Richard Lawson

Richard Lawson is known for acting, with films including Dirty Harry, Poltergeist, Streets of Fire. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

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.

Filmography

• Dirty Harry (1971)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• Streets of Fire (1984)
• Guess Who (2005)
• Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black (2024)
• Wag the Dog (1997)
• Stick (1985)
• Coming Home (1978)
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)
• For Colored Girls (2010)
• Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
• Audrey Rose (1977)
• The Jericho Mile (1980)
• The Main Event (1979)
• Lemonade (2016)
• Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror (2019)
• Sugar Hill (1974)