Richard Venture

Biography

Richard Venture (November 12, 1923 - December 19, 2017) was an American actor, known for Heartbreak Ridge (1986), Scent of a Woman (1992) and Missing (1982).

Known For

Law & Order

Defense Attorney Douglas Greer

Seinfeld

Leonard West

Murder, She Wrote

George Latimer

Falcon Crest

John Osborne

The Waltons

Hill Street Blues

Quincy, M.E.

Knots Landing

Simpson

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2001	Series 7: The Contenders	Franklin
1997	Red Corner	Ambassador Reed
1996	Courage Under Fire	Don Boylar
1994	Imaginary Crimes	Judge Klein
1992	Scent of a Woman	W.R. Slade
1991	One Special Victory
1990	Andre's Mother	Arthur
1990	Navy Seals	Admiral Colker
1989	The Final Days	James St. Clair
1989	The Littlest Victims	Alan Davidson
1987	Family Sins	Judge
1987	The Sicilian	Cardinal of Palermo
1986	Touch and Go	Gower
1986	As Summers Die	Brevard Holt
1986	Second Serve	Dr. David Bradley
1986	Heartbreak Ridge	Colonel Meyers
1984	Street Hawk: The Movie	Lt. Cmdr. Leo Altobelli
1983	Cocaine: One Man's Seduction	Dan Hatten
1982	Missing	U.S. Ambassador
1982	The Executioner's Song	Earl Dorius
1981	The Violation of Sarah McDavid	Mr. Hourgil
1981	The Best Little Girl in the World	Dr. Neil Holzer
1981	Chicago Story	Judge Harold Stankey
1980	Off the Minnesota Strip	Dr. Haas
1980	My Kidnapper, My Love	Arthur Fairlain
1980	The Hunter	Pete Spota
1980	Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case	Judge Richard Barber
1980	Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb	Alexander Sachs
1979	The Onion Field	Glenn Bates
1979	Being There	Wilson
1979	The Last Word	Ellinger
1979	The Tenth Month	Dr. Paul Jessup
1978	Stickin' Together	Lead Actor
1977	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Doctor
1977	Danger in Paradise	Fenton
1977	Corey: For the People	Roger
1977	The Greatest	Colonel
1977	A Sensitive, Passionate Man	Jack Morris
1977	Airport '77	Commander Guay
1977	Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye	Joe Kane
1976	Helter Skelter	Police Inspector
1976	All the President's Men	Assistant Metro Editor
1976	Diary of the Dead	Fergy
1974	Man on a Swing	Man in Motel
1972	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds	Floyd
1965	Dark Intruder	The 1st Man

Year	TV Show	Role
1996	Second Noah
1993	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	Mack Brackman
1993	The Boys	Al Kozarian
1993	The John Larroquette Show	Simmons
1991	Brooklyn Bridge
1990	Law & Order	Defense Attorney Douglas Greer
1989	Seinfeld	Leonard West
1989	Coach	Lionel Carew
1987	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Edgar Bickford
1986	L.A. Law	Abe Lassen
1985	The Golden Girls	Milton
1985	Street Hawk	Lt. Cmdr. Leo Altobelli
1985	MacGruder and Loud	Ray
1985	Sara
1984	Murder, She Wrote	George Latimer
1982	Family Ties	Agent Bert Carlyle
1982	Fame
1982	Newhart
1981	Falcon Crest	John Osborne
1981	Hill Street Blues
1980	When the Whistle Blows
1979	Knots Landing	Simpson
1979	From Here to Eternity	Col. Jack Delbart
1978	The Dark Secret of Harvest Home	Richard
1977	Carter Country
1976	Quincy, M.E.
1975	Starsky & Hutch	Hilliard
1975	Joe Forrester
1975	Barney Miller	Charles Relkie
1974	Harry O
1974	Police Woman
1974	The Rockford Files	Fred Metcalf
1974	The Rockford Files	Dr. Benjamin Crist
1973	Kojak	Capt. Reardon
1973	Police Story
1973	Kojak	Robert Smith
1972	The Waltons
1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Second Detective