Richard Dysart
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 30, 1929
- Died
- April 5, 2015
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie 2009
as Self (archive footage)
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision 2004
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
L.A. Law: The Movie 2002
as Leland McKenzie
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2 1998
as Cogliostro
Hard Rain 1998
as Henry Sears
- Corwin
Corwin 1996
as Self
A Child Is Missing 1995
as Riley Hallihan
Truman 1995
as Henry L. Stimson
Panther 1995
as J. Edgar Hoover
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair 1993
as J. Edgar Hoover
Back to the Future Part III 1990
as Barbwire Salesman
Day One 1989
as President Harry S. Truman
Mickey's 60th Birthday 1988
as Leland McKenzie
Moving Target 1988
as Arthur Cambridge
Your Alcohol I.Q. 1988
as Self
Wall Street 1987
as Cromwell
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour 1987
as Self
Six Against the Rock 1987
as Warden James Johnston
The Last Days of Patton 1986
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
L.A. Law: Pilot 1986
as Leland McKenzie
Warning Sign 1985
as Dr. Nielsen
Pale Rider 1985
as Coy LaHood
Mask 1985
as Abe
The Falcon and the Snowman 1985
as Dr. Lee
Malice in Wonderland 1985
as Louis B. Mayer
Missing Children: A Mother's Story 1982
as Hunter Burgess
The Thing 1982
as Dr. Copper
Bitter Harvest 1981
as Dr. Morton Freeman
People vs. Jean Harris 1981
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd 1980
as Edwin Stanton
Bogie 1980
as Jack Warner
Being There 1979
as Dr. Robert Allenby
Meteor 1979
as Secretary of Defense
Churchill and the Generals 1979
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prophecy 1979
as Trevor Isley
First, You Cry 1978
as Dr. Brennerman
An Enemy of the People 1978
as Aslaksen
It Happened One Christmas 1977
as Peter Bailey
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer 1977
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Riding with Death 1976
as Leonard Driscoll
The Hindenburg 1975
as Lehman
The Day of the Locust 1975
as Claude Estee
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder 1974
as Father
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 1974
as Master Bryant
The Terminal Man 1974
as Dr. John Ellis
The Hospital 1971
as Dr. Welbeck
The Sporting Club 1971
as Spengler
The Lost Man 1969
as Barnes
Shadow Game 1969
as Jerry Arnst
Petulia 1968
as Motel Receptionist
Love with the Proper Stranger 1963
as Accountant (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.