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Richard Dysart

Acting

Born March 30, 1929 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died April 5, 2015

Also known as Richard A. Dysart · Richard Allen 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1992
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1992 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1991 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1990 · nominated
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1989 · nominated

Filmography29 titles

Batman: The Animated Series

1992as Dr. Bartholomew (voice)

The Thing

1982as Dr. Copper

Columbo

1971as Max Duval

Spawn

1997as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)

All in the Family

1971as Russ DeKuyper

Being There

1979as Dr. Robert Allenby

Back to the Future Part III

1990as Barbwire Salesman

Wall Street

1987as Cromwell

Pale Rider

1985as Coy LaHood

L.A. Law

1986as Leland McKenzie

Maude

1972

An Enemy of the People

1978as Aslaksen

Love with the Proper Stranger

1963as Accountant (uncredited)

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

1974as Master Bryant

The Hospital

1971as Dr. Welbeck

The Last Days of Patton

1986as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985as Dr. Lee

The Day of the Locust

1975as Claude Estee

Bogie

1980as Jack Warner

The Hindenburg

1975as Lehman

Moving Target

1988as Arthur Cambridge

Petulia

1968as Motel Receptionist

Hard Rain

1998as Henry Sears

Warning Sign

1985as Dr. Nielsen

Prophecy

1979as Trevor Isley

The Terminal Man

1974as Dr. John Ellis

Meteor

1979as Secretary of Defense

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

1980as Edwin Stanton

Bitter Harvest

1981as Dr. Morton Freeman