Richard Lynch
Sinister character actor Richard Lynch made his film debut in 1973's "Scarecrow," starring Al Pacino and Gene Hackman. This pessimistic crime drama set him on a path of mainly villainous roles for the rest of his career. Lynch played a cop in Lynn Redgrave's amusing "The Happy Hooker" in 1975, and he moved to television in the late 1970s, appearing on police shows, including "Baretta" and "Starsky and Hutch," usually as the criminal who winds up behind bars or wearing a toe tag. Lynch returned to features with "The Formula," a conspiracy thriller starring Marlon Brando and George C. Scott. Lynch continued to appear in television throughout the 1980s and 1990s, emerging in prominent roles on two rebooted sci-fi series: "Galactica 1980" (as a self-serving time-traveler) and "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (as a merciless space mercenary). Born in Brooklyn, Lynch served in the United States Marine Corps from 1958 to 1961. Afterwards, he honed his craft at the Actors Studio under the tutelage of Lee Strasberg and worked in the theater before appearing in movies. Lynch died in 2012, remaining relatively active in films until his final days.
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Richard Lynch
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gun of the Black Sun | Damien Lupescu (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Resurrection | President (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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The Rain | Karl Lumis (Character) | - | 2009 |
80% |
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Laid to Rest | Mr. Jones (Character) | - | 2009 |
28% |
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Halloween | Principal Chambers (Character) | $58.3M | 2007 |
No Score Yet |
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Wedding Slashers | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Corpses Are Forever | General Morton (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Curse of the Forty-Niner | Old Man Prichard (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Crime and Punishment | Luzhin (Character) | - | 2002 |
20% |
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Outta Time | Franco (Character) | $4.1K | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Ancient Warriors | Curtis Mayhew (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Friggin' Mafia Movie | Self | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death Game | Chief Canton (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Reflex Action | Mr. Smith (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Eastside | Mihalas Gabriel (Character) | $1.0K | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strike Zone | Adm. Douglass Lamport (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lima: Breaking the Silence | James Gallagher (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Armstrong | General Zukov (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Shattered Illusions | Sal (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Darklands | Salvy (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Proposition | Huw Williams (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Under Oath | Daniel Saltarelli (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Total Force | Dr. Edmund Wellington (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vendetta | Dr. David Wilson (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diamond Run | Sloan (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Werewolf | Noel (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Tough Guy | Office Worker No. 2 (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Invitation to Die | Doug `'The Master'` (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dangerous Waters | The Admiral (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Destination Vegas | Richard (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dragon Fury | Vestor (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Cyborg III | Lewellyn (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Takedown | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midnight Confessions | Detective Harris (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Chance | Calloway (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Terminal Virus | Calloway (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Necronomicon | Jethro De Lapoer (Character) | - | 1994 |
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Death Match | Jimmie Fratello (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Branwen | Kevin McCarthy (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Scanner Cop | Karl Glock (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Showdown | The Commander (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Merlin | Pendragon (Character) | - | 1993 |
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Double Threat | Detective Robert Fenich (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Maximum Force | Max Tanabe (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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The Christmas Stallion | Gwilyn (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inside Edge | Mario Gio (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | October 32nd | Pendragon (Character) | - | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Trancers II | Dr. Wardo (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge | Major Krauss (Character) | - | 1991 |
40% |
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Alligator II: The Mutation | Hawk Hawkins (Character) | - | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lockdown | James Garrett (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Invasion Force | Michael Cooper (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak: Flowers for Matty | Sands (Character) | - | 1990 |
25% |
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The Forbidden Dance | Benjamin Maxwell (Character) | $1.4M | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return to Justice | Sheriff Jethro Lincoln (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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One Man Force | Adams (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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High Stakes | Slim (Character) | - | 1989 |
38% |
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Bad Dreams | Harris (Character) | $8.9M | 1988 |
53% |
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Little Nikita | Scuba (Character) | $1.5M | 1988 |
No Score Yet |
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The Barbarians | Kadar (Character) | $496.0K | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Nightforce | Bishop (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Cut and Run | Colonel Brian Horne (Character) | - | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Savage Dawn | Rev. Romano (Character) | - | 1985 |
19% |
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Invasion U.S.A. | Mikhail Rostov (Character) | $17.2M | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Water Rebels | Unknown (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Ninja | Dr. Gustav Norden (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sizzle | Johnny O'Brien (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Conquest of the Earth | Wolfe (Character) | - | 1980 |
80% |
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The Ninth Configuration | 2nd Cyclist (Richard) (Character) | - | 1980 |
22% |
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The Formula |
General Helmut Kladen/ |
- | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Galactica Discovers Earth | Xaviar (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story | Sam Shockley (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vampire | Prince Anton Voytek (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Steel | Dancer (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet |
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Deathsport | Ankar Moor (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Baron | Joey (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Who Is Killing the Stuntmen? | Pete Lustig (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Good Against Evil | Mr. Rimmin (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dog and Cat | Shirley (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Delta Fox | David `'Delta'` Fox (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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The Premonition | Jude (Character) | - | 1976 |
79% |
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God Told Me To | Bernard Phillips (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch |
Joey / |
- | 1975 |
73% |
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The Seven-Ups | Moon (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Open Season | Art (Character) | - | 1974 |
76% |
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Scarecrow | Riley (Character) | - | 1973 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 90% | Charmed | Cronyn (Guest Star) | 2003 |
81% | 96% | Six Feet Under | Commitment Ceremony Presider (Guest Star) | 2002 |
87% | 98% | Mystery Science Theater 3000 | Unknown (Character) | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baywatch | Diederick (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Philip De Kooning (Guest Star) | 1992 1994 |
92% | 90% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Baran (Guest Star) | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1991 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Frank Lassiter (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS Summer Playhouse | Unknown (Character) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Precinct | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Airwolf |
John Bradford Horn / |
1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riptide | Unknown (Character) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Partners in Crime | George (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 71% | The A-Team | Johnny Turian (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983-1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | T.J. Hooker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Freddie Jefferson (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Starsky and Hutch | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978-1979 |
43% | 83% | Battlestar Galactica | Wolfe (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bionic Woman | Denton (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Harry Kraft (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Tedesco (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bronk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |