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.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2009Everything Is Terrible! The Movie — Self (archive footage)
• 1996Corwin — Self
• 1988Your Alcohol I.Q. — Self
• 1987Jay Leno's Family Comedy Hour — Self