1929-03-30 Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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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Everything Is Terrible! The Movie | Self (archive footage) | 2009-06-20 |
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Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision | The Ancient Mariner (voice) | 2004-01-01 |
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L.A. Law: The Movie | Leland McKenzie | 2002-05-12 |
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Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle | Cogliostro | 1999-08-17 |
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Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2 | Cogliostro | 1998-08-25 |
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Hard Rain | Henry Sears | 1998-01-16 |
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Todd McFarlane's Spawn | Cogliostro (voice) | 1997-05-15 |
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Panther | J. Edgar Hoover | 1995-05-03 |
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A Child Is Missing | Riley Hallihan | 1995-10-01 |
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Truman | Henry L. Stimson | 1995-09-09 |
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Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair | J. Edgar Hoover | 1993-08-04 |
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Back to the Future Part III | Barbwire Salesman | 1990-05-25 |
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Day One | President Harry S. Truman | 1989-05-12 |
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Mickey's 60th Birthday | Leland McKenzie | 1988-11-13 |
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Moving Target | Arthur Cambridge | 1988-02-08 |
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Your Alcohol I.Q. | Self | 1988-01-01 |
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Six Against the Rock | Warden James Johnston | 1987-05-18 |
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Wall Street | Cromwell | 1987-12-10 |
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Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour | Self | 1987-11-25 |
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L.A. Law: Pilot | Leland McKenzie | 1986-09-15 |
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Blood & Orchids | Harvey Koster | 1986-02-23 |
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The Last Days of Patton | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1986-12-15 |
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Malice in Wonderland | Louis B. Mayer | 1985-01-01 |
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The Falcon and the Snowman | Dr. Lee | 1985-01-25 |
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Warning Sign | Dr. Nielsen | 1985-08-23 |
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Pale Rider | Coy LaHood | 1985-06-28 |
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Mask | Abe | 1985-03-08 |
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Missing Children: A Mother's Story | Hunter Burgess | 1982-12-01 |
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The Thing | Dr. Copper | 1982-06-25 |
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Bitter Harvest | Dr. Morton Freeman | 1981-05-18 |
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People vs. Jean Harris | Judge Russell R. Leggett | 1981-05-07 |
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The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd | Edwin Stanton | 1980-03-25 |
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Bogie | Jack Warner | 1980-03-04 |
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Churchill and the Generals | Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower | 1979-09-23 |
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Meteor | Secretary of Defense | 1979-10-19 |
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Prophecy | Trevor Isley | 1979-09-14 |
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Being There | Dr. Robert Allenby | 1979-12-19 |
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First, You Cry | Dr. Brennerman | 1978-11-08 |
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An Enemy of the People | Aslaksen | 1978-03-17 |
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It Happened One Christmas | Peter Bailey | 1977-12-11 |
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The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer | President Ulysses S. Grant | 1977-12-01 |
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Riding with Death | Leonard Driscoll | 1976-01-01 |
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The Day of the Locust | Claude Estee | 1975-05-07 |
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The Hindenburg | Lehman | 1975-12-25 |
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The Terminal Man | Dr. John Ellis | 1974-06-19 |
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The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder | Father | 1974-10-17 |
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The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | Master Bryant | 1974-01-31 |
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The Sporting Club | Spengler | 1971-02-28 |
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The Hospital | Dr. Welbeck | 1971-12-14 |
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The Lost Man | Barnes | 1969-07-11 |
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Shadow Game | 1969-05-07 | |
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Petulia | Motel Receptionist | 1968-06-10 |
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Love with the Proper Stranger | Accountant (uncredited) | 1963-12-25 |
