Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
2/12/1940
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Richard Hugh Lynch
Richard Lynch
Biography
Richard Lynch (February 12, 1940 – June 19, 2012) was an American actor best known for portraying villains in films and television.
His film credits included The Sword and the Sorcerer, Invasion USA, The Seven-Ups, Scarecrow, Little Nikita, Bad Dreams, God Told Me To, and Halloween. He appeared in science fiction productions, including Battlestar Galactica (as Wolfe) and its sequel series Galactica 1980 (as Commander Xaviar). He also appeared in such shows as Starsky and Hutch, Baretta, T. J. Hooker, Blue Thunder, Airwolf, The A-Team, Charmed and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Known For
Scarecrow
as Jack Riley
The Premonition
as Jude
Necronomicon
as Jethro De Lapoer
Double Threat
as Detective Robert Fenich
The Barbarians
as Kadar
Puppet Master: The Legacy
as Major Kraus (archive footage)
Little Nikita
as Scuba
Showdown
as The Commander
Scanner Cop
as Karl Glock
Savage Dawn
as Rev. Romano
Bad Dreams
as Harris
Stunts
as Pete Lustig
The Forbidden Dance
as Benjamin Maxwell
Deathsport
as Ankar Moor
The Formula
as General Helmut Kladen / Frank Tedesco
God Told Me To
as Bernard Phillips
Ancient Warriors
as Curtis Mayhew
The Lords of Salem
as Reverend Hawthorne (uncredited)
Crime and Punishment
as Peter Luzhin, Dunia's suitor
Terrified
as Office Worker #2
Career Timeline
2022
2013
2009
2007
2003
2002
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1987
1985
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Michael O'Connor
Murder, She Wrote
as Philip De Kooning
Partners in Crime
Role unknown
Cover Up
Role unknown
Hunter
as Frank Lassiter
Airwolf
as John Bradford Horn / Gerald Van Dorian / Neal Streep
Blue Thunder
Role unknown
Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse
as Narrator (voice)