Personal Info
Known Credits
53
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1929-03-30 (96 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known For
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 Wi ...
Known For
Acting
2009 --
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
| Self (archive footage)
2004 --
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
| The Ancient Mariner (voice)
2002 --
L.A. Law: The Movie
| Leland McKenzie
1999 --
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
| Cogliostro
1998 --
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
| Cogliostro
1998 --
Hard Rain
| Henry Sears
1997 --
Todd McFarlane's Spawn
| Cogliostro (voice)
1995 --
A Child Is Missing
| Riley Hallihan
1995 --
Truman
| Henry L. Stimson
1995 --
Panther
| J. Edgar Hoover
1993 --
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
| J. Edgar Hoover
1990 --
Back to the Future Part III
| Barbwire Salesman
1989 --
Day One
| President Harry S. Truman
1988 --
Mickey's 60th Birthday
| Leland McKenzie
1988 --
Moving Target
| Arthur Cambridge
1988 --
Your Alcohol I.Q.
| Self
1987 --
Wall Street
| Cromwell
1987 --
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
| Self
1987 --
Six Against the Rock
| Warden James Johnston
1986 --
The Last Days of Patton
| Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1986 --
L.A. Law: Pilot
| Leland McKenzie
1986 --
Blood & Orchids
| Harvey Koster
1985 --
Warning Sign
| Dr. Nielsen
1985 --
Pale Rider
| Coy LaHood
1985 --
Mask
| Abe
1985 --
The Falcon and the Snowman
| Dr. Lee
1985 --
Malice in Wonderland
| Louis B. Mayer
1982 --
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
| Hunter Burgess
1982 --
The Thing
| Dr. Copper
1981 --
Bitter Harvest
| Dr. Morton Freeman
1981 --
People vs. Jean Harris
| Judge Russell R. Leggett
1980 --
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
| Edwin Stanton
1980 --
Bogie
| Jack Warner
1979 --
Being There
| Dr. Robert Allenby
1979 --
Meteor
| Secretary of Defense
1979 --
Churchill and the Generals
| Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1979 --
Prophecy
| Trevor Isley
1978 --
First, You Cry
| Dr. Brennerman
1978 --
An Enemy of the People
| Aslaksen
1977 --
It Happened One Christmas
| Peter Bailey
1977 --
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
| President Ulysses S. Grant
1976 --
Riding with Death
| Leonard Driscoll
1975 --
The Hindenburg
| Lehman
1975 --
The Day of the Locust
| Claude Estee
1974 --
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
| Father
1974 --
The Terminal Man
| Dr. John Ellis
1974 --
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
| Master Bryant
1971 --
The Hospital
| Dr. Welbeck
1971 --
The Sporting Club
| Spengler
1969 --
The Lost Man
| Barnes
1969 --
Shadow Game
|
1968 --
Petulia
| Motel Receptionist
1963 --
Love with the Proper Stranger
| Accountant (uncredited)