Richard Dysart

Acting · Born 1929-03-30 in 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.

Filmography

• Back to the Future Part III as Barbwire Salesman
• The Thing as Dr. Copper
• Being There as Dr. Robert Allenby
• Mask as Abe
• The Day of the Locust as Claude Estee
• Prophecy as Trevor Isley
• The Hospital as Dr. Welbeck
• Pale Rider as Coy LaHood
• Warning Sign as Dr. Nielsen
• The Terminal Man as Dr. John Ellis