Richard Dysart
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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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Dysart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
The Thing (1982)
as Dr. Copper
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
as Barbwire Salesman
Wall Street (1987)
as Cromwell
Pale Rider (1985)
as Coy LaHood
Mask (1985)
as Abe
Hard Rain (1998)
as Henry Sears
Being There (1979)
as Dr. Robert Allenby
Prophecy (1979)
as Trevor Isley
Panther (1995)
as J. Edgar Hoover
Petulia (1968)
as Motel Receptionist
The Hindenburg (1975)
as Lehman
The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
as Dr. Lee
Mickey's 60th Birthday (1988)
as Leland McKenzie
People vs. Jean Harris (1981)
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
The Day of the Locust (1975)
as Claude Estee
Meteor (1979)
as Secretary of Defense
The Hospital (1971)
as Dr. Welbeck
First, You Cry (1978)
as Dr. Brennerman
Malice in Wonderland (1985)
as Louis B. Mayer
The Last Days of Patton (1986)
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Six Against the Rock (1987)
as Warden James Johnston
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
as Accountant (uncredited)
The Terminal Man (1974)
as Dr. John Ellis
Warning Sign (1985)
as Dr. Nielsen
Moving Target (1988)
as Arthur Cambridge
An Enemy of the People (1978)
as Aslaksen
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 (1998)
as Cogliostro
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
as Master Bryant
Truman (1995)
as Henry L. Stimson
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair (1993)
as J. Edgar Hoover
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
The Sporting Club (1971)
as Spengler
Bogie (1980)
as Jack Warner
The Lost Man (1969)
as Barnes
It Happened One Christmas (1977)
as Peter Bailey
L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)
as Leland McKenzie
Churchill and the Generals (1979)
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Shadow Game (1969)
as Jerry Arnst
A Child Is Missing (1995)
as Riley Hallihan
Day One (1989)
as President Harry S. Truman
Bitter Harvest (1981)
as Dr. Morton Freeman
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder (1974)
as Father
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd (1980)
as Edwin Stanton
L.A. Law: Pilot (1986)
as Leland McKenzie
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977)
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Riding with Death (1976)
as Leonard Driscoll
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour (1987)
as Self
Corwin (1996)
as Self
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision (2004)
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
Missing Children: A Mother's Story (1982)
as Hunter Burgess
Your Alcohol I.Q. (1988)
as Self