Richard Masur

• Name — Richard Masur • Born — 20 November 1948 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 1974–present • Education — Yale University

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, Rhoda, One Day at a Time, and Transparent. In December 2009, Masur played the role of Martin Stone in the off-Broadway play Dust.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1974 — All in the Family — George Bushmill — Episode: "Gloria's Boyfriend" (title guest role) • 1974 — The Mary Tyler Moore Show — Bob Larson — Episode: "The Outsider" • 1974 — The Waltons — Tom Povich — Episode: "The System" • 1974–1977 — Rhoda — Nick Lobo — 7 episodes • 1975 — Hawaii Five-O — Bink Avery — Season 8, Episode 14: "A Touch of Guilt" • 1975 — Hot l Baltimore — Clifford Ainsley — Main cast • 1975–1976, 1981 — One Day at a Time — David Kane — Main cast (seasons 1–2), guest appearance (season 6) • 1975 — M*A*S*H — Lt 'Digger' Detmuller — Episode: "The Late Captain Pierce" • 1979 — Mr. Horn — Sheriff Ed Smalley — TV movie • 1981 — Fallen Angel — Howard Nichols — TV movie • 1983 — The Demon Murder Case — Anthony Marino — TV movie • 1983 — Adam — Jay Howell — TV movie • 1984 — Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac — Roger Olian — TV movie • 1984 — The Burning Bed — Aryon Greydanus — TV movie • 1985 — Amazing Stories — Trent Tinker — Episode: "The Amazing Falsworth" • 1986 — Mr. Boogedy — Carleton Davis — 2 episodes • 1986 — Adam: His Song Continues — Jay Howell — TV movie • 1986 — When the Bough Breaks — Milo Sturgis — TV movie • 1988 — Hiroshima Maiden — Jim Bennett — TV movie • 1989 — Third Degree Burn — Clay Reynolds — TV movie • 1990 — The Great Los Angeles Earthquake — Kevin Conrad — TV movie • 1990 — It — Stanley Uris — Miniseries, main cast • 1990 — Matlock — David O'Malley — Episode(s) The Informer Part I and II • 1990 — Always Remember I Love You — Earl Monroe — TV movie • 1991 — The Story Lady — Norm Denton — TV movie • 1993 — And the Band Played On — William W. Darrow, Ph.D. — TV movie • 1994–1995 — Picket Fences — Ed Lawson — 6 episodes • 1995 — The Face on the Milk Carton — Jonathan Sands — TV movie • 1999 — Law & Order — Judge Andrew Wolinsky — Episode: "Justice" • 2001 — 61* — Milt Kahn — TV movie • 2013 — Elementary — Jacob Weiss — Episode: "Internal Audit" • 2015–2016 — The Good Wife — Geoffrey Solomon — 3 episodes • 2015–2016 — Transparent — Buzzy Rackless — Recurring role (seasons 2–3) • 2015–2016 — Orange Is the New Black — Bill Montgomery — 5 episodes • 2015, 2017 — Red Oaks — Morrie — 3 episodes • 2016, 2018 — Younger — Edward L.L. Moore — 4 episodes • 2023 — Kaleidoscope — Dr. Wagner — Episode: "Green: 7 Years Before the Heist" • 2023 — The Equalizer — Rabbi Altman — Episode: "Never Again"