Name
Sy Richardson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1941-06-04 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Biography
Symon Lionel Richardson (born June 4, 1941) is an American film and television actor. He made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella. Richardson 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.
Known For
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- 2011 Larry Crowne as Avery
- 1999 Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar as Harry
- 1988 Tapeheads as Bartender
- 1990 Catchfire as Capt. Walker
- 1987 Straight to Hell as Norwood
- 1977 Petey Wheatstraw as Petey's Father
- 1984 Repo Man as Lite
- 1987 Walker as Captain Hornsby
- 1978 Fairy Tales as Sirus
- 2004 Surviving Christmas as Doo-Dah Understudy
- 1977 Cinderella as Fairy Godmother
- 1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel as Ernest
- 2008 South of Heaven as Pawn Daddy
- 2007 Searchers 2.0 as Fritz Frobisher
- 1988 Bad Dreams as Detective Wasserman
- 1989 Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects as Lavonne
- 2007 Lord Help Us as Church Member
- 1979 Nocturna as RH Factor
- 1988 Dead Man Walking as Snake
- 2001 Human Nature as Police Detective
- 1986 Sid and Nancy as Methadone Caseworker
- 1990 Street Asylum as Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum
- 1993 Eye of the Stranger as Jeb
- 1994 Floundering as Commander K
- 2023 It Wants Blood 2 as Professor Smert
- 2015 Faith of Our Fathers as Dan
- 1988 They Live as Black Revolutionary
- 1988 Colors as Bailey
- 2007 All About Us as Willie Earl
- 2010 A Numbers Game as Bernie
- 1994 The Glass Shield as Mr. Taylor
- 1983 My Brother's Wedding as Mr. Dubois
- 1996 Evil Obsession as Jim
- 2010 Our Family Wedding as Sonny
- 1989 Tripwire as Turbo
- 1990 Men at Work as Walt Richardson
- 1998 Shattered Illusions as Gene
- 2003 L.A. County 187 as Leotis Brown
- 1989 Three Fugitives as Tucker
- 1998 Erasable You as Miliatant
- 1999 Heat Vision and Jack as Doctor
- 1987 Medium Rare as Marv
- 1993 Posse as Shepherd
- 2019 5th of July as Pops
- 1989 Mystery Train as Newsvendor
- 1990 The Grifters as Cab Driver (uncredited)
- 1987 Cold Steel as Rashid
- 2000 After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped as Mr. Coleman
- 2000 The Playaz Court as Louie
- 2017 Message From a Mistress as Mr. Hall
- 1990 To Sleep with Anger as Marsh
- 2019 Young & Naive as Self
- 2001 Extreme Honor as Schultz
- 2010 Hip-Hop Headstrong as The Bishop
- 1996 The Winner as Bartender
- 2007 The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning as Shiner #2
- 1992 Martin ( 1 episode ) as Boss Man
- 1990 Wings ( 1 episode ) as Luther
- 2019 Family Reunion ( 1 episode ) as Brother Franklin
- 2002 Monk ( 1 episode ) as Sanitation Worker
- 2002 Monk ( 1 episode ) as Janitor
- 2007 Pushing Daisies ( 11 episodes ) as Coroner
- 2002 The Shield ( 1 episode ) as Brother William
- 2015 Documentary Now! ( 1 episode ) as David
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Coleman
- 2010 Rizzoli & Isles ( 1 episode ) as Sour Grapes
- 1982 Cheers ( 1 episode ) as Gordon
- 1998 Charmed ( 1 episode ) as Father Wilkins
- 1981 Falcon Crest ( 1 episode ) as Detective Olen
- 1992 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Gooding
- 2001 The Division ( 1 episode ) as Bus Driver
- 2014 Benched ( 1 episode ) as Moon Rock
- 2003 NCIS ( 1 episode ) as Lester
- 1996 Profiler ( 1 episode ) as Gus
