Charlie's Angels," "The Streets of San Francisco," and "Cannon" among them. Exploitation and low-budget producers also turned to Stroud to play heavies. One of his best roles came as the son of Ma Barker (Shelley Winters) in the 1970 Roger Corman flick "Bloody Mama," getting top billing over a young Robert De Niro (who played brother Lloyd Barker). What does Stroud have to say about his pigeonhole? "I'm most proud of simply the amount of stuff I did," he stated in an interview. "I've done over 100 films and over 200 television shows. How many actors get to work like that? I did."

Highest rated movies

100% 77% The Buddy Holly Story
95% 50% Coogan's Bluff
87% 92% Django Unchained
80% 54% Joe Kidd
57% 50% Games
56% 33% Von Richthofen and Brown
43% 63% Perdita Durango
40% 38% The Choirboys

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 71% Other Halves Film Editing - 2015
87% 92% Django Unchained Sheriff Bill Sharp (Character) $162.8M 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet Paved With Good Intentions Production Design - 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Company Man The Mule (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Detonator Whip O'Leary (Character) - 1998
43% 63% Perdita Durango Santos (Character) - 1997
29% 59% Wild America Stango (Character) $7.3M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Haunted Sea Chief Foster (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 30% Little Bigfoot McKenzie (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 8% Precious Find Loo Seki (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 35% Soldier Boyz Gaton (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 41% Dillinger and Capone George (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Alien Within Louis (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 30% Unknown Origin Louis (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sawbones Captain Mowbray (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet 32% Carnosaur 2 Ben Kahane (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Flesh Merchant Delambre (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cyber Seeker Isaac (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Return of the Rollerblade Seven Conga Man (Character) - 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Prime Target Manny (Character) $52.4K 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Roller Blade Seven Desert Maurader (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deadly Avenger Otis (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 58% The King of the Kickboxers Anderson (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet 56% Twisted Justice Luther Pontelli (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cartel Tony King (Character) - 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All Captain Pat Chambers (Character) - 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two to Tango James Conrad (Character) - 1988
9% 39% Armed and Dangerous Sergeant Rizzo (Character) $15.4M 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Captain Pat Chambers (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gidget's Summer Reunion The Great Kahoona (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hyperspace Unknown (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: More Than Murder Captain Pat Chambers (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet Murder Me, Murder You Captain Pat Chambers (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 21% Sweet Sixteen Billy Franklin (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 72% Search and Destroy Buddy Grant (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 76% The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia Seth Ames (Character) - 1981
31% 52% The Amityville Horror Father Bolen (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Supertrain Jack Fisk (Character) - 1979
100% 77% The Buddy Holly Story Jesse (Character) - 1978
40% 38% The Choirboys Sam Lyles (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet 29% Death Weekend Lep (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sudden Death Dominic Digaldo (Character) - 1977
40% 25% The Killer Inside Me Elmer (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Man Barney (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet High Risk Walker-T (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Return of Joe Forrester Plums (Character) - 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Live a Little, Steal a Lot Jack Murphy (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Elevator Pete Howarth (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Can't Steal Love Jack Murphy (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet 30% Slaughter's Big Rip-Off Kirk (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Nightmare Step Rafe (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 29% Scalawag Velvet (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Blue Wetherall (Character) - 1972
80% 54% Joe Kidd Lamarr (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet 64% Rolling Man Harold Duncan (Character) - 1972
56% 33% Von Richthofen and Brown Roy Brown (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The D.A.: Conspiracy to Kill Thomas Bertrand (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Deadly Dream Kagan (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 57% ... Tick... Tick... Tick... Bengy Springer (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 16% Angel Unchained Angel (Character) - 1970
13% 41% Bloody Mama Herman Barker (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pineapple Rose Lincoln Bridges (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Explosion Richie Kovacs (Character) - 1969
95% 50% Coogan's Bluff Ringerman (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Something for a Lonely Man Eben Duren (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet 17% Journey to Shiloh Todo McLean (Character) - 1968
57% 50% Games Norman (Character) - 1967

TV

Credit
No Score Yet 69% Hawaii Five-0 Unknown (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Pensacola: Wings of Gold Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Nash Bridges Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet 92% Babylon 5 Unknown (Guest Star) 1994 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Walker, Texas Ranger Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Courthouse Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Phil Shannon (Guest Star) 1985 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Baywatch Louis Zane (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet 90% Quantum Leap Coach (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet 68% MacGyver Unknown (Guest Star) 1989 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guns of Paradise Unknown (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake and the Fatman Unknown (Guest Star) 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Captain Pat Chambers (Character) 1984-1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Mr. Rider (Guest Star) 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hunter Sheriff Johnson (Guest Star) 1985
No Score Yet 70% The A-Team Deke Watkins (Guest Star) 1983 1985
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fall Guy Unknown (Guest Star) 1981 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1980 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Simon & Simon Arnold (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet 80% Knight Rider Hilly (Guest Star) 1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet CHiPs Unknown (Guest Star) 1981-1982
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trapper John, M.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet 73% Incredible Hulk Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hart to Hart Unknown (Guest Star) 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Charlie's Angels Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dukes of Hazzard Carl (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mrs. Columbo Sergeant Mike Varrick (Character) 1979-1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Harry O Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Police Woman Vern Lightfoot (Guest Star) 1974-1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet Petrocelli Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Rookies Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet 100% Kung Fu Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Vale (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Foss (Guest Star) 1973-1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Barnaby Jones Unknown (Guest Star) 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cannon Marty Brand (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Banacek Vince O'Hara (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marcus Welby, M.D. Charlie Gates (Guest Star) 1970 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet McMillan and Wife Billy Benton (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dan August Nick Rude (Guest Star) 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1968