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."
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Don Stroud
Filmography
Movies
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Other Halves | Film Editing | - | 2015 |
87% |
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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% |
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Perdita Durango | Santos (Character) | - | 1997 |
29% |
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Wild America | Stango (Character) | $7.3M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Haunted Sea | Chief Foster (Character) | - | 1997 |
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Little Bigfoot | McKenzie (Character) | - | 1996 |
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Precious Find | Loo Seki (Character) | - | 1996 |
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Soldier Boyz | Gaton (Character) | - | 1995 |
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Dillinger and Capone | George (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Alien Within | Louis (Character) | - | 1995 |
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Unknown Origin | Louis (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sawbones | Captain Mowbray (Character) | - | 1995 |
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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 |
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The King of the Kickboxers | Anderson (Character) | - | 1990 |
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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% |
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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 |
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Sweet Sixteen | Billy Franklin (Character) | - | 1983 |
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Search and Destroy | Buddy Grant (Character) | - | 1981 |
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The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia | Seth Ames (Character) | - | 1981 |
31% |
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The Amityville Horror | Father Bolen (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Supertrain | Jack Fisk (Character) | - | 1979 |
100% |
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The Buddy Holly Story | Jesse (Character) | - | 1978 |
40% |
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The Choirboys | Sam Lyles (Character) | - | 1977 |
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Death Weekend | Lep (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sudden Death | Dominic Digaldo (Character) | - | 1977 |
40% |
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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 |
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Slaughter's Big Rip-Off | Kirk (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Nightmare Step | Rafe (Character) | - | 1973 |
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Scalawag | Velvet (Character) | - | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daughters of Joshua Cabe | Blue Wetherall (Character) | - | 1972 |
80% |
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Joe Kidd | Lamarr (Character) | - | 1972 |
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Rolling Man | Harold Duncan (Character) | - | 1972 |
56% |
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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 |
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... Tick... Tick... Tick... | Bengy Springer (Character) | - | 1970 |
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Angel Unchained | Angel (Character) | - | 1970 |
13% |
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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% |
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Coogan's Bluff | Ringerman (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Something for a Lonely Man | Eben Duren (Character) | - | 1968 |
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Journey to Shiloh | Todo McLean (Character) | - | 1968 |
57% |
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Games | Norman (Character) | - | 1967 |
TV
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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 |