Richard Tyson is an American actor. He is best known as Kaz in '' Hardball'' (1989–1990) as well as his film roles in '' Three O'Clock High'' (1987), '' Two Moon Junction'' (1988), ''

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'' (1990), ''

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'' (2015), and '' Playing with Dolls'' (2015).

Biography

Tyson was born in Mobile, Alabama. His brother John was the

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, and was later the Democratic Party nominee for attorney general of Alabama in June 2006. Tyson starred in '' Three O'Clock High'', ''

'' and three films directed by the

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. He starred in the television series '' Hardball''. His roles in the 2000s included ''The Fear Chamber'', ''

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'', '' Flight of the Living Dead'', ''No Bad Days'' and the western ''Shoot First and Pray You Live''. He starred in the horror film ''

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'' in which he is accused by his stepson of being a cruel and vicious

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. Tyson played a former football star who owned the eponymous town in '' Jake's Corner''. He guest starred in ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. His other film appearances include '' The Visitation'', ''

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'' and '' Black Hawk Down''. Tyson played

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in the unfinished film of the same name, which was originally scheduled for release sometime in 1992.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tyson, Richard 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors Actors from Mobile, Alabama American male film actors American male television actors Cornell University alumni Living people United States Naval Academy alumni University of Alabama alumni 1950s births