article_snippet.sent: "us got together, mapped out the character's past to give us a basis from which to work, and it's all gone smoothly since then,Dysart said in a 1990 interview with The Seattle Times.
article_snippet.sent: Perhaps Dysart's most memorable character arc on the show was when Dysart was found in bed with power-hungry competitor Rosalind Shays (played by Diana Muldaur).
article_snippet.sent: Dysart was one of the few actors to appear in every episode.
article_snippet.sent: Dysart's range of authority -figure parts ran right to the top.
article_snippet.sent: Dysart also performed extensively in the medical- (movie) field, performing enough doctor roles to, perhaps, qualify to practice.
article_snippet.sent: Dysart two most memorable came in classic satires: in Paddy Chayevsky's scathing "The Hospital" (1971), starring George C. Scott (a good friend), and in "Being There" (1979), as Melvyn Douglas' doctor.
article_snippet.sent: Dysart also was a doctor who died a gruesome death in John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982) and a physician in such films as "The Terminal Man" (1974), "The Falcon and the Snowman" (1985) and "Warning Sign" (1985).
article_snippet.sent: Dysart also excelled as cranky coots and shifty sorts.