Richard Dysart

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Known For

Acting

Born

1929-03-30

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Richard Dysart

Biography

Richard Allen Dysart (March 30, 1929 – April 5, 2015) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as senior partner Leland McKenzie in the television series L.A. Law (1986–1994), for which he won a 1992 Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series after four consecutive nominations. In film, he held supporting roles in The Hospital (1971), Being There (1979), The Thing (1982), Mask (1985), Pale Rider (1985) and Wall Street (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Dysart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2009
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie as Self (archive footage)
2004
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
2002
L.A. Law: The Movie as Leland McKenzie
1999
Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle as Cogliostro
1998
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 as Cogliostro
1998
Hard Rain as Henry Sears
1997
Spawn as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Corwin as Self
1995
A Child Is Missing as Riley Hallihan
1995
Truman as Henry L. Stimson
1995
Panther as J. Edgar Hoover
1993
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair as J. Edgar Hoover
1992
Batman: The Animated Series as Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
1990
Back to the Future Part III as Barbwire Salesman
1989
Day One as President Harry S. Truman
1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday as Leland McKenzie
1988
Moving Target as Arthur Cambridge
1988
Your Alcohol I.Q. as Self
1987
Wall Street as Cromwell
1987
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour as Self
1987
Six Against the Rock as Warden James Johnston
1986
The Last Days of Patton as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1986
L.A. Law as Leland McKenzie
1986
L.A. Law: Pilot as Leland McKenzie
1986
Blood & Orchids as Harvey Koster
1985
Warning Sign as Dr. Nielsen
1985
Pale Rider as Coy LaHood
1985
Mask as Abe
1985
The Falcon and the Snowman as Dr. Lee
1985
Malice in Wonderland as Louis B. Mayer
1982
Missing Children: A Mother's Story as Hunter Burgess
1982
The Thing as Dr. Copper
1981
Bitter Harvest as Dr. Morton Freeman
1981
People vs. Jean Harris as Judge Russell R. Leggett
1980
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd as Edwin Stanton
1980
Bogie as Jack Warner
1979
Being There as Dr. Robert Allenby
1979
Meteor as Secretary of Defense
1979
Churchill and the Generals as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1979
Prophecy as Trevor Isley
1978
First, You Cry as Dr. Brennerman
1978
An Enemy of the People as Aslaksen
1977
It Happened One Christmas as Peter Bailey
1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer as President Ulysses S. Grant
1977
The Andros Targets as Dr. Kipness
1976
Gemini Man as Leonard Driscoll
1976
Riding with Death as Leonard Driscoll
1975
The Hindenburg as Lehman
1975
Doc
1975
Doctors' Hospital
1975
The Day of the Locust as Claude Estee
1975
Baretta
1974
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder as Father
1974
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman as Master Bryant
1974
Lincoln as David Davis
1974
The Terminal Man as Dr. John Ellis
1972
Maude
1971
The Hospital as Dr. Welbeck
1971
Columbo as Max Duval
1971
Cannon
1971
The Sporting Club as Spengler
1971
All in the Family as Russ DeKuyper
1969
The Lost Man as Barnes
1969
Shadow Game as Jerry Arnst
1968
Petulia as Motel Receptionist
1966
CBS Playhouse
1963
Love with the Proper Stranger as Accountant (uncredited)
1961
The Defenders as Mr. Westfall
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame