Richard Dysart
47 movies · 19 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 30, 1929
- Died
- Apr 5, 2015 (age 86)
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Richard A. Dysart · Richard Allen 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).
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Profiles IMDb
Known for
Richard Dysart: movies and TV shows
Acting (66)
- 2004 Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
- 2002 L.A. Law: The Movie
as Leland McKenzie
- 1998 Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
as Cogliostro
- 1998 Hard Rain
as Henry Sears
- 1997
- 1996
- 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
- 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
- 1987 Wall Street
as Cromwell
- 1987 Six Against the Rock
as Warden James Johnston
- 1986 The Last Days of Patton
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1986 L.A. Law: Pilot
as Leland McKenzie
- 1986
- 1986
- 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
- 1976
- 1976 Riding with Death
as Leonard Driscoll
- 1975 The Hindenburg
as Lehman
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975 The Day of the Locust
as Claude Estee
- 1975
- 1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Master Bryant
- 1974 The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
as Father
- 1974
- 1974 The Terminal Man
as Dr. John Ellis
- 1972
- 1971 The Hospital
as Dr. Welbeck
- 1971
- 1971
- 1971 The Sporting Club
as Spengler
- 1971
- 1969 The Lost Man
as Barnes
- 1969 Shadow Game
as Jerry Arnst
- 1968 Petulia
as Motel Receptionist
- 1966
- 1966
- 1963 Love with the Proper Stranger
as Accountant (uncredited)
- 1961
- 1951
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 2009
- 1996
- 1988
- 1987