Richard Allen Dysart (March 30, 1929 â€" April 5, 2015) was an
American actor. He is best known for his role in the television series
L.A. Law (1986â€"1994), for which he received four consecutive
Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won for the last one in
1992.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.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 (1967â€"1968), and That Championship Season
(1972â€"1974).
American actor. He is best known for his role in the television series
L.A. Law (1986â€"1994), for which he received four consecutive
Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won for the last one in
1992.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.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 (1967â€"1968), and That Championship Season
(1972â€"1974).
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