Richard Dysart
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA — Mar 30 1929• Died Apr 05 2015
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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, ful…
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Columbo
Max Duval
Batman: The Animated Series
Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
L.A. Law
Leland McKenzie
Cannon
The Defenders
Mr. Westfall
Baretta
All in the Family
Russ DeKuyper
The Thing
Dr. Copper
Maude
Spawn
Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
Back to the Future Part III
Barbwire Salesman
CBS Playhouse
Mask
Abe
Wall Street
Cromwell
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Pale Rider
Coy LaHood
Lincoln
David Davis
Hard Rain
Henry Sears
Doctors' Hospital
Doc
The Andros Targets
Dr. Kipness
Gemini Man
Leonard Driscoll
Being There
Dr. Robert Allenby
E! True Hollywood Story
Petulia
Motel Receptionist
Panther
J. Edgar Hoover
Truman
Henry L. Stimson
The Hindenburg
Lehman
Meteor
Secretary of Defense
Prophecy
Trevor Isley
The Hospital
Dr. Welbeck
Day One
President Harry S. Truman
Blood & Orchids
Harvey Koster
The Lost Man
Barnes
Bogie
Jack Warner
L.A. Law: The Movie
Leland McKenzie
The Terminal Man
Dr. John Ellis
Warning Sign
Dr. Nielsen
The Falcon and the Snowman
Dr. Lee
L.A. Law: Pilot
Leland McKenzie
An Enemy of the People
Aslaksen
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Leland McKenzie
Bitter Harvest
Dr. Morton Freeman
Love with the Proper Stranger
Accountant (uncredited)
Malice in Wonderland
Louis B. Mayer
Moving Target
Arthur Cambridge
The Day of the Locust
Claude Estee
It Happened One Christmas
Peter Bailey
The Last Days of Patton
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Shadow Game
Jerry Arnst
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Father
Corwin
Self
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
President Ulysses S. Grant
Churchill and the Generals
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
First, You Cry
Dr. Brennerman
Six Against the Rock
Warden James Johnston
People vs. Jean Harris
Judge Russell R. Leggett
Riding with Death
Leonard Driscoll
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Hunter Burgess
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
Self
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
J. Edgar Hoover
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Edwin Stanton
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Master Bryant
The Sporting Club
Spengler
A Child Is Missing
Riley Hallihan
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
Cogliostro
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
Self (archive footage)
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
The Ancient Mariner (voice)
Your Alcohol I.Q.
Self