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
Barbwire Salesman
Back to the Future Part III
Dr. Copper
The Thing
Dr. Robert Allenby
Being There
Abe
Mask
Claude Estee
The Day of the Locust
Trevor Isley
Prophecy
Dr. Welbeck
The Hospital
Coy LaHood
Pale Rider
Dr. Nielsen
Warning Sign
Dr. John Ellis
The Terminal Man
President Harry S. Truman
Day One
Henry L. Stimson
Truman
Lehman
The Hindenburg
Cogliostro (voice)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn
Jack Warner
Bogie
Master Bryant
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Ancient Mariner (voice)
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
Aslaksen
An Enemy of the People
Peter Bailey
It Happened One Christmas
Warden James Johnston
Six Against the Rock
Spengler
The Sporting Club
Barnes
The Lost Man
Louis B. Mayer
Malice in Wonderland
Self
Your Alcohol I.Q.
Self
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
Dr. Brennerman
First, You Cry
Secretary of Defense
Meteor
Judge Russell R. Leggett
People vs. Jean Harris
Arthur Cambridge
Moving Target
Edwin Stanton
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Father
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Motel Receptionist
Petulia
Self (archive footage)
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
J. Edgar Hoover
Panther
Cogliostro (voice(
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
Cogliostro (voice)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
President Ulysses S. Grant
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Dr. Lee
The Falcon and the Snowman
Leonard Driscoll
Riding with Death
Harvey Koster
Blood & Orchids
Hunter Burgess
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Leland McKenzie
L.A. Law: The Movie
Riley Hallihan
A Child Is Missing
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
The Last Days of Patton
J. Edgar Hoover
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
Accountant (uncredited)
Love with the Proper Stranger
Leland McKenzie
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Cromwell
Wall Street
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill and the Generals
Henry Sears
Hard Rain
Dr. Morton Freeman
Bitter Harvest
Shadow Game
Leland McKenzie
L.A. Law: Pilot
Self
Corwin
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
54
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-03-30
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
Richard A. Dysart