Richard Lynch (February 12, 1940 – June 19, 2012) was an American actor best known for portraying villains in films and television. His film credits included The Sword and the Sorcerer, Invasion USA, The Seven-Ups, Scarecrow, Little Nikita, Bad Dreams, God Told Me To, and Halloween. He appeared in science fiction productions, including Battlestar Galactica (as Wolfe) and its sequel series Galactica 1980 (as Commander Xaviar). He also appeared in such shows as Starsky and Hutch, Baretta, T. J. Hooker, Blue Thunder, Airwolf, The A-Team, Charmed and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Lynch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2022American Resurrection — President
• 2022Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror — Major Kraus (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2018Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre — Nazi Major (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten — Kadar (archive footage)
• 2013The Lords of Salem — Reverend Hawthorne (uncredited)
• 2011Gun of the Black Sun — Damian Lupescu
• 2009Chrome Angels — Ted
• 2009Dark Fields — Karl Lumis
• 2009Laid to Rest — Mr. Jones
• 2007Halloween — Principal Chambers
• 2007Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy — President of the United States
• 2006Wedding Slashers — Daddy, Associate Producer
• 2003Ancient Warriors — Curtis Mayhew
• 2003Corpses Are Forever — General Morton, Producer
• 2003Puppet Master: The Legacy — Major Kraus (archive footage)
• 2003The Mummy's Kiss — Dr. Wallis Harwa
• 2002Crime and Punishment — Peter Luzhin, Dunia's suitor
• 2002Curse of the Forty-Niner — Old Man Prichard
• 2002Outta Time — Franco
• 2002Reflex Action — Mr. Smith
• 2001Death Game — Chief Canton
• 2000Strike Zone — Adm. Douglas Lamport
• 1999Eastside — Mihalas Gabriel
• 1999Enemy Action — Dimitri
• 1999Lima: Breaking the Silence — James Gallagher, Ambassador (Ireland)
• Air America — Glen
• 1998Armstrong — General Zukov
• Charmed — Cronyn
• 1998Love and War II — Cimino, Associate Producer
• 1998Shattered Illusions — Sal
• 1997Divine Lovers — Gregory
• 1997Ground Rules — Case
• Mike Hammer, Private Eye
• 1997Under Oath — Daniel Saltarelli
• We Are Angels — Alfonso Santillana
• 1996Diamond Run — Sloan
• 1996Lone Tiger — Rossner
• 1996Total Force — Dr. Edmund Wellington
• 1996Vendetta — Dr. David Wilson
• 1996Werewolf — Noel
• 1995Cyborg 3: The Recycler — Lewellyn
• 1995Destination Vegas — RIchard
• 1995Dragon Fury — Vestor
• 1995Takedown
• 1995Terminal Virus — Calloway
• 1995Terrified — Office Worker #2
• 1995Warrior of Justice — The Master
• 1994Death Match — Jimmie Fratello
• 1994Loving Deadly — Dr. Mel
• 1994Midnight Confessions — Detective Harris
• Phantom 2040
• 1994Roughcut — Mr. Caine
• 1994Scanner Cop — Karl Glock
• Acapulco H.E.A.T. — Elliot Roth
• 1993Inside Edge — Mario Gio
• 1993Necronomicon — Jethro De Lapoer
• 1993Showdown — The Commander
• 1992Double Threat — Detective Robert Fenich
• Highlander: The Series — John Kirin / Cage
• 1992Maximum Force — Max Tanabe
• 1992Merlin — Pendragon
• 1992Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge — Major Krauss
• The Hat Squad — Nick Ashe
• 1991Alligator 2: The Mutation — Hawkins
• Dark Justice
• 1991Lockdown — James Garrett
• 1991The Last Hero — Montoro
• 1991Trancers II — Dr. Wardo
• 1991Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
• 1990Aftershock — Commander Eastern
• 1990Invasion Force — Michael Cooper
• 1990Kojak: Flowers For Matty — Sands
• 1990Return to Justice — Sheriff Jethro Lincoln
• Super Force — Dr. Lothar Presley
• 1990The Forbidden Dance — Benjamin Maxwell
• 1989High Stakes — Slim
• 1989One Man Force — Adams
• 1988Bad Dreams — Harris
• 1988Little Nikita — Scuba
• Jake and the Fatman
• 1987Nightforce — Bishop
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Baran
• 1987The Barbarians — Kadar
• 1985Cut and Run — Colonel Brian Horne
• 1985Invasion U.S.A. — Mikhail Rostov
• MacGruder and Loud — Joey Dime
• 1985Savage Dawn — Rev. Romano
• Airwolf — John Bradford Horn / Gerald Van Dorian / Neal Streep
• Blue Thunder
• Cover Up
• Hunter — Frank Lassiter
• Murder, She Wrote — Michael O'Connor, Philip De Kooning
• Partners in Crime
• 1984Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse — Narrator (voice)
• Automan
• Manimal
• Masquerade — General Vladimir Sirin
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King
• The A-Team — Johnny Turian
• 1983The Last Ninja — Dr. Gustav Norden
• 1983White Water Rebels — William Devine
• Matt Houston
• T. J. Hooker — Virgil Dobbs
• The Phoenix — Justin Preminger
• 1982The Sword and the Sorcerer — Cromwell
• 1981Sizzle — Johnny O'Brien
• 1981The Phoenix — Justin Preminger
• 1980Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story — Sam Shockley
• Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story — Sam Shockley
• 1980Conquest of the Earth — Cmdr. Xavier
• Galactica 1980 — Commander Xavier
• 1980The Formula — General Helmut Kladen / Frank Tedesco
• 1980The Ninth Configuration — 2nd Cyclist
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century — Morgan Velosi
• 1979Delta Fox — David 'Delta' Fox
• 1979Steel — Dancer
• 1979Vampire — Prince Anton Voytek
• Battlestar Galactica — Wolfe
• 1978Deathsport — Ankar Moor
• Vega$
• 1977Dog and Cat — Shirley
• Dog and Cat — Shirley
• 1977Good Against Evil — Mr. Rimmin
• 1977Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target — Curt Blair
• 1977Stunts — Pete Lustig
• 1977The Baron — Joey
• Charlie's Angels — Freddie Jefferson
• 1976God Told Me To — Bernard Phillips
• The Bionic Woman
• 1976The Premonition — Jude
• Baretta
• Bronk
• 1975Starsky & Hutch — Zane
• Starsky & Hutch — Lionel Fitzgerald II, Joey
• Switch — David Ring
• 1975The Happy Hooker — The Cop
• 1974Open Season — Art
• Police Woman
• 1973Scarecrow — Jack Riley
• 1973The Seven-Ups — Moon
• The Streets of San Francisco

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2011Dream Cast — Himself
• 2009Holy Grail in America — Himself - New England Antiquities Research Association
• 2001The Joe Spinell Story — Self
• 1988Chopper Wars — Himself
• 1968LSD: Trip to Where? — self