Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart

Acting
Born 1929-03-30 Boston, Massachusetts, USA 8 credit(s) Popularity 1.3
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 ...
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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).

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Spawn poster
Spawn
as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
1997-05-16
L.A. Law poster
L.A. Law
as Leland McKenzie
1986-09-15
Columbo poster
Columbo
as Max Duval
1971-09-15
All in the Family poster
All in the Family
as Russ DeKuyper
1971-01-12
CBS Playhouse poster
CBS Playhouse
as Jerry Arnst
1966-12-08

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