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Richard Dysart, the Patriarchal Senior Partner of 'L.A. Law,' Dies at 86
The Hollywood Reporter ^
| April 9, 2015
| Mike Barnes , Duane Byrge
Posted on 04/09/2015 2:49:44 PM PDT by EveningStar
Richard Dysart, the Emmy-winning actor who portrayed the cranky senior partner Leland McKenzie in the slick, long-running NBC drama L.A. Law, has died. He was 86.
Dysart, who also played Coach in the original 1972 Broadway production of Jason Miller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning That Championship Season, died Sunday at home in Santa Monica after a long illness, his wife, artist Kathryn Jacobi, told The Hollywood Reporter ...
He ... was the bad guy who battled Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider ...
(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...
TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: broadway; cinema; dysart; emmy; film; lalaw; lelandmckenzie; movies; obituary; richarddysart; television; tv
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To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg
To: EveningStar
Ah man
Prayers for the family
He was elegant and a fine actor
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posted on
04/09/2015 2:56:20 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Cruznial is a mental disorder that effects the brain of liberals where they deny he is" electable.")
To: EveningStar
Richard Dysart, the Emmy-winning actor who portrayed the cranky senior partner Leland McKenzie....
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Cranky? I don’t remember cranky. He seemed like the mature grandfather type to me.
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posted on
04/09/2015 2:57:51 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(With Great Freedom comes Great Responsibility.)
To: Responsibility2nd
To: EveningStar
Best scene in LA Law was when Leland stood there as Dr. Pulaski fell down the turbolift
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posted on
04/09/2015 3:01:10 PM PDT
by
Sybeck1
To: EveningStar
He was also the doctor in “Being There”. He knew that Chauncey was really a gardener after all. Maybe this should have been done with the current occupant of the White House.
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posted on
04/09/2015 3:01:31 PM PDT
by
OttawaFreeper
("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
04/09/2015 3:03:37 PM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: EveningStar
He was far more successful as a lawyer on the Small Screen than he was as a doctor on the Big Screen:
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posted on
04/09/2015 3:05:13 PM PDT
by
FredZarguna
(It looks just like a Telefunken U-47 -- with leather.)
To: EveningStar
He was also Dr. Copper in
The Thing (1982)
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posted on
04/09/2015 3:06:13 PM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: Timber Rattler
To: EveningStar
He ... was the bad guy who battled Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider ... "When I left, those tin pans had all but given up. Their spirit was nearly broken. A man without spirit is whipped. But a preacher, he could give them faith. Shit! One ounce of faith, they'll be dug in deeper than ticks on a hound."
"You spell bad sense in letters that stretch from here to Seattle!"
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posted on
04/09/2015 3:11:57 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("Do yourself a favor--first thing, get a firearm!")
To: EveningStar
He ... was the bad guy who battled Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider Another Clint Eastwood co star died yesterday. Geoffery Lewis
He was Orville in Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can. He also starred with Eastwood in a few other movies.
He was also the father of Juliet Lewis.
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posted on
04/09/2015 3:12:01 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Responsibility2nd
The McKenzie character reminded me of the senior partner at my first law firm job. Formal, dignified, classy, maybe seemingly aloof at times. But he could show tremendous compassion for those in dire straits.
To: EveningStar
“This is an outrage! You’re out of line Gekko!”
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posted on
04/09/2015 3:15:12 PM PDT
by
relictele
(Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
To: EveningStar
Yeah, but at least he wasn’t infected. ;)
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posted on
04/09/2015 3:19:33 PM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: mountn man
To: mountn man
i did not know he was Juliet’s father! i usually know these things...
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posted on
04/09/2015 3:23:20 PM PDT
by
latina4dubya
(when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
To: mountn man
I always liked him. Never knew he was Juliets father
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posted on
04/09/2015 3:30:12 PM PDT
by
digger48
To: latina4dubya; digger48
See post #17 for link to thread. :)
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