Peter Jason
Acting • Born 1944-07-22 – Died 2025-02-20
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peter Edward Ostling (July 22, 1944 - February 20, 2025), also known as Peter Jason, was an American character actor. He has appeared in over one hundred television shows and eighty films. He played Con Stapleton in the series Deadwood. He was a frequent collaborator with Walter Hill and John Carpenter on their films, eight and six times respectively. He voiced Sergeant Dornan in the video game Fallout 2. Jason starred in supporting roles for the films 48 Hrs. and Arachnophobia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Jason, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
223 credits
48 Hrs.
Movie • 1982
Cowboy Bartender
Johnny Handsome
Movie • 1989
Mr. Bonet
Out of the Wilderness
Movie • 2001
Judge Battle
Heartbreak Ridge
Movie • 1986
Major G.F. Devin
Ghosts of Mars
Movie • 2001
Engineer McSimms
In the Mouth of Madness
Movie • 1995
Mr. Paul
Oxford Blues
Movie • 1984
Mr. De Angelo
Hard Cash
Movie • 2002
The Counter Boss
The Betty Ford Story
Movie • 1987
Counselor
Arachnophobia
Movie • 1990
Henry Beechwood
Employee of the Month
Movie • 2004
Bill Gartin
Body Bags
Movie • 1993
Gent
They Live
Movie • 1988
Gilbert
Village of the Damned
Movie • 1995
Ben Blum
Prince of Darkness
Movie • 1987
Dr. Paul Leahy
Crash and Burn
Movie • 2008
Winston Manny
Some Kind of Hero
Movie • 1982
Honcho #1
Detonator
Movie • 2003
U.S. Attorney Fred Goldenberg
Rio Lobo
Movie • 1970
Lt. Ned Forsythe
Dante's Peak
Movie • 1997
Norman Gates
Undisputed
Movie • 2002
Oakland TV Announcer
Planet Raptor
Movie • 2007
Sgt. Pappy Mathis
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 2006
Lt. Hamilton
Falling Up
Movie • 2009
John O'Shea
13th Child
Movie • 2002
Coroner
Command 5
Movie • 1985
Warden Bryan
Surviving Christmas
Movie • 2004
Suit
The Christmas Card
Movie • 2006
Richard
The Man Who Came Back
Movie • 2008
The Warden
Frostbite
Movie • 2005
Colonel Jaffe
John Carpenter: The Man and His Movies
Movie • 2004
Self
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Movie • 2018
Self
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Movie • 2004
Duty Sergeant in Escape From L.A. (archive footage)
A Bell for Adano
Movie • 1967
Duty Officer
Rage
Movie • 1995
Griggs
Trick or Treats
Movie • 1982
Malcolm O'Keefe
Raptor Island
Movie • 2004
The Captain
Richard III
Movie • 2007
Ringside Announcer
Splendor in the Grass
Movie • 1981
Coach
Harpies
Movie • 2007
Vorian
Claire
Movie • 2007
Harry Bannion
The Demolitionist
Movie • 1995
Higgins
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
Movie • 1986
Valley of the Sun
Movie • 2011
Myron McGill
Hopelessly in June
Movie • 2011
Frankie Flowers
Party Camp
Movie • 1987
Sarge
Texas Lightning
Movie • 1981
Frank Whitman
American Black Beauty
Movie • 2005
Mayor Bart Williams
Queen City
Movie • 2013
Bernie Donovan
Deconstructing Sarah
Movie • 1994
Cliff
We Are Gathered Here Today
Movie • 2022
Henry Stone
Alien Apocalypse
Movie • 2005
President Demsky
The Rose Technique
Movie • 2002
Detective Atwood
It Takes a Village: The Making of Village of the Damned
Movie • 2016
Self
Willow Creek
Movie • 2013
Ranger Troy Andrews
Mister Roberts
Movie • 1984
Chief Johnson
Return to Zero
Movie • 2014
Gerry
Red Heat
Movie • 1988
TV Announcer
The Illegal
Movie • 1979
The Other Side of the Wind
Movie • 2018
Grover
Back of Book
Movie
Roy Watkins
Hair High
Movie • 2004
Coach (voice)
Alien Nation
Movie • 1988
Fedorchuk
The Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story
Movie • 2004
Ron Grantski
Heal Thyself
Movie • 2012
Dennis Hill
With This Ring
Movie • 1978
Dirk
Christmas at Mistletoe Manor
Movie • 2025
Louis
The Driver
Movie • 1978
Commuter
Dreamscape
Movie • 1984
Babcock
Brewster's Millions
Movie • 1985
Chuck Fleming
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
Movie • 1980
TV Reporter
Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story
Movie • 1980
Lt. Micklin
Mommie Dearest
Movie • 1981
Pepsi Executive #4
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
Movie • 1980
Big John
Movie • 2006
Self
Hail, Caesar!
Movie • 2016
Director
Nice Dreams
Movie • 1981
Det. Drooler
Sunset
Movie • 1988
Frank Coe
Beyond the Universe
Movie • 1981
Angel on My Shoulder
Movie • 1980
Almost a Woman
Movie • 2002
Mr. Fuller
Adaptation.
Movie • 2002
Defense Attorney
Mending Fences
Movie • 2009
Hank Bentley
Jack in the Box
Movie • 1989
Reese
The Enigma with a Stigma
Movie • 2006
Bill Herman
Streets of Fire
Movie • 1984
Ardmore Cop Harry
Live from Baghdad
Movie • 2002
Stu
The Terror of Hallow's Eve
Movie • 2017
Dr. Hamilton
Marked for Death
Movie • 1990
Pete Stone
From the Dead of Night
Movie • 1989
Sister Cities
Movie • 2016
Dr. Timmins
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Movie • 2018
Senator Sherwood
Eat or Be Eaten
Movie • 1986
Annie Claus Is Coming to Town
Movie • 2011
Santa
Escape from L.A.
Movie • 1996
Duty Sergeant
Congo
Movie • 1995
Mr. Janus
Working with Orson Welles
Movie • 1993
Himself
The Nth Ward
Movie • 2017
Jeffrey
Malevolent: Unearthing John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness
Movie • 2018
Self
Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live
Movie • 2018
Self
The Karate Kid
Movie • 1984
Soccer Coach
Deadwood: The Movie
Movie • 2019
Con Stapleton
Amazing Stories
Movie • 1986
Commander
Moving McAllister
Movie • 2007
Mr. Robinson
The Assent
Movie • 2020
Father Lambert
A Reason to Live
Movie • 1985
Dick Biheller
Get Married or Die
Movie • 2018
Frank
Kicking & Screaming
Movie • 2005
Clark
Confessions of an Action Star
Movie • 2005
(uncredited)
Impulse
Movie • 1984
Man in Truck
Son of Morning
Movie • 2011
Ned Jensen
Disaster on the Coastliner
Movie • 1979
LeBoux
Heavenly Deposit
Movie • 2019
Steven
Angel
Movie • 1984
The John
The Glimmer Man
Movie • 1996
Millie’s Father
Mortal Kombat
Movie • 1995
Master Boyd
Little Murder
Movie • 2011
Captain
Butterfly
Movie • 1982
Allen
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Movie • 1983
Schultie
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
Movie • 2018
Harold
Robosapien: Rebooted
Movie • 2013
Admiral Victor
The Baltimore Bullet
Movie • 1980
Bert
Cahoots
Movie • 2001
Eddie
The Long Riders
Movie • 1980
The Pinkertons
Wild Bill
Movie • 1995
Dave McCandless
Shadow on the Land
Movie • 1968
Man at Airport (uncredited)
Deep in the Forest
Movie • 2021
Mark Goodman
Barney & Herb
Movie • 2024
Herb
How to Make Love to a Woman
Movie • 2010
Mr. Conners
Mystery Kids
Movie • 2000
Monte Harrington
The Hunt for Red October
Movie • 1990
Commander, USS Reuben James (uncredited)
Merkin Penal
Movie • 2014
Sargent Sacrifice
Patients
Movie • 2004
Callie's Dad
Seabiscuit
Movie • 2003
Reporter Max
From the Head
Movie • 2011
Jim
Izzy & Moe
Movie • 1985
Bartender
The Cowboy Killer
Movie • 2025
Paul
Murder One: Diary of a Serial Killer
Movie • 1997
Mr. Sheehy
Batman Beyond: The Movie
Movie • 1999
Coach Creagar (voice)
Valley Girls
Movie • 1996
Cop
Titus
TV • 2000
Ridge
A Different World
TV • 1987
Mr. Schmect
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Vincent Nader
Carnivàle
TV • 2003
Lou Edwards
Batman Beyond
TV • 1999
Coach Creagar (voice)
Mad Men
TV • 2007
Len McKenzie
Deadwood
TV • 2004
Con Stapleton
Perversions of Science
TV • 1997
Priest
Castle
TV • 2009
Sheriff Sloan
B. J. and the Bear
TV • 1979
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Foreman
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV • 1993
Lou
The Incredible Hulk
TV • 1977
Bennett
Desperate Housewives
TV • 2004
Jeff
John from Cincinnati
TV • 2007
Providence
TV • 1999
Frank Moore
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Policeman
Silver Spoons
TV • 1982
Agent McConnell
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
Jack Rigney
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Charlie Gleason
Roseanne
TV • 1988
Land of the Giants
TV • 1968
Mylo
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Brockett
Mike Hammer, Private Eye
TV • 1997
Dirty Sexy Money
TV • 2007
Larry Foundry
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Cully Haimes
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
Leonard Nolan
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
TV • 1993
Travis Stone
NCIS
TV • 2003
SGM Robert King
JAG
TV • 1995
Randy Hamill
Cover Up
TV • 1984
Filthy Rich
TV • 1982
Air America
TV • 1998
Mark McCormick
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
Mr. Jordan
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Clint Bickford
Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967
Gemini Division
TV • 2008
Annie McGuire
TV • 1988
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Mason (voice)
Raising the Bar
TV • 2008
Rex
Jackie Chan Adventures
TV • 2000
Farmer MacDonald (voice)
The New Batman Adventures
TV • 1997
Manny (voice)
Chuck
TV • 2007
General Merriweather
Amazing Stories
TV • 1985
commander
Knights of the Kitchen Table
TV
Rick Stepjack
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Colt Gentry
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Pope
Quantum Leap
TV • 1989
Kilpatrick
Scorpion
TV • 2014
General Talbertse
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Security Expert
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Walter Gersh
Justified
TV • 2010
Owen Carnes
Women: Stories of Passion
TV • 1996
Joan's Husband
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
The Royal Treasurer (voice)
A Whole New Ballgame
TV • 1995
Mixels
TV • 2014
Major Nixel, Tuth, Sharx
Mixels
TV • 2014
Major Nixel, Turg, Wuzzo
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Martin Rome
Dear John
TV • 1988
Bill Conners
One Day at a Time
TV • 1975
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
Storage Dave
1600 Penn
TV • 2012
General Harrigan
Married... with Children
TV • 1987
Manager
Longmire
TV • 2012
Abel 'Jenk' Jenkins
The Naked Truth
TV • 1995
Senator Wilburn
Herman's Head
TV • 1991
Fritz
Coach
TV • 1989
Harry Heftler
Baskets
TV • 2016
Uncle Jim
The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Link
The New Woody Woodpecker Show
TV • 1999
Mr. Lux (voice)
The New Woody Woodpecker Show
TV • 1999
Dog Announcer (voice)
The New Woody Woodpecker Show
TV • 1999
Captain Goodlife /Wimpole (voice)
The New Woody Woodpecker Show
TV • 1999
Rock Granite (voice)
Nash Bridges
TV • 1996
Frank
Murder One
TV • 1995
Mr. Sheehy
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
Policeman
Hart to Hart
TV • 1979
McCoy
Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Fred Oates
Kung Fu
TV • 1972
Townsman (uncredited)
Cimarron Strip
TV • 1967
Groom
Cimarron Strip
TV • 1967
David Arlyn
Mister Sterling
TV • 2003
Arli$$
TV • 1996
Marty Polk