Richard A. Dysart
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Dysart at the 40th Primetime Emmy Awards, 1988
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| Born |
March 30, 1929 near Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 5, 2015 (aged 86) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1953–2004 |
| Known for |
L.A. Law L.A. Law: The Movie |
| Spouse(s) | Kathryn Jacobi (1987–2015) |
Richard Allen Dysart (March 30, 1929 – April 5, 2015) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his role as Leland McKenzie on the NBC legal drama L.A. Law.
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 at the Lakewood Theater near Skowhegan. He also worked at a local radio station.
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.
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).
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