Richard Dysart
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 30, 1929
- Died
- April 5, 2015 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
Movie · as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
L.A. Law: The Movie
Movie · as Leland McKenzie
Hard Rain
Movie · as Henry Sears
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
Movie · as Cogliostro
Spawn
TV · as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice) · 18 eps
Corwin
Movie · as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep
Truman
Movie · as Henry L. Stimson
Panther
Movie · as J. Edgar Hoover
A Child Is Missing
Movie · as Riley Hallihan
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
Movie · as J. Edgar Hoover
Batman: The Animated Series
TV · as Dr. Bartholomew (voice) · 2 eps
Back to the Future Part III
Movie · as Barbwire Salesman
Day One
Movie · as President Harry S. Truman
Your Alcohol I.Q.
Movie · as Self
Moving Target
Movie · as Arthur Cambridge
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Movie · as Leland McKenzie
Six Against the Rock
Movie · as Warden James Johnston
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
Movie · as Self
Wall Street
Movie · as Cromwell
The Last Days of Patton
Movie · as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
L.A. Law: Pilot
Movie · as Leland McKenzie
L.A. Law
TV · as Leland McKenzie · 171 eps
Blood & Orchids
TV · as Harvey Koster · 2 eps
Mask
Movie · as Abe
Pale Rider
Movie · as Coy LaHood
Warning Sign
Movie · as Dr. Nielsen
Malice in Wonderland
Movie · as Louis B. Mayer
The Falcon and the Snowman
Movie · as Dr. Lee
The Thing
Movie · as Dr. Copper
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Movie · as Hunter Burgess
People vs. Jean Harris
Movie · as Judge Russell R. Leggett
Bitter Harvest
Movie · as Dr. Morton Freeman
Bogie
Movie · as Jack Warner
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Movie · as Edwin Stanton
Being There
Movie · as Dr. Robert Allenby
Prophecy
Movie · as Trevor Isley
Meteor
Movie · as Secretary of Defense
Churchill and the Generals
Movie · as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
An Enemy of the People
Movie · as Aslaksen
First, You Cry
Movie · as Dr. Brennerman
It Happened One Christmas
Movie · as Peter Bailey
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Movie · as President Ulysses S. Grant
The Andros Targets
TV · as Dr. Kipness · 1 ep
Riding with Death
Movie · as Leonard Driscoll
Gemini Man
TV · as Leonard Driscoll · 1 ep
The Day of the Locust
Movie · as Claude Estee
The Hindenburg
Movie · as Lehman
Baretta
TV · 1 ep
Doc
TV · 1 ep
Doctors' Hospital
TV · 1 ep
The Terminal Man
Movie · as Dr. John Ellis
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Movie · as Master Bryant
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Movie · as Father
Lincoln
TV · as David Davis · 2 eps
Maude
TV · 1 ep
The Hospital
Movie · as Dr. Welbeck
The Sporting Club
Movie · as Spengler
Columbo
TV · as Max Duval · 1 ep
All in the Family
TV · as Russ DeKuyper · 1 ep
Cannon
TV · 1 ep
The Lost Man
Movie · as Barnes
Shadow Game
Movie · as Jerry Arnst
Petulia
Movie · as Motel Receptionist
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Jerry Arnst · 1 ep
NET Playhouse
TV · as Tarleton · 1 ep
Love with the Proper Stranger
Movie · as Accountant (uncredited)
The Defenders
TV · as Mr. Westfall · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · 1 ep