Richard Lynch

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.

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Known For

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987 • as Baran

Charmed

1998 • as Cronyn

Murder, She Wrote

1984 • as Michael O'Connor

Murder, She Wrote

1984 • as Philip De Kooning

The A-Team

1983 • as Johnny Turian

Charlie's Angels

1976 • as Freddie Jefferson

Filmography

2023

American Resurrection

as President

Movie - Released: 8/1/2023

2022

Carnage Collection - Puppet Master: Trunk Full of Terror

as Major Kraus (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 12/30/2022

2018

Puppet Master: Blitzkrieg Massacre

as Nazi Major (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 9/26/2018

2013

The Lords of Salem

as Reverend Hawthorne (uncredited)

Movie - Released: 4/18/2013

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten

as Kadar (archive footage)

TV - Released: 7/26/2013

2011

Movie

Dream Cast

as Himself

Movie - Released: 9/13/2011

Gun of the Black Sun

as Damian Lupescu

Movie - Released: 3/4/2011

2009

Dark Fields

as Karl Lumis

Movie - Released: 10/25/2009

Laid to Rest

as Mr. Jones

Movie - Released: 3/18/2009

Holy Grail in America

as Himself - New England Antiquities Research Association

Movie - Released: 9/20/2009

Chrome Angels

as Ted

Movie - Released: 6/6/2009

2007

Halloween

as Principal Chambers

Movie - Released: 8/31/2007

Mil Mascaras vs. the Aztec Mummy

as President of the United States

Movie - Released: 1/1/2007

2006

Wedding Slashers

as Daddy

Movie - Released: 11/21/2006

2003

Ancient Warriors

as Curtis Mayhew

Movie - Released: 3/1/2003

Corpses Are Forever

as General Morton

Movie - Released: 3/3/2003

The Mummy's Kiss

as Dr. Wallis Harwa

Movie - Released: 8/1/2003

Puppet Master: The Legacy

as Major Kraus (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 12/16/2003

2002

Reflex Action

as Mr. Smith

Movie - Released: 1/22/2002

Curse of the Forty-Niner

as Old Man Prichard

Movie - Released: 10/1/2002

Crime and Punishment

as Peter Luzhin, Dunia's suitor

Movie - Released: 6/1/2002

Outta Time

as Franco

Movie - Released: 3/28/2002

2001

Death Game

as Chief Canton

Movie - Released: 1/1/2001

The Joe Spinell Story

as Self

Movie - Released: 8/21/2001

2000

Strike Zone

as Adm. Douglas Lamport

Movie - Released: 5/17/2000

1999

Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming

as Count Iblis

Movie - Released: 1/1/1999

Lima: Breaking the Silence

as James Gallagher, Ambassador (Ireland)

Movie - Released: 3/30/1999

Enemy Action

as Dimitri

Movie - Released: 1/1/1999

1998

Armstrong

as General Zukov

Movie - Released: 5/21/1998

Love and War II

as Cimino

Movie - Released: 12/31/1998

Shattered Illusions

as Sal

Movie - Released: 2/1/1998

Air America

as Glen

TV - Released: 10/3/1998

Charmed

as Cronyn

TV - Released: 10/7/1998

1997

Ground Rules

as Case

Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

Werewolf

as Noel

Movie - Released: 2/11/1997

Under Oath

as Daniel Saltarelli

Movie - Released: 9/16/1997

Divine Lovers

as Gregory

Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

Mike Hammer, Private Eye

TV - Released: 9/28/1997

We Are Angels

as Alfonso Santillana

TV - Released: 2/9/1997

1996

Lone Tiger

as Rossner

Movie - Released: 7/17/1996

Total Force

as Dr. Edmund Wellington

Movie - Released: 9/19/1996

Diamond Run

as Sloan

Movie - Released: 1/25/1996

Vendetta

as Dr. David Wilson

Movie - Released: 1/1/1996

1995

Terrified

as Office Worker #2

Movie - Released: 1/13/1995

Cyborg 3: The Recycler

as Lewellyn

Movie - Released: 12/19/1995

Destination Vegas

as RIchard

Movie - Released: 5/19/1995

Dragon Fury

as Vestor

Movie - Released: 3/2/1995

Warrior of Justice

as Doug aka 'The Master'

Movie - Released: 11/4/1995

Movie

Takedown

Movie - Released: 12/12/1995

Movie

Terminal Virus

as Calloway

Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gambit

as Baran (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 5/8/1995

1994

Scanner Cop

as Karl Glock

Movie - Released: 7/27/1994

Roughcut

as Mr. Caine

Movie - Released: 9/20/1994

Loving Deadly

as Dr. Mel

Movie - Released: 1/1/1994

Midnight Confessions

as Detective Harris

Movie - Released: 7/17/1994

Death Match

as Jimmie Fratello

Movie - Released: 10/26/1994

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

as Self (archive footage)

Movie - Released: 6/30/1994

Phantom 2040

TV - Released: 9/18/1994

1993

Necronomicon

as Jethro De Lapoer

Movie - Released: 11/1/1993

Showdown

as The Commander

Movie - Released: 10/27/1993

Inside Edge

as Mario Gio

Movie - Released: 11/2/1993

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

as Elliot Roth

TV - Released: 9/28/1993

1992

Puppet Master III

as Major Krauss

Movie - Released: 5/1/1992

Merlin

as Pendragon

Movie - Released: 4/30/1992

Double Threat

as Detective Robert Fenich

Movie - Released: 12/11/1992

Maximum Force

as Max Tanabe

Movie - Released: 10/7/1992

The Hat Squad

TV - Released: 9/16/1992

Highlander: The Series

as John Kirin / Cage

TV - Released: 10/3/1992

1991

Trancers II: The Return of Jack Deth

as Dr. Wardo

Movie - Released: 8/22/1991

Alligator 2: The Mutation

as Hawkins

Movie - Released: 7/5/1991

Lockdown

as James Garrett

Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

Videozone: The Making of "Puppet Master III"

Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

The Last Hero

as Montoro

Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

Dark Justice

TV - Released: 4/5/1991

1990

Invasion Force

as Michael Cooper

Movie - Released: 9/4/1990

Aftershock

as Commander Eastern

Movie - Released: 10/5/1990

The Forbidden Dance

as Benjamin Maxwell

Movie - Released: 3/16/1990

Return to Justice

as Sheriff Jethro Lincoln

Movie - Released: 1/1/1990

Kojak: Flowers For Matty

as Sands

Movie - Released: 1/4/1990

Super Force

TV - Released: 10/5/1990

1989

One Man Force

as Adams

Movie - Released: 9/21/1989

High Stakes

as Slim

Movie - Released: 10/6/1989

1988

Bad Dreams

as Harris

Movie - Released: 4/8/1988

Chopper Wars

as Himself

Movie - Released: 1/1/1988

Little Nikita

as Scuba

Movie - Released: 3/17/1988

1987

The Barbarians

as Kadar

Movie - Released: 3/20/1987

Nightforce

as Bishop

Movie - Released: 5/1/1987

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Baran

TV - Released: 9/28/1987

Jake and the Fatman

TV - Released: 9/26/1987

1985

Cut and Run

as Colonel Brian Horne

Movie - Released: 8/8/1985

Invasion U.S.A.

as Mikhail Rostov

Movie - Released: 9/27/1985

Savage Dawn

as Rev. Romano

Movie - Released: 12/21/1985

MacGruder and Loud

as Joey Dime

TV - Released: 1/21/1985

1984

Treasure: In Search of the Golden Horse

as Narrator (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/2/1984

Airwolf

as John Bradford Horn / Gerald Van Dorian / Neal Streep

TV - Released: 1/22/1984

Cover Up

TV - Released: 9/22/1984

Hunter

as Frank Lassiter

TV - Released: 9/18/1984

Blue Thunder

TV - Released: 1/6/1984

Partners in Crime

TV - Released: 9/27/1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Michael O'Connor

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

Murder, She Wrote

as Philip De Kooning

TV - Released: 9/30/1984

1983

The Last Ninja

as Dr. Gustav Norden

Movie - Released: 7/7/1983

White Water Rebels

as William Devine

Movie - Released: 1/8/1983

The A-Team

as Johnny Turian

TV - Released: 1/23/1983

Manimal

TV - Released: 9/30/1983

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV - Released: 10/3/1983

Automan

TV - Released: 12/15/1983

Masquerade

TV - Released: 12/15/1983

1982

The Sword and the Sorcerer

as Cromwell

Movie - Released: 4/1/1982

T. J. Hooker

as Virgil Dobbs

TV - Released: 3/13/1982

The Phoenix

as Justin Preminger

TV - Released: 3/19/1982

Matt Houston

TV - Released: 9/26/1982

1981

The Phoenix

as Justin Preminger

Movie - Released: 4/26/1981

Sizzle

as Johnny O'Brien

Movie - Released: 11/29/1981

1980

The Formula

as General Helmut Kladen / Frank Tedesco

Movie - Released: 12/19/1980

The Ninth Configuration

as 2nd Cyclist

Movie - Released: 2/29/1980

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

as Sam Shockley

Movie - Released: 11/5/1980

Conquest of the Earth

as Cmdr. Xavier

Movie - Released: 12/31/1980

Galactica 1980

as Commander Xavier

TV - Released: 1/27/1980

Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story

as Sam Shockley

TV - Released: 11/5/1980

1979

Steel

as Dancer

Movie - Released: 10/21/1979

Vampire

as Prince Anton Voytek

Movie - Released: 10/7/1979

Delta Fox

as David 'Delta' Fox

Movie - Released: 10/31/1979

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Morgan Velosi

TV - Released: 9/20/1979

1978

Deathsport

as Ankar Moor

Movie - Released: 4/1/1978

Vega$

TV - Released: 9/20/1978

Battlestar Galactica

as Wolfe

TV - Released: 9/17/1978

1977

Stunts

as Pete Lustig

Movie - Released: 6/1/1977

The Baron

as Joey

Movie - Released: 1/1/1977

Dog and Cat

as Shirley

Movie - Released: 7/22/1977

Roger & Harry: The Mitera Target

as Curt Blair

Movie - Released: 5/2/1977

Good Against Evil

as Mr. Rimmin

Movie - Released: 5/22/1977

Dog and Cat

as Shirley

TV - Released: 7/22/1977

1976

God Told Me To

as Bernard Phillips

Movie - Released: 10/22/1976

The Premonition

as Jude

Movie - Released: 5/19/1976

Charlie's Angels

as Freddie Jefferson

TV - Released: 9/22/1976

The Bionic Woman

TV - Released: 1/14/1976

1975

Starsky & Hutch

as Zane

Movie - Released: 5/1/1975

The Happy Hooker

as The Cop

Movie - Released: 5/8/1975

Starsky & Hutch

as Lionel Fitzgerald II

TV - Released: 9/10/1975

Baretta

TV - Released: 1/17/1975

Switch

as David Ring

TV - Released: 9/9/1975

Bronk

TV - Released: 4/17/1975

1974

Open Season

as Art

Movie - Released: 8/1/1974

Police Woman

TV - Released: 9/13/1974

1973

Scarecrow

as Jack Riley

Movie - Released: 4/11/1973

The Seven-Ups

as Moon

Movie - Released: 12/14/1973

1972

The Streets of San Francisco

TV - Released: 9/23/1972

1968

LSD: Trip to Where?

as self

Movie - Released: 1/1/1968