Richard Dysart
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-03-30 (86 years old)
Deathday
2015-04-05
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.
Acting
1990
as Barbwire Salesman
1982
as Dr. Copper
1979
as Dr. Robert Allenby
1985
as Abe
1975
as Claude Estee
1979
as Trevor Isley
1971
as Dr. Welbeck
1985
as Coy LaHood
1985
as Dr. Nielsen
1974
as Dr. John Ellis
1989
as President Harry S. Truman
1995
as Henry L. Stimson
1975
as Lehman
1980
as Jack Warner
1974
as Master Bryant
2004
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
1978
as Aslaksen
1977
as Peter Bailey
1987
as Warden James Johnston
1971
as Spengler
1969
as Barnes
1985
as Louis B. Mayer
1988
as Self
1987
1978
as Dr. Brennerman
1979
as Secretary of Defense
1981
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
1988
as Arthur Cambridge
1980
as Edwin Stanton
1974
as Father
1968
as Motel Receptionist
2009
as Self (archive footage)
1995
as J. Edgar Hoover
1977
as President Ulysses S. Grant
1985
as Dr. Lee
1976
as Leonard Driscoll
1986
as Harvey Koster
1982
as Hunter Burgess
2002
as Leland McKenzie
1995
as Riley Hallihan
1986
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1993
as J. Edgar Hoover
1963
as Accountant (uncredited)
1988
as Leland McKenzie
1987
as Cromwell
1979
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1998
as Henry Sears
1981
as Dr. Morton Freeman
1969
1986
as Leland McKenzie
1996
as Self
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