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Home/People/Richard Dysart
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Born
Mar 30, 1929Died: Apr 5, 2015
Lived 86 years
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

51
Movies
18
TV Shows
Also Known As
Richard A. Dysart
Richard Allen Dysart
IMDb Profile

Richard Dysart

Acting

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.
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie poster

Everything Is Terrible! The Movie

as Self (archive footage)
2009
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision poster

Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
2004
L.A. Law: The Movie poster

L.A. Law: The Movie

as Leland McKenzie
2002
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 poster

Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2

as Cogliostro
1998
Hard Rain poster

Hard Rain

as Henry Sears
1998
Corwin poster

Corwin

as Self
1996
A Child Is Missing poster

A Child Is Missing

as Riley Hallihan
1995
Truman poster

Truman

as Henry L. Stimson
1995
Panther poster

Panther

as J. Edgar Hoover
1995
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair poster

Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair

as J. Edgar Hoover
1993
Back to the Future Part III poster

Back to the Future Part III

as Barbwire Salesman
1990
Day One poster

Day One

as President Harry S. Truman
1989
Mickey's 60th Birthday poster

Mickey's 60th Birthday

as Leland McKenzie
1988
Moving Target poster

Moving Target

as Arthur Cambridge
1988
Your Alcohol I.Q. poster

Your Alcohol I.Q.

as Self
1988
Wall Street poster

Wall Street

as Cromwell
1987
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour poster

Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour

as Self
1987
Six Against the Rock poster

Six Against the Rock

as Warden James Johnston
1987
The Last Days of Patton poster

The Last Days of Patton

as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1986
L.A. Law: Pilot poster

L.A. Law: Pilot

as Leland McKenzie
1986