Richard Lawson

Born: 1947-03-07

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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Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black

as Clarence
Released: 2024-07-11

Ava, a young bank professional is devastated when her husband Dallas abandons a marriage she is...

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as Ryan
Released: 1982-06-04

Upon realizing that something truly evil haunts his home, Steve Freeling calls in a team of...

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as Homosexual (uncredited)
Released: 1971-12-23

When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous...

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Guess Who

as Marcus
Released: 2005-03-25

When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected...

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How Stella Got Her Groove Back

as Jack
Released: 1998-08-14

Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy...

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Wag the Dog

as Young Man / CIA
Released: 1997-12-25

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To...

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Streets of Fire

as Officer Ed Price
Released: 1984-06-01

Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's...

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The Main Event

as Hector Mantilla
Released: 1979-06-22

A bankrupt entrepreneur attempts to recoup some of her losses by getting a washed-out boxer she...

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Coming Home

as Pat
Released: 1978-02-15

In 1968 California, a Marine officer's wife falls in love with a former high school classmate...

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Audrey Rose

as Policeman #1
Released: 1977-04-06

A man is convinced that a young girl is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who...

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Scream Blacula Scream

as Willis Daniels
Released: 1973-06-27

After an aging voodoo priestess dies, her arrogant son Willis Daniel's believes he is next in...

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Blue Hill Avenue

as Uncle Rob
Released: 2001-08-03

A child of a middle class home with solid moral values is lured into a world of crime and...

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Jackie's Back!

as Milkman Summers (Jackie's Ex-Husband #1)
Released: 1999-06-14

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her...

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For Colored Girls

as Frank
Released: 2010-11-05

About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one...

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Lemonade

as Self (home footage)
Released: 2016-04-23

The second "visual album" (a collection of short films) by Beyoncé, this time around she takes a...

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Stick

as Cornell
Released: 1985-04-26

After getting out of jail, car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley witnesses the murder of his friend...

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Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror

as Self
Released: 2019-02-07

Delving into a century of genre films that by turns utilized, caricatured, exploited, sidelined,...

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Sugar Hill

as Valentine
Released: 1974-02-01

When her boyfriend is brutally murdered, after refusing to be shaken down by the local gangsters...

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North Hollywood

as Adolf's Dad
Released: 2021-03-26

A kid must decide between choosing the future his father wants and following his dream of...

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From Zero to I Love You

as Ron Logsdon
Released: 2019-03-25

Darryl Stephens plays Pete Logsdon-just a guy in Philadelphia who happens to have a history of...

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The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

as Gene Davis
Released: 1980-05-25

This Olympics film, tied in with the planned 1980 games from which the United States...

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CHAAW: Chapter 1

as Chief of Police
Released: 2023-08-11

A Celebration of Hip Hop through beatboxing and unique storytelling by the Legendary Biz Markie...

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A Royal Family Christmas

as Leighton Royal
Released: 2015-12-05

In the sequel to "A Royal Family Holiday", the children Phillip "Flip" Royal (Romeo Miller), a...

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They Are Here: The Real World of the Poltergeists

as Himself
Released: 2007-10-31

This two-parter is about as insightful and plausible as one of those "Histories Mysteries"...

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Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift

as Self
Released: 2019-09-06

Beyoncé takes viewers on a journey through Africa with an hour-long documentary special, an...

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The Jericho Mile

as R.C. Stiles
Released: 1980-10-31

A runner, serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison, works at becoming the world's fastest miler...

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Double Your Pleasure

as Dash
Released: 1989-10-29

A television movie about an FBI agent (Jackée) who breaks her leg while trying to capture drug...

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Shotguns and Six Strings: Making a Rock N Roll Fable

as Self
Released: 2017-05-16

Documentary about the making of Streets of Fire.

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Justice

as Gus
Released: 1999-01-14

A lawyer and her partner run from the Colombian Mafia and the corrupt U.S. marshals and...

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Under the Influence

as Dr. Duran
Released: 1986-09-28

Noah Talbot is a long-time alcoholic whose drinking begins to have a devastating effect not only...

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Love for Sale

as Uncle Mac
Released: 2008-02-09

Trey is a young deliveryman who can't seem to catch a break. His whole life is a shambles - no...

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Always a Bridesmaid

as Carlton Blakeston Sr.
Released: 2019-09-28

Tired of always being the bridesmaid, Corina James wonders if marriage is for everyone else but...

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The Last Stand

as Winston
Released: 2006-12-07

The Last Stand, a drama that chronicles the life of four very different people attempting...

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Charleston

as James Harris
Released: 1979-01-15

Stella Farrell is a southern belle in 1860's Charleston, South Carolina who is determined to...

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A Holiday Chance

as Garvin
Released: 2021-11-24

The family of the founder of a multi-million-dollar film company experiences some tragic events...

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The Forgotten

as Sgt. Frank " Doc " McDermott
Released: 1989-04-26

Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets,...

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Black Fist

as Leroy Fisk
Released: 1977-08-31

To make money, a Los Angeles street-fighter goes to work for gangsters.

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Christmas at Water's Edge

as Mr. Turner
Released: 2004-12-04

Everyone knows Christmas is a time of giving — well, everyone but one wealthy, spoiled college...

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Will I See You Again?

as uncredited
Released: 2024-08-08

Two former friends find themselves summoned to their late friend's estate hearing. To claim...

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Not Alone

as Dr. James Clay
Released: 2021-10-22

An unsuspecting family buys a mansion for a bargain but discovers a presence in the home and...

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Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

as Adam Prentice
Released: 1986-10-21

A police officer is called by F.B.I. to infiltrate into gang of arms smugglers.

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Leadfoot

as Officer Venchek
Released: 1982-12-01

Tommy just bought his first car with his own money. He enjoys driving it fast regardless of the...

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Black Terror

as Talk Show Host
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Fifty years after Richard Wesley's original production of Black Terror, Richard Lawson directs a...

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Crossfire

as Officer Ken Dillard
Released: 1975-03-24

Vince Rossi is a cop who has been asked by the department to go undercover. Part of the process...

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Grey's Anatomy

as Bill Pierce
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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MacGyver

as Jesse Colton
First aired: 1985-09-29

He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a...

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JAG

as Sgt. Dan Craig
First aired: 1995-09-23

Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge...

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The Cosby Show

as Mr. Bostic
First aired: 1984-09-20

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for...

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Beauty in Black

as Norman
First aired: 2024-10-24

A stripper's fate takes a turn when she crosses paths with the wealthy, dysfunctional family...

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Dynasty

as Nick Kimball
First aired: 1981-01-12

The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch;...

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St. Elsewhere

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-10-26

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...

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Numb3rs

as uncredited
First aired: 2005-01-23

Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and...

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Judging Amy

as Thomas Horne
First aired: 1999-09-19

Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through...

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T. J. Hooker

as Officer David McNeil
First aired: 1982-03-13

Sergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...

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Touched by an Angel

as Nicholas Freeman
First aired: 1994-09-21

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...

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Medical Center

as uncredited
First aired: 1969-09-24

Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...

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Strong Medicine

as Alton Clayborne
First aired: 2000-07-23

The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

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Remington Steele

as Monroe Henderson
First aired: 1982-10-01

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential...

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Sister, Sister

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-04-01

Twins Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell were separated and adopted at birth. Fourteen years later,...

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Wiseguy

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-16

Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an...

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The Bernie Mac Show

as Bishop
First aired: 2001-11-14

The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14,...

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All in the Family

as Angry Black Man
First aired: 1971-01-12

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important...

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Kojak

as 1st Suspect
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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The Division

as uncredited
First aired: 2001-01-07

The Division is an American crime drama television series created by Deborah Joy LeVine and...

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Good Times

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-02-08

Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1,...

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The District

as Commander Richard Gray
First aired: 2000-10-07

The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1,...

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Hardcastle and McCormick

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-09-18

Hardcastle and McCormick is an American action/drama television series from Stephen J. Cannell...

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Dead Like Me

as William Garrett
First aired: 2003-06-27

When her life comes to an abrupt end, George discovers that death is nothing like she thought it...

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V

as Dr Ben Taylor
First aired: 1983-05-01

Fifty spaceships, each three miles across, hover ominously above Earth's major cities. The...

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Family Law

as Chuck
First aired: 1999-09-20

Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm...

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Moesha

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-01-23

Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May...

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Half & Half

as Ben
First aired: 2002-09-23

Half & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006....

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Saved by the Bell: The New Class

as Judge Thurston Jones
First aired: 1993-09-11

Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from...

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Stitchers

as Admiral Decker
First aired: 2015-06-02

A young woman is recruited into a secret government agency to be “stitched” into the minds of...

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The Streets of San Francisco

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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All of Us

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-16

Robert James, an entertainment reporter for a local Los Angeles television station, is handsome,...

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The Parent 'Hood

as uncredited
First aired: 1995-01-18

The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired on The WB airing from January 18, 1995 to July...

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The White Shadow

as David Mackey
First aired: 1978-11-27

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from...

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Father Dowling Mysteries

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-01-20

Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that aired from January 20,...

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mixed-ish

as Lynwood
First aired: 2019-09-24

Rainbow Johnson recounts her experience growing up in a mixed-race family in the ‘80s and the...

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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

as Det. Nathaniel Hawthorne
First aired: 1987-05-21

Molly Dodd — a mid-30s, divorced woman living in New York — faces the comedy and drama of a...

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What Really Happened To the Class Of '65?

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-12-08

Sam Ashley, a graduate of 1965 class of Bret Harte High School, who was now a teacher at the...

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Saints & Sinners

as Pastor Evan Johnson
First aired: 2016-03-06

A large Southern church is the background for greed, corruption and murder.

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The Fantastic Journey

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-02-03

The Fantastic Journey was an American science fiction television series that was originally...

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Soul Food

as Rev. Bobby Baxter
First aired: 2000-06-28

Soul Food: The Series is a television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June...

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The Black Hamptons

as Moses Britton
First aired: 2022-08-25

A feud between two families in the quaint town of Sag Harbor on Long Island, N.Y., starkly...

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L.A. Doctors

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-09-21

L.A. Doctors is an American medical drama television series set in a Los Angeles practice. It...

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Pandora's Clock

as Daniel Robb
First aired: 1996-11-10

A man infected with a deadly virus boards Quantum Airlines flight 66 in Frankfurt, Germany. The...

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as Dr Ben Taylor
First aired: 1983-05-01

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Comedy Factory

as Dr. Julius Pepper
First aired: 1985-06-21

The Comedy Factory (no known affiliation with the comedy club of the same name) was a...

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