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 Wikipedia article Richard Dysart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
All Movies (51)
- Everything Is Terrible! The Movie2009 · as Self (archive footage)
- Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision2004 · as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
- L.A. Law: The Movie2002 · as Leland McKenzie
- Todd McFarlane's Spawn 21998 · as Cogliostro
- Hard Rain1998 · as Henry Sears
- Corwin1996 · as Self
- A Child Is Missing1995 · as Riley Hallihan
- Truman1995 · as Henry L. Stimson
- Panther1995 · as J. Edgar Hoover
- Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair1993 · as J. Edgar Hoover
- Back to the Future Part III1990 · as Barbwire Salesman
- Day One1989 · as President Harry S. Truman
- Mickey's 60th Birthday1988 · as Leland McKenzie
- Moving Target1988 · as Arthur Cambridge
- Your Alcohol I.Q.1988 · as Self
- Wall Street1987 · as Cromwell
- Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour1987 · as Self
- Six Against the Rock1987 · as Warden James Johnston
- The Last Days of Patton1986 · as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
- L.A. Law: Pilot1986 · as Leland McKenzie
- Warning Sign1985 · as Dr. Nielsen
- Pale Rider1985 · as Coy LaHood
- Mask1985 · as Abe
- The Falcon and the Snowman1985 · as Dr. Lee
- Malice in Wonderland1985 · as Louis B. Mayer
- Missing Children: A Mother's Story1982 · as Hunter Burgess
- The Thing1982 · as Dr. Copper
- Bitter Harvest1981 · as Dr. Morton Freeman
- People vs. Jean Harris1981 · as Judge Russell R. Leggett
- The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd1980 · as Edwin Stanton
- Bogie1980 · as Jack Warner
- Being There1979 · as Dr. Robert Allenby
- Meteor1979 · as Secretary of Defense
- Churchill and the Generals1979 · as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Prophecy1979 · as Trevor Isley
- First, You Cry1978 · as Dr. Brennerman
- An Enemy of the People1978 · as Aslaksen
- It Happened One Christmas1977 · as Peter Bailey
- The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer1977 · as President Ulysses S. Grant
- Riding with Death1976 · as Leonard Driscoll
- The Hindenburg1975 · as Lehman
- The Day of the Locust1975 · as Claude Estee
- The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman1974 · as Master Bryant
- The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder1974 · as Father
- The Terminal Man1974 · as Dr. John Ellis
- The Hospital1971 · as Dr. Welbeck
- The Sporting Club1971 · as Spengler
- The Lost Man1969 · as Barnes
- Shadow Game1969 · as Jerry Arnst
- Petulia1968 · as Motel Receptionist
- Love with the Proper Stranger1963 · as Accountant (uncredited)
All TV Shows (19)
- Spawn1997 · as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
- E! True Hollywood Story1996
- Batman: The Animated Series1992 · as Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
- L.A. Law1986 · as Leland McKenzie
- Blood & Orchids1986 · as Harvey Koster
- The Andros Targets1977 · as Dr. Kipness
- Gemini Man1976 · as Leonard Driscoll
- Doc1975
- Doctors' Hospital1975
- Baretta1975
- Lincoln1974 · as David Davis
- Maude1972
- Columbo1971 · as Max Duval
- Cannon1971
- All in the Family1971 · as Russ DeKuyper
- CBS Playhouse1966 · as Jerry Arnst
- NET Playhouse1966 · as Tarleton
- The Defenders1961 · as Mr. Westfall
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951