Was an American actor perhaps best known for his role as Leland McKenzie on the NBC legal drama LA Law Dysart served for four years in the Air Force during the Korean War In 1979 he was featured in the film Being There portraying a goodhearted physician In 1980 he portrayed Abraham Lincolns Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in the TV movie The Ordeal of Dr Mudd He also lent his voice to the kindly miner Uncle Pom in the Disney English language version of Hayao Miyazakis 1986 adventure classic Castle in the Sky He starred in movies such as The Last Days of Patton Being There The Day of the Locust The Rumor Mill Pale Rider The Falcon and the Snowman Prophecy The Thing Warning Sign Hard Rain Mask An Enemy of the People The Hospital and The Hindenburg The scene where his LA Law character Leland the patriarchal and stiff founder of a successful law practice was revealed to be in bed with competitor Rosalind Shays Diana Muldaur was ranked as the 38th greatest moment in television in an issue of EGG magazine He earned one Emmy Award and three more nominations for his role as McKenzie on LA Law Dysart was a founding member of the American Conservatory Theater San Francisco He attended Gould Academy in Bethel Maine He received the Drama Desk Award in 1972 and an Emmy Award in 1992 He is 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 He is also a certified open water diver Dysart and his wife artist Kathryn Jacobi have been married since 1987 Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Dysart licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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