Richard Lynch

Infobox actor

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caption =
birthname = Richard Hugh Lynch
birthdate = Birth date and age|1936|2|12|mf=y
birthplace = Brooklyn, New York, United States
years active = 1973-present
awards = Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor 1982 "The Sword and the Sorcerer"

Richard Hugh Lynch (born February 12, 1936 [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/52/Richard-Lynch.html Richard Lynch Biography (1936-) ] ] or 1940) is an American actor who has starred in many films and television shows. Lynch is remembered for playing heavies in films and television. He has often played roles in science fiction productions, including appearing on "Battlestar Galactica" (as Wolfe) and its sequel series "Galactica 1980" (as Commander Xavier). He has also appeared on such shows as "Starsky and Hutch", "T.J. Hooker", "Charmed" and "".

Lynch won a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1982 for "The Sword and the Sorcerer". [ [http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#filmsuportactror Saturn Awards official site] , retrieved February 5, 2008]

Lynch was born in Brooklyn, New York. He served in the United States Marine Corps. Lynch was once a drug user and in 1967 he nearly killed himself during a bad "trip" with LSD, when he doused himself with gasoline and put a match to it. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528433/bio Richard Lynch (I) - Biography ] ]

In addition to acting, he is also a talented musician, playing the saxophone, guitar, piano, and the flute. He is of Irish descent and is a frequent visitor to Ireland. His brother Barry Lynch is also an actor. They both starred in the films "Nightforce" and "Total Force". Richard's wife Lily, starred with him in the 1998 film "Breaking the Silence" and son Christopher Lynch starred with him in the science fiction film "Trancers II".

Filmography

*"Scarecrow" (1973)
*"The Seven-Ups" (1973)
*"The Happy Hooker" (1975)
*"God Told Me To" (1976)
*"Battlestar Galactica" (1978), Wolfe
*"Deathsport" (1978)
*"Buck Rogers" (1979), Morgan Velosi
*"Galactica 1980" (1980), Commander Xavier
*"The Sword and the Sorcerer" (1982)
*"" (1984)
*"Savage Dawn" (1985)
*"Invasion U.S.A." (1985)
*"Nightforce" (1987)
*"Bad Dreams" (1988)
*"Little Nikita" (1988)
*"Alligator II: The Mutation" (1991)
*"Trancers II" (1991)
*"" (1991)
*"Maximum Force" (1992)
*"Double Threat" (1993)
*"" (1994)
*"Scanner Cop" (1994)
*"" (1995)
*"Werewolf" (1996)
*"Vendetta" (1996)
*"Total Force" (1997)
*"Breaking the Silence" (1999)
*"" (1999), Count Iblis
*"Death Game" (2001)
*"Crime and Punishment" (2002)
*"Final Combat" (2003)
*"Curse of the Forty-Niner" (2003)
*"The Great Wall of Magellon" (2005)
*"Wedding Slashers" (2006)
*"Halloween" (2007)

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