{"id":126879,"date":"2025-03-21T11:37:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=126879"},"modified":"2025-03-21T11:37:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T16:37:57","slug":"wings-hauser-actor-in-vice-squad-and-a-soldiers-story-dies-at-77-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=126879","title":{"rendered":"Wings Hauser, Actor in \u2018Vice Squad\u2019 and \u2018A Soldier\u2019s Story,\u2019 Dies at 77 &#8211; Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=126879\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=126879\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-126880 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/images.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/images.png 225w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/images-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gerald Dwight Hauser was born in Hollywood on Dec. 12, 1947. His father, Dwight Hauser, was an actor and screenwriter who fell victim to the Hollywood Blacklist. Hauser\u2019s first prominent role was in the CBS soap opera \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d where he played Greg Foster in 1977. He had his movie breakthrough when he starred as a psychopath pimp known as Ramrod in \u201cVice Squad\u201d (1982). Later, he played a racist U.S. Army officer in \u201cA Soldier\u2019s Story\u201d (1984).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>He died on Saturday 15 March at his home after a long battle with COPD. 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