From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sy Richardson is an American film and television actor.Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella. He 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sy Richardson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1941-06-04 |
Movies
It Wants Blood 2
as Professor Smert
2023
5th of July
as Pops
2019
Message From a Mistress
as Mr. Hall
2017
Sandy Passage
as David
2015
Faith of Our Fathers
as Dan
2015
Larry Crowne
as Avery
2011
A Numbers Game
as Bernie
2010
Our Family Wedding
as Sonny
2010
South of Heaven
as Pawn Daddy
2008
Searchers 2.0
as Fritz Frobisher
2007
Lord Help Us
as Church Member
2007
Surviving Christmas
as Doo-Dah Understudy
2004
L.A. County 187
as Leotis Brown
2003
Human Nature
as Police Detective
2001
After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped
as Mr. Coleman
2000
The Playaz Court
as Ike
2000
Heat Vision and Jack
as Doctor
1999
Erasable You
as Miliatant
1998
Shattered Illusions
as Gene
1998
Evil Obsession
as Jim
1996
Floundering
as Commander K
1994
The Glass Shield
as Mr. Taylor
1994
Posse
as Shepherd
1993
Eye of the Stranger
as Jeb
1993
Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
as Ernest
1993
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
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
Repo Man
as Lite
1984
My Brother's Wedding
as Mr. Dubois
1983
Nocturna
as RH Factor
1979
Fairy Tales
as Sirus
1978
Petey Wheatstraw
as Petey's Father
1977
Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother
1977
Movies
Posse
Writer
1993