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.
Filmography
For the People
2002 · 10.0
A Holiday Chance
2021 · 8.7
L.A. Doctors
1998 · 8.5
Beauty in Black
2024 · 8.5
Half & Half
2002 · 8.3
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · 8.2
Family Law
1999 · 8.1
Good Times
1974 · 8.0
Saints & Sinners
2016 · 8.0
Crossfire
1975 · 8.0
Maniac Magee
2003 · 8.0
Charleston
1979 · 8.0
All in the Family
1971 · 7.8
V
1983 · 7.8
MacGyver
1985 · 7.7
Dead Like Me
2003 · 7.6
Judging Amy
1999 · 7.5
Chicago Story
1982 · 7.5
Dirty Harry
1971 · 7.5
Strong Medicine
2000 · 7.4
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989 · 7.4
Kojak
1973 · 7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · 7.3
JAG
1995 · 7.3
Touched by an Angel
1994 · 7.2
The Parent 'Hood
1995 · 7.2
Soul Food
2000 · 7.2
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black
2024 · 7.2
Christmas at Water's Edge
2004 · 7.2
Poltergeist
1982 · 7.2
The Division
2001 · 7.1
All of Us
2003 · 7.1
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · 7.1
The White Shadow
1978 · 7.1
mixed-ish
2019 · 7.1
Remington Steele
1982 · 7.1
Numb3rs
2005 · 7.0
The Cosby Show
1984 · 7.0
Sister, Sister
1994 · 7.0
Good News
1997 · 7.0
Coming Home
1978 · 7.0
Wag the Dog
1997 · 6.9
Moesha
1996 · 6.9
The District
2000 · 6.9
Streets of Fire
1984 · 6.9
Jackie's Back!
1999 · 6.9
Stitchers
2015 · 6.8
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · 6.8
Carl Weber's The Black Hamptons
2022 · 6.8
Always a Bridesmaid
2019 · 6.8
For Colored Girls
2010 · 6.7
The Bernie Mac Show
2001 · 6.7
Blue Hill Avenue
2003 · 6.7
Wiseguy
1987 · 6.6
Dynasty
1981 · 6.5
T. J. Hooker
1982 · 6.5
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · 6.5
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986 · 6.5
Medical Center
1969 · 6.4
The Fantastic Journey
1977 · 6.2
Double Your Pleasure
1989 · 6.2
The Jericho Mile
1980 · 6.1
Guess Who
2005 · 6.1
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977 · 6.0
Love for Sale
2008 · 6.0
Under the Influence
1986 · 5.9
Scream Blacula Scream
1973 · 5.9
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993 · 5.8
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 · 5.8
Sugar Hill
1974 · 5.8
The Forgotten
1989 · 5.8
St. Elsewhere
1982 · 5.7
Pandora's Clock
1996 · 5.7
Audrey Rose
1977 · 5.7
Stick
1985 · 5.4
North Hollywood
2021 · 5.4
The Main Event
1979 · 5.3
Not Alone
2021 · 5.3
From Zero to I Love You
2019 · 5.1
A Royal Family Holiday
2015 · 5.0
Justice
1999 · 4.8
Black Fist
1977 · 4.3
The Last Stand
2006 · 4.1
A Royal Family Christmas
2015 · 4.0
The Comedy Factory
1985 · 0.0
Will I See You Again?
2024 · 0.0
Aftershock: The Nicole P. Bell Story
2025 · 0.0
Black Terror
2023 · 0.0
CHAAW: Chapter 1
2023 · 0.0