Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 12, 1948
Place of Birth:
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA
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Richard Riehle
Biography
Richard Riehle (born May 12, 1948) is an American actor. Richard attended the University of Notre Dame, where he became heavily involved with the University Theatre.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hacked: A Double Entendre of Rage Fueled Karma | Santa Claus |
| 2025 | 500 Fireflies | |
| 2024 | Sanity | Sheriff Huber |
| 2024 | Feeling Randy | Wilfred |
| 2024 | Ambush at St. Mary's | Father Jacob |
| 2024 | The Invisible Raptor | Sheriff Grimley |
| 2024 | Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story | Nicolas Young |
| 2023 | Old Man Jackson | Father Donovan |
| 2023 | For Years to Come | |
| 2023 | Poor Paul | Grandpa Paul |
| 2023 | Adventures of the Naked Umbrella | Granny |
| 2023 | Invaders from Proxima B | Willy Felson |
| 2023 | Fuzzy Head | Sheriff John Cunningham |
| 2023 | Golden Vanity | Radio Announcer (voice) |
| 2022 | Moon Manor | Gordon |
| 2022 | Madelines | Rory Devonshire |
| 2021 | The Wedding Pact 2: The Baby Pact | Henry Carter |
| 2021 | For the Hits | Grandpa George |
| 2021 | Destination Marfa | Skeeter the cashier |
| 2021 | Digging to Death | Allen Palms |
| 2021 | Far More | Father Joe |
| 2020 | Jimmy's Jungle | Grandpa Bell |
| 2020 | Faith Based | Herman |
| 2019 | Boomerang | |
| 2019 | The Meanest Man in Texas | Mr. Kilpatrick |
| 2019 | 3 from Hell | Sheriff Wolf |
| 2019 | PawParazzi | Bobby |
| 2019 | Chase | Turley |
| 2019 | Limbo | Phil |
| 2019 | 15 Minutes at 400 Degrees | John |
| 2019 | Nowhere, Michigan | Martin |
| 2018 | The Acorn | Mr. Ives |
| 2018 | 20 Weeks | Keenan |
| 2018 | Bullitt County | The Mr. |
| 2018 | Fishbowl California | Glen |
| 2018 | Living Room Coffin | Nate |
| 2018 | West of Hell | The Conductor |
| 2018 | Heels | Calvin |
| 2018 | Deadman Standing | Clarence Potts |
| 2018 | A Very Nutty Christmas | Drosselmeyer |
| 2018 | Puppy Star Christmas | Santa Claus |
| 2018 | Bad Apples | Principal Dale |
| 2018 | The Invisible Mother | Archie |
| 2017 | Miyubi | Grandpa |
| 2017 | Love at First Glance | Wally |
| 2017 | Pitching Tents | Grandpa |
| 2017 | Breaking Legs | Principal Bater |
| 2017 | Aquarians | |
| 2017 | You Have a Nice Flight | Bob |
| 2017 | Made Vicious | Lawyer Justice |
| 2016 | Fear, Inc. | Bill Peterson |
| 2016 | Last Man Club | Grady Reeds |
| 2016 | Citrus Springs | George |
| 2016 | A Father's Secret | Ian Stone |
| 2016 | Schlep | Uncle Bill |
| 2016 | Pee-wee's Big Holiday | Dan |
| 2015 | Lights Out | Harold |
| 2015 | Helen Keller vs. Nightwolves | Sheriff Ryan |
| 2015 | Roommate Wanted | Dr. Hoffman |
| 2015 | Amnesiac | Postman |
| 2015 | Dementia | Sam |
| 2015 | Boredom | John |
| 2015 | Daddy | Al Rubin |
| 2015 | Contracted: Phase II | Deuce Gelman |
| 2015 | Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant | Bartender |
| 2014 | Gone Doggy Gone | Stan Janson |
| 2014 | All I Want for Christmas | Sal |
| 2014 | There's Always Woodstock | Mr. Harmon |
| 2014 | The Scribbler | Officer O'Reilly |
| 2014 | The Three Dogateers | Santa |
| 2014 | Pilot Error | Roy Grimm |
| 2014 | Transformers: Age of Extinction | Theater Landlord |
| 2014 | In Your Eyes | Mr. Padgham |
| 2014 | The Cabining | Sarge |
| 2013 | Texas Chainsaw 3D | Farnsworth |
| 2013 | Lonely Boy | Mr. Fitz |
| 2013 | Coffee, Kill Boss | Vincent Brutsi |
| 2013 | Jack's Not Sick Anymore | |
| 2013 | Blue Dream | Ted Sellers |
| 2013 | Girl Meets Boy | Raymond |
| 2013 | The Secret Village | Paul |
| 2013 | Friended to Death | |
| 2013 | Mischief Night | Trucker |
| 2013 | Friend Request | Frank |
| 2013 | Munchausen | Doctor |
| 2012 | Breathless | Deputy Cole |
| 2012 | Treasure Buddies | Thomas Howard |
| 2012 | Extracted | Father Riley |
| 2012 | BearCity 2: The Proposal | Gabe |
| 2012 | 3 Days of Normal | Chief Dale Nickens |
| 2012 | Last Call | Harold |
| 2012 | Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend | Howlin' Hal Halsby |
| 2012 | Bad Ass | Father Miller |
| 2012 | Stitch in Time | Norman Stitch |
| 2012 | FDR: American Badass! | Senator Bronson |
| 2012 | Dead Man's Burden | Three Penny Hank |
| 2012 | Lake Effects | Chairman McCarren |
| 2012 | WaterWalk | Jim T |
| 2011 | The Watermen | Belvine Lee Smith |
| 2011 | Chillerama | Cecil Kaufman |
| 2011 | Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer | Ringmaster |
| 2011 | A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas | Santa Claus |
| 2011 | Bridesmaids | Bill Cozbi |
| 2010 | Growth | Larkin Holberman |
| 2010 | Killer by Nature | Warden Upton |
| 2010 | The Search for Santa Paws | Santa Claus |
| 2010 | Five Star Day | Jim the Plumber |
| 2010 | Gay Baby | Dr. Feldman |
| 2010 | 1,001 Ways to Enjoy the Missionary Position | Charlie |
| 2010 | Miss Nobody | Leonard Ormsby |
| 2010 | Breakdance Academy | Principal Collins |
| 2009 | Messengers 2: The Scarecrow | Jude Weatherby |
| 2009 | The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu | Mr. Snodgrass |
| 2009 | Dinner with Raphael | Mr. Siegfried |
| 2009 | Stellina Blue | Dr. Helfenstein |
| 2009 | Nowhere to Hide | Toley |
| 2009 | Halloween II | Buddy The Night Watchman |
| 2009 | Project Solitude | Frederick Sterling |
| 2008 | Audie & the Wolf | Michael Ludlow |
| 2008 | Necessary Evil | Capt. Parsons |
| 2008 | Red | Sam |
| 2008 | Our First Christmas | Santa |
| 2008 | Bait Shop | Gus |
| 2008 | Your Name Here | Lipschitz |
| 2008 | A Plumm Summer | Art Bublin |
| 2008 | Hindsight | Peter |
| 2007 | Wasting Away | Colonel South |
| 2007 | The Man from Earth | Dr. Will Gruber |
| 2007 | Big Stan | Judge Perry |
| 2007 | Resurrection Mary | Detective Mahoney |
| 2007 | Choose Connor | Grant Miller |
| 2007 | Smiley Face | Mr. Spencer |
| 2006 | Hot Tamale | Sheriff Pinkham |
| 2006 | Hatchet | Jim Permatteo |
| 2006 | Intellectual Property | Detective Rees |
| 2006 | Domestic Import | Sam the Mailman |
| 2006 | Down the P.C.H. | Ricky |
| 2006 | The Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell | Narrator / Paranormal Historian |
| 2006 | Dorm Daze 2 | Captain Bunkley |
| 2006 | Little Big Top | Bob |
| 2006 | Fierce Friend | Phone Tech |
| 2006 | Price To Pay | Hooper |
| 2006 | The Lost | Bill Richmond |
| 2006 | Midnight Clear | Tommy |
| 2005 | The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green | Hat Sister |
| 2005 | Palindromes | Dr. Dan |
| 2005 | Neo Ned | Officer Roy Pendleton |
| 2005 | The 12 Dogs of Christmas | Mayor Noble Doyle |
| 2005 | Mysterious Skin | Charlie |
| 2004 | NTSB: The Crash of Flight 323 | Ernie Wilson |
| 2004 | Death and Texas | Prison Warden |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Sheriff (voice) |
| 2004 | The Gristle | Starnes |
| 2003 | Beethoven's 5th | Vaughn Carter |
| 2003 | Time Changer | Dr. Wiseman |
| 2003 | The Hebrew Hammer | Santa |
| 2003 | Ken Park | Murph |
| 2002 | Another pretty face | |
| 2002 | The Laramie Project | Henderson Trial Judge |
| 2001 | The Parlor | Beth |
| 2001 | Joe Dirt | Car Dealer |
| 2001 | Bandits | Lawrence Fife |
| 2001 | Say It Isn't So | Sheriff Merle Hobbs |
| 2001 | The Fluffer | Sam Martins |
| 2000 | Crash Point Zero | Alan Douglas |
| 1999 | Office Space | Tom Smykowski |
| 1999 | Balloon Farm | Earl |
| 1999 | Hard Time: The Premonition | Capt. Waters |
| 1999 | The Arrangement | Det. Bert Hershak |
| 1999 | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Bob Bigalow |
| 1999 | Hard Time: Hostage Hotel | Capt. Rich Waters |
| 1999 | Kill the Man | Mr. Ellias |
| 1999 | Blink of an Eye | Main Prison Guard |
| 1999 | Au Pair | Sam Morgan |
| 1998 | Mercury Rising | Edgar Halstrom |
| 1998 | The Odd Couple II | Detective |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | Commander Gorman |
| 1998 | The Thin Pink Line | Governor Eastman |
| 1998 | Mr. Murder | John Wexel |
| 1998 | The Lesser Evil | Detective Smitts |
| 1998 | The Pentagon Wars | General Vice |
| 1998 | Driven | Leon |
| 1998 | Desperate Measures | Ed Fayne |
| 1998 | Perfect Prey | Detective Bevlan |
| 1998 | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Dune Buggy Driver |
| 1998 | Judas Kiss | Security Guard |
| 1998 | Richie Rich's Christmas Wish | Sgt. Mooney |
| 1998 | The Ransom of Red Chief | Narrator / Sheriff 'T-Bone' Yankum |
| 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | INS Agent |
| 1998 | One of Our Own | Burt Herchak |
| 1997 | Trading Favors | Highway Patrolman |
| 1997 | Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest | Jack Ogden |
| 1997 | Cold Night Into Dawn | Gerald |
| 1997 | One Eight Seven | Walter |
| 1997 | River Made to Drown In | Heavyset Man |
| 1997 | Dilemma | Captain Ross |
| 1996 | Terminal | Security Chief |
| 1996 | Soul of the Game | Pete Harmon |
| 1996 | Executive Decision | Air Marshal |
| 1996 | Too Fast Too Young | Sergeant |
| 1996 | The Fan | Shopkeeper |
| 1996 | Ghosts of Mississippi | Tommy Mayfield |
| 1996 | Killer: A Journal of Murder | Warden Quince |
| 1995 | Jury Duty | Principal Beasely |
| 1995 | Stuart Saves His Family | Judge |
| 1995 | Casino | Charlie Clark |
| 1995 | Dominion | Larry |
| 1995 | Trial by Fire | Fred Cobb |
| 1995 | A Stranger in Town | Sheriff |
| 1994 | Lightning Jack | Marcus |
| 1994 | Shadow of Obsession | DA Applegate |
| 1994 | Iron Will | Burton |
| 1994 | Holy Matrimony | Greeson |
| 1993 | Free Willy | Wade |
| 1993 | The Fugitive | Old Guard |
| 1993 | A Dangerous Woman | John |
| 1993 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Killer Kiss | Mort Aberdine |
| 1993 | For Their Own Good | Dave Butler |
| 1993 | Body of Evidence | Detective Griffin |
| 1992 | Prelude to a Kiss | Jerry Blier |
| 1992 | The Public Eye | Officer O'Brien |
| 1992 | Of Mice and Men | Carlson |
| 1992 | Hero | Robinson |
| 1991 | Keeper of the City | Capt. Sam Walden |
| 1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Reverend Scroggins |
| 1991 | Shadows and Fog | Roustabout |
| 1990 | So Proudly We Hail | Davis |
| 1990 | A Killer Among Us | Oscar Wendt |
| 1990 | People Like Us | Anthony Feliciano |
| 1989 | Glory | Quartermaster |
| 1989 | Black Rain | Crown |
| 1989 | Cast the First Stone | Dickson |
| 1988 | Rachel River | Merv |
| 1978 | The Other Side of Hell | Tattooed Man |
| 1977 | Joyride | Bartender |
| Purgy's | Old Man | |
| Tonic | Edward | |
| Boris Is Dead | Hank | |
| Intern | CEO |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Surfside Girls | Old Man Olsen |
| 2019 | Now Apocalypse | Neil |
| 2018 | Barry | Warden |
| 2016 | Fuller House | Uncle Monty |
| 2016 | American Housewife | Gerald |
| 2014 | black-ish | Solomon |
| 2013 | Mom | John |
| 2013 | Drunk History | Ralph Himmelsbach |
| 2013 | Drunk History | James Roche |
| 2012 | Men At Work | Gus |
| 2012 | The Mindy Project | George Menken |
| 2012 | The Client List | Jim Richardson |
| 2012 | The Soul Man | Larry |
| 2012 | The Legend of Korra | Bumi (voice) |
| 2009 | Better Off Ted | Bob |
| 2009 | The Middle | Sheriff Dugan |
| 2009 | The League | Santa Claus |
| 2009 | Modern Family | Norman |
| 2007 | American Body Shop | |
| 2006 | Psych | Amy Johnson |
| 2004 | Boston Legal | Dr. Barry Glouberman |
| 2003 | Two and a Half Men | Santa |
| 2003 | Tremors | Helmut Krause |
| 2003 | NCIS | Walt Osorio |
| 2003 | Married to the Kellys | Uncle Dave |
| 2002 | Fillmore! | |
| 2002 | George Lopez | Eddie Carter |
| 2001 | Star Trek: Enterprise | Dr. Jeremy Lucas |
| 2001 | Grounded for Life | Walt Finnerty |
| 1999 | Providence | Simon, Inspector |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Officer Jack Sloan |
| 1997 | Perversions of Science | Gorn |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Jack Billings |
| 1997 | The Visitor | Principal Shinagel |
| 1997 | Brooklyn South | Donald Jarman |
| 1997 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Merrick |
| 1997 | The Practice | Mr. Holt |
| 1996 | The Pretender | Graham Hawkes |
| 1996 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Jedediah |
| 1996 | Men Behaving Badly | Stranger |
| 1996 | 7th Heaven | Crossroads Mayor |
| 1995 | The Single Guy | Mr. Van Wagner |
| 1995 | Star Trek: Voyager | Seamus Driscol |
| 1995 | Murder One | |
| 1995 | Get Smart | Mr. Winters |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1994 | ER | Mandrake Patient |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Dustin Woods |
| 1993 | Ned Blessing | |
| 1992 | Shaky Ground | Henry McCallister |
| 1991 | Home Improvement | Detective Roberts |
| 1990 | Ferris Bueller | Ed Rooney |
| 1990 | Broken Badges | |
| 1990 | Capital News | |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Lt. Lannon |
| 1989 | Nasty Boys | Gardner |
| 1989 | Quantum Leap | Clifford Vargas |
| 1987 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Batai |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Leland McKenzie |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Edmund Clancy |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Roger Beekman |
| 1985 | The Golden Girls | Detective Parres |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Aaron |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Sergeant Devon O'Malley |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | George Beeker |
| 1971 | Columbo | Sergeant Degarmo |