Actor info
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Name :
Richard Dysart
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Born :
March 30, 1929 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA (86 years at death)
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Died :
April 5, 2015
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
51 films (1963–2009)
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Also known as :
Richard A. Dysart, Richard Allen Dysart
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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.
Notable films
- Back to the Future Part III (1990) as Barbwire Salesman
- Wall Street (1987) as Cromwell
- Mask (1985) as Abe
- Pale Rider (1985) as Coy LaHood
- The Thing (1982) as Dr. Copper
