Gary Grubbs
Gary Grubbs (born Jon Gary Grubbs, November 14, 1949, in Amory, Mississippi) is an American character actor who moved to Prentiss as an infant and grew up there. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he majored in business and met his future wife Glenda (Miss Mississippi 1972). In 1977 the couple relocated to Los Angeles initially for a writing career, but Grubbs transitioned to acting after landing his first role in For the Love of Benji (1977), followed by Dead Man's Curve: The Jan and Dean Story (1978). Over his nearly five-decade career he has accumulated over 180 credits, frequently portraying attorneys, sheriffs, military officers, and other authority figures, and he now splits his time between Mississippi and Los Angeles. His most notable film credits include attorney Al Oser in JFK (1991, directed by Oliver Stone), Jim Bob in Honkytonk Man (1982, directed by Clint Eastwood), a role in Silkwood (1983, directed by Mike Nichols), Phil Beasley in Gone Fishin' (1997), Timothy McReady in Double Take (2001), Billy Ray in Ray (2004), Coach Ralph Miller in Glory Road (2006), a Police Lieutenant in Déjà Vu (2006), Chief of Police in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009, with Jeffrey Wright), Sheriff in In the Electric Mist (2009, with Matthew McConaughey), Bob Gibbs in Django Unchained (2012, directed by Quentin Tarantino, uncredited), a role in Battleship (2012), Dr. Kemp Clark in Parkland (2013, with James Franco), DEA Agent Lou Cantrell in Sabotage (2014, with Gerard Butler), Dennis in Left Behind (2014), FBI Agent Owens in Concussion (2015, with Will Smith), Prosecutor in Free State of Jones (2016, with Mads Mikkelsen), Senator Everett Dirksen in LBJ (2016), and Joe Carter in God Bless the Broken Road (2018). On television he is best known as Captain Steven Wiecek in For Love and Honor (1983–1984), Harlin Polk in Will & Grace (1998–1999), and Mr. Dummont in Common Law (2012), with additional credits in ER, NCIS (2003), Angel (2001–2004, 4 episodes), The O.C. (2003), Treme (2010), Glee (2009), Criminal Minds (2012), Scream Queens (2015), and Prison Break (2006).
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Films (83)
Starbright
2026 · Ken
Bébé volé
2020 · Sheriff Dunn
Out of Blue
2019 · Mr. Torby
Dios en el camino
2018 · Joe Carter
Noël dans tes bras
2017 · Carter Greenside
LBJ - L.B. Johnson, après Kennedy
2017 · Everett Dirksen
Let There Be Light
2017 · Dr. Fornier
Demons
2017 · Father Joseph Moran
Convergence
2017 · Peter Grayson
USS Indianapolis
2016 · Judge Bazemore
L'état libre de Jones
2016 · Prosecuting Attorney
Le Cheval de l'espoir
2016 · Coach Walden
Seul contre tous
2015 · FBI Agent
Projet Almanac
2015 · Dr. Lou
Doc in the Box
2015 · Dr. Whipple
Le Chaos
2014 · Dennis
El sabotaje
2014 · Lou Cantrell (DEA Interrogator #2)
Parkland
2013 · Dr. Kemp Clark
Les 3 crimes de West Memphis
2013 · Dale Griffis
Shadow People
2013 · CDC Director
Nadie vive
2013 · Harris
Django déchaîné
2012 · Bob Gibbs (uncredited)
Hell and Mr Fudge
2012 · Carl Ketcherside
Bataille navale
2012 · Air Force Chief of Staff
Secuestrados
2011 · Deputy
American Hot'lidays
2011 · Mr Duluth
Hound Dogs
2011 · Reverend Davis
Dirty Girl
2010 · Principal Mulray
Good Intentions
2010 · Zachary
Alabama Moon
2009 · Judge Mackin
Bad Lieutenant : Escale à la Nouvelle-Orléans
2009 · Chief of Police
Dans la brume électrique
2009 · Sheriff
Blonde et dangereuse
2008 · Captain Greer
Mon espion préféré
2008 · Police Chief Malone
Deal
2008 · Mr. Stillman
Déjà vu
2006 · Police Lieutenant #2
Les Fous du roi
2006 · Sheriff
Not Like Everyone Else
2006 · John Mack Butler
Le Bal de fin d'année
2006 · Mr. Thornton
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
2004 · Jimmy
Ray
2004 · Billy Ray
Les Fantômes de l'amour
2004 · Detective Ed Landry
Le Maître du jeu
2003 · Dobbs
Spring Break Lawyer
2001 · Senator Claxton
Un Gentleman en Cavale
2001 · Timothy Jarret McReady
Python
2000 · Sheriff Griffin Wade
The Astronaut's Wife
1999 · NASA Director
The X-Files
1998 · Fire Captain Cooles
Gone Fishin'
1997 · Phil Beasly
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
1997 · Carl Baker
Forgotten Sins
1996 · Reverend Ralph Newton
The Stranger Beside Me
1995 · Chief Engineer
Midnight Run Around
1994 · Lester
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
1993 · C.W. Hardgrave
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
1993 · Detective Helton
Telling Secrets
1993 · Det. Ron Taylor
The Ernest Green Story
1993 · Coach Loomis
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
1992 · Ron Meehan
Honor Thy Mother
1992
JFK
1991 · Al Oser
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
1991 · Larry 'Catfish' Speakes
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
Tennessee Nights
1989
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
1988 · George Russell
And God Created Woman
1988 · Rupert Willis, Robin's Parole Officer
Foxfire
1987 · Prince
Nadine
1987 · Cecil
Carly's Web
1987
Poker Alice
1987 · Marshal
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
1987 · Martin Nash
The Burning Bed
1984 · District Attorney
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
1984 · Nigel Edmunds
Silkwood
1983 · Randy Fox
For Love and Honor
1983 · Capt. Wiecek
Honkytonk Man
1982 · Jim Bob
1990: The Bronx Warriors
1982 · Armored Van Cop (uncredited)
The Border
1982 · Honk
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980 · Mechanic
Gideon's Trumpet
1980 · Deputy Hamilton
Willa
1979 · Junior
Deadman's Curve
1978 · Lead Singer - Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
For the Love of Benji
1977 · Hank
Davy Crockett: A Letter to Polly
· George Russell
Séries (55)
Wes et Travis
2012 · Mr. Dumont
Treme
2010
Croqueuse d'Hommes
2009 · Tripper Mason
Glee
2009 · Jimbo Wilson
Mentalist
2008 · Samuel Millman
Les Sorciers de Waverly Place
2007 · Pa
Esprits criminels
2005 · Detective Oren Carr
Bones
2005 · Dwayne Wilson
NCIS : Enquêtes Spéciales
2003 · Elmo Poke
Newport Beach
2003 · Gordon Bullit
Les Experts : Miami
2002
The Agency
2001
One on One
2001 · Jack Crawford
Angel
1999 · Roger Burkle
Will & Grace
1998 · Harlin Polk
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · Boyd
Profiler
1996 · Ben Stillwell
Boston Common
1996 · Aubrey McLean
Second Noah
1996
JAG
1995 · Air Boss
Caroline in the City
1995 · Earl
The Watcher
1995
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Brother Jim
ER
1994 · Emmet Chambliss
Dave's World
1993 · Officer Bailey
The X-Files
1993 · Sheriff Tom Arens
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
1993 · Clyde P. Hawkins
Beverly Hills 90210
1990 · Borst
Hull High
1990 · Mr. Brawley
Major Dad
1989
The New Adventures of Davy Crockett
1988
Married... with Children
1987 · Delbert, Cal Stevens
L.A. Law
1986 · U.S. Marshal William Hopson
Matlock
1986 · SJ Sweet
North and South
1985 · Lt. Pickles
Growing Pains
1985 · George Brower
The Golden Girls
1985 · Waiter
Half Nelson
1985 · Hamill
Fatal Vision
1984 · James Blackburn
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Mark Berringer
Hunter
1984 · Paul Brisco (uncredited)
For Love and Honor
1983
The A-Team
1983 · Sheriff Hopkins
Family Ties
1982 · Mr. Willis
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Harlan Walker
Hill Street Blues
1981
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Dexter
Condominium
1980 · 1st Meteorologist
Knots Landing
1979 · Salesman
CHiPs
1977 · Bo, Mechanic
Charlie's Angels
1976 · Second Driver
Happy Days
1974
M*A*S*H
1972 · Lt. Geyer
The Waltons
1972
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Deputy Hamilton, Prince