Richard Venture

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Richard Venture (November 12, 1923 - December 19, 2017) was an American actor, known for Heartbreak Ridge (1986), Scent of a Woman (1992) and Missing (1982).

Known For

Scent of a Woman

W.R. Slade

Seinfeld

Leonard West

All the President's Men

Assistant Metro Editor

Being There

Wilson

Heartbreak Ridge

Colonel Meyers

Courage Under Fire

Don Boylar

Law & Order

Defense Attorney Douglas Greer

Murder, She Wrote

George Latimer

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2001	Series 7: The Contenders MOVIE	Franklin
1997	Red Corner MOVIE	Ambassador Reed
1996	Courage Under Fire MOVIE	Don Boylar
1996	Second Noah TV	Self
1994	Imaginary Crimes MOVIE	Judge Klein
1993	The John Larroquette Show TV	Simmons
1993	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. TV	Mack Brackman
1993	The Boys TV	Al Kozarian
1992	Scent of a Woman MOVIE	W.R. Slade
1991	One Special Victory MOVIE	Self
1991	Brooklyn Bridge TV	Self
1990	Law & Order TV	Defense Attorney Douglas Greer
1990	Navy Seals MOVIE	Admiral Colker
1990	Andre's Mother MOVIE	Arthur
1989	The Final Days MOVIE	James St. Clair
1989	Seinfeld TV	Leonard West
1989	The Littlest Victims MOVIE	Alan Davidson
1989	Coach TV	Lionel Carew
1987	Family Sins MOVIE	Judge
1987	The Sicilian MOVIE	Cardinal of Palermo
1987	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd TV	Edgar Bickford
1986	Heartbreak Ridge MOVIE	Colonel Meyers
1986	L.A. Law TV	Abe Lassen
1986	Touch and Go MOVIE	Gower
1986	As Summers Die MOVIE	Brevard Holt
1986	Second Serve MOVIE	Dr. David Bradley
1985	The Golden Girls TV	Milton
1985	Sara TV	Self
1985	MacGruder and Loud TV	Ray
1985	Street Hawk TV	Lt. Cmdr. Leo Altobelli
1984	Murder, She Wrote TV	George Latimer
1984	Street Hawk: The Movie MOVIE	Lt. Cmdr. Leo Altobelli
1983	Cocaine: One Man's Seduction MOVIE	Dan Hatten
1982	Newhart TV	Self
1982	Family Ties TV	Agent Bert Carlyle
1982	The Executioner's Song MOVIE	Earl Dorius
1982	Missing MOVIE	U.S. Ambassador
1982	Fame TV	Self
1981	Falcon Crest TV	John Osborne
1981	The Violation of Sarah McDavid MOVIE	Mr. Hourgil
1981	The Best Little Girl in the World MOVIE	Dr. Neil Holzer
1981	Chicago Story MOVIE	Judge Harold Stankey
1981	Hill Street Blues TV	Self
1980	My Kidnapper, My Love MOVIE	Arthur Fairlain
1980	Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb MOVIE	Alexander Sachs
1980	Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case MOVIE	Judge Richard Barber
1980	The Hunter MOVIE	Pete Spota
1980	Off the Minnesota Strip MOVIE	Dr. Haas
1980	When the Whistle Blows TV	Self
1979	Knots Landing TV	Simpson
1979	Being There MOVIE	Wilson
1979	The Last Word MOVIE	Ellinger
1979	The Tenth Month MOVIE	Dr. Paul Jessup
1979	The Onion Field MOVIE	Glenn Bates
1979	From Here to Eternity TV	Col. Jack Delbart
1978	Stickin' Together MOVIE	Lead Actor
1978	The Dark Secret of Harvest Home TV	Richard
1977	Looking for Mr. Goodbar MOVIE	Doctor
1977	Carter Country TV	Self
1977	Corey: For the People MOVIE	Roger
1977	A Sensitive, Passionate Man MOVIE	Jack Morris
1977	The Greatest MOVIE	Colonel
1977	Danger in Paradise MOVIE	Fenton
1977	Airport '77 MOVIE	Commander Guay
1977	Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye MOVIE	Joe Kane
1976	Quincy, M.E. TV	Self
1976	All the President's Men MOVIE	Assistant Metro Editor
1976	Helter Skelter MOVIE	Police Inspector
1976	Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman TV	Mr. Billingsley
1976	Diary of the Dead MOVIE	Fergy
1975	Starsky & Hutch TV	Hilliard
1975	Joe Forrester TV	Self
1975	Barney Miller TV	Charles Relkie
1974	Police Woman TV	Self
1974	The Rockford Files TV	Fred Metcalf
1974	The Rockford Files TV	Dr. Benjamin Crist
1974	Harry O TV	Self
1974	Man on a Swing MOVIE	Man in Motel
1973	Kojak TV	Capt. Reardon
1973	Kojak TV	Robert Smith
1973	Police Story TV	Self
1972	The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds MOVIE	Floyd
1972	The Waltons TV	Self
1965	Dark Intruder MOVIE	The 1st Man
1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre TV	Second Detective

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