Richard Lynch (February 12, 1940 - June 19, 2012) was an American actor, known for his roles in such films as The Sword and the Sorcerer, Invasion U.S.A. (1985), Little Nikita, and Halloween (2007), and for his appearances on such TV series as Starsky & Hutch, Battlestar Galactica (1978), Highlander, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. His distinctive appearance, the result of an incident in his youth that left him severely burned, made him an ideal choice to play villains.
He was the brother of actor Barry Lynch.
Film roles:
- The Seven-Ups (1973) as Moon
- God Told Me To (1976) as Bernard Phillips
- Stunts (1977) as Pete Lustig
- The Ninth Configuration (1980)
- The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) as King Cromwell
- Cut and Run (1985) as Col. Brian Horne
- Invasion U.S.A. (1985) as Mikhail Rostov
- The Barbarians (1987) as Kadar
- Little Nikita (1988) as Scuba
- Bad Dreams (1988) as Harris
- Alligator II: The Mutation (1991) as Hawk Hawkins
- Trancers II (1991) as Dr. Wardo
- Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991) as Major Kraus
- Scanner Cop (1994) as Karl Glock
- Cyborg 3: The Recycler as Anton Lewellyn
- Werewolf (1996) as Noel
- Crime and Punishment (2002) as Pyotr Luzhin
- Halloween (2007) as Principal Chambers
Television roles:
- The Streets of San Francisco (1977) as Harry Kraft
- Battlestar Galactica (1978) as Wolfe
- Vega$ (1978) as Mr. North
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) as Morgan Velosi
- Charlie's Angels (1979) as Freddy Jefferson
- Starsky & Hutch (1979) as Joey
- Galactica 1980 (1980) as Commander Xaviar
- Airwolf (1985) as John Bradford Horn / Gerald Van Dorian / Neal Streep
- Werewolf (1987) as Servan Domballe
- Hunter (1989) as Frank Lassiter
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993) as Arctus Baran
- Murder, She Wrote (1992, 1994) as Philip de Kooning / Michael O'Connor
- Highlander: The Series (1995) as John Kirin / Kage
- Charmed (2003) as Cronyn
