Richard Dysart

Richard Dysart Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 3/30/1929 (95 years old)
  • Place of birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
  • nationality: American
  • Net worth: $4,000,000
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
1999

Action

Animation

Horror

8.2
64%
1998

Action

Animation

Horror

8.3
72%
Hard Rain
IMDB 5.9
TMDB 58%
role:
Henry Sears
1998

Action

Crime

Thriller

5.9
58%
Spawn
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 79%
role:
Nicholas Cogliostro (voice) & 1 more
1997

Action

Adventure

Animation

Drama

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.1
79%
Todd McFarlane's Spawn
IMDB 8.5
TMDB 70%
role:
Cogliostro (voice)
1997

Action

Animation

Horror

8.5
70%
Back to the Future Part III
IMDB 7.4
TMDB 75%
role:
Barbwire Salesman
1990

Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

7.4
75%
Wall Street
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 72%
role:
Cromwell
1987

Crime

Drama

7.3
72%
L.A. Law
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 74%
role:
Leland McKenzie
1986

Drama

7.1
74%
Pale Rider
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 72%
role:
Coy LaHood
1985

Western

7.3
72%
Mask
IMDB 7.2
TMDB 71%
role:
Abe
Not available
1985

Drama

7.2
71%
Not available
1985

Crime

Drama

Thriller

6.8
67%
The Thing
IMDB 8.2
TMDB 81%
role:
Dr. Copper
1982

Horror

Mystery

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

8.2
81%
Being There
IMDB 7.9
TMDB 76%
role:
Dr. Robert Allenby
1979

Comedy

Drama

7.9
76%
Meteor
IMDB 5.1
TMDB 51%
role:
Secretary of Defense
1979

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.1
51%
Prophecy
IMDB 5.5
TMDB 56%
role:
Trevor Isley
1979

Horror

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

5.5
56%
1975

Action

History

Thriller

6.3
63%
The Hospital
IMDB 7.1
TMDB 67%
role:
Dr. Welbeck
1971

Comedy

Drama

Mystery

7.1
67%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Richard Dysart are, for example, Hard Rain, Todd McFarlane's Spawn and Back to the Future Part III.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Prime Video, Google Play and iTunes.
The best StreamFat ratings are The Thing (8.2), Todd McFarlane's Spawn (7.8) and Being There (7.8).