Richard Dysart
Acting1929Boston, 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 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
Acting History
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
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
as Cogliostro
1997
Spawn
TVas Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)• 18 eps
1996
1995
1993
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
as J. Edgar Hoover
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
TVas Dr. Bartholomew (voice)• 2 eps
1990
Back to the Future Part III
as Barbwire Salesman
1989
Day One
as President Harry S. Truman
1988
1987
Six Against the Rock
as Warden James Johnston
Wall Street
as Cromwell
1986
The Last Days of Patton
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Blood & Orchids
as Harvey Koster
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Leland McKenzie
L.A. Law
TVas Leland McKenzie• 171 eps
Blood & Orchids
TVas Harvey Koster
1985
Malice in Wonderland
as Louis B. Mayer
Mask
as Abe
Pale Rider
as Coy LaHood
Warning Sign
as Dr. Nielsen
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Dr. Lee
1982
The Thing
as Dr. Copper
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Hunter Burgess
1981
People vs. Jean Harris
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
Bitter Harvest
as Dr. Morton Freeman
1980
Bogie
as Jack Warner
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Edwin Stanton
1979
Meteor
as Secretary of Defense
Prophecy
as Trevor Isley
Being There
as Dr. Robert Allenby
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1978
1977
It Happened One Christmas
as Peter Bailey
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as President Ulysses S. Grant
The Andros Targets
TVas Dr. Kipness
1976
1975
1974
The Terminal Man
as Dr. John Ellis
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Master Bryant
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
as Father
1972
All in the Family
TVas Russ DeKuyper• 1 eps
1971
The Hospital
as Dr. Welbeck
The Sporting Club
as Spengler
1969
The Lost Man
as Barnes
Shadow Game
as Jerry Arnst
1968
Petulia
as Motel Receptionist
1966
1965
The Defenders
TVas Mr. Westfall• 1 eps
1963
Love with the Proper Stranger
as Accountant (uncredited)