Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

149

Gender

Male

Birthday

1940-02-12

Deathday

2012-06-19 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Richard Hugh Lynch

Richard Lynch

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.

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Acting

2023

American Resurrection as President

2022

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror as Major Kraus (archive footage) (uncredited)

2018

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre as Nazi Major (archive footage) (uncredited)

2013		Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten as Kadar (archive footage)
2013		The Lords of Salem as Reverend Hawthorne (uncredited)

2011		Dream Cast as Himself
2011		Gun of the Black Sun as Damian Lupescu

2009		Dark Fields as Karl Lumis
2009		Holy Grail in America as Himself - New England Antiquities Research Association
2009		Chrome Angels as Ted
2009		Laid to Rest as Mr. Jones

2007		Halloween as Principal Chambers
2007		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)
2003		The Mummy's Kiss as Dr. Wallis Harwa
2003		Corpses Are Forever as General Morton
2003		Ancient Warriors as Curtis Mayhew

2002		Curse of the Forty-Niner as Old Man Prichard
2002		Crime and Punishment as Peter Luzhin, Dunia's suitor
2002		Outta Time as Franco
2002		Reflex Action as Mr. Smith

2001		The Joe Spinell Story as Self
2001		Death Game as Chief Canton

2000

Strike Zone as Adm. Douglas Lamport

1999		Lima: Breaking the Silence as James Gallagher, Ambassador (Ireland)
1999		Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming as Count Iblis
1999		Enemy Action as Dimitri

1998		Love and War II as Cimino
1998		Charmed as Cronyn
1998		Air America as Glen
1998		Armstrong as General Zukov
1998		Shattered Illusions as Sal

1997		Mike Hammer, Private Eye
1997		Under Oath as Daniel Saltarelli
1997		Werewolf as Noel
1997		We Are Angels as Alfonso Santillana
1997		Divine Lovers as Gregory
1997		Ground Rules as Case

1996		Total Force as Dr. Edmund Wellington
1996		Lone Tiger as Rossner
1996		Diamond Run as Sloan
1996		Vendetta as Dr. David Wilson

1995		Cyborg 3: The Recycler as Lewellyn
1995		Takedown
1995		Warrior of Justice as Doug aka 'The Master'
1995		Destination Vegas as RIchard
1995		Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit as Baran (archive footage)
1995		Dragon Fury as Vestor
1995		Terrified as Office Worker #2
1995		Terminal Virus as Calloway

1994		Death Match as Jimmie Fratello
1994		Roughcut as Mr. Caine
1994		Phantom 2040
1994		Scanner Cop as Karl Glock
1994		Midnight Confessions as Detective Harris
1994		Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular as Self (archive footage)
1994		Loving Deadly as Dr. Mel

1993		Inside Edge as Mario Gio
1993		Necronomicon as Jethro De Lapoer
1993		Showdown as The Commander
1993		Acapulco H.E.A.T. as Elliot Roth

1992		Double Threat as Detective Robert Fenich
1992		Maximum Force as Max Tanabe
1992		Highlander: The Series as John Kirin / Cage
1992		The Hat Squad
1992		Puppet Master III as Major Krauss
1992		Merlin as Pendragon

1991		Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth as Dr. Wardo
1991		Alligator 2: The Mutation as Hawkins
1991		Dark Justice
1991		Lockdown as James Garrett
1991		Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"
1991		The Last Hero as Montoro

1990		Aftershock as Commander Eastern
1990		Super Force
1990		Invasion Force as Michael Cooper
1990		The Forbidden Dance as Benjamin Maxwell
1990		Kojak: Flowers For Matty as Sands
1990		Return to Justice as Sheriff Jethro Lincoln

1989		High Stakes as Slim
1989		One Man Force as Adams

1988		Bad Dreams as Harris
1988		Little Nikita as Scuba
1988		Chopper Wars as Himself

1987		Star Trek: The Next Generation as Baran
1987		Jake and the Fatman
1987		Nightforce as Bishop
1987		The Barbarians as Kadar

1985		Savage Dawn as Rev. Romano
1985		Invasion U.S.A. as Mikhail Rostov
1985		Cut and Run as Colonel Brian Horne
1985		MacGruder and Loud as Joey Dime

1984		Murder, She Wrote as Michael O'Connor
1984		Murder, She Wrote as Philip De Kooning
1984		Partners in Crime
1984		Cover Up
1984		Hunter as Frank Lassiter
1984		Airwolf as John Bradford Horn / Gerald Van Dorian / Neal Streep
1984		Blue Thunder
1984		Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse as Narrator (voice)

1983		Automan
1983		Masquerade
1983		Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983		Manimal
1983		The Last Ninja as Dr. Gustav Norden
1983		The A-Team as Johnny Turian
1983		White Water Rebels as William Devine

1982		Matt Houston
1982		The Sword and the Sorcerer as Cromwell
1982		The Phoenix as Justin Preminger
1982		T. J. Hooker as Virgil Dobbs

1981		Sizzle as Johnny O'Brien
1981		The Phoenix as Justin Preminger

1980		Conquest of the Earth as Cmdr. Xavier
1980		The Formula as General Helmut Kladen / Frank Tedesco
1980		Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Sam Shockley
1980		Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Sam Shockley
1980		The Ninth Configuration as 2nd Cyclist
1980		Galactica 1980 as Commander Xavier

1979		Delta Fox as David 'Delta' Fox
1979		Steel as Dancer
1979		Vampire as Prince Anton Voytek
1979		Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Morgan Velosi

1978		Vega$
1978		Battlestar Galactica as Wolfe
1978		Deathsport as Ankar Moor

1977		Dog and Cat as Shirley
1977		Dog and Cat as Shirley
1977		Stunts as Pete Lustig
1977		Good Against Evil as Mr. Rimmin
1977		Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target as Curt Blair
1977		The Baron as Joey

1976		God Told Me To as Bernard Phillips
1976		Charlie's Angels as Freddie Jefferson
1976		The Premonition as Jude
1976		The Bionic Woman

1975		Starsky & Hutch as Lionel Fitzgerald II
1975		Switch as David Ring
1975		The Happy Hooker as The Cop
1975		Starsky & Hutch as Zane
1975		Bronk
1975		Baretta

1974		Police Woman
1974		Open Season as Art

1973		The Seven-Ups as Moon
1973		Scarecrow as Jack Riley

1972

The Streets of San Francisco

1968

LSD: Trip to Where? as self

Production

2006

Wedding Slashers as Associate Producer

2003

Corpses Are Forever as Producer