Richard Lynch

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-02-12 (72 years old)

Deathday

2012-06-19

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Richard Lynch

Biography

Richard Lynch (February 12, 1940 – June 19, 2012) was an American actor best known for portraying villains in films and television. His film credits included The Sword and the Sorcerer, Invasion USA, The Seven-Ups, Scarecrow, Little Nikita, Bad Dreams, God Told Me To, and Halloween. He appeared in science fiction productions, including Battlestar Galactica (as Wolfe) and its sequel series Galactica 1980 (as Commander Xaviar). He also appeared in such shows as Starsky and Hutch, Baretta, T. J. Hooker, Blue Thunder, Airwolf, The A-Team, Charmed and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Lynch, lic...

Acting

2007

Halloween

as Principal Chambers

2003

Ancient Warriors

as Curtis Mayhew

1979

Steel

as Dancer

1985

Cut and Run

as Colonel Brian Horne

1976

God Told Me To

as Bernard Phillips

1973

Scarecrow

as Jack Riley

1994

Scanner Cop

as Karl Glock

1980

The Formula

as General Helmut Kladen / Frank Tedesco

1995

Terrified

as Office Worker #2

1973

1995

1992

Puppet Master III

as Major Krauss

2003

Corpses Are Forever

as General Morton

2006

1987

1993

Necronomicon

as Jethro De Lapoer

1978

Deathsport

as Ankar Moor

1983

The Last Ninja

as Dr. Gustav Norden

1987

Nightforce

as Bishop

2009

Dark Fields

as Karl Lumis

1985

Invasion U.S.A.

as Mikhail Rostov

2009

Laid to Rest

as Mr. Jones

1980

2002

Reflex Action

as Mr. Smith

1974

1975

1977

Stunts

as Pete Lustig

1977

The Baron

as Joey

1989

1988

Bad Dreams

as Harris

1998

Armstrong

as General Zukov

1997

2022

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror

as Major Kraus (archive footage) (uncredited)

1977

Dog and Cat

as Shirley

1995

1995

Dragon Fury

as Vestor

2007

Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy

as President of the United States

1991

Lockdown

as James Garrett

1998

1992

Merlin

as Pendragon

1989

1979

Vampire

as Prince Anton Voytek

1996

Lone Tiger

as Rossner

1996

Total Force

as Dr. Edmund Wellington

2011

Dream Cast

as Himself

1995

Warrior of Justice

as Doug aka 'The Master'

1997

Werewolf

as Noel

1993

Showdown

as The Commander

1979

Delta Fox

as David 'Delta' Fox

1981

The Phoenix

as Justin Preminger

1990

Invasion Force

as Michael Cooper

1992

Double Threat

as Detective Robert Fenich

1994

Roughcut

as Mr. Caine

2022

1992

Maximum Force

as Max Tanabe

2002

Curse of the Forty-Niner

as Old Man Prichard

1976

1975

1994

Loving Deadly

as Dr. Mel

1996

Diamond Run

as Sloan

1997

Under Oath

as Daniel Saltarelli

1999

Lima: Breaking the Silence

as James Gallagher, Ambassador (Ireland)

1990

Aftershock

as Commander Eastern

1994

Midnight Confessions

as Detective Harris

2009

Holy Grail in America

as Himself - New England Antiquities Research Association

2011

Gun of the Black Sun

as Damian Lupescu

2013

The Lords of Salem

as Reverend Hawthorne (uncredited)

1977

Good Against Evil

as Mr. Rimmin

2003

The Mummy's Kiss

as Dr. Wallis Harwa

1985

Savage Dawn

as Rev. Romano

1990

The Forbidden Dance

as Benjamin Maxwell

1995

Terminal Virus

as Calloway

1980

Conquest of the Earth

as Cmdr. Xavier

1994

Death Match

as Jimmie Fratello

2002

Crime and Punishment

as Peter Luzhin, Dunia's suitor

1996

Vendetta

as Dr. David Wilson

1999

Enemy Action

as Dimitri

1988

Chopper Wars

as Himself

2001

Death Game

as Chief Canton

2000

Strike Zone

as Adm. Douglas Lamport

1990

Return to Justice

as Sheriff Jethro Lincoln

1993

Inside Edge

as Mario Gio

1994

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

as Nazi Major (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003

Puppet Master: The Legacy

as Major Kraus (archive footage)

1988

2009

1981

Sizzle

as Johnny O'Brien

2002

Outta Time

as Franco

1993

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit

as Baran (archive footage)

1991

The Last Hero

as Montoro

1997

Divine Lovers

as Gregory

1983

White Water Rebels

as William Devine

1999

Eastside

as Mihalas Gabriel

Production

2003

2006

Wedding Slashers

as Associate Producer

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