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