Richard Lawson
Acting
1947-03-07 · 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.
Filmography
Aftershock: The Nicole P. Bell Story
2025 · Movie
Beauty in Black
2024 · Series
Will I See You Again?
2024 · Movie
Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black
2024 · Movie
CHAAW: Chapter 1
2023 · Movie
Black Terror
2023 · Movie
Sherri
2022 · Series
Carl Weber's The Black Hamptons
2022 · Series
A Holiday Chance
2021 · Movie
Not Alone
2021 · Movie
North Hollywood
2021 · Movie
Always a Bridesmaid
2019 · Movie
mixed-ish
2019 · Series
Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift
2019 · Movie
From Zero to I Love You
2019 · Movie
Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror
2019 · Movie
Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable
2017 · Movie
Lemonade
2016 · Movie
Saints & Sinners
2016 · Series
A Royal Family Christmas
2015 · Movie
A Royal Family Holiday
2015 · Movie
Stitchers
2015 · Series
For Colored Girls
2010 · Movie
Love for Sale
2008 · Movie
They Are Here: The Real World of the Poltergeists
2007 · Movie
The Last Stand
2006 · Movie
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Series
Guess Who
2005 · Movie
Numb3rs
2005 · Series
Christmas at Water's Edge
2004 · Movie
Blue Hill Avenue
2003 · Movie
All of Us
2003 · Series
Dead Like Me
2003 · Series
Maniac Magee
2003 · Movie
Half & Half
2002 · Series
For the People
2002 · Series
The Bernie Mac Show
2001 · Series
The Division
2001 · Series
The District
2000 · Series
Strong Medicine
2000 · Series
Soul Food
2000 · Series
Family Law
1999 · Series
Judging Amy
1999 · Series
Jackie's Back!
1999 · Movie
Justice
1999 · Movie
L.A. Doctors
1998 · Series
How Stella Got Her Groove Back
1998 · Movie
Wag the Dog
1997 · Movie
Good News
1997 · Series
Pandora's Clock
1996 · Series
Moesha
1996 · Series
JAG
1995 · Series
The Parent 'Hood
1995 · Series
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Series
Sister, Sister
1994 · Series
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
1993 · Series
Double Your Pleasure
1989 · Movie
The Forgotten
1989 · Movie
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989 · Series
Wiseguy
1987 · Series
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
1987 · Series
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI
1986 · Movie
Under the Influence
1986 · Movie
MacGyver
1985 · Series
The Comedy Factory
1985 · Series
Stick
1985 · Movie
The Cosby Show
1984 · Series
Streets of Fire
1984 · Movie
Hardcastle and McCormick
1983 · Series
V
1983 · Series
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Series
Remington Steele
1982 · Series
Poltergeist
1982 · Movie
T. J. Hooker
1982 · Series
Chicago Story
1982 · Series
Dynasty
1981 · Series
Magnum, P.I.
1980 · Series
The Jericho Mile
1980 · Movie
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story
1980 · Movie
The Main Event
1979 · Movie
Charleston
1979 · Movie
The White Shadow
1978 · Series
Coming Home
1978 · Movie
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
1977 · Series
Black Fist
1977 · Movie
Audrey Rose
1977 · Movie
The Fantastic Journey
1977 · Series
Crossfire
1975 · Movie
Good Times
1974 · Series
Sugar Hill
1974 · Movie
Kojak
1973 · Series
Scream Blacula Scream
1973 · Movie
The Streets of San Francisco
1972 · Series
Dirty Harry
1971 · Movie
All in the Family
1971 · Series
Medical Center
1969 · Series