Richard Dysart
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.
Born: 30 March 1929 • Died: 05 April 2015
Played In
Movie
Jun 2009
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Jan 2004
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
The Ancient Mariner (voice)
Movie
May 2002
L.A. Law: The Movie
Leland McKenzie
Movie
Aug 1998
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
Cogliostro
Movie
Jan 1998
Hard Rain
Henry Sears
TV Show
May 1997
Spawn
Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
TV Show
Aug 1996
E! True Hollywood Story
Movie
Jun 1996
Corwin
Self
Movie
Oct 1995
A Child Is Missing
Riley Hallihan
Movie
Sep 1995
Truman
Henry L. Stimson
Movie
May 1995
Panther
J. Edgar Hoover
Movie
Aug 1993
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
J. Edgar Hoover
TV Show
Sep 1992
Batman: The Animated Series
Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
Movie
May 1990
Back to the Future Part III
Barbwire Salesman
Movie
May 1989
Day One
President Harry S. Truman
Movie
Nov 1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Leland McKenzie
Movie
Feb 1988
Moving Target
Arthur Cambridge
Movie
Jan 1988
Your Alcohol I.Q.
Self
Movie
Dec 1987
Wall Street
Cromwell
Movie
Nov 1987
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
Self
Movie
May 1987
Six Against the Rock
Warden James Johnston
Movie
Dec 1986
The Last Days of Patton
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Movie
Sep 1986
L.A. Law: Pilot
Leland McKenzie
TV Show
Sep 1986
L.A. Law
Leland McKenzie
TV Show
Feb 1986
Blood & Orchids
Harvey Koster
Movie
Aug 1985
Warning Sign
Dr. Nielsen
Movie
Jun 1985
Pale Rider
Coy LaHood
Movie
Mar 1985
Mask
Abe
Movie
Jan 1985
The Falcon and the Snowman
Dr. Lee
Movie
Jan 1985
Malice in Wonderland
Louis B. Mayer
Movie
Dec 1982
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Hunter Burgess
Movie
Jun 1982
The Thing
Dr. Copper
Movie
May 1981
Bitter Harvest
Dr. Morton Freeman
Movie
May 1981
People vs. Jean Harris
Judge Russell R. Leggett
Movie
Mar 1980
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Edwin Stanton
Movie
Mar 1980
Bogie
Jack Warner
Movie
Dec 1979
Being There
Dr. Robert Allenby
Movie
Oct 1979
Meteor
Secretary of Defense
Movie
Sep 1979
Churchill and the Generals
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Movie
Sep 1979
Prophecy
Trevor Isley
Movie
Nov 1978
First, You Cry
Dr. Brennerman
Movie
Mar 1978
An Enemy of the People
Aslaksen
Movie
Dec 1977
It Happened One Christmas
Peter Bailey
Movie
Dec 1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
President Ulysses S. Grant
TV Show
Jan 1977
The Andros Targets
Dr. Kipness
TV Show
May 1976
Gemini Man
Leonard Driscoll
Movie
Jan 1976
Riding with Death
Leonard Driscoll
Movie
Dec 1975
The Hindenburg
Lehman
TV Show
Sep 1975
Doc
TV Show
Sep 1975
Doctors' Hospital
Movie
May 1975
The Day of the Locust
Claude Estee
TV Show
Jan 1975
Baretta
Movie
Oct 1974
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Master Bryant
Movie
Oct 1974
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Father
TV Show
Sep 1974
Lincoln
David Davis
Movie
Jun 1974
The Terminal Man
Dr. John Ellis
TV Show
Sep 1972
Maude
Movie
Dec 1971
The Hospital
Dr. Welbeck
TV Show
Sep 1971
Columbo
Max Duval
TV Show
Sep 1971
Cannon
Movie
Feb 1971
The Sporting Club
Spengler
TV Show
Jan 1971
All in the Family
Russ DeKuyper
Movie
Jul 1969
The Lost Man
Barnes
Movie
May 1969
Shadow Game
Jerry Arnst
Movie
Jun 1968
Petulia
Motel Receptionist
TV Show
Dec 1966
CBS Playhouse
Jerry Arnst
TV Show
Oct 1966
NET Playhouse
Tarleton
Movie
Dec 1963
Love with the Proper Stranger
Accountant (uncredited)
TV Show
Sep 1961
The Defenders
Mr. Westfall
TV Show
Dec 1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame