Richard A. Dysart was born on March 30, 1929 in Augusta,
Maine.
Sometimes Richard A. Dysart is credited as Richard Dysart.
Bring to life the animated character of Cogliostro in the
TV series SPAWN, Richard A. Dysart also played the same character
in the Todd McFarlane's SPAWN and SPAWN 3: ULTIMATE BATTLE.
Richard Dysart has been seen on several TV series including
L.A. LAW, EAST SIDE/WEST SIDE, THE DEFENDERS, and ALL IN THE
FAMILY.
When the time machine take Michael J Fox and Christopher
Lloyd back in time they will have a run in with Richard A.
Dysart as a Barbed wire salesman in BACK TO THE FUTURE PART
III.
Richard Dysart has played General Dwight D. Eisenhower in
two made for TV movies CHURCHILL AND THE GENERALS in 1979
and in 1986 THE LAST DAYS OF PATTON.
Opposite Kurt Russell, Wilfor Brimley and T.K. Carter, Richard
A. Dysart played Dr. Cooper in John Carpenter's THE THING,
this was a Sci-Fi hit when scientists are confronted with
aliens that can shape shift.
The role of a doctor is a very common part for Richard Dysart
he has played a doctor __ different times on TV in BATMAN:
THE ANIMATED SERIES, BITTER HARVEST, FIRST, YOU CRY and on
the big screen in WARNING SIGN, THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN,
THE THING, BEING THERE, THE TERMINAL MAN, and THE HOSPITAL.
As President Harry S. Truman, Richard A. Dysart had played
him on two occasions in 1989's made for TV movie DAY ONE and
prior to the 1989 movie he was in a TV mini series WAR AND
REMEMBRANCE.
Another famed role for Richard A. Dysart was played J. Edgar
Hoover in 1993's made for TV movie MARILYN & BOBBY: HER FINAL
AFFAIR and then in the 1995 movie PANTHER.
Richard Dysart's other notable credits include...
HARD RAIN (1998)
PANTHER (1995)
BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (1990)
PALE RIDER (1985)
MASK (1985)
THE THING (1982)
AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE (1978)
THE HINDENBURG (1975)
THE TERMINAL MAN (1974)
Richard Dysart's television credits include:
THE LAST DAYS OF PATTON
L.A. LAW (series)
MOVING TARGET
DAY ONE
Richard Dysart in THE THING (1982)
