Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
3/7/1947
Place of Birth
Loma Linda, California, USA
Richard Lawson
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.
Known For
North Hollywood
as Adolf's Dad
Audrey Rose
as Policeman #1
Coming Home
as Pat
Lemonade
as Self (home footage)
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black
as Clarence
Streets of Fire
as Officer Ed Price
Dirty Harry
as Homosexual (uncredited)
Sugar Hill
as Valentine
Stick
as Cornell
A Royal Family Holiday
Unknown Role
Wag the Dog
as Young Man / CIA
The Forgotten
as Sgt. Frank " Doc " McDermott
Charleston
as James Harris
Guess Who
as Marcus
Crossfire
as Officer Ken Dillard
Jackie's Back!
as Milkman Summers (Jackie's Ex-Husband #1)
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
as Jack
The Main Event
as Hector Mantilla
Aftershock: The Nicole P. Bell Story
as Al Sharpton
Poltergeist
as Ryan