Richard Lawson
Acting
Born: 1947-03-07 in Loma Linda, California, USA
Biography
Richard Lee Lawson (born March 7, 1947) is an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. He is perhaps best known for his roles in genre films; he portrayed Ryan in the 1982 film Poltergeist, and Dr. Ben Taylor in the 1983 NBC miniseries V.
Known For
Grey's Anatomy
Bill Pierce
Poltergeist
Ryan
Dirty Harry
Homosexual (uncredited)
Wag the Dog
Young Man / CIA
Guess Who
Marcus
V
Dr Ben Taylor
MacGyver
Jesse Colton
Streets of Fire
Officer Ed Price
Dead Like Me
William Garrett
The Cosby Show
Mr. Bostic
Magnum, P.I.
Gerald Calvin
Numb3rs
Clay Porter, Sr. (uncredited)
JAG
Dan Craig
Beauty in Black
Norman
Stitchers
Admiral Decker
Coming Home
Pat
Touched by an Angel
Nicholas Freeman
All in the Family
Angry Black Man
Lemonade
Self (home footage)
Audrey Rose
Policeman #1
Kojak
1st Suspect
Remington Steele
Monroe Henderson
Sister, Sister
Victor Sims
Dynasty
Nick Kimball
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Jack
The Streets of San Francisco
T. J. Hooker
Officer David McNeil
St. Elsewhere
The Messiah
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black
Clarence
For Colored Girls
Frank
Good Times
Judging Amy
Thomas Horne
Scream Blacula Scream
Willis Daniels
The Bernie Mac Show
Bishop
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
Self
The Main Event
Hector Mantilla
Sugar Hill
Valentine
The Jericho Mile
R.C. Stiles
Stick
Cornell
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Judge Thurston Jones