Lindsey Ginter obit

RIP Lindsey Ginter

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Lindsey Ginter died earlier this year (September 1). He had portrayed the Crew Cut Man in “1X23: The Erlenmeyer Flask” and “2X10: Red Museum” — a Syndicate operative and Deep Throat’s executioner. His appearances were short but very memorable and gave us some of the show’s most memorable moments. He had other roles in Mercury Rising, Lost and others.

From a private communication with Demijan Omeragic (with many thanks):

Doing “Crew Cut Man’ on X-Files was a dream job for me. The Directors (Casting as well as Production), fellow actors, and the crew were all so supportive of my efforts. I especially loved the strong writing and the contribution my character made to the arch of the overall X-Files legacy. My character’s existence changed the path of X-Files for the next few seasons. I am grateful to have been chosen for that role. Thanks Chris Carter.

Ginter is known as Crew Cut Man, a government assassin, in the television series The X-Files and as Sam Austen, Kate Austen's father, in Lost.

Ginter was born in Alameda, California on December 13, 1950. He died on September 1, 2024, at the age of 73.

Ginter appeared in films including Blood In Blood Out, Beverly Hills Cop III, Gattaca, Mercury Rising, Pearl Harbor, S.W.A.T., The L.A. Riot Spectacular, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and Argo.

Filmography

Year     Title     Role     Notes

1991    Jake and the Fatman    Rolf     2 episodes

1991–1992      Street Justice   Thomas Hardin           3 episodes

1993    Blood In Blood Out    Officer Young

1994    Beverly Hills Cop III  Holloway       

1994    The X-Files     The Cleaner / Crew Cut Man  2 episodes

1994–1996      Renegade        Chuck Woodley / Rocky Scholl          3 episodes

1994–1998      Walker, Texas Ranger Dirk Morgan / Troy Cochran  2 episodes

1995    Timemaster      Commando Leader    

1995    Eye of the Stalker        Officer Weldon           TV movie

1997    Acts of Betrayal          Hydra 

1997    Mars    Ike Ringo       

1997    Gattaca            Mission Commander  

1997    Dark Skies       Sergeant Linson          Episode: "Bloodlines"

1997    JAG     Captain McNamara     Episode: "Cowboys & Cossacks"

1998    Mercury Rising           Peter Burrell   

1998    The Practice    John Schramm 2 episodes

2000    Star Trek: Voyager      Saavedra          Episode: "Memorial"

2001    Pearl Harbor    Captain Low  

2003    Alias    Mr. Johnson    Episode: "A Free Agent"

2003    S.W.A.T.         Agent Hauser 

2004    Angel  Commander Petrie      Episode: "Why We Fight"

2005    The L.A. Riot Spectacular      Jury Foreman 

2005–2006      Lost     Sgt. Sam Austen          2 episodes

2010    Radio Free Albemuth  FBI Agent       Uncredited

2011    Shameless        Charlie

2011    Transformers: Dark of the Moon        Old NASA Scientist #1          

2011    Admissions      Man in Suit     Short

2012    Argo    Hedley Donovan        

2012    Hitchcock        Male Prop Master       

2013    Cleaners          Lead Agent      Episode: "The Blown Job

2014    Beneath Existence       Zeke    Short

2014    Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?   Dispatcher #3 

2015    Forgiveness     Judge Williamson       

2015    The Evil Gene Warden Sweeney