In the years since “Billy Jack’s” heyday, Laughlin has remained politically active and outspoken, running for president as an independent candidate in 1992, 2004 and 2008, as well as trying ...

For those unfamiliar with “Billy Jack,” here’s an introduction: The title character is a “half-breed” Navajo and a Vietnam War veteran who is skilled in the martial art of hapkido.

Actor, director, and occasional presidential candidate Tom Laughlin passed away last week at the age of 82. Laughlin will probably be remembered most for the film Billy Jack, which he wrote ...

Laughlin—credited with changing the way movies were marketed in Hollywood after directing and starring in the Billy Jack series—died December 12, 2014 at 82 from complications of pneumonia ...

Tom Laughlin, a filmmaker who drew a huge following for his movies about the ill-tempered, karate-chopping pacifist Billy Jack, died Thursday at a Thousand Oaks hospital.

“Billy Jack Goes to Washington” was the final film in Tom Laughlin’s Indian rebel series. I saw it at its Washington premiere in 1977 at the K-B Cinema on Wisconsin Avenue.

Delores Taylor, ‘Billy Jack’ Actress, Screenwriter and Producer, Dies at 85. She appeared as schoolteacher Jean Roberts opposite her husband, the late Tom Laughlin, in the film series.