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
• Pale Rider as Coy LaHood
• Wall Street as Cromwell
• The Day of the Locust as Claude Estee
• Prophecy as Trevor Isley
• The Hospital as Dr. Welbeck
• Warning Sign as Dr. Nielsen

TV

• Columbo as Max Duval
• All in the Family as Russ DeKuyper
• Spawn as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
• Batman: The Animated Series as Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
• L.A. Law as Leland McKenzie
• Maude
• Baretta
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Cannon
• Hallmark Hall of Fame