Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

Known for

Acting

Born

March 30, 1929

Birthplace

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died

April 5, 2015 (aged 86)

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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Best known work

Back to the Future Part III
Back to the Future Part III
1990
The Thing
The Thing
1982
Wall Street
Wall Street
1987
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Pale Rider
Pale Rider
1985
Being There
Being There
1979
Columbo
Columbo
1971
Hard Rain
Hard Rain
1998
Mask
Mask
1985
Spawn
Spawn
1997

Filmography

  1. 2009

    Everything Is Terrible! The Movie

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 2004

    Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

    as The Ancient Mariner (voice)

  3. 2002

    L.A. Law: The Movie

    as Leland McKenzie

  4. 1998

  5. 1998

    Hard Rain

    as Henry Sears

  6. 1997

    SpawnTV

    as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice) (18 episodes)

  7. 1996

  8. 1996

    Corwin

    as Self

  9. 1995

    A Child Is Missing

    as Riley Hallihan

  10. 1995

    Truman

    as Henry L. Stimson

  11. 1995

    Panther

    as J. Edgar Hoover

  12. 1993

  13. 1992

    Batman: The Animated SeriesTV

    as Dr. Bartholomew (voice) (2 episodes)

  14. 1990

    Back to the Future Part III

    as Barbwire Salesman

  15. 1989

    Day One

    as President Harry S. Truman

  16. 1988

    Mickey's 60th Birthday

    as Leland McKenzie

  17. 1988

    Moving Target

    as Arthur Cambridge

  18. 1988

  19. 1987

    Wall Street

    as Cromwell

  20. 1987

  21. 1987

    Six Against the Rock

    as Warden James Johnston

  22. 1986

    The Last Days of Patton

    as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

  23. 1986

    L.A. Law: Pilot

    as Leland McKenzie

  24. 1986

    L.A. LawTV

    as Leland McKenzie (171 episodes)

  25. 1986

    Blood & OrchidsTV

    as Harvey Koster (2 episodes)

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