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Acting

Richard Lawson

Career: Active from 1973 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 9
top three billing

Average score: 53/100

Highest rated: CHAAW: Chapter 1
87/100

Characters

2

The characters Richard Lawson played, best-known titles first.

Richard Lawson as Ryan

Richard Lawson as Norman

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 65 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Richard Lawson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
0.7, average 2.5
Wonder
2.2, average 3.4
Uncanny
1.5, average 2.5
Biographical
0.1, average 1.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Action 2
Blaxploitation Horror 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

88

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

9 titles · average score 59

Aftershock: The Nicole P. Bell Story

as Al Sharpton

Beauty in Black

73

TV show · as Norman

Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black

27

as Clarence

CHAAW: Chapter 1

87

as Chief of Police

Black Terror

as Talk Show Host

Carl Weber's The Black Hamptons

TV show · as Moses Britton

Not Alone

45

as Dr. James Clay

North Hollywood

64

as Adolf's Dad

A Holiday Chance

as Garvin

2010s

7 titles · average score 63

From Zero to I Love You

62

as Ron Logsdon

Always a Bridesmaid

57

as Carlton Blakeston Sr.

mixed-ish

68

TV show · as Lynwood

Saints & Sinners

76

TV show · as Pastor Evan Johnson

A Royal Family Christmas

as Leighton Royal

Stitchers

60

TV show · as Admiral Decker

For Colored Girls

53

as Frank

2000s

17 titles · average score 59

The Last Stand

42

as Winston

Grey's Anatomy

71

TV show · as Bill Pierce

Numb3rs

62

TV show · as Clay Porter, Sr. (uncredited)

Christmas at Water's Edge

62

as Mr. Turner

Dead Like Me

82

TV show · as William Garrett

Blue Hill Avenue

53

as Uncle Rob

All of Us

43

TV show

Half & Half

51

TV show · as Ben

The Bernie Mac Show

71

TV show · as Bishop

The Division

45

TV show · as LaBon

Strong Medicine

70

TV show · as Alton Clayborne

The District

50

TV show · as Richard Gray

1990s

15 titles · average score 63

Judging Amy

76

TV show · as Thomas Horne

Family Law

74

TV show · as Chuck

L.A. Doctors

73

TV show · as Gary Miller

How Stella Got Her Groove Back

59

as Jack

Wag the Dog

76

as Young Man / CIA

Pandora's Clock

59

TV show · as Daniel Robb

Moesha

76

TV show · as Marlon James

JAG

66

TV show · as Dan Craig

The Parent 'Hood

71

TV show

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Nicholas Freeman

Sister, Sister

72

TV show · as Victor Sims

Saved by the Bell: The New Class

32

TV show · as Judge Thurston Jones

1980s

23 titles · average score 64

Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI

as Adam Prentice

MacGyver

77

TV show · as Jesse Colton

Stick

37

as Cornell

The Cosby Show

74

TV show · as Mr. Bostic

Chicago Story

TV show · as Detective O.Z. Tate

Remington Steele

79

TV show · as Monroe Henderson

St. Elsewhere

77

TV show · as The Messiah

T. J. Hooker

42

TV show · as Officer David McNeil

Dynasty

66

TV show · as Nick Kimball

The Jericho Mile

65

as R.C. Stiles

The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story

51

as Gene Davis

Magnum, P.I.

82

TV show · as Gerald Calvin

1970s

16 titles · average score 60

The Main Event

41

as Hector Mantilla

Charleston

as James Harris

The White Shadow

75

TV show · as David Mackey

Black Fist

36

as Leroy Fisk

The Fantastic Journey

65

TV show · as Barker

Sugar Hill

62

as Valentine

Good Times

51

TV show

Scream Blacula Scream

39

as Willis Daniels

Kojak

72

TV show · as 1st Suspect

The Streets of San Francisco

47

TV show

All in the Family

82

TV show · as Angry Black Man

Dirty Harry

83

as Homosexual (uncredited)

1960s

1 title · average score 67

Medical Center

67

TV show