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Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

Born: 1929-03-30 • Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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).

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Filmography
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie poster
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
2009 • Self (archive footage)
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision poster
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
2004 • The Ancient Mariner (voice)
L.A. Law: The Movie poster
L.A. Law: The Movie
2002 • Leland McKenzie
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 poster
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
1998 • Cogliostro
Hard Rain poster
Hard Rain
1998 • Henry Sears
No Image
Corwin
1996 • Self
A Child Is Missing poster
A Child Is Missing
1995 • Riley Hallihan
Truman poster
Truman
1995 • Henry L. Stimson
Panther poster
Panther
1995 • J. Edgar Hoover
No Image
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
1993 • J. Edgar Hoover
Back to the Future Part III poster
Back to the Future Part III
1990 • Barbwire Salesman
Day One poster
Day One
1989 • President Harry S. Truman
Mickey's 60th Birthday poster
Mickey's 60th Birthday
1988 • Leland McKenzie
Moving Target poster
Moving Target
1988 • Arthur Cambridge
Your Alcohol I.Q. poster
Your Alcohol I.Q.
1988 • Self
Wall Street poster
Wall Street
1987 • Cromwell
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour poster
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
1987 • Self
Six Against the Rock poster
Six Against the Rock
1987 • Warden James Johnston
The Last Days of Patton poster
The Last Days of Patton
1986 • Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
L.A. Law: Pilot poster
L.A. Law: Pilot
1986 • Leland McKenzie
Warning Sign poster
Warning Sign
1985 • Dr. Nielsen
Pale Rider poster
Pale Rider
1985 • Coy LaHood
Mask poster
Mask
1985 • Abe
The Falcon and the Snowman poster
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985 • Dr. Lee
Malice in Wonderland poster
Malice in Wonderland
1985 • Louis B. Mayer
Missing Children: A Mother's Story poster
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
1982 • Hunter Burgess
The Thing poster
The Thing
1982 • Dr. Copper
Bitter Harvest poster
Bitter Harvest
1981 • Dr. Morton Freeman
People vs. Jean Harris poster
People vs. Jean Harris
1981 • Judge Russell R. Leggett
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd poster
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1980 • Edwin Stanton
Bogie poster
Bogie
1980 • Jack Warner
Being There poster
Being There
1979 • Dr. Robert Allenby
Meteor poster
Meteor
1979 • Secretary of Defense
Churchill and the Generals poster
Churchill and the Generals
1979 • Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Prophecy poster
Prophecy
1979 • Trevor Isley
First, You Cry poster
First, You Cry
1978 • Dr. Brennerman
An Enemy of the People poster
An Enemy of the People
1978 • Aslaksen
It Happened One Christmas poster
It Happened One Christmas
1977 • Peter Bailey
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer poster
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
1977 • President Ulysses S. Grant
Riding with Death poster
Riding with Death
1976 • Leonard Driscoll
The Hindenburg poster
The Hindenburg
1975 • Lehman
The Day of the Locust poster
The Day of the Locust
1975 • Claude Estee
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman poster
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
1974 • Master Bryant
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder poster
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
1974 • Father
The Terminal Man poster
The Terminal Man
1974 • Dr. John Ellis
The Hospital poster
The Hospital
1971 • Dr. Welbeck
The Sporting Club poster
The Sporting Club
1971 • Spengler
The Lost Man poster
The Lost Man
1969 • Barnes
Shadow Game poster
Shadow Game
1969 • Jerry Arnst
Petulia poster
Petulia
1968 • Motel Receptionist
Love with the Proper Stranger poster
Love with the Proper Stranger
1963 • Accountant (uncredited)