Biography
Richard Lynch was an American actor born on 12 February 1940 in Brooklyn, New York City. He trained at the Actors Studio and HB Studio, and served in the United States Marine Corps before beginning his career. His film debut came in Scarecrow (1973).
He was frequently cast as villains and appeared in films including The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), for which he received a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor, Invasion U.S.A. (1985), Bad Dreams (1988) and Halloween (2007). Lynch also had numerous television roles, among them appearances in Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team, Charmed and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
He died on 19 June 2012 in Yucca Valley, California.
