Richard Dysart

Also known as Richard Allen Dysart

American actor (1929–2015)

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Release and recovery of introduced parasites of the alfalfa weevil in eastern North America

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Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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),…

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Everything Is Terrible! The Movie — Self (archive footage)2009
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision — The Ancient Mariner (voice)2004
L.A. Law: The Movie — Leland McKenzie2002
Hard Rain — Henry Sears1998
Todd McFarlane's Spawn: Season 2 — Cogliostro1998
Spawn — Nicholas Cogliostro (voice)1997
Corwin — Self1996
E! True Hollywood Story1996
Truman — Henry L. Stimson1995
Panther — J. Edgar Hoover1995

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Instance of: human
Given name: Richard
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Augusta
Place of death: Santa Monica
Occupation: film actor
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Field of work: acting
Conflict: Korean War
Image: Richard Dysart (1988).jpg
Number of children: 1
Residence: Augusta

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time period: 20th century
writing language: English language
Commons category: Richard Dysart
date of birth: 1929-01-01
date of death: 2015-01-01
nominated for: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
cause of death: disease
start of work period: 1953-00-00
manner of death: natural causes

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