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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 30, 1929
Place of Birth:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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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).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1998 | Hard Rain | Henry Sears |
| 1996 | Corwin | Self |
| 1995 | Truman | Henry L. Stimson |
| 1995 | Panther | J. Edgar Hoover |
| 1995 | A Child Is Missing | Riley Hallihan |
| 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 | Your Alcohol I.Q. | Self |
| 1988 | Moving Target | Arthur Cambridge |
| 1988 | Mickey's 60th Birthday | Leland McKenzie |
| 1987 | Six Against the Rock | Warden James Johnston |
| 1987 | Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1987 | Wall Street | Cromwell |
| 1986 | Blood & Orchids | Harvey Koster |
| 1986 | The Last Days of Patton | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 1986 | L.A. Law: Pilot | Leland McKenzie |
| 1985 | Mask | Abe |
| 1985 | Pale Rider | Coy LaHood |
| 1985 | Warning Sign | Dr. Nielsen |
| 1985 | Malice in Wonderland | Louis B. Mayer |
| 1985 | The Falcon and the Snowman | Dr. Lee |
| 1982 | The Thing | Dr. Copper |
| 1982 | Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Hunter Burgess |
| 1981 | People vs. Jean Harris | Judge Russell R. Leggett |
| 1981 | Bitter Harvest | Dr. Morton Freeman |
| 1980 | Bogie | Jack Warner |
| 1980 | The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | Edwin Stanton |
| 1979 | Being There | Dr. Robert Allenby |
| 1979 | Prophecy | Trevor Isley |
| 1979 | Meteor | Secretary of Defense |
| 1979 | Churchill and the Generals | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 1978 | An Enemy of the People | Aslaksen |
| 1978 | First, You Cry | Dr. Brennerman |
| 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 Day of the Locust | Claude Estee |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg | Lehman |
| 1974 | The Terminal Man | Dr. John Ellis |
| 1974 | The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | Master Bryant |
| 1974 | The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder | Father |
| 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) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Spawn | Nicholas Cogliostro (voice) |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Dr. Bartholomew (voice) |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Leland McKenzie |
| 1977 | The Andros Targets | Dr. Kipness |
| 1976 | Gemini Man | Leonard Driscoll |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | Doc | |
| 1975 | Doctors' Hospital | |
| 1974 | Lincoln | Judge David Davis |
| 1972 | Maude | |
| 1971 | Columbo | Max Duval |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Russ DeKuyper |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Mr. Westfall |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame |