Richard Lynch obit

 

Actor Richard Lynch dies at 76

He was not on the list.

Actor Richard Lynch, who employed his platinum hair and scarred face to play villainous characters in such films as “Bad Dreams” and “The Sword and the Sorcerer,” was found dead Tuesday at his home in Palm Springs, California He was 76.

Actress Carol Vogel, a friend of the actor, found Lynch.

His representative, Mike Baronas, said that “from what I currently understand, no investigation into the cause of his death will be made as his body was sent directly to a funeral home.”

Lynch appeared in dozens of horror and sci-fi films in a career spanning four decades. He played serial killer Michael Myers’ principal in director Rob Zombie’s “Halloween” remake in 2007, and he appears in Zombie’s upcoming film “The Lords of Salem.” Other movies featuring Lynch included “Scarecrow,” ”The Ninth Configuration,” ”Invasion U.S.A.” and “Little Nikita.”

On TV he appeared in series including “Battlestar Galactica,” ”The A-Team,” “Six Feet Under,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”

Lynch reportedly suffered scarring in 1967 after accidentally setting himself on fire.

Born in Brooklyn to parents from Ireland, Lynch serves in the Marines and trained at the Actors Studio.

Lynch was twice married. His son Christopher, from his marriage to first wife Beatrix, appeared with Lynch in the film “Trancers II” but died of pneumonia in 2005. He is survived by second wife Lily and his brother Barry Lynch, also an actor.

 

Filmography

 

Films

1973 Scarecrow as Riley

1973 The Seven-Ups as Moon

1974 Starsky & Hutch as Art

1975 The Happy Hooker as The Cop

1976 The Premonition as Jude

1976 God Told Me To as Bernard Phillips

1977 The Baron as Joey

1977 Stunts as Pete Lustig

1978 Deathsport as Ankar Moor

1979 Steel as Dancer

1979 Delta Fox as David 'Delta' Fox

1979 Vampire as Prince Anton Voytek

1980 The Ninth Configuration as Richard, 2nd Cyclist

1980 The Formula as General Helmut Kladen / Frank Tedesco

1981 Sizzle as Johnny O'Brien

1982 The Sword and the Sorcerer as Titus Cromwell

1984 Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse as Narrator (voice)

1985 Cut and Run as Colonel Brian Horne

1985 Invasion U.S.A. as Mikhail Rostov

1985 Savage Dawn as Reverend Romano

1987 The Barbarians as Kadar

1987 Nightforce as Bishop

1988 Little Nikita as Scuba

1988 Bad Dreams as Franklin Harris

1989 One Man Force as Adams

1989 High Stakes as 'Slim'

1990 The Forbidden Dance as Benjamin Maxwell

1990 Aftershock as Commander Eastern

1990 Return to Justice as Sheriff Jethro Lincoln

1990 Invasion Force as Michael Cooper

1990 Lockdown as James Garrett

1991 Alligator II: The Mutation as 'Hawk' Hawkins

1991 Trancers II as Dr. E.D. Wardo

1991 The Last Hero as Montoro

1991 Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge as Major Kraus

1992 Maximum Force as Max Tanabe

1982 Inside Edge as Mario Gio

1992 Double Threat as Detective Robert Fenich

1993 Merlin as Pendragon

1993 H.P. Lovecraft's: Necronomicon as Jethro De Lapoer (part 1)

1994 Scanner Cop as Karl Glock

1994 Cyborg 3: The Recycler as Anton Lewellyn

1994 Midnight Confessions as Detective Harris

1994 Dangerous Waters as Admiral

1994 Death Match as Jimmie Fratello

1994 Loving Deadly as Dr. Mel

1995 Terrified as Office Worker #2

1995 Dragon Fury

1995 Terminal Virus as Calloway

1995 Warrior of Justice as Doug 'The Master'

1995 Takedown

1995 Destination Vegas as Richard

1996 Werewolf as Noel

1996 Lone Tiger as Bruce Rossner

1996 Total Force as Dr. Edmund Wellington

1996 Diamond Run as Sloan

1996 Vendetta as Dr. David Wilson

1996 The Garbage Man

1997 Under Oath as Daniel Saltarelli

1997 Ground Rules

1997 Divine Lovers as Gregory

1998 Shattered Illusions as Sal

1998 Armstrong as Colonel Vladimir Zukov

1998 Love and War II

1999 Lima: Breaking the Silence as James Gallagher, Ambassador of Ireland

1999 Eastside as Mihalas Gabriel

1999 Enemy Action as Dimitri

2001 Death Game as Chief Canton

2001 Ankle Bracelet as Jerry

2002 Outta Time as Franco

2002 Crime and Punishment as Peter Luzhin, Dunia's Suitor

2002 Curse of the Forty-Niner as Old Man Prichard

2003 Fabulous Shiksa in Distress as The Messenger (uncredited)

2003 Ancient Warriors as Curtis Mayhew

2003 The Mummy's Kiss as Dr. Wallis Harwa

2003 Final Combat

2003 Corpses Are Forever as General Morton

2005 The Great Wall of Magellon as Old Akillian

2006 Wedding Slashers as Daddy

2007 Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy as The President of the United States

2007 Halloween as Principal Chambers

2009 Dark Fields as Karl Lumis / Mr. Jones

2009 Chrome Angels as Uncle Ted

2009 The Rain as Karl Lumis

2010 Resurrection as The President

2011 Gun of the Black Sun as Damian Lupescu

2012 The Lords of Salem as Reverend Jonathan Hawthorne (scenes deleted) (Due to poor health, Lynch was replaced by Andrew Prine during early stages of filming.)

 

Television

1977 Streets of San Francisco Season 5 - Episode 23 "Time Out" as Harry Kraft

1978 Battlestar Galactica episode Gun on Ice Planet Zero (as Wolfe)

1978 Vega$ episode Kill Dan Tanna as Mr. North

1981 Vega$ episode Dead Ringer as Benjamin Lang

1979 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Morgan Velosi

1979 Charlie's Angels episode Angels on the Street as Freddie Jefferson

1978 Starsky & Hutch episode Quadromania s03 e22 as Lionel Fitzgerald III

1979 Starsky & Hutch episode Starsky vs Hutch s04 e21 as Joey

1980 Galactica 1980 as Commander Xaviar

1980 Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story as Sam Shockley

1982 The Phoenix as Justin Preminger

1984 Blue Thunder as P.V.C.

1984 The A-Team, episode “Hot styles” (3x12) as John Turian

1984 Matt Houston, episode “Apostle of Death” as Jesse Mercer

1985 Airwolf episode “The Horn of Plenty” as John Bradford Horn / Gerald Van Dorian / Neal Streep

1987 The Law & Harry McGraw Season 1 - Episode 3 "Mr. Chapman, I Presume?" as Trent

1987 Werewolf as Servan Domballe

1989 Hunter episode “The Legion” as Frank Lassiter

1991 Super Force Season 1 - Episodes 16 & 17 "The Sins of the Fathers" as Dr. Lothar Presley

1993 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Gambit as Arctus Baran

1992-1994 Murder, She Wrote episode To the last will I grapple with thee & Amsterdam Kill as Philip de Kooning / Michael O'Connor

1995 Highlander: The Series as John Kirin / Cage

1998 Mike Hammer, Private Eye as Graham Mintner

1999 Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming as Count Iblis

2003 Charmed as Cronyn