Richard Dysart
Age: 86 | From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1929-03-30 06:50:30
Death: 2015-04-05 06:50:30
Aliases: Richard A. Dysart
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 44
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Dysart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Columbo
(1971) Max Duval
Batman: The Animated Series
(1992) Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
The Thing
(1982) Dr. Copper
Spawn
(1997) Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
Pale Rider
(1985) Coy LaHood
Wall Street
(1987) Cromwell
L.A. Law
(1986) Leland McKenzie
The Defenders
(1961) Mr. WestfallActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2004 | The Ancient Mariner (voice) | |
| 2002 | Leland McKenzie | |
| 1999 | Cogliostro | |
| 1998 | Cogliostro | |
| Henry Sears | ||
| 1997 | Nicholas Cogliostro (voice) | |
| Cogliostro (voice) | ||
| 1996 | N/A | |
| 1995 | Riley Hallihan | |
| Henry L. Stimson | ||
| J. Edgar Hoover | ||
| 1993 | J. Edgar Hoover | |
| 1992 | Dr. Bartholomew (voice) | |
| 1990 | Barbwire Salesman | |
| 1989 | President Harry S. Truman | |
| 1988 | Leland McKenzie | |
| Arthur Cambridge | ||
| Self | ||
| 1987 | Cromwell | |
| Self | ||
| Warden James Johnston | ||
| 1986 | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
| Leland McKenzie | ||
| Leland McKenzie | ||
| Harvey Koster | ||
| 1985 | Dr. Nielsen | |
| Coy LaHood | ||
| Abe | ||
| Dr. Lee | ||
| Louis B. Mayer | ||
| 1982 | Hunter Burgess | |
| Dr. Copper | ||
| 1981 | Dr. Morton Freeman | |
| Judge Russell R. Leggett | ||
| 1980 | Edwin Stanton | |
| Jack Warner | ||
| Trevor Isley | ||
| 1979 | Dr. Robert Allenby | |
| Secretary of Defense | ||
| Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower | ||
| 1978 | Dr. Brennerman | |
| Aslaksen | ||
| 1977 | Peter Bailey | |
| President Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Dr. Kipness | ||
| 1976 | Leonard Driscoll | |
| Leonard Driscoll | ||
| 1975 | Lehman | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Claude Estee | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1974 | Father | |
| Judge David Davis | ||
| Dr. John Ellis | ||
| Master Bryant | ||
| 1972 | N/A | |
| 1971 | Dr. Welbeck | |
| Max Duval | ||
| N/A | ||
| Spengler | ||
| Russ DeKuyper | ||
| 1969 | Barnes | |
| N/A | ||
| 1968 | Motel Receptionist | |
| 1966 | N/A | |
| 1963 | Accountant (uncredited) | |
| 1961 | Mr. Westfall | |
| 1951 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
![Gemini Man [Pilot]](https://storage.flixi.com/movie/poster_path/w92/705327_gemini-man-pilot.jpg "Gemini Man [Pilot]")
