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Richard Lawson
Actor · 41 credits
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.
All Work
Beauty in Black
2024
Norman
mixed-ish
2019
Lynwood
Saints & Sinners
2016
Pastor Evan Johnson
Stitchers
2015
Admiral Decker
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Bill Pierce
Numb3rs
2005
Clay Porter, Sr. (uncredited)
Dead Like Me
2003
William Garrett
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
Bishop
The Division
2001
LaBon
The District
2000
Richard Gray
Strong Medicine
2000
Alton Clayborne
Family Law
1999
Chuck
Judging Amy
1999
Thomas Horne
L.A. Doctors
1998
Gary Miller
Moesha
1996
Marlon James
JAG
1995
Dan Craig
Touched by an Angel
1994
Nicholas Freeman
Sister, Sister
1994
Victor Sims
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993
Judge Thurston Jones
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987
Det. Nathaniel Hawthorne
MacGyver
1985
Jesse Colton
The Comedy Factory
1985
Dr. Julius Pepper
The Cosby Show
1984
Mr. Bostic
St. Elsewhere
1982
The Messiah
Remington Steele
1982
Monroe Henderson
T. J. Hooker
1982
Officer David McNeil
Dynasty
1981
Nick Kimball
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Gerald Calvin
The White Shadow
1978
David Mackey
Kojak
1973
1st Suspect
All in the Family
1971
Angry Black Man
