# Dale Midkiff

Dale Alan Midkiff (born July 1, 1959) is an American actor, best known for playing Louis Creed in the horror film Pet Sematary (1989) and Captain Darien Lambert in the TV series Time Trax.

## Career

Midkiff acted in off-Broadway plays like Mark Medoff's The Wager. His first movie role was in Roger Corman's Streetwalkin' playing a pimp named Duke. Dale's acting was called "grittily impressive" in what some consider a B-movie classic. He has said in interviews that while his family never quite understood his interest in acting, they never discouraged him: "I love them for allowing a kid to believe in his dreams."
His first major break came when he landed the role of the young Jock Ewing in Dallas: The Early Years. That was followed by what many consider his biggest role to date, Elvis Presley, in the four-hour miniseries, Elvis and Me, and by Dream Street, a short-lived "blue collar" series set in New Jersey. Midkiff's roles have run the gamut from the wife beater in A Cry For Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, to the "good old boy" cop who discovers his partner/best friend is a murderer in Vigilante Cop, to the heroic time-traveling fugitive retrieval cop in Time Trax, to the amiable ladies' man and town protector in The Magnificent Seven. He is also well known for having played the lead role of Louis Creed in the 1989 film version of Stephen King's Pet Sematary. He also starred in the Hallmark movie classic Love Comes Softly with Katherine Heigl.

## Filmography

Film and television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1985 | Streetwalkin' | "Duke" | |
| 1986 | Dallas: The Early Years | John Ross "Jock" Ewing | TV film |
| 1986 | Nightmare Weekend | Ken | |
| 1987 | Top Kids | Clyde Barrow | TV film |
| 1988 | Casual Sex? | Attractive Stranger | |
| 1988 | Elvis and Me | Elvis Presley | TV film |
| 1989 | A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story | Charles "Buck" Thurman | TV film |
| 1989 | Pet Sematary | Dr. Louis Creed | |
| 1989 | Dream Street | Denis DeBeau | 6 episodes |
| 1991 | Black Mail | Scott Mayfield | TV film |
| 1991 | Plymouth | Gil Eaton | TV film |
| 1991 | Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance | Farrell Tucker | TV film |
| 1991 | Sins of the Mother | Kevin Coe | TV film |
| 1991 | The Marla Hanson Story – Face Value | Eric Warner | TV film |
| 1992 | Love Potion No. 9 | Gary Logan | |
| 1993 | Time Trax | Darien Lambert | 44 episodes |
| 1994 | Sweet Justice – The Power of Darkness: Part 1 & Part 2 | Alex Boudreau | Miniseries |
| 1994 | A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story | "Red" | TV film |
| 1995 | Visitors of the Night | Sheriff Marcus Ashley | TV film |
| 1995 | A Child Is Missing | Peter Barnes | TV film |
| 1996 | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice | Detective Steve Carella | TV film |
| 1997 | Toothless | Thomas Jameson | TV film |
| 1997 | Any Place But Home | Carl Miller | TV film |
| 1997 | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave | Detective Steve Carella | TV film |
| 1998 | Conversations in Limbo | Unknown | Short film |
| 1998 | The Magnificent Seven | Buck Wilmington | 22 episodes |
| 1999 | The Outer Limits | Tom Cooper | Episode: "Blank Slate" |
| 2000 | Twice in a Lifetime | Reese | Episode: "The Frat Pack" |
| 2000 | Mysterious Ways | Jack Kestler | Episode: "Spirit Junction" |
| 2000 | Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion | Bill Templer | TV film |
| 2000 | Another Woman's Husband | Johnny Miller / Jake | TV film |
| 2000 | The Crow: Salvation | Detective Vincent Erlich | |
| 2000 | Air Bud: World Pup | Patrick | Direct-to-video |
| 2000 | Falcon Down | Captain Hank Thomas | |
| 2001 | Route 666 | Deputy U.S. Marshal P.T. | |
| 2001 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Professor Robert Woodbury | Episode: "Chaos Theory" |
| 2001 | The Warden | Murphy | TV film |
| 2002 | Nancy Drew | Jim "Jimbo" Mitchell | TV film |
| 2002 | Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story | Gary Wilson | TV film |
| 2003 | Love Comes Softly | Clark Davis | TV film |
| 2003 | Maximum Velocity | Dr. Timothy Briggs | |
| 2004 | Love's Enduring Promise | Clark Davis | TV film |
| 2004 | Torn Apart | Jerry Bender | |
| 2004 | Debating Robert Lee | Robert Lee | |
| 2005 | Back to You and Me | Gus Martin | TV film |
| 2005 | Love's Long Journey | Clark Davis | TV film |
| 2005 | Behind the magic of Knights of Impossingworth Park | Prince Darkindeed | Short film |
| 2005 | Deep Rescue | Ben | |
| 2005 | Without a Trace | Eddie Ferguson | Episode: "Transitions" |
| 2006 | Love's Abiding Joy | Clark Davis | TV film |
| 2006 | Crossing Jordan | Jerry Miller | Episode: "Save Me" |
| 2007 | Dexter | Mr. Wilson | Episode: "That Night, A Forest Grew" |
| 2007 | Love's Unending Legacy | Clark Davis | TV film |
| 2007 | Boxboarders! | Bruce Rockwell | |
| 2007 | CSI: Miami | Doug McClain | Episode: "Deep Freeze" |
| 2007 | Love's Unfolding Dream | Clark Davis | TV film |
| 2007 | Totally Baked | Doug | |
| 2007 | Love's Unending Legacy | Clark Davis | TV film |
| 2007 | Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane | Dr. Lucas Thorp | |
| 2008 | Lincoln Heights | Harrison DeVries | Episode: "Ode to Joy" |
| 2008 | The Clean-Up Crew | Dan Dahler | Short film |
| 2008 | 2012 Doomsday | Dr. Frank Richards | |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Samuel Wynn | Episode: "Control Factor" |
| 2009 | Criminal Minds | Gil Bonner | Episode: "Roadkill" |
| 2011 | Hell's Kitty | Rosemary Carrie | Episode: "Rosemary Carrie" |
| 2013 | The Client List | J.D. Whitman Sr. | Episode: "Hell on Heels" |
| 2014 | Castle | Sheriff | Episode: "Once Upon a Time in the West" |
| 2018 | Hell's Kitty | Rosemary Carrie | |
| 2020 | 21 Outs | Coach Chris Forbes | |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Cold River | Detective Steve Carella | |