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Richard Allen Dysart was an American actor. He is best known for his role in the television series L.A. Law (1986–1994), for which he received four consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won for the last one in 1992.
Birth Name
Richard Allen Dysart
Born
Saturday, 30 March 1929
Died
Sunday, 05 April 2015
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Everything Is Terrible: The Movie | Self | 2009 |
| Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision | The Ancient Mariner / The Ancient Mariner (voice) | 2004 |
| Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle | Cogliostro | 1999 |
| Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 | Cogliostro | 1998 |
| Hard Rain | Henry Sears / Henry | 1998 |
| Spawn | Cogliostro / Nicholas Cogliostro (voice) | 1997 |
| Todd McFarlane's Spawn | Cogliostro / Cogliostro (voice) | 1997 |
| Corwin | Self | 1996 |
| A Child Is Missing | Riley Hallihan | 1995 |
| Truman | Henry L. Stimson | 1995 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Everything Is Terrible: The Movie | Self | 2009 |
| Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision | The Ancient Mariner / The Ancient Mariner (voice) | 2004 |
| Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle | Cogliostro | 1999 |
| Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 | Cogliostro | 1998 |
| Hard Rain | Henry Sears / Henry | 1998 |
| Spawn | Cogliostro / Nicholas Cogliostro (voice) | 1997 |
| Todd McFarlane's Spawn | Cogliostro / Cogliostro (voice) | 1997 |
| Corwin | Self | 1996 |
| A Child Is Missing | Riley Hallihan | 1995 |
| Truman | Henry L. Stimson | 1995 |
| Panther | J. Edgar Hoover | 1995 |
| Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair | J. Edgar Hoover | 1993 |
| The Wild West | (voice) | 1993 |
| Batman: The Animated Series | Dr. Bartholomew | 1992 |
| Back to the Future Part III | Barbwire Salesman | 1990 |
| Back to the Future Part 3 | Barbwire Salesman | 1990 |
| Day One | President Harry S. Truman | 1989 |
| The Pat Sajak Show | Self | 1989 |
| War and Remembrance | President Harry S Truman | 1988 |
| The 14th Annual People's Choice Awards | Self - Accepting Award for Favourite Television Drama Program | 1988 |
| Moving Target | Arthur Cambridge | 1988 |
| Wall Street | Cromwell | 1987 |
| Family Comedy Hour | Self | 1987 |
| Six Against the Rock | Warden James Johnston | 1987 |
| L.A. Law | Leland McKenzie | 1986 |
| The Last Days of Patton | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1986 |
| Castle in the Sky | Uncle Pom (Disney dub) | 1986 |
| Blood & Orchids | Harvey Koster | 1986 |
| The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible | (voice) | 1985 |
| Warning Sign | Dr. Nielsen | 1985 |
| Pale Rider | Coy LaHood | 1985 |
| Mask | Abe | 1985 |
| The Falcon and the Snowman | Dr. Lee | 1985 |
| Malice in Wonderland | Louis B. Mayer | 1985 |
| Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Hunter Burgess | 1982 |
| The Thing | Dr. Copper | 1982 |
| An Evening at the Improv | Self - Host | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Lloyd Paul Stryker | 1982 |
| The Smurfs | Additional Voices | 1981 |
| The People vs. Jean Harris | Judge Russell R. Leggett | 1981 |
| Bitter Harvest | Dr. Morton Freeman | 1981 |
| The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | Edwin Stanton | 1980 |
| Bogie | Jack Warner | 1980 |
| Being There | Dr. Robert Allenby | 1980 |
| Meteor | Secretary of Defense | 1979 |
| Prophecy | Isely / Trevor Isley | 1979 |
| First, You Cry | Dr. Brennerman | 1978 |
| An Enemy of the People | Aslaksen | 1978 |
| It Happened One Christmas | Peter Bailey | 1977 |
| Lou Grant | Mitchell Webster | 1977 |
| The Andros Targets | Dr. Kipness | 1977 |
| Gemini Man | Leonard Driscoll | 1976 |
| Sara | Noonan | 1976 |
| Riding with Death | Leonard Driscoll (flashback scenes) | 1976 |
| The Hindenburg | Captain Ernst Lehman / Lehman | 1975 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| Doc | Helpman | 1975 |
| The Day of the Locust | Claude Estee | 1975 |
| Doctors' Hospital | Gillette | 1975 |
| McCoy | Boylin | 1975 |
| Baretta | Wilmont Harmond | 1975 |
| The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder | Father | 1974 |
| Lincoln | Judge David Davis | 1974 |
| The Terminal Man | Dr. John Ellis | 1974 |
| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | Master Bryant | 1974 |
| Maude | Mason Everhardt | 1972 |
| The Hospital | Dr. Welbeck | 1971 |
| Columbo | Max Duval | 1971 |
| Cannon | Hartford Dunne | 1971 |
| The Sporting Club | Spengler | 1971 |
| All in the Family | Russ DeKuyper | 1971 |
| The Lost Man | Barnes | 1969 |
| Petulia | Motel Receptionist | 1968 |
| CBS Playhouse | Jerry Arnst | 1967 |
| NET Playhouse | Rich Man / Calvin | 1966 |
| Mr. Broadway | Donovan | 1964 |
| Love with the Proper Stranger | Accountant | 1963 |
| East Side/West Side | Tom Morgan | 1963 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Ralph | 1962 |
| The Defenders | Mr. Westfall | 1961 |
| You Are There | Maj. Gen. Benedict Arnold | 1953 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1992 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
| 1991 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1989 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
