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