Full Name | Clu Gulager |
Net Worth | $900,000 |
Date Of Birth | November 16, 1928 |
Place Of Birth | Holdenville, Oklahoma, USA |
Height | 5' 11" (1.8 m) |
Occupation | Actor |
Profession | Actor, Soldier, Film director |
Education | Northeastern State University |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Miriam Byrd Nethery |
Children | John Gulager, Tom Gulager |
Parents | John Gulager |
Nicknames | Gulager, Clu, Clu Gulager |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0347656 |
Movies | The Return of the Living Dead, Piranha 3DD, A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge, Feast, The Last Picture Show, The Killers, Feast 2: Sloppy Seconds, Blue Jay, The Hidden, Feast III: The Happy Finish, A Force of One, McQ, From a Whisper to a Scream, Tangerine, The Initiation, I'm Gonna Git ... |
TV Shows | Project Greenlight, North and South, Book II, King, The Virginian, San Francisco International Airport, Harold Robbins' The Survivors, The Tall Man, The Mackenzies of Paradise Cove |
Star Sign | Scorpio |
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1 | Gulager is the father of Tom Gulager and film director John Gulager. His wife, actress Miriam Byrd-Nethery, played Woody Guthrie's mother in Bound for Glory (1976), died in Los Angeles in 2003. |
2 | Acting protégé of Barry Sullivan. |
3 | He was given the script for MASH (1970). He turned down the offer because he hated it. He says that was one of his biggest career mistakes. |
4 | Was Earl Hamner Jr.'s first choice for the male lead role in Falcon Crest (1981), which starred Jane Wyman. He appeared in the unaired pilot episode "The Vintage Years," but was not rehired. Robert Foxworth was cast in the lead male role of Chase Gioberti, continuing until his departure at the end of season six in 1987. |
5 | Friends with: Robert Fuller, James Drury, Doug McClure, John Smith, Clint Walker, and David Carradine. |
6 | Attended Northeastern State College (now Northeastern State University) Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in the late 1940s. |
7 | Mentor and longtime friend of Patrick Thomas. |
8 | He grew up an only child on his alcoholic uncle's farm near Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Clu (the nickname means "Red Bird") is part Cherokee and is Will Rogers's cousin. |
9 | He was in the Marines, stationed at Camp Pendleton from 1946 to 1948. |
10 | Started out in experimental theatre in Paris under the guidance of actor Jean-Louis Barrault. |
11 | Revitalized his career in the 1980s in scores of horror flicks that took advantage of his ever-growing, wild-eyed eccentricities. |
12 | Signed with Universal in the 1960s as a contract player. |
13 | Clu and his wife, Miriam Byrd-Nethery, had two sons - John Gulager (b. 1958) and Tom Gulager (b. 1965). |
14 | Got nickname from his father for the clu-clu birds who were nesting at the Gulager home at the time Clu was born. |
15 | His father, John Gulager, was a Broadway actor-vaudevillian who worked with George M. Cohan. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Blue Jay | 2016/I | | Waynie |
Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein | 2015 | | Gavin Merrill |
Give Til It Hurts | 2015 | | Mr. Lawson |
Tangerine | 2015 | | The Cherokee |
Piranha 3DD | 2012 | | Mo |
Nico Vega: Gravity | 2010 | Video short uncredited | |
Feast III: The Happy Finish | 2009 | Video | Bartender |
Thus to Tyrants | 2008 | Short | Storyteller |
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds | 2008 | Video | Bartender |
Vic | 2006 | Short | Vic Reeves |
Feast | 2005 | | Bartender |
Jacqueline Hyde | 2005 | Video | Bouncer Outside of Strip Club (uncredited) |
Gunfighter | 1999 | | Uncle Buck Peters, Owner Bar 20 Ranch |
Palmer's Pick-Up | 1999 | | Jeb, the Telegraph Operator |
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | 1996 | TV Series | Art McKendrick |
Walker, Texas Ranger | 1995 | TV Series | Duke Jamison |
Beavis and Butt-Head | 1995 | TV Series | Anderson's War Buddy |
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues | 1995 | TV Series | Deputy Clay Hardin |
Puppet Master 5 | 1994 | Video | Man #1 |
Killing Device | 1993 | | Smitty |
In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco | 1993 | TV Movie | McLennan County Sheriff |
Eddie Presley | 1992 | | Sid |
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys | 1991 | | Dark Glasses |
The Willies | 1990 | | Greeley Principal |
Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective | 1990 | Video | Desk Sergeant |
Teen Vamp | 1988 | | The Reverend |
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | 1988 | | Lt. Baker |
Uninvited | 1988 | Video | Albert |
MacGyver | 1988 | TV Series | Walt Kirby |
Tapeheads | 1988 | | Norman Mart |
The Hidden | 1987 | | Lt. Ed Flynn |
Murder, She Wrote | 1985-1987 | TV Series | Ray Carter / Mike Gann / Carl Mestin |
Summer Heat | 1987 | | Will |
From a Whisper to a Scream | 1987 | | Stanley Burnside |
Simon & Simon | 1986 | TV Series | Nathan Sloan |
Hunter's Blood | 1986 | | Mason Rand |
North and South, Book II | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan |
The Fall Guy | 1982-1986 | TV Series | Col. Halston / Osborne / Marv Jackson |
Magnum, P.I. | 1986 | TV Series | Theo Wolf |
Airwolf | 1986 | TV Series | Cullen Dixon |
Riptide | 1985 | TV Series | Doug Skinner |
Terror at London Bridge | 1985 | TV Movie | Chief Peter 'Pete' Dawson |
A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge | 1985 | | Ken Walsh |
Lies | 1985 | | Doctor Bartlett |
The Return of the Living Dead | 1985 | | Burt |
Space | 1985 | TV Mini-Series | Victor Hardesty |
Prime Risk | 1985 | | Paul Minsky |
Into the Night | 1985 | | Federal Agent |
Knight Rider | 1985 | TV Series | Eugene Hanson |
Street Hawk | 1985 | TV Series | Will Gassner |
The Initiation | 1984 | | Dwight Fairchild |
I Do Mind Dying | 1984 | Short | Melvin Ricks |
Cover Up | 1984 | TV Series | Bo Watson |
Chattanooga Choo Choo | 1984 | | Sam |
The Yellow Rose | 1984 | TV Series | Charlie Reno |
Masquerade | 1984 | TV Series | |
The Master | 1984 | TV Series | Mr. Christensen |
Automan | 1983 | TV Series | Rudolph Brock |
Cutter to Houston | 1983 | TV Series | Coach Chug Phillips |
This Is the Life | 1983 | TV Series | Coach Williams |
Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story | 1983 | TV Movie | J.R. Smith |
CHiPs | 1982 | TV Series | Stoler |
Quincy M.E. | 1982 | TV Series | Larry Krushevitz |
Falcon Crest | 1981 | TV Series | Chase Gioberti |
Skyward | 1980 | TV Movie | Steve Ward |
Touched by Love | 1980 | | Don Fielder |
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler | 1980 | TV Movie | Rufe Bennett |
A Force of One | 1979 | | Dunne |
The MacKenzies of Paradise Cove | 1979 | TV Series | Cuda Weber |
Willa | 1979 | TV Movie | Joe Welch |
Lawman Without a Gun | 1978 | TV Movie | Marvin Tayman |
A Question of Love | 1978 | TV Movie | Mike Guettner |
Stickin' Together | 1978 | TV Movie | Cuda Weber |
Ski Lift to Death | 1978 | TV Movie | Marv Gilman |
King | 1978 | TV Mini-Series | William Sullivan |
Black Beauty | 1978 | TV Mini-Series | Reuben Smith |
The Oregon Trail | 1977 | TV Series | Harris |
Westside Medical | 1977 | TV Series | Jim MacAllister |
Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging | 1977 | TV Movie | Charlie Cobb |
The Other Side of Midnight | 1977 | | Bill Fraser |
Dog and Cat | 1977 | TV Series | Bob Murphy |
Once an Eagle | 1976 | TV Mini-Series | Alvin Merrick |
Most Wanted | 1976 | TV Series | Shelby |
Hawaii Five-O | 1972-1976 | TV Series | Arthur Lambert / Jack Gulley |
The Killer Who Wouldn't Die | 1976 | TV Movie | Harry Keller |
Good Heavens | 1976 | TV Series | Jim Pearson |
Barnaby Jones | 1973-1976 | TV Series | Sheriff Mack Hollister / Mark Landy |
Ellery Queen | 1976 | TV Series | Father Terrence Devlin / Captain Thomas G. Horton |
Phyllis | 1976 | TV Series | Rex |
The Drought | 1975 | | |
Police Story | 1974-1975 | TV Series | Officer Williams / Tim Keegan |
Three for the Road | 1975 | TV Series | |
Medical Story | 1975 | TV Series | Dr. Harry Carlisle |
Kate McShane | 1975 | TV Series | |
The Streets of San Francisco | 1975 | TV Series | Inspector George Turner |
Cannon | 1971-1975 | TV Series | Jonathan Quill / Burdick / B.J. Long |
Khan! | 1975 | TV Series | |
McCloud | 1975 | TV Series | Johnny Monahan |
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak | 1974 | TV Series | Ford |
Get Christie Love! | 1974 | TV Series | Sheriff Burl Taggert |
Gangsterfilmen | 1974 | | Glenn Mortenson |
Hit Lady | 1974 | TV Movie | Roarke |
Houston, We've Got a Problem | 1974 | TV Movie | Lou Matthews |
Shaft | 1974 | TV Series | Richard Quayle |
Smile Jenny, You're Dead | 1974 | TV Movie | Det. Milt Bosworth |
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | 1974 | TV Series | Georgie |
McQ | 1974 | | Toms |
The New Perry Mason | 1973 | TV Series | Tom Heater |
Ironside | 1968-1973 | TV Series | Frank Clinton / D.W. Donnelly / Jack Brody |
Insight | 1973 | TV Series | Joe Hammond |
The Wide World of Mystery | 1973 | TV Series | |
Call to Danger | 1973 | TV Movie | Emmet Jergens |
Kung Fu | 1973 | TV Series | Sheriff Rutledge |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1973 | TV Series | Keith Raynor |
Mannix | 1973 | TV Series | Lyle Foster |
Mystery in Dracula's Castle | 1973 | TV Movie | Keith Raynor |
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | 1972 | TV Series | Dan Corwin / Matt Smith |
Molly and Lawless John | 1972 | | Deputy Tom Clements |
Mod Squad | 1972 | TV Series | Dustin Ellis |
Bonanza | 1972 | TV Series | Billy Brenner |
Footsteps | 1972 | TV Movie | Jonas Kane |
Medical Center | 1972 | TV Series | Jack |
The Glass House | 1972 | TV Movie | Brian Courtland |
Company of Killers | 1971 | TV Movie | Frank Quinn |
The F.B.I. | 1971 | TV Series | Lyle Chernik |
The Last Picture Show | 1971 | | Abilene |
The Psychiatrist | 1971 | TV Series | Frank Halloran |
The Name of the Game | 1969-1970 | TV Series | Rex Dakota / Bill Danziger / Steve Heywood |
San Francisco International Airport | 1970 | TV Series | Bob Hatten |
The Survivors | 1969 | TV Series | Sen. Mark Jennings |
Winning | 1969 | | Larry |
The Virginian | 1963-1968 | TV Series | Emmett Ryker Sheriff Emmett Ryker Sherriff Emmett Ryker ... |
Sullivan's Empire | 1967 | TV Movie | Juan Clemente |
And Now Miguel | 1966 | | Johnny |
The Killers | 1964 | | Lee |
Wagon Train | 1959-1964 | TV Series | Harry Diel / Sam Spicer / Clarence Mullins / ... |
Dr. Kildare | 1964 | TV Series | Dr. Norman Gage |
Kraft Suspense Theatre | 1964 | TV Series | Dan Walsh |
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | 1962 | TV Series | Jimmy K. Bresson |
The Tall Man | 1960-1962 | TV Series | Billy the Kid |
The Defenders | 1961 | TV Series | Tom Clinton |
Whispering Smith | 1961 | TV Series | Jeff Whalen |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Rod Collins / Sailor |
The Deputy | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Sanford / The Drifter |
The Rebel | 1960 | TV Series | Virgil Taber |
The Lineup | 1960 | TV Series | Fleming |
Riverboat | 1959 | TV Series | Beau Chandler |
Five Fingers | 1959 | TV Series | Larry Dane |
The Untouchables | 1959 | TV Series | Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll |
Law of the Plainsman | 1959 | TV Series | Truck Garnett |
Laramie | 1959 | TV Series | Private Gil Brady |
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | 1959 | TV Series | Young Vix |
Have Gun - Will Travel | 1959 | TV Series | Roy Carter |
The Lawless Years | 1959 | TV Series | Tommy Pavlock |
Wanted: Dead or Alive | 1959 | TV Series | Joe Collins |
Playhouse 90 | 1959 | TV Series | Zach |
Black Saddle | 1959 | TV Series | Andy Meade |
The Alcoa Hour | 1957 | TV Series | James Wesley |
Studio One in Hollywood | 1957 | TV Series | Lloyd Carpenter |
Goodyear Playhouse | 1956 | TV Series | Terrible |
The United States Steel Hour | 1956 | TV Series | Coker |