Richard Dysart
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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7105 |
| Birthday | 1929-03-30 |
| Place of Birth | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Also Known As | Richard A. Dysart, Richard Allen Dysart, |
1990
Back to the Future Part III
7.491/11445
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1982
The Thing
8.069/7845
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1979
Being There
7.592/1116
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Being There
1985
Mask
7.3/490
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Mask
1975
The Day of the Locust
6.408/108
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The Day of the Locust
1979
Prophecy
5.42/144
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1971
The Hospital
6.6/103
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1985
Pale Rider
7.154/1185
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Pale Rider
1985
Warning Sign
5.9/75
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Warning Sign
1974
The Terminal Man
5.3/58
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The Terminal Man
1989
Day One
5.8/8
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Day One
1995
Truman
7.6/17
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Truman
1975
The Hindenburg
6.277/150
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1980
Bogie
5/2
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1974
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
6.6/26
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2004
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
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1978
An Enemy of the People
6.6/15
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An Enemy of the People
1977
It Happened One Christmas
4.4/10
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1987
Six Against the Rock
4.2/6
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1971
The Sporting Club
3.4/6
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The Sporting Club
1969
The Lost Man
3.2/4
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The Lost Man
1985
Malice in Wonderland
7.5/7
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Malice in Wonderland
1988
Your Alcohol I.Q.
0/0
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1987
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
0/0
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1978
First, You Cry
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The story of television news correspondent Betty Rollin and her battle with breast cancer, and how her subsequent mastectomy changed her marriage, her...
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First, You Cry
1979
Meteor
5.188/165
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Meteor
1981
People vs. Jean Harris
0/0
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1988
Moving Target
6/20
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1980
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
4.6/5
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The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
1974
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
5.2/8
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The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
1968
Petulia
5.908/49
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Petulia
2009
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
6.9/14
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Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
1995
Panther
6.182/44
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Panther
1977
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
2/2
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1985
The Falcon and the Snowman
6.4/173
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1976
Riding with Death
2.6/20
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1982
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
6.7/3
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2002
L.A. Law: The Movie
7.2/8
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1995
A Child Is Missing
6.5/6
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1986
The Last Days of Patton
6.2/12
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1993
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
6/1
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1963
Love with the Proper Stranger
6.8/68
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1988
Mickey's 60th Birthday
6.6/18
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1987
Wall Street
7.2/2236
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1979
Churchill and the Generals
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1998
Hard Rain
5.876/791
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Bitter Harvest
1/1
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1969
Shadow Game
10/1
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1986
L.A. Law: Pilot
0/0
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1996
Corwin
0/0
Biography of Norman Corwin, the great writer, producer and director of the Golden Age of Radio. Actors in his radio plays included Orson Welles, Jimmy...
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Corwin
1998
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
8/3
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