Background
Dysart, Richard A. was born on March 30, 1929 in Brighton, Massachusetts, United States.
Dysart, Richard A. was born on March 30, 1929 in Brighton, Massachusetts, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Emerson College, 1956. Master of Science, Emerson College, 1983. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Emerson College, 1988.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), University Maine, 1992.
Law. He served for four years in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. In 1979, he was featured in the film Being There starring Peter Sellers and Melvyn Douglas, portraying a good-hearted physician. In 1980, he portrayed Abraham Lincoln"s Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in the television film The Ordeal of Doctor Mudd.
His other movie credits included roles in The Hindenburg, An Enemy of the People, Prophecy, The Thing, Pale Rider, and Day One (with Los Angeles 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 Columbia Broadcasting System television series Sara.
The scene in which his Los Angeles Law. He was a brother of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity based out of Emerson College in Boston.
In 1990, Dysart was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Law.
Dysart died at home in Santa Monica, California on April 5, 2015, after a long illness. He was 86.
Trustee Gallaudet University, Washington, 1990-2003, trustee emeritus, since 2004, Gould Academy, Bethel, Maine. Founding member American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco. Active Native American Rights Fund, since 1978.
Member of American Judicature Society (board directors, national executive committee since 1998).
Married Kathryn Jacobi.