Richard Lynch
Born: 1940-02-12 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2012-06-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
Richard Lynch (February 12, 1940 – June 19, 2012) was an American actor best known for portraying villains in films and television. His film credits included The Sword and the Sorcerer, Invasion USA, The Seven-Ups, Scarecrow, Little Nikita, Bad Dreams, God Told Me To, and Halloween. He appeared in science fiction productions, including Battlestar Galactica (as Wolfe) and its sequel series Galactica 1980 (as Commander Xaviar). He also appeared in such shows as Starsky and Hutch, Baretta, T. J. Hooker, Blue Thunder, Airwolf, The A-Team, Charmed and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Lynch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2025
- Puppet Master III: Toulan's Revenge Noir as Major Krause
2022
- Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror as Major Kraus (archive footage) (uncredited)
- American Resurrection as President
2018
- Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre as Nazi Major (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
- Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten as Kadar (archive footage)
- The Lords of Salem as Reverend Hawthorne (uncredited)
2011
- Gun of the Black Sun as Damian Lupescu
- Dream Cast as Himself
2009
- Laid to Rest as Mr. Jones
- Chrome Angels as Ted
- Dark Fields as Karl Lumis
- Holy Grail in America as Himself - New England Antiquities Research Association
2007
- Halloween as Principal Chambers
- Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy as President of the United States
2006
- Wedding Slashers as Daddy
2003
- Puppet Master: The Legacy as Major Kraus (archive footage)
- The Mummy's Kiss as Dr. Wallis Harwa
- Ancient Warriors as Curtis Mayhew
- Corpses Are Forever as General Morton
2002
- Crime and Punishment as Peter Luzhin, Dunia's suitor
- Curse of the Forty-Niner as Old Man Prichard
- Outta Time as Franco
- Reflex Action as Mr. Smith
2001
- The Joe Spinell Story as Self
- Death Game as Chief Canton
2000
- Strike Zone as Adm. Douglas Lamport
1999
- Enemy Action as Dimitri
- Lima: Breaking the Silence as James Gallagher, Ambassador (Ireland)
- Eastside as Mihalas Gabriel
- Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming as Count Iblis
1998
- Charmed as Cronyn
- Air America as Glen
- Armstrong as General Zukov
- Shattered Illusions as Sal
- Love and War II as Cimino
1997
- Mike Hammer, Private Eye
- We Are Angels as Alfonso Santillana
- Divine Lovers as Gregory
- Under Oath as Daniel Saltarelli
- Ground Rules as Case
1996
- Total Force as Dr. Edmund Wellington
- Werewolf as Noel
- Lone Tiger as Rossner
- Diamond Run as Sloan
- Vendetta as Dr. David Wilson
1995
- Terrified as Office Worker #2
- Cyborg 3: The Recycler as Lewellyn
- Destination Vegas as RIchard
- Takedown
- Dragon Fury as Vestor
- Terminal Virus as Calloway
- Warrior of Justice as Doug aka 'The Master'
1994
- Phantom 2040
- Scanner Cop as Karl Glock
- Death Match as Jimmie Fratello
- Loving Deadly as Dr. Mel
- Midnight Confessions as Detective Harris
- Roughcut as Mr. Caine
1993
- Acapulco H.E.A.T. as Elliot Roth
- Necronomicon as Jethro De Lapoer
- Inside Edge as Mario Gio
- Showdown as The Commander
1992
- Highlander: The Series as John Kirin / Cage
- The Hat Squad as Nick Ashe
- Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge as Major Krauss
- Merlin as Pendragon
- Double Threat as Detective Robert Fenich
- Maximum Force as Max Tanabe
1991
- Dark Justice
- Trancers II as Dr. Wardo
- Alligator 2: The Mutation as Hawkins
- Lockdown as James Garrett
- Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
- The Last Hero as Montoro
1990
- Super Force as Dr. Lothar Presley
- The Forbidden Dance as Benjamin Maxwell
- Aftershock as Commander Eastern
- Kojak: Flowers For Matty as Sands
- Return to Justice as Sheriff Jethro Lincoln
- Invasion Force as Michael Cooper
1989
- One Man Force as Adams
- High Stakes as Slim
1988
- Bad Dreams as Harris
- Little Nikita as Scuba
- Chopper Wars as Himself
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Baran
- Jake and the Fatman
- The Barbarians as Kadar
- Nightforce as Bishop
1985
- MacGruder and Loud as Joey Dime
- Invasion U.S.A. as Mikhail Rostov
- Cut and Run as Colonel Brian Horne
- Savage Dawn as Rev. Romano
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Michael O'Connor
- Hunter as Frank Lassiter
- Airwolf as John Bradford Horn / Gerald Van Dorian / Neal Streep
- Cover Up
- Blue Thunder
- Partners in Crime
- Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse as Narrator (voice)
1983
- The A-Team as Johnny Turian
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- Automan
- Manimal
- Masquerade as General Vladimir Sirin
- The Last Ninja as Dr. Gustav Norden
- White Water Rebels as William Devine
1982
- T. J. Hooker as Virgil Dobbs
- Matt Houston
- The Sword and the Sorcerer as Cromwell
- The Phoenix as Justin Preminger
1981
- Sizzle as Johnny O'Brien
- The Phoenix as Justin Preminger
1980
- Galactica 1980 as Commander Xavier
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Sam Shockley
- The Ninth Configuration as 2nd Cyclist
- The Formula as General Helmut Kladen / Frank Tedesco
- Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Sam Shockley
- Conquest of the Earth as Cmdr. Xavier
1979
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Morgan Velosi
- Steel as Dancer
- Vampire as Prince Anton Voytek
- Delta Fox as David 'Delta' Fox
1978
- Vega$
- Battlestar Galactica as Wolfe
- Deathsport as Ankar Moor
1977
- Dog and Cat as Shirley
- Stunts as Pete Lustig
- Good Against Evil as Mr. Rimmin
- The Baron as Joey
- Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target as Curt Blair
- Dog and Cat as Shirley
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Freddie Jefferson
- The Bionic Woman
- God Told Me To as Bernard Phillips
- The Premonition as Jude
1975
- Starsky & Hutch as Lionel Fitzgerald II
- Baretta
- Switch as David Ring
- Bronk
- The Happy Hooker as The Cop
- Starsky & Hutch as Zane
1974
- Police Woman
- Open Season as Art
1973
- Scarecrow as Jack Riley
- The Seven-Ups as Moon
1968
- LSD: Trip to Where? as self