He played many roles from 1973 to 1998. Probably his most popular roles are Mayor Sam Booth from Murder She Wrote and Mr. Stowbridge on Full House.
Movie Buffs may remember him playing Jerry Fallwell in the movie "The People vs. Larry Flint" from 1996.
Time Magazine's fall TV preview for Carter Country noted that Richard bore an ironic resemblence to Jimmy Carter's recently disgraced budget chief Bert Lance.