Lance LeGault(1935-2012)
- Actor
- Stunts
- Music Department
Lance LeGault was born as William Lance Legault on May 2, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois. LeGault grew up in Chillicothe, Illinois and graduated from Chillicothe Township High School in 1955. Lance began his acting career as a stunt double for Elvis Presley; he appears in the 1960s Presley vehicles Des filles, encore des filles ! (1962), Salut, les cousins (1964), L'amour en quatrième vitesse (1964) and L'homme à tout faire (1964). With his tall, lean, compact build, strong, intense and commanding screen presence, and highly distinctive deep, gravelly voice, LeGault has been frequently cast as various stern and severe military types in both movies and television series, alike.
His most memorable film roles include Iago in the Shakespearean rock opera Catch My Soul (1974), evil pimp Burt in the offbeat French Quarter (1978), vicious hired-killer Vince in Morts suspectes (1978), formidable card sharp Doc Palmer in the made-for-TV Western Le flambeur (1974), the austere Colonel Glass in the hilarious comedy Les bleus (1981), steely prison guard security chief Lieutenant Barnes in the terrific Fast-Walking (1982) and the strict Reverend Bates in Fou a lier (1989).
LeGault had recurring roles on several television series in the 1980s: outstanding as the cunning and antagonistic Colonel Roderick Decker on L'agence tous risques (1983), ramrod Colonel Buck Greene on Magnum (1980) and rugged cowboy bounty hunter Alamo Joe Rogan on La malédiction du loup-garou (1987). Among the many television series Lance has had guest spots on are Land of the Giants (1968), Gunsmoke (1955), Wonder Woman (1975), La côte sauvage (1975), Deux cent dollars plus les frais (1974), L'incroyable Hulk (1977), Galactica (1978), Shérif, fais-moi peur! (1979), Dallas (1978), Buck Rogers (1979), Voyages au bout du temps (1982), Dynastie (1981), K 2000 (1982), Supercopter (1984), Arabesque (1984), MacGyver (1985), Major Dad (1989), Code Quantum (1989) and Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987).
Outside of his acting gigs in both films and television series, LeGault also worked as a lounge and nightclub singer (he even recorded a self-titled album in 1970). In addition, Lance did voice work for cartoons and video games as well as the narrator of the tour audiotape for Elvis Presley's Graceland Mansion and Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Lance LeGault died at age 77 of heart failure on September 10, 2012 at his home in Los Angeles, California.
His most memorable film roles include Iago in the Shakespearean rock opera Catch My Soul (1974), evil pimp Burt in the offbeat French Quarter (1978), vicious hired-killer Vince in Morts suspectes (1978), formidable card sharp Doc Palmer in the made-for-TV Western Le flambeur (1974), the austere Colonel Glass in the hilarious comedy Les bleus (1981), steely prison guard security chief Lieutenant Barnes in the terrific Fast-Walking (1982) and the strict Reverend Bates in Fou a lier (1989).
LeGault had recurring roles on several television series in the 1980s: outstanding as the cunning and antagonistic Colonel Roderick Decker on L'agence tous risques (1983), ramrod Colonel Buck Greene on Magnum (1980) and rugged cowboy bounty hunter Alamo Joe Rogan on La malédiction du loup-garou (1987). Among the many television series Lance has had guest spots on are Land of the Giants (1968), Gunsmoke (1955), Wonder Woman (1975), La côte sauvage (1975), Deux cent dollars plus les frais (1974), L'incroyable Hulk (1977), Galactica (1978), Shérif, fais-moi peur! (1979), Dallas (1978), Buck Rogers (1979), Voyages au bout du temps (1982), Dynastie (1981), K 2000 (1982), Supercopter (1984), Arabesque (1984), MacGyver (1985), Major Dad (1989), Code Quantum (1989) and Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987).
Outside of his acting gigs in both films and television series, LeGault also worked as a lounge and nightclub singer (he even recorded a self-titled album in 1970). In addition, Lance did voice work for cartoons and video games as well as the narrator of the tour audiotape for Elvis Presley's Graceland Mansion and Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. Lance LeGault died at age 77 of heart failure on September 10, 2012 at his home in Los Angeles, California.
