Richard Dysart
Known For
Acting
Born
1929-03-30 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died
2015-04-05
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.
Most Known For
Columbo
as Max Duval
Batman: The Animated Series
as Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
L.A. Law
as Leland McKenzie
Cannon
All in the Family
as Russ DeKuyper
The Defenders
as Mr. Westfall
The Thing
as Dr. Copper
Baretta
Back to the Future Part III
as Barbwire Salesman
Maude
Spawn
as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
Petulia
as Motel Receptionist
Gemini Man
as Leonard Driscoll
Wall Street
as Cromwell
Panther
as J. Edgar Hoover
Pale Rider
as Coy LaHood
Doctors' Hospital
Mask
as Abe
CBS Playhouse
Being There
as Dr. Robert Allenby