Richard Dysart's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) L.A. Law Leland McKe… Spawn Cogliostro East Side/West Side Tom Morgan

Main Movie Roles 1998 - Hard Rain 1990 - Back to the Future Part III 1987 - Wall Street 1985 - The Falcon and the Snowman 1985 - Warning Sign 1985 - Pale Rider 1985 - Mask 1982 - The Thing 1979 - Meteor 1979 - Being There 1979 - Prophecy 1975 - The Day of the Locust 1975 - The Hindenburg 1974 - The Terminal Man 1971 - The Hospital 1968 - Petulia 1963 - Love with the Proper Stranger

BIOGRAPHY:

Richard Dysart served for four years in the Air Force during the Korean War. He's a founding member of the American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco. He received the Drama Desk Award in 1972 and a Emmy Award in 1992. He is good friends with Diana Muldaur, who played Rosalind Shays on L.A. Law.


TRIVIA:

• Earned a Master's degree in Speech Communication at Emerson College.
• Twice portrayed President Harry S. Truman in The Winds of War (1988) and Day One (1989).
• Is a brother of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity based out of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts.
• In 1990, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law.
• Worked with L.A. Law co-star Diana Muldaur at New York's legendary Circle in the Square Theatre in the 60s. Muldaur has described Dysart as "wonderful" and "a great character actor".
• The scene where his L.A. Law character, Leland, were discovered in bed with his enemy Rosalind, was ranked as the 38th greatest moment in television in the March 1991 issue of EGG magazine.
• Enjoys dogs, writing, art, cooking, fitness, backpacking and ocean swimming. He is a certified open water diver.
• Worked for a local radio station while growing up in the Kennebac Valley in Maine.