Sy Richardson
55 movies · 17 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 4, 1941 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Symon Lionel Richardson
Biography
Symon Lionel Richardson (born June 4, 1941) is an American film and television actor. He made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella. Richardson is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, The Winner and Searchers 2.0. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film Tripwire. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner on the TV series Pushing Daisies. He is also in They Live and played a tough L.A. County Sherrif in the gang classic Colors.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Sy Richardson: movies and TV shows
Acting (72)
- 2023 It Wants Blood 2
as Professor Smert
- 2019
- 2019 5th of July
as Pops
- 2017 Message From a Mistress
as Mr. Hall
- 2015
- 2015 Faith of Our Fathers
as Dan
- 2014
- 2011 Larry Crowne
as Avery
- 2010 Searchers 2.0
as Fritz Frobisher
- 2010
- 2010 A Numbers Game
as Bernie
- 2010 Our Family Wedding
as Sonny
- 2010 Hip-Hop Headstrong
as The Bishop
- 2008 South of Heaven
as Pawn Daddy
- 2007
- 2007 All About Us
as Willie Earl
- 2007 The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
as Shiner #2
- 2007 Lord Help Us
as Church Member
- 2004 Surviving Christmas
as Doo-Dah Understudy
- 2003
- 2003 L.A. County 187
as Leotis Brown
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 Human Nature
as Police Detective
- 2001 Extreme Honor
as Schultz
- 2001
- 2000 After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped
as Mr. Coleman
- 2000 The Playaz Court
as Louie
- 1999 Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
as Harry
- 1999 Heat Vision and Jack
as Doctor
- 1998
- 1998 Erasable You
as Miliatant
- 1998 Shattered Illusions
as Gene
- 1996
- 1996 Evil Obsession
as Jim
- 1996 The Winner
as Bartender
- 1994 Floundering
as Commander K
- 1994
- 1994 The Glass Shield
as Mr. Taylor
- 1993 Posse
as Shepherd
- 1993 Eye of the Stranger
as Jeb
- 1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
as Ernest
- 1992
- 1992
- 1990 To Sleep with Anger
as Marsh
- 1990 Men at Work
as Walt Richardson
- 1990 The Grifters
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1990 Street Asylum
as Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum
- 1990
- 1990 Catchfire
as Capt. Walker
- 1989 Tripwire
as Turbo
- 1989 Mystery Train
as Newsvendor
- 1989 Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
as Lavonne
- 1989 Three Fugitives
as Tucker
- 1988 They Live
as Black Revolutionary
- 1988 Tapeheads
as Bartender
- 1988 Dead Man Walking
as Snake
- 1988 Colors
as Bailey
- 1988 Bad Dreams
as Detective Wasserman
- 1987 Cold Steel
as Rashid
- 1987 Walker
as Captain Hornsby
- 1987 Straight to Hell
as Norwood
- 1987 Medium Rare
as Marv
- 1986 Sid and Nancy
as Methadone Caseworker
- 1985 My Brother's Wedding
as Mr. Dubois
- 1984 Repo Man
as Lite
- 1982
- 1981
- 1979 Nocturna
as RH Factor
- 1978 Fairy Tales
as Sirus
- 1977 Petey Wheatstraw
as Petey's Father
- 1977 Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
Behind the camera (1)
- 1993 Posse
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2019