Richard Dysart

Richard A. Dysart born March 30, 1929 is an American actor, known for his role as Leland McKenzie on the NBC legal drama L.A. Law.
In 1979, he starred in the film Being There, portraying a good-hearted physician. In 1980, he portrayed 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 Being There, The Day of the… Show more Locust, The Rumor Mill, Pale Rider, Prophecy, The Thing, Warning Sign, Hard Rain, Mask, An Enemy of the People, The Hospital, and The Hindenburg.
Dysart was a founding member of the American Conservatory Theater, and received the Drama Desk Award in 1972 and an Emmy Award® in 1992 and three more nominations, for his role as McKenzie on L.A. Law.

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