# Richard Masur

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. He attended P.S. 28, Walt Whitman Junior High School, and Roosevelt High School, Yonkers, New York. He is married to Eileen Henry.
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 as well as in an episode of The Waltons in 1974, and had recurring roles in Rhoda from 1974 to 1977; One Day at a Time from 1975 to 1976; Hot l Baltimore in 1975; and the pilot to an NBC sitcom, Bumpers, in 1977. In 1981, Masur played the role of a child molester armed with a camera in the television film Fallen Angel. 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 and was part of the ensemble cast of the 1990 TV miniseries adaptation of Stephen King's It.
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.
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.
In December 2009, Masur played the role of Martin Stone in the off-Broadway play Dust.

## Filmography

Key :
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1975 | Whiffs | Lockyer's Aide | Film debut role |
| 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 | 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 | |
| TBA | Untitled Kids family film named after Richard Masur † | Lou | Post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1974 | All in the Family | George Bushmill | Episode: "Gloria's Boyfriend" |
| 1974 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Bob Larson | Episode: "The Outsider" |
| 1974 | The Waltons | Tom Povich | Episode: "The System" |
| 1975 | Hot l Baltimore | Clifford Ainsley | 13 episodes |
| 1975 76 | One Day at a Time | David Kane | 22 episodes |
| 1975 | M*A*S*H | Lt 'Digger' Detmuller | Episode: "The Late Captain Pierce" |
| 1979 | Mr. Horn | Sheriff Ed Smalley | Television film |
| 1981 | Fallen Angel | Howard Nichols | Television film |
| 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 | Episode: "The Amazing Falsworth" |
| 1986 | Mr. Boogedy | Carleton Davis | 2 episodes |
| 1986 | Adam: His Song Continues | Jay Howell | Television film |
| 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 | 2 episodes |
| 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 | Judge Andrew Wolinsky | Episode: "Justice" |
| 2001 | 61* | Milt Kahn | Television film |
| 2013 | Elementary | Jacob Weiss | Episode: "Internal Audit" |
| 2015 16 | The Good Wife | Geoffrey Solomon | 3 episodes |
| 2015 16 | Transparent | Buzzy Rackless | 7 episodes |
| 2015 16 | Orange Is the New Black | Bill Montgomery | 5 episodes |
| 2015 17 | Red Oaks | Morrie | 3 episodes |
| 2016 18 | Younger | Edward L.L. Moore / Edward LL Moore / Edward | 4 episodes |
| 2023 | Kaleidoscope | Dr. Wagner | Episode: "Green: 7 Years Before the Heist" |
| 2023 | The Equalizer | Rabbi Altman | Episode: "Never Again" |