Richard Dysart

Born: 1929-03-30, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 2015-04-05

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

• L.A. Law (1986)
• Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
• The Defenders (1961)
• Baretta (1975)
• All in the Family (1971)
• The Thing (1982)
• Maude (1972)
• Back to the Future Part III (1990)
• Wall Street (1987)
• Hard Rain (1998)
• Pale Rider (1985)
• Mask (1985)
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
• Warning Sign (1985)
• Panther (1995)
• Being There (1979)
• Petulia (1968)
• The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
• The Hindenburg (1975)
• E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
• The Hospital (1971)
• The Day of the Locust (1975)
• People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
• Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
• An Enemy of the People (1978)
• Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2 (1998)
• Bogie (1980)
• The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
• L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
• The Sporting Club (1971)