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Richard Lawson

Richard Lee Lawson (born March 7, 1947) is an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. He is perhaps best known for his roles in genre films; he portrayed Ryan in the 1982 film Poltergeist, and Dr. Ben Taylor in the 1983 NBC miniseries V.

Known For: Acting

Born: Loma Linda, California, USA, 1947-03-07

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1971	Dirty Harry	Homosexual (uncredited)	74
2	1973	Scream Blacula Scream	Willis Daniels	58
3	1974	Sugar Hill	Valentine	58
4	1975	Crossfire	Officer Ken Dillard	0
5	1977	Audrey Rose	Policeman #1	56
6	1977	Black Fist	Leroy Fisk	43
7	1978	Coming Home	Pat	70
8	1979	Charleston	James Harris	0
9	1979	The Main Event	Hector Mantilla	52
10	1980	The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story	Gene Davis	0
11	1980	The Jericho Mile	R.C. Stiles	62
12	1982	Poltergeist	Ryan	72
13	1982	Leadfoot	Officer Venchek	0
14	1984	Streets of Fire	Officer Ed Price	69
15	1985	Stick	Cornell	53
16	1986	Under the Influence	Dr. Duran	53
17	1986	Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI	Adam Prentice	50
18	1989	The Forgotten	Sgt. Frank " Doc " McDermott	62
19	1989	Double Your Pleasure	Dash	61
20	1997	Wag the Dog	Young Man / CIA	69
21	1998	How Stella Got Her Groove Back	Jack	58
22	1999	Justice	Gus	48
23	1999	Jackie's Back!	Milkman Summers (Jackie's Ex-Husband #1)	65
24	2003	Maniac Magee	Mr. Beale	0
25	2003	Blue Hill Avenue	Uncle Rob	71
26	2004	Christmas at Water's Edge	Mr. Turner	73
27	2005	Guess Who	Marcus	60
28	2006	The Last Stand	Winston	37
29	2007	They Are Here: The Real World of the Poltergeists	Himself	0
30	2008	Love for Sale	Uncle Mac	65
31	2010	For Colored Girls	Frank	67
32	2015	A Royal Family Holiday		50
33	2015	A Royal Family Christmas	Leighton Royal	40
34	2016	Lemonade	Self (home footage)	84
35	2017	Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable	Self	0
36	2019	Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror	Self	72
37	2019	From Zero to I Love You	Ron Logsdon	52
38	2019	Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift	Self	78
39	2019	Always a Bridesmaid	Carlton Blakeston Sr.	59
40	2021	North Hollywood	Adolf's Dad	55
41	2021	Not Alone	Dr. James Clay	53
42	2021	A Holiday Chance	Garvin	85
43	2023	CHAAW: Chapter 1	Chief of Police	0
44	2024	Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black	Clarence	71
45		Black Terror	Talk Show Host	0
46	2024	Will I See You Again?		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1969	Medical Center		61
2	1971	All in the Family	Angry Black Man	79
3	1972	The Streets of San Francisco		69
4	1973	Kojak	1st Suspect	70
5	1974	Good Times		80
6	1977	The Fantastic Journey		58
7	1977	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?		45
8	1978	The White Shadow	David Mackey	70
9	1980	Magnum, P.I.	Gerald Calvin	73
10	1981	Dynasty	Nick Kimball	65
11	1982	Chicago Story		50
12	1982	T. J. Hooker	Officer David McNeil	64
13	1982	Remington Steele	Monroe Henderson	71
14	1982	St. Elsewhere		55
15	1983	V	Dr Ben Taylor	77
16	1983	Hardcastle and McCormick		64
17	1984	The Cosby Show	Mr. Bostic	70
18	1985	The Comedy Factory	Dr. Julius Pepper	0
19	1985	MacGyver	Jesse Colton	77
20	1987	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	Det. Nathaniel Hawthorne	60
21	1987	Wiseguy		65
22	1989	Father Dowling Mysteries		73
23	1993	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Judge Thurston Jones	59
24	1994	Sister, Sister	Victor Sims	71
25	1994	Touched by an Angel	Nicholas Freeman	72
26	1995	The Parent 'Hood		73
27	1995	JAG	Sgt. Dan Craig	73
28	1996	Moesha		69
29	1996	Pandora's Clock	Daniel Robb	44
30	1997	Good News		0
31	1998	L.A. Doctors	Gary Miller	70
32	1999	Judging Amy	Thomas Horne	75
33	1999	Family Law	Chuck	82
34	2000	Soul Food	Rev. Bobby Baxter	70
35	2000	Strong Medicine	Alton Clayborne	71
36	2000	The District	Commander Richard Gray	68
37	2001	The Division	LaBon	70
38	2001	The Bernie Mac Show	Bishop	65
39	2002	Half & Half	Ben	83
40	2003	Dead Like Me	William Garrett	76
41	2003	All of Us		73
42	2005	Numb3rs		71
43	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Bill Pierce	82
44	2015	Stitchers	Admiral Decker	69
45	2016	Saints & Sinners	Pastor Evan Johnson	80
46	2019	mixed-ish	Lynwood	75
47	2022	The Black Hamptons	Moses Britton	66
48	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
49	2024	Beauty in Black	Norman	77