Gary Grubbs
Ubiquitous character actors were often known by sight, if not by name, but Gary Grubbs' voice was as much his calling card as his ability to undertake various performing challenges. Perfectly able to depict characters on opposite ends of the social register, his unaffected Mississippi drawl and natural acting skill made him just as persuasive playing attorneys in productions like the TV movie "The Burning Bed" (NBC, 1984) and, perhaps most famously, "JFK" (1991), at the same time he was inhabiting good 'ole boy roles in films like "Ray" (2004). Casting directors also found the tall and handsome actor an excellent choice to portray authority figures, so Grubbs found himself wearing the uniforms of everything from county sheriffs to high-ranking military men. While the majority of his parts were on the small screen, Grubbs also made his mark in such notable motion pictures as "In the Electric Mist" (2009), "The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans" (2009), "Battleship" (2012), and "Django Unchained" (2012). Grubbs' extensive résumé in both mediums was a testament to his skillset and his work in a number of high-profile movies later in his career, all of which helped viewers put a face to that unmistakable voice.
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Gary Grubbs
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stolen in Plain Sight | Sheriff Dunn (Character) | - | 2020 |
37% |
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Out of Blue | Mr. Torby (Character) | $11.7K | 2018 |
18% |
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God Bless the Broken Road | Joe Carter (Character) | $2.8M | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Christmas in Mississippi | Carter Greenside (Character) | - | 2017 |
27% |
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Let There Be Light | Fornier (Character) | $7.2M | 2017 |
33% |
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Demons | Father Joseph Moran (Character) | $2.8K | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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A Sunday Horse | Coach Walden (Character) | - | 2016 |
55% |
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LBJ | Everett Dirksen (Character) | $2.5M | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Convergence | Peter Grayson (Character) | - | 2015 |
38% |
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Project Almanac | Dr. Lou (Character) | $22.3M | 2015 |
46% |
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No One Lives | Harris (Character) | $72.1K | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Bending the Rules | D.A. Clark Gunn (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Ricochet | Captain Gerrard (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Carjacked | Deputy (Character) | - | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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Major Movie Star | Captain Greer (Character) | - | 2008 |
3% |
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Deal | Mr. Stillman (Character) | $57.2K | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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For One Night | Mr. Thornton (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Madam's Family: The Truth About Canal Street Brothel | Jimmy (Character) | - | 2004 |
12% |
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Double Take | Timothy Jarrett McCready (Character) | $29.8M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I'm a Spring Break Lawyer | Senator Claxton (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Python | Sheriff Griffin Wade (Character) | - | 2000 |
15% |
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The Astronaut's Wife | NASA Director (Character) | $10.7M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder | Detective Carl Baker (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Journey of the Heart | Jax Texas Beer's owner (Character) | - | 1997 |
4% |
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Gone Fishin' | Phil Beasly (Character) | $19.7M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Forgotten Sins | Reverend Ralph Newton (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midnight Run: Midnight Run-Around | Lester (Character) | - | 1994 |
91% |
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The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom | Detective Helton (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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The Ernest Green Story | Mr. Loomis (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miracle Child | John Marshall (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Without Warning: The James Brady Story | Larry "Catfish" Speakes (Character) | - | 1991 |
84% |
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JFK | Al Oser (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder | George Russell (Character) | - | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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Foxfire | Prince (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Fatal Vision | James Blackburn (Character) | - | 1984 |
TV
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77% | 76% | Scream Queens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
47% | 78% | The Astronaut Wives Club | Cal Butterfield (Guest Star) | 2015 |
70% | 72% | Glee | Jimbo Wilson (Guest Star) | 2015 |
90% | 83% | Bones | Dwayne Wilson (Guest Star) | 2013 |
97% | 87% | Treme | Richard Desaulet (Guest Star) | 2010 2012 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Criminal Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
48% | 88% | Common Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Wizards of Waverly Place | Pa (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 65% | CSI: Miami | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
42% | No Score Yet | K-Ville | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007 |
68% | 72% | The O.C. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006-2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One on One | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 84% | NCIS | Coroner Elmo Poke (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Court | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace |
Harlin Polk (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1998-1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Quinn | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Emmet Chambliss (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | JAG | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 67% | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 97% | Married ... With Children | Delbert (Guest Star) | 1987 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Goode Behavior | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
50% | No Score Yet | Second Noah | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dave's World | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
74% | 86% | The X-Files | Sheriff Tom Arens (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Watcher | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North and South | Lt. Pickles (Character) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Growing Pains | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991-1992 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Mark Berringer (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Major Dad | Maj. Buddy Hargrove (Guest Star) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guns of Paradise | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 227 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North and South, Book II | Lt. Pickles (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 94% | The Golden Girls | Waiter (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Magnum, P.I. | Dexter (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Love and Honor | Capt. Steven Wiecek (Character) | 1983-1984 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Three's Company | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dukes of Hazzard | Wade (Guest Star) | 1979 1982 |
No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Lt. Geyer (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Days | Jack (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Greatest American Hero | Doyle Casco (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Waltons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |