Richard Dysart

Actor

Richard Dysart

Born March 30, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, USADied April 5, 201546 films

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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Being There posterFirst watchBeing There19797.6as Dr. Robert AllenbyA major role.A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world…View film

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Pale Rider poster7.2Pale Rider1985Mask poster7.2Mask1985The Terminal Man poster5.5The Terminal Man1974The Hospital poster6.7The Hospital1971Warning Sign poster6.0Warning Sign1985Prophecy poster5.4Prophecy1979The Thing poster8.1The Thing1982Back to the Future Part III poster7.5Back to the Future Part III1990

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Pale Rider poster7.2Pale Rider1985The Thing poster8.1The Thing1982

Filmography

46 films as actor
  1. 2002L.A. Law: The MovieLeland McKenzie
  2. 1998Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2Cogliostro
  3. 1998Hard RainHenry Sears
  4. 1995A Child Is MissingRiley Hallihan
  5. 1995TrumanHenry L. Stimson
  6. 1995PantherJ. Edgar Hoover
  7. 1993Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final AffairJ. Edgar Hoover
  8. 1990Back to the Future Part IIIBarbwire Salesman
  9. 1989Day OnePresident Harry S. Truman
  10. 1988Mickey's 60th BirthdayLeland McKenzie
  11. 1988Moving TargetArthur Cambridge
  12. 1987Wall StreetCromwell
  13. 1987Six Against the RockWarden James Johnston
  14. 1986The Last Days of PattonGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  15. 1986L.A. Law: PilotLeland McKenzie
  16. 1985Warning SignDr. Nielsen
  17. 1985Pale RiderCoy LaHood
  18. 1985MaskAbe
  19. 1985The Falcon and the SnowmanDr. Lee
  20. 1985Malice in WonderlandLouis B. Mayer
  21. 1982Missing Children: A Mother's StoryHunter Burgess
  22. 1982The ThingDr. Copper
  23. 1981Bitter HarvestDr. Morton Freeman
  24. 1981People vs. Jean HarrisJudge Russell R. Leggett
  25. 1980The Ordeal of Dr. MuddEdwin Stanton
  26. 1980BogieJack Warner
  27. 1979Being ThereDr. Robert Allenby
  28. 1979MeteorSecretary of Defense
  29. 1979Churchill and the GeneralsGen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  30. 1979ProphecyTrevor Isley
  31. 1978First, You CryDr. Brennerman
  32. 1978An Enemy of the PeopleAslaksen
  33. 1977It Happened One ChristmasPeter Bailey
  34. 1977The Court-Martial of George Armstrong CusterPresident Ulysses S. Grant
  35. 1976Riding with DeathLeonard Driscoll
  36. 1975The HindenburgLehman
  37. 1975The Day of the LocustClaude Estee
  38. 1974The Autobiography of Miss Jane PittmanMaster Bryant
  39. 1974The Crazy World of Julius VrooderFather
  40. 1974The Terminal ManDr. John Ellis
  41. 1971The HospitalDr. Welbeck
  42. 1971The Sporting ClubSpengler
  43. 1969The Lost ManBarnes
  44. 1969Shadow GameJerry Arnst
  45. 1968PetuliaMotel Receptionist
  46. 1963Love with the Proper StrangerAccountant (uncredited)