# Dwight Hauser

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{{short description|American actor}}

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{{Infobox person
| name          = Dwight Hauser
| birth_name     = Dwight Arthur Hauser
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1911|7|4}}
| birth_place    = [Idaho](/source/Idaho), U.S.
| death_date     = {{death date and age|1969|1|18|1911|7|4}}
| death_place    = [Lake Sherwood, California](/source/Lake_Sherwood%2C_California), U.S.
| spouse        = Geraldine T. Hauser (? – January 18, 1969; his death)
| children      = 4, including [Wings](/source/Wings_Hauser)
| relatives     = [Cole Hauser](/source/Cole_Hauser) (grandson)
}}

'''Dwight Arthur Hauser''' (July 4, 1911 – January 18, 1969) was an American film screenwriter, actor, and film producer, also the father of actors [Wings Hauser](/source/Wings_Hauser) and [Erich Hauser](/source/Erich_Hauser_(actor)) and grandfather of actor [Cole Hauser](/source/Cole_Hauser). 

He was [blacklisted](/source/Blacklisting) as a [Communist](/source/Communism) in the [McCarthy Era.](/source/McCarthyism)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mark |first=Lois Alter |date=1991-04-12 |title=Wings Hauser is the biggest star you never heard of |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/04/12/wings-hauser-biggest-star-you-never-heard/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Death==
Hauser died on January 18, 1969, in [Lake Sherwood, California](/source/Lake_Sherwood%2C_California), at the age of 57.

==Filmography==

===Writer===
*''[Disneyland](/source/Disneyland_(TV_series))'' (1961–1964) (TV series) (3 episodes)
**[Nikki, Wild Dog of the North](/source/Nikki%2C_Wild_Dog_of_the_North): Part 1 (1964) TV Episode (writer)
**[Nikki, Wild Dog of the North](/source/Nikki%2C_Wild_Dog_of_the_North): Part 2 (1964) TV Episode (writer)
**A Fire Called Jeremiah (1961) TV Episode
*''[The Legend of Lobo](/source/The_Legend_of_Lobo)'' (1962)Disney
*''People and Places'' (1962) (TV series) (unknown episodes)
*''[Nikki, Wild Dog of the North](/source/Nikki%2C_Wild_Dog_of_the_North)'' (1961)
*''Wales'' (1958) (short film)
*''Nature's Strangest Creatures'' (1959) (narrative)
*''[Ama Girls](/source/Ama_Girls)'' (1958) Academy Award for Walt Disney
*''[Lapland](/source/Lapland_(film))'' (1957)
*''Portugal'' (1957/I)
Lassie (TV Series) (writer - 4 episodes, 1962 - 1963) (teleplay - 1 episode, 1961) 
Weasel Warfare (1963) ... (writer) 
Gentle Savage (1962) ... (writer) 
Quick Brown Fox (1962) ... (writer) 
The Musher (1962) ... (writer) 
The Badger Game (1961) ... (teleplay)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|369519|Dwight Hauser}}

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Category:20th-century American male writers
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Category:Victims of McCarthyism

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