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Richard A. Dysart

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Biography

Richard Dysart is most famed for his role Leland McKenzie on succesful NBC drama series, L.A. Law. He has also starred in many movies,…more

Born

3/30/1929, Augusta Maine, USA

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Role
- L.A. Law
  Leland McKenzie
  - S 8: Ep 24 Return to Justice
    5/12/02
  - S 8: Ep 22 Finish Line
    5/19/94
  - S 8: Ep 21 Whistle Stop
    5/12/94
  - S 8: Ep 20 How Am I Driving?
    5/5/94
  - S 8: Ep 19 Tunnel of Love
    4/28/94
  - + 168 More Credits
- Todd McFarlane's Spawn
  Cogliostro
  - S 3: Ep 6 Prophecy
    5/28/99
  - S 3: Ep 5 Chasing the Serpent
    5/27/99
  - S 3: Ep 4 Hunter's Moon
    5/26/99
  - S 3: Ep 3 Seed of the Hellspawn
    5/25/99
  - S 3: Ep 2 Twitch Is Down
    5/24/99
  - + 13 More Credits
Guest Star (17)

Role
- Batman: The Animated Series
  Dr. Bartholomew
  - S 3: Ep 9 Lock-Up
    11/19/94
  - S 1: Ep 31 Dreams in Darkness
    11/3/92
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 39 March 2, 1989
    3/2/89
- Lou Grant
  Mitchell Webster
  - S 3: Ep 18 Censored
    2/4/80
- Visions
  Rancher Smith
  - S 3: Ep 1 Charlie Smith and the Fritter Tree
    10/9/78
- Columbo
  Max Duvall
  - S 7: Ep 2 Murder under Glass
    1/30/78
- Gemini Man
  Leonard Driscoll
  - S 1: Ep 0 Code Name: Minus One
    5/10/76
- Cannon
  Hartford Dunne
  - S 5: Ep 23 Point After Death
    2/18/76
- McCoy
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 2 Bless the Big Fish
    10/5/75
- Doc (1975)
  Helpman
  - S 1: Ep 5 Quartet
    10/4/75
- Maude
  Mason Everhardt
  - S 4: Ep 2 Consenting Adults
    9/15/75
- Baretta
  Wilmont Harmond
  - S 1: Ep 6 Ragtime Billy Peaches
    2/28/75
- All In The Family
  Russ DeKuyper
  - S 2: Ep 20 Edith Gets a Mink
    2/12/72
- CBS Playhouse
  Jerry Arnst
  - S 2: Ep 4 Shadow Game
    5/7/69
- The Defenders (1961)
  Mr. Westfall
  - S 4: Ep 15 Eyewitness
    1/14/65
- The Nurses (1962)
  Ralph
  - S 3: Ep 7 The Outpost
    11/10/64
- East Side/West Side
  Tom Morgan
  - S 1: Ep 8 Go Fight City Hall
    11/11/63
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Sinner
    9/23/63
- You Are There
  Major General Benedict Arnold
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Treason of Benedict Arnold
    6/21/53

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- While starring in LA Law, Richard appeared in 3 of NBC's The More You Know public service announcements. His topics were teacher appreciation, teacher recruitment, and parental involvement.
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- The scene where Leland and Rosalind in L.A. Law were discovered in bed, was ranked as the 38th greatest moment in television in an issue of EGG Magazine. Diana Muldaur, who played his enemy/lover Rosalind on the show, described Dysart as "wonderful" in an interview on the Roy Leonard Show.
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