Peter Jason

Peter Jason (born July 22, 1944) is an American actor who performs in many plays, movies, and TV commercials, including Desperate Housewives and Deadwood.^[2]

Jason has appeared in 12 Walter Hill films, 7 John Carpenter films, has acted in over 100 commercials and plays, and appeared in many TV shows. He also confirmed that he played the voice of Dizzy Wallin in Gears of War 2 and its sequel, Gears of War 3. He is also credited for voicing Sergeant Dornan in Fallout 2.^[3]

He also appeared the Eddie Murphy film, 48 Hrs., as the "Cowboy Bartender." Murphy's character harasses him at the bar "Torchy's".

In 1990 Jason played Henry Beechwood in the horror-comedy Arachnophobia, the first film released by Hollywood Pictures and directed by Frank Marshall.

Filmography

• Rio Lobo (1970)
• The Other Side of the Wind (1972)
• The Driver (1978)
• The Long Riders (1980)
• Texas Lightning (1981)
• Nice Dreams (1981)
• Mommie Dearest (1981)
• Butterfly (1982)
• Trick or Treats (1982)
• 48 Hrs. (1982)
• Angel (1984)
• Streets of Fire (1984)
• The Karate Kid (1984)
• Dreamscape (1984)
• Oxford Blues (1984)
• Brewster's Millions (1985)
• Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star (1986)
• Heartbreak Ridge (1986)
• Party Camp (1987)
• Prince of Darkness (1987)
• Sunset (1988)
• Red Heat (1988)
• Alien Nation (1988)
• They Live (1988)
• Johnny Handsome (1989)
• The Hunt for Red October (1990)
• Arachnophobia (1990)
• Marked for Death (1990)
• In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
• Village of the Damned (1995)
• Congo (1995)
• Mortal Kombat (1995)
• Wild Bill (1995)
• Escape from L.A. (1996)
• The Glimmer Man (1996)
• Dante's Peak (1997)
• Ghosts of Mars (2001)
• The Rose Technique (2002)
• Undisputed (2002)
• Adaptation (2002)
• Seabiscuit (2003)
• Employee of the Month (2004)
• Hair High (2004)
• Surviving Christmas (2004)
• Frostbite (2005)
• Kicking & Screaming (2005)
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)
• Moving McAllister (2007)
• The Man Who Came Back (2008)
• Milk (2008)
• Richard III (2008)
• Falling Up (2009)
• How to Make Love to a Woman (2010)
• Locked In (2010)
• Willow Creek (2013)
• Robosapien: Rebooted (2013)
• Cesar Chavez (2014)
• Return to Zero (2014)
• Hail, Caesar! (2016)

Television

• Amazing Stories (1985)
• Body Bags (1993)
• Mike Hammer, Private Eye (1997-1998)
• Nash Bridges (1998-1999)
• Carnivale (2003)
• Deadwood (2004-2006)
• Arrested Development (2004, 2013)
• The Christmas Card (2006)
• Desperate Housewives (2006-2007)
• Gemini Division (2008)
• Mad Men (2008)
• Justified (2010)
• Chuck (2010)
• 1600 Penn (2013)
• Scorpion (2014)
• Mixels (2015)

Further reading

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peter Jason.

• Peter Jason at the Internet Movie Database
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