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person_profile-Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart Died at age: 86

Actor | Producer

Date of Birth:

Mar 30, 1929

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Apr 05, 2015

Biography of

Richard Dysart

    Was an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Leland McKenzie on the NBC legal drama L.A. Law. Dysart served for four years in the Air Force during the Korean War. In 1979, he was featured in the film Being There, portraying a good-hearted physician. In 1980, he portrayed Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in the TV movie The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd. He also lent his voice to the kindly miner Uncle Pom in the Disney English language version of Hayao Miyazaki's 1986 adventure classic, Castle in the Sky. He starred in movies such as The Last Days of Patton, Being There, The Day of the Locust, The Rumor Mill, Pale Rider, The Falcon and the Snowman, Prophecy, The Thing, Warning Sign, Hard Rain, Mask, An Enemy of the People, The Hospital, and The Hindenburg. The scene where his L.A. Law character, Leland, the patriarchal and stiff founder of a successful law practice, was revealed to be in bed with competitor Rosalind Shays (Diana Muldaur) was ranked as the 38th greatest moment in television in an issue of EGG magazine. He earned one Emmy Award, and three more nominations, for his role as McKenzie on L.A. Law. Dysart was a founding member of the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco. He attended Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine. He received the Drama Desk Award in 1972 and an Emmy Award in 1992. He is a brother of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity based out of Emerson College in Boston. In 1990, Dysart was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law. He is also a certified open water diver. Dysart and his wife, artist Kathryn Jacobi, have been married since 1987.

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Filmography of

Richard Dysart

Found 51 Movies in total

Everything Is Terrible! The Movie

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

The Ancient Mariner (voice) ( Actor )

... 2004

L.A. Law: The Movie

Leland McKenzie ( Actor )

... 2002

Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2

Cogliostro ( Actor )

... 1998

Hard Rain

Henry Sears ( Actor )

... 1998

A Child Is Missing

Riley Hallihan ( Actor )

... 1995

Truman

Henry L. Stimson ( Actor )

... 1995

Panther

J. Edgar Hoover ( Actor )

... 1995

Back to the Future Part III

Barbwire Salesman ( Actor )

... 1990

Day One

President Harry S. Truman ( Actor )

... 1989

Mickey's 60th Birthday

Leland McKenzie ( Actor )

... 1988

Moving Target

Arthur Cambridge ( Actor )

... 1988

Your Alcohol I.Q.

Self ( Actor )

... 1988

Wall Street

Cromwell ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1987

Six Against the Rock

Warden James Johnston ( Actor )

... 1987

The Last Days of Patton

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ( Actor )

... 1986

L.A. Law: Pilot

Leland McKenzie ( Actor )

... 1986

Blood & Orchids

Harvey Koster ( Actor )

... 1986

Warning Sign

Dr. Nielsen ( Actor )

... 1985

Pale Rider

Coy LaHood ( Actor )

... 1985

Mask

Abe ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

Malice in Wonderland

Louis B. Mayer ( Actor )

... 1985

Missing Children: A Mother's Story

Hunter Burgess ( Actor )

... 1982

The Thing

Dr. Copper ( Actor )

... 1982

Bitter Harvest

Dr. Morton Freeman ( Actor )

... 1981

People vs. Jean Harris

Judge Russell R. Leggett ( Actor )

... 1981

The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

Edwin Stanton ( Actor )

... 1980

Bogie

Jack Warner ( Actor )

... 1980

Being There

Dr. Robert Allenby ( Actor )

... 1979

Meteor

Secretary of Defense ( Actor )

... 1979

Churchill and the Generals

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ( Actor )

... 1979

Prophecy

Trevor Isley ( Actor )

... 1979

First, You Cry

Dr. Brennerman ( Actor )

... 1978

An Enemy of the People

Aslaksen ( Actor )

... 1978

It Happened One Christmas

Peter Bailey ( Actor )

... 1977

The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer

President Ulysses S. Grant ( Actor )

... 1977

Riding with Death

Leonard Driscoll ( Actor )

... 1976

The Hindenburg

Lehman ( Actor )

... 1975

The Day of the Locust

Claude Estee ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1974

The Terminal Man

Dr. John Ellis ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1974

The Hospital

Dr. Welbeck ( Actor )

... 1971

The Sporting Club

Spengler ( Actor )

... 1971

The Lost Man

Barnes ( Actor )

... 1969

... 1969

Petulia

Motel Receptionist ( Actor )

... 1968

Love with the Proper Stranger

Accountant (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1963