Richard Dysart
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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, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Thing (1982)
as Dr. Copper
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
as Barbwire Salesman
Wall Street (1987)
as Cromwell
Pale Rider (1985)
as Coy LaHood
Hard Rain (1998)
as Henry Sears
Mask (1985)
as Abe
Being There (1979)
as Dr. Robert Allenby
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as Dr. Lee
The Hindenburg (1975)
as Lehman
Meteor (1979)
as Secretary of Defense
Petulia (1968)
as Motel Receptionist
The Lost Man (1969)
as Barnes
Prophecy (1979)
as Trevor Isley
The Day of the Locust (1975)
as Claude Estee
The Hospital (1971)
as Dr. Welbeck
Warning Sign (1985)
as Dr. Nielsen
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
as Accountant (uncredited)
Panther (1995)
as J. Edgar Hoover
Day One (1989)
as President Harry S. Truman
Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982)
as Hunter Burgess
Moving Target (1988)
as Arthur Cambridge
An Enemy of the People (1978)
as Aslaksen
L.A. Law: Pilot (1986)
as Leland McKenzie
The Terminal Man (1974)
as Dr. John Ellis
Truman (1995)
as Henry L. Stimson
Bitter Harvest (1981)
as Dr. Morton Freeman
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977)
as President Ulysses S. Grant
First, You Cry (1978)
as Dr. Brennerman
Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988)
as Leland McKenzie
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
as Master Bryant
It Happened One Christmas (1977)
as Peter Bailey
The Last Days of Patton (1986)
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
as Leland McKenzie
Shadow Game (1969)
as Jerry Arnst
Bogie (1980)
as Jack Warner
Six Against the Rock (1987)
as Warden James Johnston
Malice in Wonderland (1985)
as Louis B. Mayer
A Child Is Missing (1995)
as Riley Hallihan
Riding with Death (1976)
as Leonard Driscoll
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 (1998)
as Cogliostro
Churchill and the Generals (1979)
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision (2004)
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (1993)
as J. Edgar Hoover
The Sporting Club (1971)
as Spengler
Corwin (1996)
as Self
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour (1987)
as Self
Your Alcohol I.Q. (1988)
as Self
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974)
as Father
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
as Edwin Stanton