Tom Laughlin (born August 10, 1931) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, theologian,educator and political activist. Laughlin is best known for his series of Billy Jack films. He has been married to Delores Taylor since 1956. Taylor has also co-produced and acted in all four of the Billy Jack films.
He has also ran for President of the United States three times (1992, 2004, and 2008) and has shown a deep interest in psychology an...
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Tom Laughlin (born August 10, 1931) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, theologian,educator and political activist. Laughlin is best known for his series of Billy Jack films. He has been married to Delores Taylor since 1956. Taylor has also co-produced and acted in all four of the Billy Jack films.
He has also ran for President of the United States three times (1992, 2004, and 2008) and has shown a deep interest in psychology and domestic abuse counseling.
Laughlin was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He went to college at the University of Indiana and the University of Wisconsin, playing football for both schools, Laughlin decided to become an actor after seeing a production of A Streetcar Named Desire. He wrote the original screenplay for the film Billy Jack in 1954 after witnessing the treatment of Native Americans in his fiancee's hometown of Winner, South Dakota.
He began his on-screen acting career in the 1955 Television...
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