Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 30, 1929
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Richard A. Dysart
- Richard Allen Dysart
Richard Dysart
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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Known For - Movies
The Thing
as Dr. Copper
Back to the Future Part III
as Barbwire Salesman
Wall Street
as Cromwell
Pale Rider
as Coy LaHood
Hard Rain
as Henry Sears
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Dr. Lee
Panther
as J. Edgar Hoover
Being There
as Dr. Robert Allenby
The Day of the Locust
as Claude Estee
Warning Sign
as Dr. Nielsen
