Richard Dysart
Acting
Born: 1929-03-30 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Known For
Back to the Future Part III
Barbwire Salesman
The Thing
Dr. Copper
Wall Street
Cromwell
Batman: The Animated Series
Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
Pale Rider
Coy LaHood
Being There
Dr. Robert Allenby
Columbo
Max Duval
Hard Rain
Henry Sears
Mask
Abe
Spawn
Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
All in the Family
Russ DeKuyper
The Falcon and the Snowman
Dr. Lee
Meteor
Secretary of Defense
The Hindenburg
Lehman
Prophecy
Trevor Isley
The Hospital
Dr. Welbeck
The Day of the Locust
Claude Estee
Warning Sign
Dr. Nielsen
L.A. Law
Leland McKenzie
E! True Hollywood Story
Love with the Proper Stranger
Accountant (uncredited)
The Terminal Man
Dr. John Ellis
Petulia
Motel Receptionist
Panther
J. Edgar Hoover
Baretta
Cannon
Maude
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Master Bryant
Moving Target
Arthur Cambridge
Truman
Henry L. Stimson
Riding with Death
Leonard Driscoll
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Leland McKenzie
An Enemy of the People
Aslaksen
The Last Days of Patton
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
Self (archive footage)
Gemini Man
Leonard Driscoll
It Happened One Christmas
Peter Bailey
The Defenders
Mr. Westfall
L.A. Law: The Movie
Leland McKenzie
Day One
President Harry S. Truman