Acting

Sy Richardson

Born 1941-06-04 · Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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.

Credits

Newest first

It Wants Blood 2
as Professor Smert
2023
Family Reunion
as Brother Franklin
2019
Young & Naive
as Self
2019
5th of July
as Pops
2019
Message From a Mistress
as Mr. Hall
2017
Documentary Now!
as David
2015
Faith of Our Fathers
as Dan
2015
Benched
as Moon Rock
2014
Larry Crowne
as Avery
2011
Searchers 2.0
as Fritz Frobisher
2010
Rizzoli & Isles
as Sour Grapes
2010
A Numbers Game
as Bernie
2010
Our Family Wedding
as Sonny
2010
Hip-Hop Headstrong
as The Bishop
2010
South of Heaven
as Pawn Daddy
2008
Pushing Daisies
as Coroner
2007
All About Us
as Willie Earl
2007
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
as Shiner #2
2007
Lord Help Us
as Church Member
2007
Surviving Christmas
as Doo-Dah Understudy
2004
NCIS
as Lester
2003
L.A. County 187
as Leotis Brown
2003
Monk
as Sanitation Worker
2002
Monk
as Janitor
2002
The Shield
as Brother William
2002
Human Nature
as Police Detective
2001
Extreme Honor
as Schultz
2001
The Division
as Bus Driver
2001
After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped
as Mr. Coleman
2000
The Playaz Court
as Louie
2000
Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
as Harry
1999
Heat Vision and Jack
as Doctor
1999
Charmed
as Father Wilkins
1998
Erasable You
as Miliatant
1998
Shattered Illusions
as Gene
1998
Profiler
as Gus
1996
Evil Obsession
as Jim
1996
The Winner
as Bartender
1996
Floundering
as Commander K
1994
ER
as Coleman
1994
The Glass Shield
as Mr. Taylor
1994
Posse
as Shepherd
1993
Posse
Writer
1993
Eye of the Stranger
as Jeb
1993
Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
as Ernest
1993
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
as Mr. Gooding
1992
Martin
as Boss Man
1992
To Sleep with Anger
as Marsh
1990
Men at Work
as Walt Richardson
1990
The Grifters
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1990
Street Asylum
as Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum
1990
Wings
as Luther
1990
Catchfire
as Capt. Walker
1990
Tripwire
as Turbo
1989
Mystery Train
as Newsvendor
1989
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
as Lavonne
1989
Three Fugitives
as Tucker
1989
They Live
as Black Revolutionary
1988
Tapeheads
as Bartender
1988
Dead Man Walking
as Snake
1988
Colors
as Bailey
1988
Bad Dreams
as Detective Wasserman
1988
Cold Steel
as Rashid
1987
Walker
as Captain Hornsby
1987
Straight to Hell
as Norwood
1987
Medium Rare
as Marv
1987
Sid and Nancy
as Methadone Caseworker
1986
My Brother's Wedding
as Mr. Dubois
1985
Repo Man
as Lite
1984
Cheers
as Gordon
1982
Falcon Crest
as Detective Olen
1981
Nocturna
as RH Factor
1979
Fairy Tales
as Sirus
1978
Petey Wheatstraw
as Petey's Father
1977
Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
1977