Richard Lawson
Acting
March 7, 1947
Loma Linda, California, USA
Biography
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.
Movies
Under the Influence
1986
Aftershock: The Nicole P. Bell Story
2025
Poltergeist
1982
Coming Home
1978
A Royal Family Holiday
2015
Guess Who
2005
Dirty Harry
1971
Justice
1999
Wag the Dog
1997
Audrey Rose
1977
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black
2024
Stick
1985
Streets of Fire
1984
The Forgotten
1989
Double Your Pleasure
1989
A Holiday Chance
2021
North Hollywood
2021
Black Fist
1977
Lemonade
2016
Sugar Hill
1974
TV Shows
Grey's Anatomy
2005
JAG
1995
Magnum, P.I.
1980
MacGyver
1985
Numb3rs
2005
Dynasty
1981
The Cosby Show
1984
Sherri
2022
T. J. Hooker
1982
Judging Amy
1999
St. Elsewhere
1982
Touched by an Angel
1994
Strong Medicine
2000
Moesha
1996
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
Sister, Sister
1994
The Division
2001
Kojak
1973
The District
2000
Beauty in Black
2024