Cast & creator
Richard Dysart
Best known for Columbo, L.A. Law, Batman: The Animated Series
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.
Also known as: Richard A. Dysart, Richard Allen Dysart
51
film credits
19
television credits
70
1951–2009 · acting roles
6.5
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (70)
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Columbo
Max Duval
1971
L.A. Law
Leland McKenzie
1986
Batman: The Animated Series
Dr. Bartholomew (voice)
1992
Cannon
1971
The Defenders
Mr. Westfall
1961
All in the Family
Russ DeKuyper
1971
Baretta
1975
The Thing
Dr. Copper
1982
Maude
1972
NET Playhouse
Tarleton
1966
Back to the Future Part III
Barbwire Salesman
1990
Spawn
Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
1997CBS Playhouse
Jerry Arnst
1966
Wall Street
Cromwell
1987
Hard Rain
Henry Sears
1998
Gemini Man
Leonard Driscoll
1976
Doctors' Hospital
1975
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Pale Rider
Coy LaHood
1985Doc
1975
Being There
Dr. Robert Allenby
1979
Lincoln
David Davis
1974
The Andros Targets
Dr. Kipness
1977
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Mask
Abe
1985
The Hindenburg
Lehman
1975
Mickey's 60th Birthday
Leland McKenzie
1988
Warning Sign
Dr. Nielsen
1985
The Day of the Locust
Claude Estee
1975
Petulia
Motel Receptionist
1968
The Falcon and the Snowman
Dr. Lee
1985
Meteor
Secretary of Defense
1979
Blood & Orchids
Harvey Koster
1986
Panther
J. Edgar Hoover
1995
Prophecy
Trevor Isley
1979
The Hospital
Dr. Welbeck
1971
An Enemy of the People
Aslaksen
1978
The Terminal Man
Dr. John Ellis
1974
Love with the Proper Stranger
Accountant (uncredited)
1963
L.A. Law: The Movie
Leland McKenzie
2002
It Happened One Christmas
Peter Bailey
1977
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
Master Bryant
1974
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2
Cogliostro
1998
People vs. Jean Harris
Judge Russell R. Leggett
1981
The Last Days of Patton
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1986
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
J. Edgar Hoover
1993
Your Alcohol I.Q.
Self
1988
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
Hunter Burgess
1982
Six Against the Rock
Warden James Johnston
1987
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
Father
1974
Day One
President Harry S. Truman
1989
Moving Target
Arthur Cambridge
1988
A Child Is Missing
Riley Hallihan
1995
Malice in Wonderland
Louis B. Mayer
1985
Churchill and the Generals
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
1979
The Lost Man
Barnes
1969
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
Edwin Stanton
1980
The Sporting Club
Spengler
1971
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
Self (archive footage)
2009
Truman
Henry L. Stimson
1995
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
President Ulysses S. Grant
1977
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
The Ancient Mariner (voice)
2004
Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour
Self
1987
L.A. Law: Pilot
Leland McKenzie
1986
Bitter Harvest
Dr. Morton Freeman
1981
Riding with Death
Leonard Driscoll
1976
First, You Cry
Dr. Brennerman
1978
Bogie
Jack Warner
1980
Shadow Game
Jerry Arnst
1969Corwin
Self
1996