Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

30/03/1929

Day of Death

05/04/2015
(86) years old

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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 consec... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2009

Everything Is Terrible! The Movie

as Self (archive footage)

2004

Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

as The Ancient Mariner (voice)

2002

L.A. Law: The Movie

as Leland McKenzie

1998

Hard Rain

as Henry Sears

1996

Corwin

as Self

1995

A Child Is Missing

as Riley Hallihan

1995

Truman

as Henry L. Stimson

1995

Panther

as J. Edgar Hoover

1993

Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair

as J. Edgar Hoover

1990

Back to the Future Part III

as Barbwire Salesman

1989

Day One

as President Harry S. Truman

1988

Mickey's 60th Birthday

as Leland McKenzie

1988

Moving Target

as Arthur Cambridge

1987

Wall Street

as Cromwell

1987

Six Against the Rock

as Warden James Johnston

1986

The Last Days of Patton

as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

1986

L.A. Law: Pilot

as Leland McKenzie

1986

Blood & Orchids

as Harvey Koster

1985

Warning Sign

as Dr. Nielsen

1985

Pale Rider

as Coy LaHood

1985

Mask

as Abe

1985

Malice in Wonderland

as Louis B. Mayer

1982

The Thing

as Dr. Copper

1981

Bitter Harvest

as Dr. Morton Freeman

1981

People vs. Jean Harris

as Judge Russell R. Leggett

1980

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

as Edwin Stanton

1980

Bogie

as Jack Warner

1979

Being There

as Dr. Robert Allenby

1979

Meteor

as Secretary of Defense

1979

Churchill and the Generals

as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower

1979

Prophecy

as Trevor Isley

1978

First, You Cry

as Dr. Brennerman

1978

An Enemy of the People

as Aslaksen

1977

It Happened One Christmas

as Peter Bailey

1977

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Cu...

as President Ulysses S. Grant

1976

Riding with Death

as Leonard Driscoll

1975

The Hindenburg

as Lehman

1975

The Day of the Locust

as Claude Estee

1974

The Terminal Man

as Dr. John Ellis

1971

The Hospital

as Dr. Welbeck

1971

The Sporting Club

as Spengler

1969

The Lost Man

as Barnes

1968

Petulia

as Motel Receptionist

1963

Love with the Proper Stranger

as Accountant (uncredited)