Sy Richardson
Born: 1941-06-04 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sy Richardson is an American film and television actor.Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella. He is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, The Winner and Searchers 2.0. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film Tripwire. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner on the TV series Pushing Daisies. He is also in They Live and played a tough L.A. County Sherrif in the gang classic Colors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sy Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2023
- It Wants Blood 2 as Professor Smert
2019
- Family Reunion as Brother Franklin
- 5th of July as Pops
2017
- Message From a Mistress as Mr. Hall
2015
- Documentary Now! as David
- Faith of Our Fathers as Dan
2014
- Benched as Moon Rock
2011
- Larry Crowne as Avery
2010
- Rizzoli & Isles as Sour Grapes
- A Numbers Game as Bernie
- Our Family Wedding as Sonny
- Hip-Hop Headstrong as The Bishop
2008
- South of Heaven as Pawn Daddy
2007
- Pushing Daisies as Coroner
- Lord Help Us as Church Member
- All About Us as Willie Earl
- Searchers 2.0 as Fritz Frobisher
2004
- Surviving Christmas as Doo-Dah Understudy
2003
- NCIS as Lester
- L.A. County 187 as Leotis Brown
2002
- Monk as Sanitation Worker
- The Shield as Brother William
2001
- The Division as Bus Driver
- Human Nature as Police Detective
- Extreme Honor as Schultz
2000
- After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped as Mr. Coleman
- The Playaz Court as Louie
1999
- Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar as Harry
- Heat Vision and Jack as Doctor
1998
- Charmed as Father Wilkins
- Erasable You as Miliatant
- Shattered Illusions as Gene
1996
- Profiler as Gus
- The Winner as Bartender
- Evil Obsession as Jim
1994
- ER as Coleman
- The Glass Shield as Mr. Taylor
- Floundering as Commander K
1993
- Posse as Shepherd
- Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel as Ernest
- Eye of the Stranger as Jeb
1992
- Martin as Boss Man
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Mr. Gooding
1990
- Wings as Luther
- Catchfire as Capt. Walker
- Street Asylum as Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum
- Men at Work as Walt Richardson
- The Grifters as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- To Sleep with Anger as Marsh
1989
- Mystery Train as Newsvendor
- Tripwire as Turbo
- Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects as Lavonne
- Three Fugitives as Tucker
1988
- Colors as Bailey
- They Live as Black Revolutionary
- Bad Dreams as Detective Wasserman
- Tapeheads as Bartender
- Dead Man Walking as Snake
1987
- Cold Steel as Rashid
- Walker as Captain Hornsby
- Straight to Hell as Norwood
- Medium Rare as Marv
1986
- Sid and Nancy as Methadone Caseworker
1984
- Repo Man as Lite
1983
- My Brother's Wedding as Mr. Dubois
1982
- Cheers as Gordon
1981
- Falcon Crest as Detective Olen
1979
- Nocturna as RH Factor
1978
- Fairy Tales as Sirus
1977
- Cinderella as Fairy Godmother
- Petey Wheatstraw as Petey's Father