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Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision

as The Ancient Mariner (voice)

2004
Hard Rain

as Henry Sears

1998
Spawn

as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)

1997
Todd McFarlane's Spawn

as Cogliostro (voice)

1997
A Child Is Missing

as Riley Hallihan

1995
Back to the Future Part III

as Barbwire Salesman

1990
Day One

as President Harry S. Truman

1989
Six Against the Rock

as Warden James Johnston

1987
L.A. Law

as Leland McKenzie

1986
Pale Rider

as Coy LaHood

1985
Mask

as Abe

1985
Warning Sign

as Dr. Nielsen

1985
The Thing

as Dr. Copper

1982
People vs. Jean Harris

as Judge Russell R. Leggett

1981
Bogie

as Jack Warner

1980
Prophecy

as Trevor Isley

1979
Meteor

as Secretary of Defense

1979
An Enemy of the People

as Aslaksen

1978
First, You Cry

as Dr. Brennerman

1978
It Happened One Christmas

as Peter Bailey

1977
Riding with Death

as Leonard Driscoll

1976
The Day of the Locust

as Claude Estee

1975
The Hindenburg

as Lehman

1975
Lincoln

as Judge David Davis

1974
The Terminal Man

as Dr. John Ellis

1974
Lincoln

as Judge David Davis

1974
The Hospital

as Dr. Welbeck

1971
Petulia

as Motel Receptionist

1968
Richard Dysart Richard Dysart

Birthday

1929-03-30

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.
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