Richard Dysart

About Richard Dysart

Who is it?: Actor
Birth Day: March 30, 1929
Birth Place:  Brighton, Massachusetts, United States
Died On: April 5, 2015(2015-04-05) (aged 86)\nSanta Monica, California, U.S.
Birth Sign: Aries
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1953–2004
Known for: L.A. Law L.A. Law: The Movie The Last Days of Patton
Spouse(s): Kathryn Jacobi (1987–2015)

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Richard Dysart was born on March 30, 1929 in  Brighton, Massachusetts, United States, is Actor. Richard Dysart served for four years in the Air Force during the Korean War. He was 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 was good friends with Diana Muldaur, who played Rosalind Shays on L.A. Law.
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💰Richard Dysart Net worth: $950,000

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Biography/Timeline

1929

Richard Dysart was born to Alice (née Hennigar) and Douglas Dysart, a podiatrist, near Boston, Massachusetts on March 30, 1929. Dysart was raised in Skowhegan, Maine and Augusta, Maine. He attended Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine. At the encouragement of his mother, Dysart performed in summer stock at the Lakewood Theater near Skowhegan. He also worked at a local radio station.

1938

The scene in which his L.A. Law character, Leland McKenzie, who was the patriarchal and stiff founder of a successful law practice, was revealed to be in bed with competitor Rosalind Shays (Diana Muldaur) was ranked as the 38th greatest moment in television in an issue of Egg magazine. He earned one Emmy Award, and three more nominations, for his role on L.A. Law.

1960

Dysart's acting career began on the stage. He was a founding member of the American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, California, which began in 1960. He performed on Broadway in All in Good Time (1965), A Place Without Doors (1970-1971), The Little Foxes revival as Horace Giddens (1967–1968), and That Championship Season (1972–1974).

1972

Dysart received a Drama Desk Award in 1972 and an Emmy Award in 1992.

1973

His other movie credits included roles in The Hindenburg, An Enemy of the People, Prophecy, The Thing, Pale Rider, and Day One (with L.A. Law co-star Michael Tucker). Dysart created the role of Coach in the original Broadway production of Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize winning play, That Championship Season in 1973. He appeared in an episode of the 1976 CBS television series Sara.

1979

In 1979, Dysart portrayed a good-hearted physician in the film Being There, starring Peter Sellers and Melvyn Douglas. In 1980, he played Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in the television film The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd. He voiced the kindly miner Uncle Pom in the Disney English-language version of Hayao Miyazaki's 1986 adventure classic Castle in the Sky and the character of Cogliostro on Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Animated Series, which aired on HBO.

1987

Dysart was married three times. The first two marriages resulted in divorce. He and his third wife, Artist Kathryn Jacobi, were married from 1987 until his death. He had no children of his own, but had a stepson from his third wife and two step-grandchildren.

1990

In 1990, Dysart was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law.

2015

Dysart died at home in Santa Monica, California on April 5, 2015, after a long bout with cancer. He was 86 years old.

2019

He earned both bachelor’s and master’s in speech communication from Emerson College in Boston, although his undergraduate education was interrupted due to his Service for four years in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. At Emerson he performed on stage, and he was a class officer and student government vice-president. He was a brother of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity. He also studied at George Washington University. He returned for his master's degree later, completing it in 1981.