Richard Masur

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.

Life and career

Masur was born in New York City to a high school teacher mother and a pharmacist father. He 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 appearing as a recurring character on the soap opera All My Children. He has also appeared in guest spots on many TV shows, including M*A*S*H, All in the Family, Hawaii Five-O, Happy Days, Picket Fences, Matlock, Murphy Brown and Law & Order.

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 "?ric Rochant and he played the adult Stan Uris in the two-part miniseries of Stephen King's It in 1990. In 1981, Masur also played the role of a child molestor armed with a camera in the TV film Fallen Angel.

Filmography

Whiffs (1975)
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)
Fallen Angel (1981)
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)
My Science Project (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)
The Story Lady (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)
And the Band Played On (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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