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Richard Lawson

Richard Lawson

Acting Born Mar 07, 1947 · Loma Linda, California, USA

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.

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Sugar Hill (1974) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
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Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill
1974 PG
When her boyfriend is murdered by gangsters, Sugar Hill decides not to get mad, but BAD! She entreat...

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8.2
tv
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as Bill Pierce
2005
Poltergeist
7.2
movie
Poltergeist
as Ryan
1982
Dirty Harry
7.4
movie
Dirty Harry
as Homosexual (uncredited)
1971
Wag the Dog
6.9
movie
Wag the Dog
as Young Man / CIA
1997
V
7.7
tv
V
as Dr Ben Taylor
1983
Guess Who
6.0
movie
Guess Who
as Marcus
2005
MacGyver
7.7
tv
MacGyver
as Jesse Colton
1985
Streets of Fire
6.9
movie
Streets of Fire
as Officer Ed Price
1984
Dead Like Me
7.6
tv
Dead Like Me
as William Garrett
2003
The Cosby Show
7.0
tv
The Cosby Show
as Mr. Bostic
1984
Magnum, P.I.
7.3
tv
Magnum, P.I.
as Gerald Calvin
1980
Numb3rs
7.0
tv
Numb3rs
as Clay Porter, Sr. (uncredited)
2005