Acting
Richard Dysart
EN cinema · 51 credits
Born
30 March 1929
Died
5 April 2015 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as Richard A. Dysart · Richard Allen Dysart
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.
Known for
Filmography
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
L.A. Law: The Movie
as Leland McKenzie
Hard Rain
as Henry Sears
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
as Cogliostro
Corwin
1996
Corwin
as Self
Truman
as Henry L. Stimson
Panther
as J. Edgar Hoover
A Child Is Missing
as Riley Hallihan
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
as J. Edgar Hoover
Back to the Future Part III
as Barbwire Salesman
Day One
as President Harry S. Truman
Moving Target
as Arthur Cambridge
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Leland McKenzie
Six Against the Rock
as Warden James Johnston
Wall Street
as Cromwell
The Last Days of Patton
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Leland McKenzie
Mask
as Abe
Pale Rider
as Coy LaHood
Warning Sign
as Dr. Nielsen
Malice in Wonderland
as Louis B. Mayer
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Dr. Lee
The Thing
as Dr. Copper
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Hunter Burgess
People vs. Jean Harris
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
Bitter Harvest
as Dr. Morton Freeman
Bogie
as Jack Warner
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Edwin Stanton
Being There
as Dr. Robert Allenby
Prophecy
as Trevor Isley
Meteor
as Secretary of Defense
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
An Enemy of the People
as Aslaksen
First, You Cry
as Dr. Brennerman
It Happened One Christmas
as Peter Bailey
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Riding with Death
as Leonard Driscoll
The Day of the Locust
as Claude Estee
The Hindenburg
as Lehman
The Terminal Man
as Dr. John Ellis
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Master Bryant
The Hospital
as Dr. Welbeck
The Sporting Club
as Spengler
The Lost Man
as Barnes
Shadow Game
as Jerry Arnst
Petulia
as Motel Receptionist
Love with the Proper Stranger
as Accountant (uncredited)