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Richard Masur
Richard Masur
	Masur in 1990
Born	November 20, 1948 (age 76); New York City, U.S.
Education	Yale University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1974–present
Spouses	; Fredda Weiss (m. 1976; div. 2004) ; Eileen Henry (m. 2004)
President of the Screen Actors Guild
	In office; July 11, 1995 – March 5, 1999
Preceded by	Barry Gordon
Succeeded by	William Daniels

Richard Masur (born November 20, 1948) is an American character actor who has appeared in more than 40 films. From 1995 to 1999, he served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). He is best known for playing David Kane on One Day at a Time (1975–1976), Nick Lobo on Rhoda (1974–1977), Clark in The Thing (1982), adult Stanley Uris in the miniseries It (1990), and Edward L. L. Moore on Younger (2016–2018).

Life and career

Masur was born in New York City to Jewish parents: a high school counselor mother, Claire Masur, and a pharmacist father, Jesse Masur. He has a sister, Judith Masur.^[1] He attended P.S. 28, Walt Whitman Junior High School, and Roosevelt High School, Yonkers, New York. He is married to Eileen Henry.^[2]^[3]

Masur studied at the Yale School of Drama toward an MFA in acting and appeared on stage before acting in movies and television shows during the 1970s. He appeared on an episode of All in the Family^[4] as well as in an episode of The Waltons in 1974, and had recurring roles in Rhoda from 1974 to 1977;^[4] One Day at a Time from 1975 to 1976;^[4] Hot l Baltimore in 1975;^[4] and the pilot to an NBC sitcom, Bumpers, in 1977.^[5] In 1981, Masur played the role of a child molestor armed with a camera in the television film Fallen Angel.^[6] His next project was the 1982 horror/sci-fi movie The Thing as the dog handler Clark.

Masur played the father to Corey Haim's character in 1988's License to Drive^[7] and was part of the ensemble cast of the 1990 TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's It.^[8]

Masur played the role of a character modeled after Jewish American spy Jonathan Pollard in the film Les Patriotes (The Patriots) (1994), by French director Éric Rochant.^[9]

In January 2006, Masur 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, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Hawaii Five-O, Happy Days, Picket Fences, Matlock, Murphy Brown, Law & Order, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World, All In The Family, and Transparent.^[4]

In December 2009, Masur played the role of Martin Stone in the off-Broadway play Dust.^[10]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
1975	Whiffs	Lockyer's Aide
1976	Bittersweet Love	Alex
1977	Semi-Tough	Phillip Hooper
1978	Who'll Stop the Rain	Danskin
1979	Hanover Street	2nd Lieut. Jerry Cimino
1979	Scavenger Hunt	Georgie Carruthers
1980	Heaven's Gate	Cully
1982	I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can	Alan Newman
1982	The Thing	Clark
1982	Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann	Claude Dorsett
1983	Risky Business	Rutherford
1983	Nightmares	Steven Houston (segment "Night of the Rat")
1983	Under Fire	Hub Kittle
1985	The Falcon and the Snowman	Bartender (uncredited)
1985	The Mean Season	Bill Nolan
1985	My Science Project	Detective Isadore Nulty
1985	Head Office	Max Landsberger
1986	Heartburn	Arthur
1987	The Believers	Marty Wertheimer
1987	Rent-A-Cop	Roger Latrele
1987	Walker	Ephraim Squier
1988	Shoot to Kill	Norman
1988	License to Drive	Mr. Anderson
1989	Far From Home	Duckett
1990	Flashback	Barry
1991	Going Under	Defense Contractor
1991	My Girl	Phil Sultenfuss
1992	Encino Man	Mr. Morgan
1993	The Man Without a Face	Prof. Carl Hartley
1993	Blood In Blood Out	Jerry (Prison Librarian)
1993	Six Degrees of Separation	Dr. Fine
1994	My Girl 2	Phil Sultenfuss
1994	Les Patriotes (The Patriots)	Jeremy Pelman
1995	Forget Paris	Craig
1996	Multiplicity	Del King
1997	Fire Down Below	Phil Pratt
1999	Play It to the Bone	Artie
2004	Palindromes	Steve Victor
2007	Lovely By Surprise	Dave
2015	Tumbledown	Bruce
2016	Don't Think Twice	Lou

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	All in the Family	George Bushmill
1974	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Bob Larson
1974	The Waltons	Tom Povich
1975	Hot l Baltimore	Clifford Ainsley
1974–1977	Rhoda	Nick Lobo
1975–1976	One Day at a Time	David Kane
1975	MASH*	2nd LT. Digger
1979	Mr. Horn	Sheriff Ed Smalley	Television film
1981	Fallen Angel	Howard Nichols	Television film
1981	One Day At A Time	David R. Kane
1983	The Demon Murder Case	Anthony Marino	Television film
1983	Adam	Jay Howell	Television film
1984	Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac	Roger Olian	Television film
1984	The Burning Bed	Aryon Greydanus	Television film
1985	Amazing Stories	Trent Tinker
1986	Mr. Boogedy	Carleton Davis
1986	Adam: His Song Continues	Jay Howell	Television film
1987	Bride of Boogedy	Carleton Davis
1988	Hiroshima Maiden	Jim Bennett	Television film
1989	Third Degree Burn	Clay Reynolds	Television film
1990	The Great Los Angeles Earthquake	Kevin Conrad	Television film
1990	It	Stanley Uris
1990	Always Remember I Love You	Earl Monroe	Television film
1991	The Story Lady	Norm Denton	Television film
1993	And the Band Played On	William W. Darrow, Ph.D.	Television film
1995	The Face on the Milk Carton	Jonathan Sands	Television film
1999	Law & Order Justice^[11]	Judge Andrew Wolinsky
2001	61*	Milt Kahn	Television film
2015–16	The Good Wife	Geoffrey Solomon
2015–16	Transparent	Buzzy Rackless
2015–16	Orange Is the New Black	Bill Montgomery
2015–17	Red Oaks	Morrie	3 episodes
2016–18	Younger	Edward L.L. Moore / Edward LL Moore / Edward
2023	Kaleidoscope	Dr. Wagner
2023	The Equalizer	Rabbi Altman

References

^ "Richard Masur Biography". filmreference.com. Accessed January 25, 2023.
^ Elkin, Michael (December 4, 2008). "A Drama of the 'Dust' Might". Jewish Exponent. Philadelphia.
^ Horwitz, Simi (February 7, 2008). "Mike Leigh 'Comes Out': In 'Two Thousand Years,' the Auteur Tackles Ethnicity, Religion, and Politics". Back Stage West. Vol. 15, no. 6. p. 15.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Keller, Joel (February 3, 2016). "Richard Masur on Transparent, Norman Lear, and surviving Heaven's Gate". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
^ "Television". The New York Times. May 16, 1977. p. 44. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
^ O'Connor, John J. (February 24, 1981). "TV: Child Pornography, Social Disease". The New York Times. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
^ "License to Drive". afi.com. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
^ O'Connor, John J. (November 16, 1990). "Stephen King's Mad Clown Returns". The New York Times. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
^ Garreau, Marc-Aurèle (October 4, 2023). "Les Patriotes: le film est-il tiré d'une histoire vraie?". cineserie.com (in French). Retrieved January 2, 2025.
^ Gans, Andrew (January 9, 2009). "'Dust' to End Off-Broadway Run Jan. 18". Playbill. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ "Law & Order Justice". IMDb.