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Richard Edson
Richard Edson (born 1954, New Rochelle, New York) is an American actor and musician, Sonic Youth's original drummer 1981-82 and a Konk trumpet player, best known as Eddie in Stranger Than Paradise and Vito in Do the Right Thing.
Richard Gere
Richard Gere (Richard Tiffany Gere, born 1949, Philadelphia) is an American actor and Tibetan Buddhist activist, star of American Gigolo, An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman, and Chicago, with a Golden Globe and no Oscar nomination.
Richard Gilliland
Richard Gilliland (1950-2021), American character actor from Fort Worth, Texas; played J.D. Shackelford on Designing Women, where he met wife Jean Smart; also Operation Petticoat, The Waltons, Just Our Luck.
Richard Grieco
Richard Grieco (born 1965, Watertown, New York) is an American actor known as Officer Dennis Booker on 21 Jump Street and its spin-off Booker, later an indie film actor, director, and musician.
Richard Hatch (actor)
Richard Hatch (1945-2017), American actor; Captain Apollo in original Battlestar Galactica (1978-79) and Tom Zarek in the Syfy reboot (2004-2009); also All My Children and The Streets of San Francisco.
Richard Herd
Richard Herd (1932-2020), American character actor from Boston; played Mr. Wilhelm on Seinfeld, Supreme Commander John in V, Captain Sheridan on T.J. Hooker, and Admiral Owen Paris in Star Trek: Voyager.
Richard Jenkins
Richard Jenkins (born 1947, DeKalb, Illinois) is an American character actor, Trinity Rep artistic director 1990-1994, Six Feet Under's Nathaniel Fisher, Oscar-nominated for The Visitor and The Shape of Water, Emmy winner for Olive Kitteridge.
Richard Jordan
Richard Jordan (Robert Anson Jordan Jr., 1937-1993), American Harvard-educated stage and screen actor; Golden Globe winner for Captains and Kings, played Duncan Idaho in Dune and Armistead in Gettysburg; distinct from namesakes Robert Jordan and Michael B. Jordan.
Richard Karn
Richard Karn (Richard Karn Wilson, born 1956, Seattle) is an American actor and host, famous as Al Borland on ABC's Home Improvement (1991–1999) and as host of Family Feud (2002–06) and Bingo America, later reuniting with Tim Allen on Assembly Required and More Power.
Richard Kiel
Richard Kiel (1939-2014), American actor, 7 ft 2 in due to acromegaly, played steel-toothed Jaws in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979), the only Bond henchman in two films; also Eegah, The Longest Yard, Pale Rider, Happy Gilmore.
Richard Kind
Richard Kind (born 1956) is an American character actor known for Mad About You, Spin City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Bing Bong in Inside Out, and A Serious Man; Northwestern graduate and Second City-trained, with over 300 screen credits.
Richard Kline
Richard Kline (born Richard Klein, 1944) is an American actor and director known as Larry Dallas on Three's Company (1977-84, 131 episodes) and both spin-offs, plus Broadway work and Blue Bloods.
Richard Libertini
Richard Libertini (1933–2016), American character actor from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Second City alumnus known for accents; played General Garcia in The In-Laws, Frank Walker in Fletch, and voiced Dijon in DuckTales.
Richard Moll
Richard Moll (1943-2023) was an American character actor who played bailiff Bull Shannon on NBC's Night Court (1984-1992) and voiced Two-Face in Batman: The Animated Series; he died in Big Bear Lake, California.
Richard Mulligan
Richard Mulligan (1932-2000), American comic character actor, Emmy winner as Burt Campbell in Soap and Dr. Harry Weston in Empty Nest; brother of director Robert Mulligan.
Richard Roundtree
Richard Roundtree (1942-2023), American actor, played Detective John Shaft in Shaft (1971), becoming one of the first Black action heroes; also Roots, Se7en, and the 2000 and 2019 Shaft films.
Richard S. Castellano
Richard S. Castellano (1933–1988), American character actor, Broadway Tony nominee, Oscar-nominated for Lovers and Other Strangers, played Peter Clemenza in The Godfather; distinct from Richard C. Castellano (1954–2015).
Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff (born 1955, Bethesda, Maryland) is an American character actor, Emmy winner in 2000 as Toby Ziegler on The West Wing, later Dr. Aaron Glassman on The Good Doctor; former off-Broadway director, husband of Sheila Kelley.
Richard T. Jones
Richard T. Jones (Richard Timothy Jones, born 1972, Kobe, Japan) is an American actor known for Bruce Van Exel on Judging Amy, Slim in The Wood, Mike in Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? films, and Wade Grey on ABC's The Rookie since 2018.
Richard Thomas (actor)
Richard Thomas (born 1951) is an American actor best known as John-Boy Walton in CBS's The Waltons, for which he won a 1973 Emmy; also It, The Americans, Ozark, and a seven-decade stage career with 2017 and 2026 Tony nominations.
Rick Hill (actor)
Rick Hill (Richard Hill, born 1953, Harlan, Kentucky) is an American actor, director, and writer: star of Deathstalker (1983), Al Gordean on Today's F.B.I., and co-author of the Pete Rose best-seller My Prison Without Bars.
Rick Rossovich
Rick Rossovich (Frederic Enrico Rossovich, born 1957) is a retired American actor known as Slider in Top Gun (1986), Matt Buchanan in The Terminator (1984), Lt. Anthony Palermo on Pacific Blue, and Dr. Tag on ER's first season.
Ricky Jay
Ricky Jay (Richard Jay Potash, 1946/1948-2018), American sleight-of-hand magician, card thrower, actor in Mamet films and Tomorrow Never Dies, author of Cards as Weapons, and magic historian.
Ricky Schroder
Ricky Schroder is an American actor and director known for The Champ, Silver Spoons, Lonesome Dove, and NYPD Blue. His directing work includes Black Cloud and the music video for Whiskey Lullaby.
Rider Strong
Rider Strong (Rider King Strong, born 1979) is an American actor, director, and writer, best known as Shawn Hunter on Boy Meets World (1993–2000) and Girl Meets World, star of Cabin Fever, and co-host of the podcasts Pod Meets World and Literary Disco.
Rita Wilson
Rita Wilson (born Margarita Ibrahimoff, 1956) is an American actress, singer, and film producer from Los Angeles, wife of Tom Hanks. Known for producing My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Mamma Mia!, her albums AM/FM through Sound of a Woman, and 2019 Greek citizenship.
River Phoenix
River Phoenix (River Jude Bottom, 1970-1993) was an American actor known for Stand by Me, Running on Empty (Oscar-nominated), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and My Own Private Idaho (Volpi Cup, Independent Spirit Award); died of an overdose at 23.
Rob Estes
Rob Estes (Robert Alan Estes), American actor born 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia; known for Sgt. Chris Lorenzo in Silk Stalkings, Kyle McBride in Melrose Place, and Harry Wilson in 90210; also directed episodes of those series.
Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe (Robert Hepler Lowe, born 1964, Charlottesville, Virginia) is an American actor: 1980s Brat Pack star of The Outsiders and St. Elmo's Fire, reinvented on TV in The West Wing, Parks and Recreation, and 9-1-1: Lone Star.
Rob Morrow
Rob Morrow (born 1962, New Rochelle, New York) is an American actor and director known as Dr. Joel Fleischman on Northern Exposure (1990-95) and FBI agent Don Eppes on Numb3rs (2005-10), with Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and the film Quiz Show.