Symon Lionel Richardson (born June 4, 1941) is an American film and television actor. He made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella. Richardson is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, The Winner and Searchers 2.0. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film Tripwire. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner on the TV series Pushing Daisies. He is also in They Live and played a tough L.A. County Sherrif in the gang classic Colors.

Filmography

• 2023It Wants Blood 2 — Professor Smert
• 20195th of July — Pops
• Family Reunion — Brother Franklin
• 2017Message From a Mistress — Mr. Hall
• Documentary Now! — David
• 2015Faith of Our Fathers — Dan
• Benched — Moon Rock
• 2011Larry Crowne — Avery
• 2010A Numbers Game — Bernie
• 2010Hip-Hop Headstrong — The Bishop
• 2010Our Family Wedding — Sonny
• Rizzoli & Isles — Sour Grapes
• 2010Searchers 2.0 — Fritz Frobisher
• 2008South of Heaven — Pawn Daddy
• 2007All About Us — Willie Earl
• 2007Lord Help Us — Church Member
• Pushing Daisies — Coroner
• 2007The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning — Shiner #2
• 2004Surviving Christmas — Doo-Dah Understudy
• 2003L.A. County 187 — Leotis Brown
• NCIS — Lester
• Monk — Sanitation Worker, Janitor
• The Shield — Brother William
• 2001Extreme Honor — Schultz
• 2001Human Nature — Police Detective
• The Division — Bus Driver
• 2000After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped — Mr. Coleman
• 2000The Playaz Court — Louie
• 1999Heat Vision and Jack — Doctor
• 1999Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar — Harry
• Charmed — Father Wilkins
• 1998Erasable You — Miliatant
• 1998Shattered Illusions — Gene
• 1996Evil Obsession — Jim
• Profiler — Gus
• 1996The Winner — Bartender
• ER — Coleman
• 1994Floundering — Commander K
• 1994The Glass Shield — Mr. Taylor
• 1993Eye of the Stranger — Jeb
• 1993Posse — Shepherd, Writer
• 1993Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel — Ernest
• Hangin' with Mr. Cooper — Mr. Gooding
• Martin — Boss Man
• 1990Catchfire — Capt. Walker
• 1990Men at Work — Walt Richardson
• 1990Street Asylum — Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum
• 1990The Grifters — Cab Driver (uncredited)
• 1990To Sleep with Anger — Marsh
• Wings — Luther
• 1989Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects — Lavonne
• 1989Mystery Train — Newsvendor
• 1989Three Fugitives — Tucker
• 1989Tripwire — Turbo
• 1988Bad Dreams — Detective Wasserman
• 1988Colors — Bailey
• 1988Dead Man Walking — Snake
• 1988Tapeheads — Bartender
• 1988They Live — Black Revolutionary
• 1987Cold Steel — Rashid
• 1987Medium Rare — Marv
• 1987Straight to Hell — Norwood
• 1987Walker — Captain Hornsby
• 1986Sid and Nancy — Methadone Caseworker
• 1985My Brother's Wedding — Mr. Dubois
• 1984Repo Man — Lite
• Cheers — Gordon
• Falcon Crest — Detective Olen
• 1979Nocturna — RH Factor
• 1978Fairy Tales — Sirus
• 1977Cinderella — Fairy Godmother
• 1977Petey Wheatstraw — Petey's Father

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 2019Young & Naive — Self