Richard Lawson

Actor

Born: March 7, 1947 (79 years old)

Place of birth: 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.

Filmography (71)

• Lemonade (2016, ★ 8.4)
• Half & Half (2002, ★ 8.3)
• Poltergeist (1982, ★ 7.2)
• Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black (2024, ★ 7.2)
• Good Times (1974, ★ 8)
• Family Law (1999, ★ 8.2)
• Saints & Sinners (2016, ★ 8)
• Grey's Anatomy (2005, ★ 8.2)
• Wag the Dog (1997, ★ 6.9)
• Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift (2019, ★ 7.8)
• For Colored Girls (2010, ★ 6.7)
• Blue Hill Avenue (2003, ★ 6.8)
• Dirty Harry (1971, ★ 7.4)
• Double Your Pleasure (1989, ★ 6.1)
• Streets of Fire (1984, ★ 6.9)
• Coming Home (1978, ★ 7)
• Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019, ★ 6.7)
• Always a Bridesmaid (2019, ★ 6.5)
• Jackie's Back! (1999, ★ 6.5)
• Father Dowling Mysteries (1989, ★ 7.4)
• Hardcastle and McCormick (1983, ★ 6.5)
• Numb3rs (2005, ★ 7)
• Remington Steele (1982, ★ 7.1)
• The District (2000, ★ 6.8)
• All of Us (2003, ★ 7.1)
• The Division (2001, ★ 7.1)
• Judging Amy (1999, ★ 7.5)
• Touched by an Angel (1994, ★ 7.2)
• The Cosby Show (1984, ★ 7)
• All in the Family (1971, ★ 7.8)