Acting credits
65
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Richard Dysart
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.3
Moderate attention
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Movies: 49Series: 16
TMDB ID: 15413
IMDb ID: nm0246004
Known for: Acting
Born: March 30, 1929
Died: April 5, 2015
Age: 86
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1951 - 2009
Years active: 59
Average TMDB rating: 6.67
Wikidata: Q110628
Also known as
Richard A. Dysart • Richard Allen 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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Richard Dysart.
6.9
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
as Self (archive footage)
2009 Movie
4.0
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
2004 Movie
7.2
L.A. Law: The Movie
as Leland McKenzie
2002 Movie
8.0
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
as Cogliostro
1998 Movie
5.9
Hard Rain
as Henry Sears
1998 Movie
6.5
A Child Is Missing
as Riley Hallihan
1995 Movie
7.6
Truman
as Henry L. Stimson
1995 Movie
6.2
Panther
as J. Edgar Hoover
1995 Movie
7.5
Back to the Future Part III
as Barbwire Salesman
1990 Movie
5.8
Day One
as President Harry S. Truman
1989 Movie
6.6
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Leland McKenzie
1988 Movie
6.0
Moving Target
as Arthur Cambridge
1988 Movie
Your Alcohol I.Q.
as Self
1988 Movie
7.2
Wall Street
as Cromwell
1987 Movie
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
as Self
1987 Movie
4.1
Six Against the Rock
as Warden James Johnston
1987 Movie
6.2
The Last Days of Patton
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1986 Movie
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Leland McKenzie
1986 Movie
6.0
Warning Sign
as Dr. Nielsen
1985 Movie
7.2
Pale Rider
as Coy LaHood
1985 Movie
7.2
Mask
as Abe
1985 Movie
6.4
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Dr. Lee
1985 Movie
7.1
Malice in Wonderland
as Louis B. Mayer
1985 Movie
6.7
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Hunter Burgess
1982 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Richard Dysart.
8.0
Spawn
as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice) • 18 eps
1997 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
8.6
Batman: The Animated Series
as Dr. Bartholomew (voice) • 2 eps
1992 Series
7.0
L.A. Law
as Leland McKenzie • 171 eps
1986 Series
6.5
Blood & Orchids
as Harvey Koster • 2 eps
1986 Series
5.0
The Andros Targets
as Dr. Kipness • 1 eps
1977 Series
6.9
Gemini Man
as Leonard Driscoll • 1 eps
1976 Series
5.0
Doctors' Hospital
1 eps
1975 Series
6.4
Baretta
1 eps
1975 Series
8.0
Lincoln
as David Davis • 2 eps
1974 Series
6.8
Maude
1 eps
1972 Series
8.1
Columbo
as Max Duval • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.6
Cannon
1 eps
1971 Series
7.8
All in the Family
as Russ DeKuyper • 1 eps
1971 Series
5.9
The Defenders
as Mr. Westfall • 1 eps
1961 Series
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1 eps
1951 Series