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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

72

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-06-04 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

Sy Richardson

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.

Known For

Acting

Larry Crowne

2011

Larry Crowne

as

Avery

Tapeheads

1988

Tapeheads

as

Bartender

Catchfire

1990

Catchfire

as

Capt. Walker

Straight to Hell

1987

Straight to Hell

as

Norwood

Petey Wheatstraw

1977

Petey Wheatstraw

as

Petey's Father

Repo Man

1984

Repo Man

as

Lite

Walker

1987

Walker

as

Captain Hornsby

Fairy Tales

1978

Fairy Tales

as

Sirus

Surviving Christmas

2004

Surviving Christmas

as

Doo-Dah Understudy

Cinderella

1977

Cinderella

as

Fairy Godmother

South of Heaven

2008

South of Heaven

as

Pawn Daddy

Searchers 2.0

2007

Searchers 2.0

as

Fritz Frobisher

Bad Dreams

1988

Bad Dreams

as

Detective Wasserman

Lord Help Us

2007

Lord Help Us

as

Church Member

Nocturna

1979

Nocturna

as

RH Factor

Dead Man Walking

1988

Dead Man Walking

as

Snake

Human Nature

2001

Human Nature

as

Police Detective

Sid and Nancy

1986

Sid and Nancy

as

Methadone Caseworker

Street Asylum

1990

Street Asylum

as

Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum

Floundering

1994

Floundering

as

Commander K

It Wants Blood 2

2023

It Wants Blood 2

as

Professor Smert

They Live

1988

They Live

as

Black Revolutionary

Colors

1988

Colors

as

Bailey

All About Us

2007

All About Us

as

Willie Earl

A Numbers Game

2010

A Numbers Game

as

Bernie

The Glass Shield

1994

The Glass Shield

as

Mr. Taylor

My Brother's Wedding

1983

My Brother's Wedding

as

Mr. Dubois

Tripwire

1989

Tripwire

as

Turbo

Men at Work

1990

Men at Work

as

Walt Richardson

L.A. County 187

2003

L.A. County 187

as

Leotis Brown

Three Fugitives

1989

Three Fugitives

as

Tucker

Erasable You

1998

Erasable You

as

Miliatant

Medium Rare

1987

Medium Rare

as

Marv

Posse

1993

Posse

as

Shepherd

5th of July

2019

5th of July

as

Pops

Mystery Train

1989

Mystery Train

as

Newsvendor

The Grifters

1990

The Grifters

as

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Cold Steel

1987

Cold Steel

as

Rashid

The Playaz Court

2000

The Playaz Court

as

Louie

Extreme Honor

2001

Extreme Honor

as

Schultz

Hip-Hop Headstrong

2010

Hip-Hop Headstrong

as

The Bishop

The Winner

1996

The Winner

as

Bartender

Wings

Wings

as

Luther

Family Reunion

Family Reunion

as

Brother Franklin

Monk

Monk

as

Sanitation Worker

Monk

Monk

as

Janitor

The Shield

The Shield

as

Brother William

ER

ER

as

Coleman

Rizzoli & Isles

Rizzoli & Isles

as

Sour Grapes

Cheers

Cheers

as

Gordon

Charmed

Charmed

as

Father Wilkins

Falcon Crest

Falcon Crest

as

Detective Olen

The Division

The Division

as

Bus Driver

Production

Crew

Directing