Richard Dysart

Actor

Born: March 30, 1929
Died: April 5, 2015 (age 86)
From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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),…

Filmography (51)

Everything Is Terrible! The Movie (2009)
Self (archive footage)
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision (2004)
The Ancient Mariner (voice)
L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
Leland McKenzie
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 (1998)
Cogliostro
Hard Rain (1998)
Henry Sears
Corwin
Corwin (1996)
Self
A Child Is Missing (1995)
Riley Hallihan
Truman (1995)
Henry L. Stimson
Panther (1995)
J. Edgar Hoover
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (1993)
J. Edgar Hoover
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Barbwire Salesman
Day One (1989)
President Harry S. Truman
Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988)
Leland McKenzie
Moving Target (1988)
Arthur Cambridge
Your Alcohol I.Q. (1988)
Self
Wall Street (1987)
Cromwell
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour (1987)
Self
Six Against the Rock (1987)
Warden James Johnston
The Last Days of Patton (1986)
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
L.A. Law: Pilot (1986)
Leland McKenzie
Warning Sign (1985)
Dr. Nielsen
Pale Rider (1985)
Coy LaHood
Mask (1985)
Abe
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
Dr. Lee
Malice in Wonderland (1985)
Louis B. Mayer
Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982)
Hunter Burgess
The Thing (1982)
Dr. Copper
Bitter Harvest (1981)
Dr. Morton Freeman
People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
Judge Russell R. Leggett
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
Edwin Stanton