Thomas Cooper Huckabee (born May 8, 1951)[1] is an American film and television actor who appeared in The Funhouse, Urban Cowboy, and as Harrison in the 1993 film Gettysburg, among other roles.

Cooper Huckabee
Born
Thomas Cooper Huckabee

(1951-05-08) May 8, 1951 (age 72)
OccupationActor
Years active1976–present

Career edit

Huckabee played Buzz, one of the leading roles, in The Funhouse.[2] He was Marshall, John Travolta's buddy in Urban Cowboy.[3] He shared a starring role in the 1982 CBS made-for-TV movie Country Gold made in Nashville which also featured Loni Anderson, Linda Hamilton, and Earl Holliman.[4] He was Henry Thomas Harrison, the spy, in Gettysburg.[5]

He has also had several guest appearances on various TV series, including ER and The Shield. Huckabee appeared as Euple Byrd, the first husband of country music legend Tammy Wynette in the made-for-TV movie, Stand by Your Man.[6] Huckabee also appeared in The Killers video for "A Dustland Fairytale".[7] Huckabee had a recurring role in the TV series True Blood as Joe Lee Mickens.[8]

TV and filmography edit

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
1976 Little House on the Prairie Herman Stone Season 2 Episode #17: "Troublemaker"
1977 Dallas Payton CBS TV Mini-Series: Season 1, Episode 4
Murder at the World Series Frank Gresham
1978 Foul Play Sandy
Hawaii Five-O Armitage Episode: "The Bark and the Bite"
1980 Joni Dick Filbert
Urban Cowboy Marshall
1981 The Funhouse Buzz
Stand by Your Man Euple Byrd
The Pursuit of D. B. Cooper Homer
The Blue and the Gray Matthew Geyser TV miniseries
1982 Country Gold Reilly Sears CBS TV movie
1983 Little House: Look Back to Yesterday Vance Reed
1985 Chase Coy
MacGyver Bill Farren Episode: "Hellfire"
1986 Eye of the Tiger Roger
1987 The Curse Dr. Allen Forbes
1989 Cohen and Tate Jeff Knight
1990 Night Eyes Ernie
1992 Love Field Deputy Swinson
1993 Gettysburg Henry Thomas Harrison
1994 Bad Girls Deputy Earl
1997 Turbulence Wing Commander W. Hadfield
1999 The General's Daughter Colonel Weems
2000 Space Cowboys Trajectory Engineer
2003 Gods and Generals Henry Thomas Harrison reprised role from Gettysburg
2009 Staunton Hill Burgh
2010 True Blood Joe Lee Mickens 7 episodes
2012 Django Unchained Roger "Lil Raj" Brittle
2013 Criminal Minds Raoul Whalen Episode: "Alchemy"
2014 Longmire George Linder Episode: "Harvest"
2015 Band of Robbers Muff Potter
2016 Pee-wee's Big Holiday Minister
If Loving You is Wrong Rusty 6 episodes
2019 NCIS Kyle Larson Episode: "Judge, Jury..."
2020 Tales from the Hood 3 Denton Wilbury

References edit

  1. ^ "Cooper Huckabee". Hollywood.com. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  2. ^ Miller, Mark L. (June 23, 2014). "THE FUNHOUSE (1981)". Ain't It Cool News. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  3. ^ Canby, Vincent (June 11, 1980). "TRAVOLTA, 'URBAN COWBOY'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2016.
  4. ^ Flander, Judy (November 23, 1982). "Today in Preview". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 27.
  5. ^ Rubin, Stephen Jay (1981). Combat Films: American Realism, 1945-2010, 2d ed. McFarland & Company. p. 212. ISBN 9780786486137.
  6. ^ O'Connor, John J. (March 31, 1981). "TV: 'STAND BY YOUR MAN, ' TAMMY WYNETTE STORY". The New York Times.
  7. ^ Another Bit of True Blood Casting
  8. ^ New True Blood Promo Poster Continues the Show's Sexy Bloodsucking Ways

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