Richard Dysart
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Wi...
Known For
Filmography
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
2004
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002
as Leland McKenzie
Hard Rain
1998
as Henry Sears
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
1998
as Cogliostro
Spawn
1997
as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
Corwin
1996
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Truman
1995
as Henry L. Stimson
Panther
1995
as J. Edgar Hoover
A Child Is Missing
1995
as Riley Hallihan
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
1993
as J. Edgar Hoover
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
Back to the Future Part III
1990
as Barbwire Salesman
Day One
1989
as President Harry S. Truman
Your Alcohol I.Q.
1988
as Self
Moving Target
1988
as Arthur Cambridge
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988
as Leland McKenzie
Six Against the Rock
1987
as Warden James Johnston
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
1987
as Self
Wall Street
1987
as Cromwell
The Last Days of Patton
1986
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986
as Leland McKenzie
L.A. Law
1986
as Leland McKenzie
Blood & Orchids
1986
as Harvey Koster
Mask
1985
as Abe
Pale Rider
1985
as Coy LaHood
Warning Sign
1985
as Dr. Nielsen
Malice in Wonderland
1985
as Louis B. Mayer
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
as Dr. Lee
The Thing
1982
as Dr. Copper
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982
as Hunter Burgess
People vs. Jean Harris
1981
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
Bitter Harvest
1981
as Dr. Morton Freeman
Bogie
1980
as Jack Warner
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1980
as Edwin Stanton
Being There
1979
as Dr. Robert Allenby
Prophecy
1979
as Trevor Isley
Meteor
1979
as Secretary of Defense
Churchill and the Generals
1979
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
An Enemy of the People
1978
as Aslaksen
First, You Cry
1978
as Dr. Brennerman
It Happened One Christmas
1977
as Peter Bailey
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977
as President Ulysses S. Grant
The Andros Targets
1977
as Dr. Kipness
Riding with Death
1976
as Leonard Driscoll
Gemini Man
1976
as Leonard Driscoll
The Day of the Locust
1975
as Claude Estee
The Hindenburg
1975
as Lehman
Baretta
1975
Doc
1975
Doctors' Hospital
1975
The Terminal Man
1974
as Dr. John Ellis
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974
as Master Bryant
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
1974
as Father
Lincoln
1974
as David Davis
Maude
1972
The Hospital
1971
as Dr. Welbeck
The Sporting Club
1971
as Spengler
Columbo
1971
as Max Duval
All in the Family
1971
as Russ DeKuyper
Cannon
1971
The Lost Man
1969
as Barnes
Shadow Game
1969
as Jerry Arnst
Petulia
1968
as Motel Receptionist
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Jerry Arnst
NET Playhouse
1966
as Tarleton
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963
as Accountant (uncredited)
The Defenders
1961
as Mr. Westfall
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951