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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 30, 1929
Died
April 5, 2015
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Richard A. Dysart
- Richard Allen Dysart
Richard Dysart
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.9
Self (archive footage)
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
2009
4.0
The Ancient Mariner (voice)
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
2004
7.2
Leland McKenzie
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002
5.0
Cogliostro
Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
1999
8.0
Cogliostro
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
1998
5.9
Henry Sears
Hard Rain
1998
8.0
Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
Spawn
1997
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
🎬
0.0
Self
Corwin
1996
6.5
Riley Hallihan
A Child Is Missing
1995
Credits
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
as Self (archive footage)
2009
6.9
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
2004
4.0
L.A. Law: The Movie
as Leland McKenzie
2002
7.2
Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
as Cogliostro
1999
5.0
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
as Cogliostro
1998
8.0
Hard Rain
as Henry Sears
1998
5.9
Spawn
as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
1997
8.0
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
🎬
Corwin
as Self
1996
0.0
A Child Is Missing
as Riley Hallihan
1995
6.5
Truman
as Henry L. Stimson
1995
7.6
Panther
as J. Edgar Hoover
1995
6.2
🎬
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
as J. Edgar Hoover
1993
6.0
Batman: The Animated Series
as Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
1992
8.6
Back to the Future Part III
as Barbwire Salesman
1990
7.5
Day One
as President Harry S. Truman
1989
5.8
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Leland McKenzie
1988
6.7
Moving Target
as Arthur Cambridge
1988
6.0
Your Alcohol I.Q.
as Self
1988
0.0
Wall Street
as Cromwell
1987
7.2
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
as Self
1987
0.0
Six Against the Rock
as Warden James Johnston
1987
4.1
The Last Days of Patton
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1986
6.2
L.A. Law
as Leland McKenzie
1986
7.0
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Leland McKenzie
1986
0.0
Blood & Orchids
as Harvey Koster
1986
6.5
Warning Sign
as Dr. Nielsen
1985
6.0
Pale Rider
as Coy LaHood
1985
7.2
Mask
as Abe
1985
7.2
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Dr. Lee
1985
6.4
Malice in Wonderland
as Louis B. Mayer
1985
7.1
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Hunter Burgess
1982
6.7
The Thing
as Dr. Copper
1982
8.1
Bitter Harvest
as Dr. Morton Freeman
1981
1.0
People vs. Jean Harris
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
1981
0.0
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Edwin Stanton
1980
4.6
Bogie
as Jack Warner
1980
5.0
Being There
as Dr. Robert Allenby
1979
7.6
Meteor
as Secretary of Defense
1979
5.1
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1979
0.0
Prophecy
as Trevor Isley
1979
5.4
First, You Cry
as Dr. Brennerman
1978
0.0
An Enemy of the People
as Aslaksen
1978
6.5
It Happened One Christmas
as Peter Bailey
1977
4.6
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as President Ulysses S. Grant
1977
2.0
The Andros Targets
as Dr. Kipness
1977
5.0
Gemini Man
as Leonard Driscoll
1976
6.9
Riding with Death
as Leonard Driscoll
1976
2.6
The Hindenburg
as Lehman
1975
6.3
🎬
Doc
1975
0.0
Doctors' Hospital
1975
5.0
The Day of the Locust
as Claude Estee
1975
6.4
Baretta
1975
6.4
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Master Bryant
1974
6.6
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
as Father
1974
5.2
Lincoln
as David Davis
1974
8.0
The Terminal Man
as Dr. John Ellis
1974
5.3
Maude
1972
6.7
The Hospital
as Dr. Welbeck
1971
6.6
Columbo
as Max Duval
1971
8.1
Cannon
1971
6.6
The Sporting Club
as Spengler
1971
3.4
All in the Family
as Russ DeKuyper
1971
7.8
The Lost Man
as Barnes
1969
3.3
Shadow Game
as Jerry Arnst
1969
10.0
Petulia
as Motel Receptionist
1968
5.9
🎬
CBS Playhouse
1966
7.0
Love with the Proper Stranger
as Accountant (uncredited)
1963
6.8
The Defenders
as Mr. Westfall
1961
5.9
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.6