Don Stroud

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Characters played by Don Stroud

Heller — Licence to Kill (1989)

Corporate executive in media operations.

Father Richard Bolen — The Amityville Horror (1979)

Church official who dismisses Father Delaney's warnings about the Lutz house.

James Ringerman — Coogan's Bluff (1968)

Escaped murderer and the primary fugitive Coogan is tasked with extraditing. Recovers from an LSD overdose and evades capture using unconventional means.

Anderson — The King of the Kickboxers (1990)

Military liaison coordinating rescue efforts.

Sergeant Rizzo — Armed and Dangerous (1986)

Corrupt LAPD detective who frames Frank Dooley for a television theft, causing his dismissal. Later captured alongside Nedler by Captain O'Connell when the criminal network is taken down.

Seth Ames — The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)

Seth is a deputy sheriff and Melody's very jealous ex-boyfriend. His hostility toward Travis escalates into an ambush in which he wounds him. When Seth opens Travis's truck door to shoot again, Travis kills him with a concealed gun, setting off the final events of Travis's flight and death.

Santos — Dance with the Devil (1997)

Santos is the gangster who employs Romeo to transport refrigerated human fetuses to Las Vegas for use in cosmetic moisturizer. After his men are killed during the interrupted hand-off, Santos turns the final drop into a trap and hires Reggie to kill Romeo.

Roy Brown — Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)

A Canadian wheat farmer who joins the British air squadron, Brown is skeptical of military ceremony and provokes the pilots by refusing to toast Richthofen. He adopts aggressive pack tactics, later becomes disillusioned with the war, and finally mortally wounds Richthofen in their decisive aerial encounter.

Jesse Charles — The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

A drummer and founding member of The Crickets alongside Buddy Holly and Ray Bob. He performs with the band until feeling overshadowed, prompting him and Ray Bob to quit and return to Texas while retaining the band's name. He later visits Maria to discuss reuniting the group.

Harold Duncan — Rolling Man (1972)

Harold is a stock-car driver involved in a relationship with Crystal while she is married to Lonnie. After Crystal dies in the crash, Lonnie attacks him and later forces him to drive around the racetrack at gunpoint. Harold explains his perspective and apologizes, prompting Lonnie to abandon his plan to kill him.

Pat Chambers — The Return of Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1986)

Same as Captain Pat Chambers, listed separately in database

Conga Man — Return of the Roller Blade Seven (1993)

Quirky character appearing in the post-apocalyptic saga.

Career Overview

Don Stroud has 111 screen credits in a career dating back to 1955. Their work spans 14 cinematic universes — most prominently The Roller Blade Seven Collection with 3 titles. Signature works include The Amityville Horror, Mrs. Columbo, The Flesh Merchant. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For
Acting
Gender
male
Known Credits
111
Birth Date
1943-09-01
Birth Place
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 14 universes

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Related entry on Wikidata (Q555890), public domain (CC0).