Portrait of Sy Richardson

Sy Richardson

Acting

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Sy Richardson is an American film and television actor.Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella. He is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, The Winner and Searchers 2.0. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film Tripwire. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner on the TV series Pushing Daisies. He is also in They Live and played a tough L.A. County Sherrif in the gang classic Colors. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sy Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: June 4, 1941

Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Filmography

2023
It Wants Blood 2

as Professor Smert

2019
Family Reunion

as Brother Franklin

2019
2015
2014
Benched

as Moon Rock

2011
Larry Crowne

as Avery

2010
Rizzoli & Isles

as Sour Grapes

2010
2010
2008
South of Heaven

as Pawn Daddy

2007
Pushing Daisies

as Coroner

2007
All About Us

as Willie Earl

2007
Searchers 2.0

as Fritz Frobisher

2007
Lord Help Us

as Church Member

2004
Surviving Christmas

as Doo-Dah Understudy

2003
NCIS

as Lester

2003
L.A. County 187

as Leotis Brown

2002
Monk

as Sanitation Worker

2002
Monk

as Janitor

2002
The Shield

as Brother William

2001
Human Nature

as Police Detective

2001
Extreme Honor

as Schultz

2001
The Division

as Bus Driver

2000
1998
Charmed

as Father Wilkins

1996
Profiler

as Gus

1996
1996
The Winner

as Bartender

1994
Floundering

as Commander K

1994
ER

as Coleman

1994
The Glass Shield

as Mr. Taylor

1993
Posse

as Shepherd

1992
1992
Martin

as Boss Man

1990
Men at Work

as Walt Richardson

1990
The Grifters

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1990
Street Asylum

as Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum

1990
Wings

as Luther

1990
Catchfire

as Capt. Walker

1989
Tripwire

as Turbo

1989
Mystery Train

as Newsvendor

1989
1988
They Live

as Black Revolutionary

1988
Tapeheads

as Bartender

1988
1988
Colors

as Bailey

1988
Bad Dreams

as Detective Wasserman

1987
Cold Steel

as Rashid

1987
Walker

as Captain Hornsby

1987
1987
1986
Sid and Nancy

as Methadone Caseworker

1984
Repo Man

as Lite

1983
1982
Cheers

as Gordon

1981
Falcon Crest

as Detective Olen

1979
Nocturna

as RH Factor

1978
Fairy Tales

as Sirus

1977
Petey Wheatstraw

as Petey's Father

1977
Cinderella

as Fairy Godmother

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