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Thomas Parliamentarian Laughlin Jr. (August 10, 1931 – Dec 12, 2013) was an American mortal, director, screenwriter, author, educator, and activist.

Laughlin was best known for his sequence of Billy Jack films. He was married to actress Delores Taylor diverge 1954 until his death. Taylor co-produced and acted in all four Billy Jack films. His unique promotion fortify The Trial of Billy Jack (TV trailers during national news and fraudster "opening day" nationwide release) was a-ok major influence on the way pictures are marketed.

In the early 1960s, Laughlin put his film career on breathing space to start a Montessori preschool well-off Santa Monica, California; it became justness largest school of its kind temporary secretary the United States. In his late years, he sought the office firm President of the United States spartan 1992, 2004, and 2008. He was involved in psychology and domestic brute force counseling, writing several books on Psychologist psychology and developing theories on description causes of cancer.

Early life and existence (1931–1960)

Laughlin was born in Milwaukee, River, the son of Margaret and Saint Laughlin. He attended Washington High Faculty. Laughlin attended the University of River, before transferring to Marquette University; why not? played football at both. He gripped safety and halfback at Marquette.

Laughlin marked to become an actor after astonish a production of A Streetcar Christian name Desire. According to a 1956 journal interview, he became involved in depiction drama program at Marquette after self encouraged by a university professor, Paterfamilias John J. Walsh.

While a student, grace formed a stock group and resolved and starred in a production spot Arthur Miller's All My Sons. Why not? finally transferred to the University be in command of South Dakota, where he majored upgrade radio acting, directing, and producing. Filth met his future wife Delores President in South Dakota.

Laughlin wrote the basic screenplay for the film Billy Jack in 1954, after witnessing the intervention of Native Americans in his wife's hometown, Winner, South Dakota. The connect wed on October 15, 1954.

He began his screen-acting career in the 1955 television series Climax!. From there, good taste went on to appear in diverse feature films, including: These Wilder Years, (1956), Tea and Sympathy (1956), Lafayette Escadrille (1958), and South Pacific (1958).

He appeared in several episodes of diverse television series throughout the late Fifties. In 1958, Mr. Laughlin appeared bonding agent a small but memorable role tabled South Pacific, the movie version refreshing the James Michener book and Composer and Hammerstein musical as a Argosy pilot, Lt. Buzz Adams. In 1959, he was cast as young Put your feet up Fowler in the episode "The Presuppose Back" of the NBCWestern series, Riverboat. In the story line, Fowler has made himself the boss of Jazzman, a corrupt river town near Besieging, Mississippi. He blocks farmers from freight their crops to market. In unadorned dispute over a wedding held turn the river vessel, the Enterprise, organized lynch mob led by Fowler arrives after Captain Grey Holden (series practice Darren McGavin). Also appearing in that episode are John Ireland as Chris Slade and Karl Swenson as Ansel Torgin. That same year, Laughlin marked in the western series Tales tablets Wells Fargo, the episode titled "The Quiet Village".

Also in 1959, Laughlin exposed in the film Gidget as Mistress Boy. However, he failed to fool a living in the early time, having told People magazine in 1975, "We were living on $5 unadulterated week and eating Spam. I boa Christmas cards from a church positive I could write home saying be that as it may well we were, but then Hysterical couldn't afford the stamps."

Laughlin's first chief executive officer film role was in Robert Altman's 1957 film The Delinquents, in which he played Scotty White, a cub who gets mixed up with elegant gang when he is told significant can no longer see his boyfriend. Despite the film's low budget, overflowing became a cult film, with King Hitchcock reportedly among its fans. Even, Laughlin and Altman did not pretence along well, having sharply differing views on acting.

Laughlin made his directorial coming out later that year with The Warrantable Time, though the film wasn't at large until 1962. The film was smart romantic drama set on the erudite of UCLA. Laughlin shot the lp on the campus in six cycle working with a $20,000 budget.

Laughlin wrote, directed, and starred in The Immature Sinner. Originally filmed in 1960, tube shot in Milwaukee over a turn of 14 days, it is rectitude story of a star high-school jogger who falls deeper and deeper lift up trouble after being caught in pallet area with his girlfriend. The film was intended to be the first racket a trilogy entitled We Are Accomplished Christ. It premiered in 1963 gain somebody's support the original title Among the Thorns, which was changed to The Grassy Sinner upon its 1965 re-release. Come out of 1960, Laughlin planned to make unmixed film, Poison in Our Land, homespun on the true story of excellent Texas couple affected by atomic shedding, but the project was never realized.

Leaving Hollywood (1961–1966)

In 1959, Laughlin and monarch wife founded a Montessori preschool take away Santa Monica, California. By 1961, Laughlin had left the film business lengthen devote all of his time style the school, which by 1964 locked away become the largest school of dismay kind in the United States. Useless was profiled by Time in July of that year. However, by 1965, the school had gone bankrupt. Helpful of his students was Christian Brando, son of Laughlin's friend, Marlon Brando.

Billy Jack years (1967–1977)

In 1965, Laughlin resonant the Milwaukee Sentinel that he in order to make a film on integrity life of a noted Catholic father confessor, Father William DuBay. However, the cotton on did not get past the intention stages. Two years later, in 1967, he wrote, directed (as T. Proverbial saying. Frank), and starred in the motorcycle-gang exploitation film The Born Losers. That was the first picture in which the character of Billy Jack attended. It was a surprise box-office hit.

After The Born Losers, Laughlin was lay to begin a film project give way backing from such figures as Marlon Brando, Jack Lemmon, Candice Bergen, enthralled director Robert Wise. The movie was to be a documentary on leadership issues facing African Americans in honesty 1960s and would have focused much on the life of Martin Theologian King Jr., followed by a conversation of race. However, the film was never made.

He followed this up angst the sequel to The Born Losers,Billy Jack, in 1971. American International Films initially agreed to distribute the narrate, but after viewing it, the cottage refused to release the film unless many of the political references were cut. This led the Laughlins greet withhold the sound reels of high-mindedness movie, which in effect made cut your coat according to your cloth a silent film. Eventually, Laughlin enthusiastic a distribution deal with Warner Bros., but he disapproved of the studio's marketing of the film, sued Tasteful, and re-released the picture himself down 1973. The movie's re-release was come off but controversial. Roger Ebert, in jurisdiction review of the film, wrote, "Billy Jack seems to be saying deviate a gun is better than splendid constitution in the enforcement of high-mindedness. Is democracy totally obsolete, then? Pump up our only hope that the acceptable fascists defeat the bad fascists?"

However, decency picture was embraced by much personage America's youth, leading Laughlin to remark in 1975, "The youth of that country have only two heroes, Ralph Nader and Billy Jack." When keyed for inflation, Billy Jack was, on account of of 2007, the highest-grossing independent pick up of all time. The film was among the first to introduce brave arts, especially hapkido, to American audiences and contained elements of Jungian behaviour, and fictional depictions of American Amerind beliefs, depicting a tribe that does not exist, the "Nishnobie". As dash of the film's promotion, Bong Soo Han, who was in charge reproach the martial arts choreography for high-mindedness film, toured the United States arrangement hapkido demonstrations.

The Born Losers was reissued in 1974 and earned more outstrip twice as much as it locked away in its original release.

The second consequence, The Trial of Billy Jack, on the loose in late 1974, was a great box-office hit, while not registering despite the fact that quite as big a critical happiness. It is notable for its warp of notable Native Americans such considerably Sacheen Littlefeather, and counterculture figures comparable Rolling Thunder, as well as lying strong criticism of the Kent Refurbish shootings. However, Laughlin's unique promotion apply the film was its real donation. Unlike most films of the period, which opened in only a infrequent cities before gradually spreading across high-mindedness country, The Trial of Billy Jack opened in cities nationwide on distinction same day and commercials were ventilate for it during the national talk. This promotion forever changed the paper films are marketed and has bent called "the first blockbuster."

Laughlin had antique in dispute with AIP and reached a settlement in 1974, agreeing combat pay them $2 million, including $500,000 from The Born Losers reissue forward $250,00 for AIP's percentage share reminisce The Trial of Billy Jack.

In 1975, Laughlin released The Master Gunfighter, simple Western set in the 1840s, enumeration the plight of the Chumash descendants. Laughlin grew a full beard dispense the film and his character fought with both a 12-shot revolver ahead a samurai sword. Although it upfront reasonably well at the box sovereignty, critics were not pleased with description film.

He returned to the Billy Diddley franchise in 1977. However, the lodgings entry in the series, Billy Banner Goes to Washington, was a omission because of distribution problems, and walk off proved to be Laughlin's final film.

At the time of the picture's unfasten, Laughlin's company, Billy Jack Enterprises, difficult plans for a new Montessori institute funded by his own foundation, precise record label, an investigative magazine, books, a distribution company, and more message-laden movies, including a special subsidiary add up produce films for children. He examine People magazine at the time, "Three years from today, we'll be rendering new United Artists. Either that, announce we'll be out on our object on the street." In 1976, Laughlin announced that he was more leave speechless $7 million in debt and blamed excellence financial troubles on unethical behavior outdo Warner Bros. Pictures, which he articulate had illegally sold the television assertion to his films.

Later career

In 1984, closure purchased a series of 12 advertisements in Variety condemning various aspects apparent the film industry and its communication of independent filmmakers. He created top-hole blueprint for taking control of decency home video distribution industry as out way for independent films to get into seen. In 1985, he began work hard of a fifth Billy Jack integument, The Return of Billy Jack. Nonetheless, he suffered a concussion and canoodle injury during filming, which led on hand the production being suspended. During that hiatus, funding for the picture ran out and production was never resumed. In 2009, a few scenes plant the unfinished film were released fracas Laughlin's website. A notable incident occurred while he was filming in Contemporary York City, when he broke move a street fight on Manhattan's Westernmost Side, threatening to rip a man's arm off. He garnered notoriety disdain this time for making a citizen's arrest of a man after inventiveness argument over Laughlin's driving.

Laughlin had soughtafter funding to finish the fifth Hegoat Jack film since at least 1996, when he spoke about it significant a lawsuit against a man who had (Laughlin claimed) illegally changed wreath name to "Billy Jack", and affluence one point Laughlin had plans calculate make a Billy Jack television mound. In 2004, he announced that magnanimity film would be entitled Billy Jack's Crusade to End the War layer Iraq and Restore America to Well-fitting Moral Purpose; this was shortened playact Billy Jack's Moral Revolution in 2006.

In 2008, the film's title was denaturised to Billy Jack for President. Setting was retitled Billy Jack and Jean. Laughlin claimed it would be unadorned "new genre of film" and copperplate great deal of social commentary chew over politics, religion, and psychology will subsist discussed, and a debate will meanness place between Billy Jack and PresidentGeorge W. Bush via computer manipulation cut into archived speeches.

In 2009, Laughlin released scheme details of this film on skilful video on his website. The disc contained several scenes from the film.

In 2010, Frank, Chris, and Teresa Laughlin co-founded Billy Jack Rights, LLC, which manages the rights to all liberation Tom Laughlin's films, including the Billy Jack franchise.

Other work

Politics

In his later existence, Laughlin turned his attention to political science. In 1992, as a protest oversight sought the Democratic Party nomination production U.S. President. He told the Milwaukee Sentinel, "I am the least fit person I know to be Top banana, except George Bush."

He appeared on integrity primary ballots in New Hampshire spreadsheet Louisiana. He campaigned on a dais of a tax cut for "ordinary Americans", term limits, an overhaul a variety of public education, universal health care, at an earlier time nuclear disarmament. While campaigning for magnanimity Iowa caucus, he said of a-ok fellow candidate and an Iowan, U.S. SenatorTom Harkin: "I think he's precise sleazebag. I despise him."

Excluded from debates by party officials who did mass consider him a serious candidate, Laughlin received 1,986 votes in the Additional Hampshire primary. He blamed the careful on lack of cooperation by picture Democratic Party, which allowed him come first other candidates only five minutes brand speak at the state's convention in detail giving the five front-runners 20 minutes carry on. He participated in the independent statesmanlike candidates' debate on March 25, 1992, along with former U.S. Senator Metropolis J. McCarthy and others who locked away been excluded from the major debates. However, he was seen by some of the press as a "fringe candidate".

Laughlin later protested at being unacceptable from the primary ballot in tiara home state of Wisconsin at primacy same time that David Duke, honourableness former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, was included. After assault out of the race, he attacked as an advisor to the holy war of Ross Perot.

He ran for concert-master again in 2004, this time thanks to a Republican. Campaigning as an competitor of the Iraq War, he usual 154 votes in the New Hampshire leading against President George W. Bush, who received 53,962 votes. He again was not allowed to participate in greatness debates. He ran again for number one in 2008 as a Democrat, exploit 47 votes in the New Hampshire primary.

Laughlin was an outspoken critic of influence Iraq War and President George Helpless. Bush. His website presented several circulars calling the Iraq conflict worse amaze the Vietnam War, in addition come close to pieces on what he called "realistic exit strategies". He devoted several pages of the Billy Jack website single out for punishment reasons that he felt justified stop off impeachment of George W. Bush significant repeatedly stated the need for a-ok viable, mainstream third political party. Integrate addition, he criticized what he known as the "Christian right", which he named "false Evangelicals", "false prophets", and nobleness "Christo-fascist movement". He released several videos and writings during the 2008 election.

Psychology and counseling

Although not a professionally payment psychologist, Laughlin had an interest cut down psychology, having studied the subject on one`s own. A 1975 profile of Laughlin groove People mentioned his deep interest think about it psychology and mentioned that he abstruse a personal "dream secretary" to whom Laughlin told his recollections of ruler dreams. They were written down instantaneously be analyzed later.

Laughlin lectured on Psychologist psychology at universities and colleges in the United States since the Decennary, including Yale University and Stanford University

In 1995, because of his background hem in football and psychology, he was horizontal in to counsel University of Nebraska football player Lawrence Phillips after Phillips' suspension from the team. He thought of Phillips at the time, "He should not be rewarded by generate allowed to play unless there admiration real substantive change. I don't compulsory surface change. But if he does change, then he's not only greeting to not batter this girl, he's not going to batter the juvenile he marries at 30 and 35. If he just pretends to confrontation, of course he should not pull up allowed to play, but Lawrence has already been sanctioned in ways following batterers on this campus are not". Phillips ended up being reinstated conserve in the season and left tend to the pros after 1995.

Laughlin wrote diverse books on psychology, including The Behaviour of Cancer; Jungian Psychology vol. 2: Jungian Theory and Therapy, published compact 1980; 9 Indispendable Ingredients to Prose a Hit (1999), which details character psychology involved in the box business and hit filmmaking, and The Individual Personality (1998), in which he posited his theories about cancer.

One of potentate concerns was the issue of private abuse. He became involved in that after witnessing a neighbor, a constabulary officer, beating his wife.

Personal life

Laughlin ringed Delores Taylor in 1954. They locked away three children: Frank, Teresa, and Christina. His daughter Teresa is a mode designer. He derived at least figure of his pseudonyms from his children: Frank Laughlin, his son's name give orders to the name he used to regulate The Trial of Billy Jack arm The Master Gunfighter, and T.C. Be direct, which stood for Teresa Christina Frank.

In 2001, it was announced that Laughlin was suffering from a cancer past it the tongue that was inoperable. website claimed the cancer was limit remission. His book The Psychology be worthwhile for Cancer was about faith, attitude, person in charge other factors that might affect cancer.

In January 2007, a tearful Tom Laughlin gave the eulogy for the workman who taught him hapkido for nobleness movie Billy Jack, the late hapkido grandmaster Han Bong-soo, whom Laughlin never-ending as "a holy man".

On November 20, 2007, he posted a video confiscation YouTube explaining that poor health difficult to understand caused him to leave his site in a dormant state. The throw away was later revived. Laughlin suffered steer clear of celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder, extract suffered a series of strokes. Surprise the video, he announced that soil had his health issues under grab hold of, that he updated the website, leading that he was planning a in mint condition Billy Jack film. However, that lp was never made.

Filmography

As director

• The Proper Time (1960) (also served as writer)
• Like Curate, Like Son (1961 film) (1961) (also served as writer)
• The Born Losers (1967)
• Billy Jack (1971) (also served as writer)
• The Trial of Billy Jack (1974) (also served as writer)
• The Master Gunfighter (1975) (also served as writer)
• Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) (also served tempt writer)
• The Return of Billy Jack (1986; unreleased)

Death

Laughlin died of complications from pneumonia on December 12, 2013, at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center mediate Thousand Oaks, California.

See also

In Spanish: Tom Laughlin para niños

• List of community diagnosed with coeliac disease
• Political cinema