Richard Masur - Biography

Richard Masur (born November 20, 1948) is an American actor who has appeared in more than 80 movies during his career. From 1995-1999, he served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). Masur sits on the Corporate Board of the Motion Picture & Television Fund.

Biography

Masur was born in New York City to a high school teacher mother and a pharmacist father. Masur attended P.S. 28, Walt Whitman Junior High School, and Roosevelt High School in Yonkers. He is the brother of Judith Masur and the husband of Eileen Henry.

Masur studied acting at The Yale School of Drama and appeared on stage before acting in movies and television shows during the 1970s. He had recurring roles in Rhoda from 1974 to 1978; One Day at a Time from 1975 to 1976; Hot L Baltimore in 1975; and the pilot to an NBC sitcom, Bumpers, in 1977. In January 2006, he began playing a recurring character on the soap opera All My Children. He also played in guest spots on many TV shows, including M*A*S*H, Time Express, Hawaii Five-0 and All in the Family.

Masur played the role of Martin Stone in the off-Broadway play Dust. Masur also played the role of a character modeled after Jewish-American spy Jonathan Pollard in the film Les Patriotes (The Patriots) (1994), by French director Éric Rochant.

Filmography

• Bittersweet Love (1976)
• Semi-Tough (1977)
• Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
• Mr. Horn (1979)
• Scavenger Hunt (1979)
• Hanover Street (1979)
• Heaven's Gate (1980)
• The Thing (1982)
• I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
• Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982)
• Nightmares (1983)
• Risky Business (1983)
• Under Fire (1983)
• Adam (1983)
• Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984)
• The Burning Bed (1984)
• The Mean Season (1985)
• Head Office (1985)
• Heartburn (1986)
• Mr. Boogedy (1986)
• Bride of Boogedy (1987)
• The Believers (1987)

• Walker (1987)
• Rent-A-Cop (1988)
• Shoot to Kill (1988)
• License to Drive (1988)
• Far From Home (1989)
• Flashback (1990)
• The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990)
• It (1990)
• My Girl (1991)
• Encino Man (1992)
• The Man Without a Face (1993)
• Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
• Blood In Blood Out (aka Bound by Honor) (uncredited, 1993)
• My Girl 2 (1994)
• Les Patriotes (The Patriots) (1994)
• Forget Paris (1995)
• The Face on the Milk Carton (1995)
• Multiplicity (1996)
• 61* (2001)
• Palindromes (2004)
• Lovely By Surprise (2007)
• Vote and Die: Liszt for President (2008)

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