Gary Grubbs
Known for: Acting
Gary Grubbs (born Jon Gary Grubbs, November 14, 1949, in Amory, Mississippi) is an American character actor who moved to Prentiss as an infant and grew up there. He attended the University of Southern Mississippi, where he majored in business and met his future wife Glenda (Miss Mississippi 1972). In 1977 the couple relocated to Los Angeles initially for a writing career, but Grubbs transitioned to acting after landing his first role in For the Love of Benji (1977), followed by Dead Man's Curve: The Jan and Dean Story (1978). Over his nearly five-decade career he has accumulated over 180 credits, frequently portraying attorneys, sheriffs, military officers, and other authority figures, and he now splits his time between Mississippi and Los Angeles. His most notable film credits include attorney Al Oser in JFK (1991, directed by Oliver Stone), Jim Bob in Honkytonk Man (1982, directed by Clint Eastwood), a role in Silkwood (1983, directed by Mike Nichols), Phil Beasley in Gone Fishin' (1997), Timothy McReady in Double Take (2001), Billy Ray in Ray (2004), Coach Ralph Miller in Glory Road (2006), a Police Lieutenant in Déjà Vu (2006), Chief of Police in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009, with Jeffrey Wright), Sheriff in In the Electric Mist (2009, with Matthew McConaughey), Bob Gibbs in Django Unchained (2012, directed by Quentin Tarantino, uncredited), a role in Battleship (2012), Dr. Kemp Clark in Parkland (2013, with James Franco), DEA Agent Lou Cantrell in Sabotage (2014, with Gerard Butler), Dennis in Left Behind (2014), FBI Agent Owens in Concussion (2015, with Will Smith), Prosecutor in Free State of Jones (2016, with Mads Mikkelsen), Senator Everett Dirksen in LBJ (2016), and Joe Carter in God Bless the Broken Road (2018). On television he is best known as Captain Steven Wiecek in For Love and Honor (1983–1984), Harlin Polk in Will & Grace (1998–1999), and Mr. Dummont in Common Law (2012), with additional credits in ER, NCIS (2003), Angel (2001–2004, 4 episodes), The O.C. (2003), Treme (2010), Glee (2009), Criminal Minds (2012), Scream Queens (2015), and Prison Break (2006).
Filmography
Series
The Mentalist
Samuel Millman
2008
Series
Beverly Hills, 90210
Borst
1990
Series
Criminal Minds
Detective Oren Carr
2005
Series
NCIS
Elmo Poke
2003
Series
Bones
Dwayne Wilson
2005
Series
CSI: Miami
2002
Series
The X-Files
Sheriff Tom Arens
1993
Series
JAG
Air Boss
1995
Series
Married... with Children
Delbert
1987
Series
Married... with Children
Cal Stevens
1987
Series
ER
Emmet Chambliss
1994
Series
Glee
Jimbo Wilson
2009
Series
M*A*S*H
Lt. Geyer
1972
Series
Knots Landing
Salesman
1979
Series
Magnum, P.I.
Dexter
1980
Series
Will & Grace
Harlin Polk
1998
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Mark Berringer
1984
Series
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Boyd
1996
Series
The Waltons
1972
Series
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Clyde P. Hawkins
1993
Series
Angel
Roger Burkle
1999
Series
L.A. Law
U.S. Marshal William Hopson
1986
Series
Happy Days
1974
Series
Charlie's Angels
Second Driver
1976
Series
Hill Street Blues
1981
Series
The O.C.
Gordon Bullit
2003
Series
The A-Team
Sheriff Hopkins
1983
Series
Touched by an Angel
Brother Jim
1994
Series
Family Ties
Mr. Willis
1982
Series
Profiler
Ben Stillwell
1996
Series
Matlock
SJ Sweet
1986
Series
The Golden Girls
Waiter
1985
Series
T. J. Hooker
Harlan Walker
1982
Series
Wizards of Waverly Place
Pa
2007
Series
Caroline in the City
Earl
1995
Series
Hunter
Paul Brisco (uncredited)
1984
Film
Django Unchained
Bob Gibbs (uncredited)
2012
Series
One on One
Jack Crawford
2001
Series
North and South
Lt. Pickles
1985
Series
Growing Pains
George Brower
1985
Series
Dave's World
Officer Bailey
1993
Series
The Agency
2001
Series
Treme
2010
Series
Major Dad
1989
Series
CHiPs
Bo
1977
Series
CHiPs
Mechanic
1977
Film
Battleship
Air Force Chief of Staff
2012
Film
Déjà Vu
Police Lieutenant #2
2006
Series
Boston Common
Aubrey McLean
1996
Series
Common Law
Mr. Dumont
2012
Film
JFK
Al Oser
1991
Film
Starbright
Ken
2026
Film
The X-Files
Fire Captain Cooles
1998
Film
Left Behind
Dennis
2014
Series
Second Noah
1996
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Deputy Hamilton
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Prince
1951
Film
Sabotage
Lou Cantrell (DEA Interrogator #2)
2014
Film
Free State of Jones
Prosecuting Attorney
2016
Film
Project Almanac
Dr. Lou
2015
Film
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Chief of Police
2009
Film
Ray
Billy Ray
2004
The Watcher
1995
Film
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage
Judge Bazemore
2016
Film
Runaway Jury
Dobbs
2003
Film
Concussion
FBI Agent
2015
Series
Maneater
Tripper Mason
2009
Film
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
Mr Duluth
2011
Film
My Mom's New Boyfriend
Police Chief Malone
2008
For Love and Honor
1983
Series
Hull High
Mr. Brawley
1990
Film
In the Electric Mist
Sheriff
2009
Film
All the King's Men
Sheriff
2006
Film
No One Lives
Harris
2013
Film
Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous
Captain Greer
2008
Film
The Astronaut's Wife
NASA Director
1999
Series
Half Nelson
Hamill
1985
Film
And God Created Woman
Rupert Willis, Robin's Parole Officer
1988
Series
Fatal Vision
James Blackburn
1984
Film
Devil's Knot
Dale Griffis
2013
Series
Condominium
1st Meteorologist
1980
Film
Silkwood
Randy Fox
1983
Film
Dirty Girl
Principal Mulray
2010
Film
Python
Sheriff Griffin Wade
2000
Film
Parkland
Dr. Kemp Clark
2013
Film
Honkytonk Man
Jim Bob
1982
Film
The Border
Honk
1982
Film
1990: The Bronx Warriors
Armored Van Cop (uncredited)
1982
Film
Gone Fishin'
Phil Beasly
1997
Film
LBJ
Everett Dirksen
2017
Film
Gideon's Trumpet
Deputy Hamilton
1980
Film
God Bless the Broken Road
Joe Carter
2018
Series
The New Adventures of Davy Crockett
1988
Film
Carjacked
Deputy
2011
Film
Double Take
Timothy Jarret McReady
2001
Film
Out of Blue
Mr. Torby
2019
Film
A Sunday Horse
Coach Walden
2016
Film
Midnight Run Around
Lester
1994
Film
The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom
Detective Helton
1993
Film
The Stranger Beside Me
Chief Engineer
1995
Film
Let There Be Light
Dr. Fornier
2017
Film
The Burning Bed
District Attorney
1984
Film
Poker Alice
Marshal
1987
Film
Nadine
Cecil
1987
Film
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
Ron Meehan
1992
Film
The Dead Will Tell
Detective Ed Landry
2004
Film
Alabama Moon
Judge Mackin
2009
Film
Stolen in Plain Sight
Sheriff Dunn
2020
Film
The Ernest Green Story
Coach Loomis
1993
Film
Foxfire
Prince
1987
Film
Not Like Everyone Else
John Mack Butler
2006
Film
Deal
Mr. Stillman
2008
Film
Shadow People
CDC Director
2013
Film
River of Rage: The Taking of Maggie Keene
C.W. Hardgrave
1993
Film
Hell and Mr Fudge
Carl Ketcherside
2012
Film
For the Love of Benji
Hank
1977
Film
Without Warning: The James Brady Story
Larry 'Catfish' Speakes
1991
Film
Christmas in Mississippi
Carter Greenside
2017
Film
Telling Secrets
Det. Ron Taylor
1993
Film
Deadman's Curve
Lead Singer - Sons of the Pioneers (uncredited)
1978
Film
Doc in the Box
Dr. Whipple
2015
Film
Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter
Nigel Edmunds
1984
Film
Convergence
Peter Grayson
2017
Film
The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel
Jimmy
2004
Film
The Return of Frank Cannon
Mechanic
1980
Film
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
Film
Forgotten Sins
Reverend Ralph Newton
1996
Film
For One Night
Mr. Thornton
2006
Film
Demons
Father Joseph Moran
2017
Film
Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder
Carl Baker
1997
Film
For Love and Honor
Capt. Wiecek
1983
Film
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Martin Nash
1987
Film
Tennessee Nights
1989
Film
Honor Thy Mother
1992
Davy Crockett: Rainbow in the Thunder
George Russell
1988
Film
Spring Break Lawyer
Senator Claxton
2001
Film
Willa
Junior
1979
Davy Crockett: A Letter to Polly
George Russell
Film
Good Intentions
Zachary
2010
Film
Hound Dogs
Reverend Davis
2011
Carly's Web
1987