Richard Dysart
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 30, 1929
- Died
- Apr 5, 2015 (aged 86)
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Credits
- 70
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
Back to the Future Part III
1990Movie
Barbwire Salesman
The Thing
1982Movie
Dr. Copper
Wall Street
1987Movie
Cromwell
Batman: The Animated Series
1992TV
Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
Pale Rider
1985Movie
Coy LaHood
Being There
1979Movie
Dr. Robert Allenby
Filmography
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
2009Movie
Self (archive footage)
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
2004Movie
The Ancient Mariner (voice)
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002Movie
Leland McKenzie
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
1998Movie
Cogliostro
Hard Rain
1998Movie
Henry Sears
Spawn
1997TV
Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Corwin
1996Movie
Self
A Child Is Missing
1995Movie
Riley Hallihan
Truman
1995Movie
Henry L. Stimson
Panther
1995Movie
J. Edgar Hoover
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
1993Movie
J. Edgar Hoover
Batman: The Animated Series
1992TV
Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
Back to the Future Part III
1990Movie
Barbwire Salesman
Day One
1989Movie
President Harry S. Truman
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988Movie
Leland McKenzie
Moving Target
1988Movie
Arthur Cambridge
Your Alcohol I.Q.
1988Movie
Self
Wall Street
1987Movie
Cromwell
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
1987Movie
Self
Six Against the Rock
1987Movie
Warden James Johnston
The Last Days of Patton
1986Movie
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986Movie
Leland McKenzie
L.A. Law
1986TV
Leland McKenzie
Blood & Orchids
1986TV
Harvey Koster
Warning Sign
1985Movie
Dr. Nielsen
Pale Rider
1985Movie
Coy LaHood
Mask
1985Movie
Abe
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985Movie
Dr. Lee
Malice in Wonderland
1985Movie
Louis B. Mayer
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982Movie
Hunter Burgess
The Thing
1982Movie
Dr. Copper
Bitter Harvest
1981Movie
Dr. Morton Freeman
People vs. Jean Harris
1981Movie
Judge Russell R. Leggett
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1980Movie
Edwin Stanton
Bogie
1980Movie
Jack Warner
Being There
1979Movie
Dr. Robert Allenby
Meteor
1979Movie
Secretary of Defense
Churchill and the Generals
1979Movie
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prophecy
1979Movie
Trevor Isley
First, You Cry
1978Movie
Dr. Brennerman
An Enemy of the People
1978Movie
Aslaksen
It Happened One Christmas
1977Movie
Peter Bailey
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977Movie
President Ulysses S. Grant
The Andros Targets
1977TV
Dr. Kipness
Gemini Man
1976TV
Leonard Driscoll
Riding with Death
1976Movie
Leonard Driscoll
The Hindenburg
1975Movie
Lehman
Doc
1975TV
Doctors' Hospital
1975TV
The Day of the Locust
1975Movie
Claude Estee
Baretta
1975TV
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974Movie
Master Bryant
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
1974Movie
Father
Lincoln
1974TV
David Davis
The Terminal Man
1974Movie
Dr. John Ellis
Maude
1972TV
The Hospital
1971Movie
Dr. Welbeck
Columbo
1971TV
Max Duval
Cannon
1971TV
The Sporting Club
1971Movie
Spengler
All in the Family
1971TV
Russ DeKuyper
The Lost Man
1969Movie
Barnes
Shadow Game
1969Movie
Jerry Arnst
Petulia
1968Movie
Motel Receptionist
CBS Playhouse
1966TV
Jerry Arnst
NET Playhouse
1966TV
Tarleton
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963Movie
Accountant (uncredited)
The Defenders
1961TV
Mr. Westfall
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV