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.
Kojak
Stitchers
MacGyver
Good Times
St. Elsewhere
The District
The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
Saved by the Bell: The New Class
Remington Steele
Half and Half
Numbers
T. J. Hooker
Father Dowling Mysteries
Hardcastle and McCormick
Greys Anatomy
All of Us
L.A. Doctors
The Bernie Mac Show
Bill Cosby Show
Those Were the Days
