Gerald Dwight "Wings" Hauser (born December 12, 1947) is an American actor, screenwriter, film director, and musician.
A prolific character actor, he has appeared in over 100 film and television productions since 1967, and was once called "the biggest star you've never heard of.
"[1] Hauser received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for his supporting role in Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987).
For a period in the early 1970s, Hauser was homeless, and spent several months living in a vacant garage with his 13-month-old daughter Bright.
Hauser first attracted notice in December 1977, when as an unknown he was cast to play Greg Foster on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, succeeding Brian Kerwin in the part.
[4][5][6] In 1987, he was co-starred in the Norman Mailer-directed Tough Guys Don't Dance, earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male.