Richard Dysart
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),...
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),...
Known For
Cast Credits
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
as Self (archive footage)
L.A. Law: The Movie
as Leland McKenzie
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
as Cogliostro
Hard Rain
as Henry Sears
A Child Is Missing
as Riley Hallihan
Truman
as Henry L. Stimson
Panther
as J. Edgar Hoover
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
as J. Edgar Hoover
Back to the Future Part III
as Barbwire Salesman
Day One
as President Harry S. Truman
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Leland McKenzie
Moving Target
as Arthur Cambridge
Wall Street
as Cromwell
Six Against the Rock
as Warden James Johnston
The Last Days of Patton
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Leland McKenzie
Warning Sign
as Dr. Nielsen
Pale Rider
as Coy LaHood
Mask
as Abe
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Dr. Lee
Malice in Wonderland
as Louis B. Mayer
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Hunter Burgess
The Thing
as Dr. Copper
Bitter Harvest
as Dr. Morton Freeman
People vs. Jean Harris
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Edwin Stanton
Bogie
as Jack Warner
Being There
as Dr. Robert Allenby
Meteor
as Secretary of Defense
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower