Cast & creator
Michael Ruud
Best known for Touched by an Angel, Touched by an Angel, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Michael Ruud (October 7, 1944 - September 21, 1999) was an American character actor. He graduated from the University of Utah with a Master of Fine Arts degree. He served as a sergeant in the Army from 1967-1969 during the Vietnam War. After his military service, Ruud found work in theater and film. One of his most memorable roles was as "Big Al Gateway" in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), in which his character attempted to fight Michael Myers while protecting the Lloyd sisters. He passed away on September 27, 1999, from a massive stroke in Murray, Utah.
33
film credits
2
television credits
35
1977–2000 · acting roles
6.1
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (35)
Showing 35 of 35 credits
Touched by an Angel
Mac
1994Touched by an Angel
Lundy
1994
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
Big Al
1988
Geronimo: An American Legend
Chaplain
1993
The Philadelphia Experiment
Truck Driver
1984
Red Rock West
Red Rock Bartender
1993
The Ballad of Little Jo
Russian Father
1993
A Killer in the Family
Customer
1983
Konrad
Joe
1985
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
Wagon Master
1986
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Winthrop Palmer
1980
Double Jeopardy
Steve Krug
1992
A Hobo's Christmas
Omaha John Boswell
1987
Promised Land
Cowboy in Casino
1988
Solo
Sid Matthews
1984
Stranger on My Land
Able
1988
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1981
Hangar 18
George Turner
1980
The Incredible Rocky Mountain Race
1977
The Testaments of One Fold and One Shepherd
Rabbi
2000
Tripwire
Trucker #3
1989
Donner Pass: The Road to Survival
1978
A More Perfect Union
1989
The Adventures of Nellie Bly
Horrigan
1981
The Time Machine
1978
The Fall of the House of Usher
1979
Love Kills
Wallet Man
1991
Rockwell: A Legend of the Wild West
Brigham Young
1994
Scorned and Swindled
Redneck
1984
Incident at Crestridge
Yank Tabor
1981
The Ticket
Monte
1997
The Buttercream Gang in: Secret of Treasure Mountain
Chief Monk / Marcus
1993
Nashville Grab
Drunk
1981
Divided by Hate
Harlan Sorenson
1997