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Richard Lawson

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Richard Lawson

Born Mar 7, 1947 · 79 years96 titles 46 movies · 50 TV
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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.

Born

Mar 7, 1947

Loma Linda, California, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

96

Acting credits

1

Directing

0

Writing

1

Other crew

Most critically rated

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Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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1969 1 title(s)

1971 2 title(s)

1972 1 title(s)

1973 2 title(s)

1974 2 title(s)

1975 1 title(s)

1977 4 title(s)

1978 2 title(s)

1979 2 title(s)

1980 3 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1982 5 title(s)

1983 2 title(s)

1984 2 title(s)

1985 3 title(s)

1986 2 title(s)

1987 2 title(s)

1989 3 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1994 2 title(s)

1995 2 title(s)

1996 2 title(s)

1997 2 title(s)

1998 2 title(s)

1999 4 title(s)

2000 3 title(s)

2001 2 title(s)

2002 2 title(s)

2003 4 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2005 3 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 1 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2019 5 title(s)

2021 3 title(s)

2022 2 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 3 title(s)

2025 1 title(s)

Undated 1 title(s)