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Richard Lawson (actor)
Richard Lawson (actor) is an American actor born 1947 in Loma Linda, California, known for Poltergeist, V, Dynasty, All My Children, and Beauty in Black; Vietnam veteran, acting teacher, and founder of Richard Lawson Studios.
Richard Lester
Richard Lester (Richard Lester Liebman, born 1932, Philadelphia), US-born British-based film director of the Beatles films A Hard Day's Night (1964) and Help! (1965), also The Three Musketeers, Petulia, and Superman II and III; retired 1991.
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 Linklater
Richard Linklater, Austin, Texas-based American director of Slacker, Dazed and Confused, the Before trilogy, School of Rock, and the 12-year Boyhood, known for experiments with cinematic time.
Richard Long (actor)
Richard McCord Long (1927–1974), American actor known as Dick Long; star of ABC's The Big Valley, Nanny and the Professor, Bourbon Street Beat, and 77 Sunset Strip, with film roles from The Egg and I to House on Haunted Hill.
Richard Lumsden
Richard James Lumsden, born 1965 in Lancashire, is an English actor, writer, and composer known for roles in Sense and Sensibility (1995), Darkest Hour (2017), and Sugar Rush.
Richard Lynch
Richard Hugh Lynch (1940–2012, some sources 1936) was an American character actor famous for villain roles in horror and sci-fi films like The Sword and the Sorcerer, Invasion U.S.A., and Halloween, scarred by a 1967 LSD-related fire.
Richard Madden
Richard Madden (born 1986) is a Scottish actor known as Robb Stark in Game of Thrones, Golden Globe winner for Bodyguard, John Reid in Rocketman, Ikaris in Eternals, and Mason Kane in Citadel.
Richard Madeley
Richard Madeley, English TV presenter, journalist and novelist, one half of 'Richard and Judy' with wife Judy Finnigan; hosted ITV's This Morning (1988-2001), Channel 4's Richard & Judy, and Good Morning Britain; known for Alan Partridge comparisons and novels like Father's Day.
Richard Marquand
Richard Marquand, full name Richard Alfred Marquand, was a Welsh film and television director best known for Return of the Jedi (1983) and Jagged Edge (1985).
Richard McCourt
Richard McCourt (born 1976, Sheffield), known as Dick of Dick and Dom with Dominic Wood, is an English children's TV presenter, host of Dick and Dom in da Bungalow (2002–2006), double BAFTA winner, later actor, DJ, and author.
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 Ney
Richard Ney (1916-2004), American actor and investment adviser; played Vin Miniver in Mrs. Miniver (1942), married Greer Garson 1943-1947, then wrote The Wall Street Jungle and predicted the 1962 crash.
Richard Norton (actor)
Richard Norton (1950-2025), Australian martial artist, actor, and fight choreographer; co-creator of Zen Do Kai; villain in The Octagon and Hong Kong films with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung; Prime Imperator in Mad Max films.
Richard O'Brien
Richard O'Brien (Richard Timothy Smith, born 1942, Cheltenham) is an English-New Zealand actor and writer who created The Rocky Horror Show (1973), played Riff Raff in the 1975 film, and hosted The Crystal Maze.
Richard O'Sullivan
Richard O'Sullivan (1944-2026), British comic actor and former child star, played Robin Tripp in Man About the House and Robin's Nest, Dick Turpin, and Me and My Girl; his sitcom format inspired Three's Company.
Richard Osman
Richard Osman (born 1970, Billericay) is a British TV presenter, producer, and novelist: Creative Director at Endemol UK, accidental co-host of Pointless, host of House of Games, author of The Thursday Murder Club series.
Richard Osman's House of Games
Richard Osman's House of Games is a BBC Two celebrity quiz show launched 4 September 2017, hosted by Richard Osman through Series 9 and then Michael Sheen, with five rounds daily, Double Points Friday, and novelty prizes.
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert is a 1979 concert film of Pryor's December 29, 1978 Terrace Theater show in Long Beach, directed by Jeff Margolis, grossing over $30 million and entering the National Film Registry in 2021.
Richard Rankin
Richard Rankin (born 1983, birth name Richard Harris) is a Scottish actor known as Roger Wakefield MacKenzie in Outlander, the lead in BBC's Rebus, Burnistoun, and narrator of the 2026 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
Richard Ridings
Richard Ridings (born 1958, Henley-on-Thames) is an English actor, the voice of Daddy Pig in Peppa Pig (2004–2025) and Mr. Bumble in Dickensian; also seen in Erik the Viking and The Pianist.
Richard Rishi
Richard Rishi (Richard Sharaf Babu) is an Indian actor in Tamil and Telugu cinema, a former child artist whose leads include Kadhal Virus, Draupathi, Rudra Thandavam, and Veera Simha Kadavarayan in Draupathi 2 (2026).
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper (born 1959) is a Chicago film critic and columnist, co-host of Ebert & Roeper (2000-2008), longtime Chicago Sun-Times columnist until 2025, now at RogerEbert.com and NBC 5 Chicago.
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 Roxburgh
Richard Roxburgh (born 1962, Albury, NSW) is an Australian actor, director and co-creator of Rake, known for Cleaver Greene, Blue Murder's Roger Rogerson, Moulin Rouge!, Van Helsing, and directing Romulus, My Father.
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 Speight Jr.
Richard Speight Jr. (born 1970, Nashville) is an American actor and director known as Sgt. Skip Muck in Band of Brothers and Archangel Gabriel in Supernatural, where he also directed 11 episodes, and for Kings of Con.
Richard Stanley (director)
Richard Stanley (born 1966) is a South African cult film director of Hardware (1990), Dust Devil (1992), and Color Out of Space (2019), known for his firing from The Island of Dr. Moreau and his myth-focused documentaries.