Richard Lynch - Turner Classic Movies

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Also Known As

Richard Hugh Lynch

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Born

February 12, 1940

Died

June 19, 2012

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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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" an...

Filmography

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Dark Fields (2009)

Laid to Rest (2009)

Halloween (2007)

Outta Time (2002)

Under Oath (2000)

Eastside (2000)

Milhalas Gabriel

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Deathsport (1978) -- (Original Trailer)

Stunts (1977) -- (Movie Clip) All Cameras Stand By

Biography

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.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Dark Fields (2009)

Laid to Rest (2009)

Halloween (2007)

Outta Time (2002)

Under Oath (2000)

Eastside (2000)

Milhalas Gabriel

Armstrong (1999)

Lone Tiger (1999)

Vendetta (1997)

Dr David Wilson

Darklands (1997)

Werewolf (1997)

H.P. Lovecraft's Necronomicon (1996)

Jethro Delapore ("The Mansion Of The Drowned")

Midnight Confessions (1995)

Terminal Virus (1995)

Toughguy (1995)

Cyborg 3 The Recycler (1995)

Destination Vegas (1995)

Death Match (1994)

Showdown (1993)

Scanner Cop (1993)

Double Threat (1992)

Maximum Force (1992)

Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth (1991)

Inside Edge (1991)

Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)

The Forbidden Dance (1990)

Alligator II: The Mutation (1990)

Flowers For Matty (1990)

Aftershock (1990)

Invasion Force (1990)

One Man Force (1989)

High Stakes (1989)

Little Nikita (1988)

Eight Men Out (1988)

Bad Dreams (1988)

Nightforce (1987)

The Barbarians (1987)

Milwr Bychan (1986)

Cut and Run (1986)

Colonel Brian Horne

Invasion U.S.A. (1985)

Savage Dawn (1985)

Reverend Romano

The Last Ninja (1983)

The Delta Fox (1983)

White Water Rebels (1983)

The Sword And The Sorcerer (1982)

Conquest of the Earth (1980)

The Formula (1980)

Deathsport (1978)

Dog and Cat (1977)

Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target (1977)

Good Against Evil (1977)

Stunts (Do Not Use) (1977)

God Told Me To (1976)

The Premonition (1975)

The Happy Hooker (1975)

Starsky and Hutch (1975)

Open Season (1974)

The Seven Ups (1973)

Scarecrow (1973)

Cast (Special)

Selected Exits (1993)

The Heat (1989)

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Thicker Than Water (1994)

The Christmas Stallion (1992)

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)

Life Events

Videos

Stunts (1977) -- (Movie Clip) All Cameras Stand By After credits in which we saw the tie-line to the helicopter tampered with, the first scene finds stunt man Billy (Gary Charles Davis), with Earl (Malachi Throne) directing, undertaking the big stunt, Ray Sharkey the driver, in Stunts, 1977, the first feature from Robert Shaye’s New Line Cinema.

Seven-Ups, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) We Never Make Mistakes Possibly cops and definitely thugs Moon and Bo (Richard Lynch, Bill Hickman) realize something’s wrong in their ransom pay-off, wind up shooting a colleague of real cops Buddy and Barilli (Roy Scheider, Victor Arnold), beginning the celebrated nine-minute car chase in the Bronx, in The Seven-Ups, 1973.

Seven-Ups, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) You Want The Wax? Somewhat famous scene in which goons Moon and Bo (Richard Lynch and Bill Hickman, also the stunt co-ordinator), who just finished kidnapping a loan-shark, and who might also be cops, don’t realize they’re being set up, as they visit a Manhattan car wash, in The Seven-Ups, 1973.

Deathsport (1978) -- (Original Trailer) From producer Roger Corman and completing his five-picture deal with star David Carradine, kind of a sequel to the profitable Death Race 2000, 1975, co-starring Playboy model Claudia Jennings, the theatrical trailer for Deathsport, 1978.

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