Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Gerald S. O'Loughlin was an American actor and director who often played tough and rough-looking characters on television, stage, and film. A native of New York City, he trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and the Actors Studio after serving in the Marine Corps. His professional acting began in repertory at Crystal Lake Theatre, and on stage he took the role of Cheswick in the Cort Theatre production of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, starting in 1963, and toured as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire opposite Tallulah Bankhead. He was best known as Ed Ryker on The Rookies from 1972 to 1976, and he appeared in many TV series and miniseries, including Storefront Lawyers and Roots: The Next Generations. His film work included Ensign Pulver (1964) and In Cold Blood (1967), along with Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Valachi Papers (1972), and Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977).