Richard Dysart
Birthday: 1929-03-30 | Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USAWas 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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Acting
Role
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
as Henry Sears
as Cogliostro (voice)
as Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)
as Riley Hallihan
as Barbwire Salesman
as President Harry S. Truman
as Warden James Johnston
as Leland McKenzie
as Abe
as Coy LaHood
as Dr. Lee
as Dr. Nielsen
as Dr. Copper
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
as Jack Warner
as Secretary of Defense
as Trevor Isley
as Aslaksen
as Dr. Brennerman
as Peter Bailey
as Leonard Driscoll
as Claude Estee
as Lehman
as Dr. John Ellis
as Judge David Davis
as Judge David Davis
as Dr. Welbeck
as Motel Receptionist
