Richard Dysart
Acting • Born 1929-03-30 – 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.
Filmography
69 credits
Back to the Future Part III
Movie • 1990
Barbwire Salesman
The Thing
Movie • 1982
Dr. Copper
Being There
Movie • 1979
Dr. Robert Allenby
Mask
Movie • 1985
Abe
The Day of the Locust
Movie • 1975
Claude Estee
Prophecy
Movie • 1979
Trevor Isley
The Hospital
Movie • 1971
Dr. Welbeck
Pale Rider
Movie • 1985
Coy LaHood
Warning Sign
Movie • 1985
Dr. Nielsen
The Terminal Man
Movie • 1974
Dr. John Ellis
Day One
Movie • 1989
President Harry S. Truman
Truman
Movie • 1995
Henry L. Stimson
The Hindenburg
Movie • 1975
Lehman
Bogie
Movie • 1980
Jack Warner
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Movie • 1974
Master Bryant
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
Movie • 2004
The Ancient Mariner (voice)
An Enemy of the People
Movie • 1978
Aslaksen
It Happened One Christmas
Movie • 1977
Peter Bailey
Six Against the Rock
Movie • 1987
Warden James Johnston
The Sporting Club
Movie • 1971
Spengler
The Lost Man
Movie • 1969
Barnes
Malice in Wonderland
Movie • 1985
Louis B. Mayer
Your Alcohol I.Q.
Movie • 1988
Self
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
Movie • 1987
Self
First, You Cry
Movie • 1978
Dr. Brennerman
Meteor
Movie • 1979
Secretary of Defense
People vs. Jean Harris
Movie • 1981
Judge Russell R. Leggett
Moving Target
Movie • 1988
Arthur Cambridge
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Movie • 1980
Edwin Stanton
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Movie • 1974
Father
Petulia
Movie • 1968
Motel Receptionist
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Panther
Movie • 1995
J. Edgar Hoover
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
Movie • 1977
President Ulysses S. Grant
The Falcon and the Snowman
Movie • 1985
Dr. Lee
Riding with Death
Movie • 1976
Leonard Driscoll
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Movie • 1982
Hunter Burgess
L.A. Law: The Movie
Movie • 2002
Leland McKenzie
A Child Is Missing
Movie • 1995
Riley Hallihan
The Last Days of Patton
Movie • 1986
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
Movie • 1993
J. Edgar Hoover
Love with the Proper Stranger
Movie • 1963
Accountant (uncredited)
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Movie • 1988
Leland McKenzie
Wall Street
Movie • 1987
Cromwell
Churchill and the Generals
Movie • 1979
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Hard Rain
Movie • 1998
Henry Sears
Bitter Harvest
Movie • 1981
Dr. Morton Freeman
Shadow Game
Movie • 1969
Jerry Arnst
L.A. Law: Pilot
Movie • 1986
Leland McKenzie
Corwin
Movie • 1996
Self
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
Movie • 1998
Cogliostro
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Leland McKenzie
Columbo
TV • 1971
Max Duval
All in the Family
TV • 1971
Russ DeKuyper
Maude
TV • 1972
Baretta
TV • 1975
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Cannon
TV • 1971
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Doc
TV • 1975
Doctors' Hospital
TV • 1975
Spawn
TV • 1997
Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
CBS Playhouse
TV • 1966
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Mr. Westfall
The Andros Targets
TV • 1977
Dr. Kipness
Batman: The Animated Series
TV • 1992
Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
Gemini Man
TV • 1976
Leonard Driscoll
Lincoln
TV • 1974
David Davis
Blood & Orchids
TV • 1986
Harvey Koster