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Richard Dysart

1929 - 2015

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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), The Thing (1982), Mask (1985), Pale Rider (1985) and Wall Street (1987). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Dysart is the 6,112th most popular actor (down from 6,023rd in 2019), the 9,459th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,845th in 2019) and the 2,817th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Richard Dysart ranks 6,112 out of 13,578Before him are Emily Browning, Sharon Mitchell, Mary Carlisle, Cory Monteith, Lisa Eilbacher, and Stuart Townsend. After him are Will Yun Lee, Harvey Korman, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Christian Coulson, Anouk Grinberg, and Jennifer Winget.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Richard Dysart ranks 466Before him are Ilene Woods, Sofia Muratova, Edith M. Flanigen, Mikhail Krivonosov, William E. Thornton, and Ignacio Velasco. After him are George Moscone, Yozhef Betsa, Bob Brookmeyer, Ursula Knab, Rex Hartwig, and Evert Gunnarsson. Among people deceased in 2015, Richard Dysart ranks 402Before him are Jiří Hledík, Herberto Hélder, Stephan Beckenbauer, Gregory Walcott, Bruno Visintin, and Happy Rockefeller. After him are David Canary, Verne Gagne, Jerry Weintraub, Miroslav Poljak, John Trudell, and Andy White.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Dysart ranks 9,461 out of 20,380Before him are Little Crow (1810), Douglas Trumbull (1942), Ricky Jay (1946), Michael Parenti (1933), Jenni Rivera (1969), and Russell Westbrook (1988). After him are Peter Tork (1942), Will Yun Lee (1971), Stephanie McMahon (1976), Vitamin C (1972), Harvey Korman (1927), and Tom M. Apostol (1923).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Dysart ranks 2,818Before him are Robert Costanzo (1942), Margaret Truman (1924), John Russell (1921), Elaine Stritch (1925), Sharon Mitchell (1956), and Mary Carlisle (1914). After him are Will Yun Lee (1971), Harvey Korman (1927), Alexis Arquette (1969), Nestor Serrano (1955), Charley Grapewin (1869), and Larry Linville (1939).