article_snippet.sent: For decades, Dysart was a noted TV and film character actor, and stage star, winning a Drama Desk award for playing coach in Jason Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "That Championship Season.
article_snippet.sent: Dysart appeared in every episode of the show, which ran from 1986 to 1994.
article_snippet.sent: After "L.A. Law" ended, Dysart took few roles, though Dysart did return for an "L.A. Law" reunion movie in 2002.
article_snippet.sent: Dysart's other credits include 1971's "The Hospital," 1975's "The Day of the Locust," 1979's "Being There," John Carpenter's 1982 version of "The Thing," 1985's "The Falcon and the Snowman" and 1987's "Mask."