Sy Richardson

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Sy Richardson
Born1941 (age 79–80)
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
EducationKennedy–King College (AA)
University of Colorado Boulder (BS)
OccupationActor
Military career
Service/branch United States Navy

Sy Richardson is an American film and television actor. Also a two-time screenwriter, Richardson wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film Posse.[1]

Early life and education[]

He was born in Cincinnati and grew up in Chicago. He attended Farragut Career Academy. He served two years in the United States Navy. He received an associate of arts in black history and music from Kennedy–King College in 1972 and received a Bachelor of Science in journalism, specializing in advertising, from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1975.

Career[]

Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella.[2] 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 also appeared in They Live and Colors.[3]

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1977 Cinderella Fairy godmother
1977 Petey Wheatstraw Petey's father
1978 Fairy Tales Sirus
1979 Nocturna RH Factor
1983 My Brother's Wedding Mr. Dubois
1984 Repo Man Lite
1986 Sid and Nancy Methadone Caseworker
1987 Straight to Hell Norwood
1987 Walker Capt. Hornsby
1987 Cold Steel Rashid
1987 Medium Rare Marv
1988 Tapeheads Bartender
1988 Dead Man Walking Snake
1988 Bad Dreams Detective Wasserman
1988 Colors Bailey
1988 They Live Black Revolutionary
1989 Three Fugitives Tucker
1989 Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Lavonne
1989 Mystery Train Newsvendor Segment: "A Ghost"
1989 Tripwire Turbo
1990 To Sleep with Anger Marsh
1990 Catchfire Capt. Walker
1990 Street Asylum Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum
1990 Men at Work Walt Richardson
1990 The Grifters Cab driver Uncredited
1993 Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel Ernest
1993 Eye of the Stranger Jeb
1993 Posse Shepherd Also screenwriter
1994 Floundering Commander K
1994 The Glass Shield Mr. Taylor
1996 Killin' Me Softly Mr. Richardson
1996 The Winner Bartender
1996 Evil Obsession Jim
1998 Shattered Illusions Gene
1998 Erasable You Miliatant
1998 Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar Harry
2000 The Playaz Court Ike
2001 Human Nature Police detective
2001 Extreme Honor Schultz
2004 Surviving Christmas Doo-Dah Understudy
2007 Lord Help Us Chuch member Direct-to-video
2007 The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning Shiner #2
2007 Sister's Keeper Cornelious
2007 All About Us Willie Earl
2007 Searchers 2.0 Fritz Frobisher
2008 South of Heaven Pawn Daddy
2008 Shattered! Art
2010 Our Family Wedding Sonny
2010 A Numbers Game Bernie
2010 Straight to Hell Returns Norwood
2011 Monkey Man Mr. Greenwood
2011 Larry Crowne Avery
2012 House Arrest Paster P
2013 The Pain Killers Reverend Samuel
2015 Faith of Our Fathers Dan
2016 The Reluctant Polyglot Harris Liepo
2016 Can I Get a Witness Protection? Eddie
2017 Message from a Mistress Mr. Hall
2016 The God of Death Tony Red
2019 5th of July Pops

Television[]

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Hill Street Blues Baggage Attendant Episode: "In the Belly of the Bus"
1989 Falcon Crest Detective Olen Episode: "Doctor Dollars"
1990 Wings Luther Episode: "Return to Nantucket: Part 1"
1990 Gabriel's Fire Miles Parker Episode: "I'm Nobody"
1990 The New Adam 12 Mr. Simms Episode: "Framed"
1991 Clippers Customer Television film
1991 China Beach Franklin Episode: "Through and Through"
1992 Cheers Gordon Episode: "No Rest for the Woody"
1993 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Mr. Gooding Episode: "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying"
1993 Crime & Punishment Willie Carson Episode: "Best Laid Plans"
1995 Martin Boss man Episode: "The Romantic Weekend"
1997 Malcolm & Eddie Mr. Brooks Episode: "Jugglin'"
1997 Players Slider Episode: "Con Law"
1998 Profiler Gus Episode: "Double Vision"
1999 Becker Mr. Duncan Episode: "Limits & Boundaries"
1999 Any Day Now Episode: "Don't Say Anything"
1999 Heat Vision and Jack Doctor Television film
2000 After Diff'rent Strokes: When the

Laughter Stopped

Mr. Coleman
2002 The Division Bus driver Episode: "Long Day's Journey"
2003 L.A. County 187 Leotis Brown Television film
2003 ER Coleman Episode: "Out of Africa"
2003 Dragnet Manassas PD Capt. Leonard Episode: "Slice of Life"
2004 Charmed Father Wilkins Episode: "A Wrong Day's Journey Into Right"
2005 The Shield Brother William Episode: "Insurgents"
2006, 2007 Monk Janitor / Sanitation Worker 2 episodes
2007 Cold Case Byron '07 Episode: "It Takes a Village"
2007–2009 Pushing Daisies Coroner 12 episodes
2008 Lincoln Heights Family Member #3 Episode: "The Day Before Tomorrow"
2008 Chocolate News Clarence Baldwin Episode #1.10
2010 Medium Rare Marv Episode #1.1
2012 Prime Suspect Man Episode: "Stuck in the Middle with You"
2012 Rizzoli & Isles Sour Grapes Episode: "This Is How a Heart Breaks"
2013 NCIS Lester Episode: "Hit and Run"
2013 FutureStates Luther Episode: "The Living"
2014 Benched Moon Rock Episode: "Shark, Actually"
2015 Documentary Now! David Episode: "Sandy Passage"
2017 Like Family Greg 3 episodes
2020 Family Reunion Brother Franklin Episode: "Remember Our Parents' Wedding?"
2020 Broke Henry Episode: "The Test"

References[]

  1. ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (1993-07-19). Jet. Johnson Publishing Company.
  2. ^ Bandsaboutmovies (2019-05-29). "Cinderella (1977)". B&S About Movies. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  3. ^ Maslin, Janet (1993-05-14). "Review/Film; A Western in the Hands of a Revisionist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-07-21.

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