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name: "Lee Richardson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lee-richardson"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 September 1926"
died: "2 October 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T20:14:29.351276+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Lee Richardson

Actor. Born 1 September 1926 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 2 October 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 September 1926, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 2 October 1999
- **Active:** 1976–1985
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (1), 1980s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3228922, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21283

## Biography

Lee Richardson was an American stage and screen actor. Born in Chicago, he trained at the Goodman Theatre after serving in the Army Air Forces during the Second World War. He co-founded the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis in 1963 and appeared in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.

Richardson was frequently cast by director Sidney Lumet. His film roles include the narrator in *Network* (1976), Warden Renfro in *Brubaker* (1980), Sam Heinsdorff in *Prince of the City* (1981), Dominic Prizzi in *Prizzi's Honor* (1985), Anton Bartok in *The Fly II* (1989), Leo Bloomenfeld in *Q&A* (1990) and the university president in *The Exorcist III* (1990). He also appeared in television series including *Law & Order*.

He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in *Vivat! Vivat Regina!* (1972). Richardson died in New York City in 1999.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Prizzi's Honor* (1985), Fi1m 82, as Dominic Prizzi — [page](https://film.one/film/prizzis-honor.md)
- *Network* (1976), Fi1m 86, as Narrator (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/network.md)

## Also known for

- *The Exorcist III* (1990), University President
- *The Fly II* (1989), Anton Bartok
- *Brubaker* (1980), Warden Renfro
- *The Secret* (2006), Boy #2
- *Q & A* (1990), Leo Bloomenfeld
- *The Believers* (1987), Dennis Maslow
- *Prince of the City* (1981), Sam Heinsdorff
- *A Stranger Among Us* (1992), Rebbe

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