Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 4, 1941
Place of Birth:
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Sy Richardson
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Sy Richardson is an American film and television actor.Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella. He is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, The Winner and Searchers 2.0. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film Tripwire. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner on the TV series Pushing Daisies. He is also in They Live and played a tough L.A. County Sherrif in the gang classic Colors.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | It Wants Blood 2 | Professor Smert |
| 2019 | 5th of July | Pops |
| 2017 | Message From a Mistress | Mr. Hall |
| 2015 | Faith of Our Fathers | Dan |
| 2011 | Larry Crowne | Avery |
| 2010 | A Numbers Game | Bernie |
| 2010 | Our Family Wedding | Sonny |
| 2010 | Hip-Hop Headstrong | The Bishop |
| 2008 | South of Heaven | Pawn Daddy |
| 2007 | Searchers 2.0 | Fritz Frobisher |
| 2007 | Lord Help Us | Church Member |
| 2007 | All About Us | Willie Earl |
| 2004 | Surviving Christmas | Doo-Dah Understudy |
| 2003 | L.A. County 187 | Leotis Brown |
| 2001 | Human Nature | Police Detective |
| 2001 | Extreme Honor | Schultz |
| 2000 | After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped | Mr. Coleman |
| 2000 | The Playaz Court | Louie |
| 1999 | Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar | |
| 1999 | Heat Vision and Jack | Doctor |
| 1998 | Shattered Illusions | Gene |
| 1998 | Erasable You | Miliatant |
| 1996 | Evil Obsession | Jim |
| 1996 | The Winner | Bartender |
| 1994 | Floundering | Commander K |
| 1994 | The Glass Shield | Mr. Taylor |
| 1993 | Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel | Ernest |
| 1993 | Eye of the Stranger | Jeb |
| 1993 | Posse | Shepherd |
| 1990 | Catchfire | Capt. Walker |
| 1990 | Street Asylum | Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum |
| 1990 | Men at Work | Walt Richardson |
| 1990 | The Grifters | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| 1990 | To Sleep with Anger | Marsh |
| 1989 | Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects | Lavonne |
| 1989 | Tripwire | Turbo |
| 1989 | Three Fugitives | Tucker |
| 1989 | Mystery Train | Newsvendor |
| 1988 | Tapeheads | Bartender |
| 1988 | Bad Dreams | Detective Wasserman |
| 1988 | Dead Man Walking | Snake |
| 1988 | They Live | Black Revolutionary |
| 1988 | Colors | Bailey |
| 1987 | Straight to Hell | Norwood |
| 1987 | Walker | Captain Hornsby |
| 1987 | Medium Rare | Marv |
| 1987 | Cold Steel | Rashid |
| 1986 | Sid and Nancy | Methadone Caseworker |
| 1984 | Repo Man | Lite |
| 1983 | My Brother's Wedding | Mr. Dubois |
| 1979 | Nocturna | RH Factor |
| 1978 | Fairy Tales | Sirus |
| 1977 | Petey Wheatstraw | Petey's Father |
| 1977 | Cinderella | Fairy Godmother |
| Young & Naive | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Family Reunion | Brother Franklin |
| 2015 | Documentary Now! | David |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Sour Grapes |
| 2007 | Pushing Daisies | Coroner |
| 2002 | Monk | Sanitation Worker |
| 2002 | Monk | Janitor |
| 2002 | The Shield | Brother William |
| 1998 | Charmed | Father Wilkins |
| 1994 | ER | Coleman |
| 1992 | Martin | |
| 1992 | Hangin' with Mr. Cooper | Mr. Gooding |
| 1990 | Wings | Luther |
| 1982 | Cheers | Gordon |
| 1981 | Falcon Crest | Detective Olen |