Tom Laughlin, the maverick actor and filmmaker best known for the "Billy Jack" films, has died. He was 82.
Laughlin died Thursday in Thousand Oaks, his family announced.
Laughlin had been married to actress Delores Taylor since 1954 and also had several ill-fated runs for president. But he was best known for the "Billy Jack" films, which also starred Taylor. In 1967, he wrote and directed (under the pseudonym T.C. Frank) and starred in "The Born Losers," a motorcycle exploitation film that became a big box-office hit. It introduced the world to the part-Native American Vietnam veteran title character.
The 1971 sequel, the vigilante-themed "Billy Jack," was, after a legal battle with studio Warner Bros., released independently. It also became a box-office smash, though it generated controversy for its suggestion of guns and violence as a justice-seeking tool.
Laughlin co-produced and starred in all four "Jack" films, including the little-seen final one, 1977's "Billy Jack Goes to Washington." The third film, "The Trial of Billy Jack," was one of the first movies to get a major television and national advertising push.
Laughlin was also known for his activisim -- he started a Montessori preschool and ran for president on three occasions. He had spoken in recent years of trying to bring the Jack character back to the big screen.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

One tin soldier rides away...

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

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I can't imagine him bring worse at presidenting than he was at acting. But, who knows? RIP.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

That's my kind of foreign policy. Let the ayatollah chew on that.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

"Whop" is an underappreciated word.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

But first lets run home with tail betwixt legs after a military barracks is blown up, do nothing about that except to start a war on an island with 100 Cuban soliders halfway around the world, then sell the ayatollah arms to fight Iraq, financing cocaine importers in this country, then lets whop that damn ayatollah.

Now that's Presidentin'. Right?

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

You really can't help yourself, can you?

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Only when you can simultaneously conduct a war on the middle class and further marginalize black Americans in a way that won't be fully apparent until about 35 years later. Then you've got A LEGACY.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

You'd think this would be satire, but no.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

It was a bad joke signifying nothing. I hope your jerking knee didn't cut your thin skin.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Well you did serve up the tough on those people/presidenting lines. Looked alot like Smardjza's fastball. Coming and going.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

It's great to finish off a big sports Sunday with a heated battle on the CSFMB's Senior Tour.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Those people? You better check yourself.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

just wait for the father/son tournament.

I'm only half into it. Watching the Rockford Files, Kojak and then Columbo. I wish not to be disturbed during Columbo.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Have you seen the damn Saints score? I'm only taking so much crap from the rural precincts reporting this evening.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

The crap resides between your ears.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

OK, please allow me to retort in kind. I'm rubber, you're glue..... Sheesh.

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"Short Fuse". one of my favorite episodes.

I used to watch it with my parents as a yute. It's not just nostalgia. It's a damn good show and holds up well. The long line of guest stars are top notch.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

The first movie (Billy Jack: technically the second) in particular was excellent. A great look back into the 70's. The others didn't get much play. Didn't realize he was that old.

RIP.

no, the brilliance of it was that columbo played dumb. although a lot of the times it was predictable, that wasn't why you watched. you watched to see how columbo put it all together. peter falk's best work by far.

That was bothering me. Thank you for clearing it up, sir.

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Ever seen "Murder by Death"? It's great.

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I wonder if he'll get snubbed during the In Memoriam portion of the Oscars??

i meant "you" in general.

i liked it. it was actually an ex's favorite film. "columbo" was still the best.