Richard Dysart

Personal Info

Birthday

March 30, 1929

Day of Death

2015-04-05

(86 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Richard A. Dysart

Richard Dysart

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

Columbo

Batman: The Animated Series

All in the Family

The Defenders

L.A. Law

The Thing

Gemini Man

Back to the Future Part III

Filmography

2009
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
as Self (archive footage)
2004
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
2002
L.A. Law: The Movie
as Leland McKenzie
1998
Hard Rain
as Henry Sears
1996
Corwin
as Self
1995
A Child Is Missing
as Riley Hallihan
Truman
as Henry L. Stimson
Panther
as J. Edgar Hoover
1993
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
as J. Edgar Hoover
1990
Back to the Future Part III
as Barbwire Salesman
1989
Day One
as President Harry S. Truman
1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Leland McKenzie
Moving Target
as Arthur Cambridge
Your Alcohol I.Q.
as Self
1987
Wall Street
as Cromwell
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
as Self
Six Against the Rock
as Warden James Johnston
1986
The Last Days of Patton
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Leland McKenzie
Blood & Orchids
as Harvey Koster
1985
Warning Sign
as Dr. Nielsen
Pale Rider
as Coy LaHood
Mask
as Abe
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Dr. Lee
Malice in Wonderland
as Louis B. Mayer
1982
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Hunter Burgess
The Thing
as Dr. Copper
1981
Bitter Harvest
as Dr. Morton Freeman
People vs. Jean Harris
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
1980
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Edwin Stanton
Bogie
as Jack Warner
1979
Being There
as Dr. Robert Allenby
Meteor
as Secretary of Defense
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prophecy
as Trevor Isley
1978
First, You Cry
as Dr. Brennerman
An Enemy of the People
as Aslaksen
1977
It Happened One Christmas
as Peter Bailey
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as President Ulysses S. Grant
1976
Riding with Death
as Leonard Driscoll
1975
The Hindenburg
as Lehman
The Day of the Locust
as Claude Estee
1974
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
as Father
The Terminal Man
as Dr. John Ellis
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Master Bryant
1971
The Hospital
as Dr. Welbeck
The Sporting Club
as Spengler
1969
The Lost Man
as Barnes
1968
Petulia
as Motel Receptionist
1963
Love with the Proper Stranger
as Accountant (uncredited)