H. Richard Greene (sometimes credited as "Richard Greene") is an American film, television, and stage actor, acting coach, and guest professor at UCLA.
Greene has appeared in TV shows such as Matlock, According to Jim, Ally McBeal, Boston Legal, Cold Case, The Mentalist, NYPD Blue, Cybill, The Wonder Years, and as Senator Robert Royce on The West Wing.
He also appeared on Mad Men, earning positive reviews for his role.[1] [2]
Greene portrayed "Cary Russell", the name derived from Cary Grant and Jane Russell but the character itself a parody of Bruce Willis's character David Addison in Moonlighting, in the penultimate and controversial episode of Riptide called "If You Can't Beat Em, Join Em" shortly before its cancellation, in part due to being beaten in the ratings by Moonlighting.[3] [4] This episode drew a lot of press attention at the time, with both Entertainment Tonight and the Los Angeles Times running features on the episode.[5] [6] Interestingly enough, he would later appear in the actual Moonlighting as a different character.
He has appeared in several TV movies, including Journey of the Heart (1997), and a few feature films, including a small role in the summer blockbuster Armageddon (1998).
In his New York debut, he received critical acclaim as MacDuff in Macbeth with Rip Torn and Geraldine Page. His Broadway credits include The Survivor, Romeo and Juliet, and the international tour of Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs, directed by Gene Saks.[7] [8] [9] [10] He was a resident member of the Repertory Theatre of Lincoln Center, and portrayed The Headmaster in The Ahmanson's production of The History Boys on the West Coast.
His voice work includes narrating an episode of the children's TV program, Rugrats.
Greene provided the English voice of Hot Coldman in and the voice of James Johnson in .
He is a guest professor at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
He married actress Lynn Milgrim in 1980. The two had recurring roles as Jim and Evelyn Cooper, Winnie Cooper's parents, on The Wonder Years.
| 1982 | I, the Jury | Gentleman at Bar | ||
| 1984 | Special Effects | Leon Gruskin | ||
| 1987 | From the Hip | Wilson | ||
| 1998 | Armageddon | NASA Tech | ||
| 2010 | King Richard / Socrates |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | American Playhouse | Bobby Stern | Episode: "Family Business" | |
| 1986 | Hill Street Blues | Robert Dunlaw | Episode: "Slum Enchanted Evening" | |
| 1986 | Screen Two | John Rogers | Episode: "Double Image" | |
| 1986 | Riptide | Cary Russell | Episode: "If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em" | |
| 1986 | Fame | Jack Goodman | Episode: "Contacts" | |
| 1986 | St. Elsewhere | James Moynihan | Episode: "You Beta Your Life" | |
| 1986 | Hunter | D.A. | Episode: "True Confessions" | |
| 1986–1991 | L.A. Law | Steven Waering / Mitchell Glazer | 3 episodes | |
| 1987 | Moonlighting | Jake Renborn | Episode: "Poltergeist III - Dipesto Nothing" | |
| 1987 | Newhart | Mr. Taylor | Episode: "Harris Ankles PIV for Web Post" | |
| 1987 | Baby Girl Scott | Howard Orrison | Television film | |
| 1987 | Cracked Up | Coach | ||
| 1987 | The Hope Division | Captain Thorpe | ||
| 1987 | J.J. Starbuck | Macadoo | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 1987 | The Oldest Rookie | Getz | Episode: "Expert Witness" | |
| 1987–1995 | Matlock | Various roles | 3 episodes | |
| 1988 | Cagney & Lacey | James Nettles | 2 episodes | |
| 1988 | 21 Jump Street | Dr. Freeman | Episode: "Best Years of Your Life" | |
| 1988 | War and Remembrance | Foxy Davis | Episode: "Part VI" | |
| 1988 | Police Story: Monster Manor | Lt. Needles | Television film | |
| 1988 | Highway to Heaven | Travis Hastings / Jim Bradley | 4 episodes | |
| 1989 | Cast the First Stone | Martin Daly | Television film | |
| 1989–1990 | Paradise | Mr. Stark / Sidney Elkins | 3 episodes | |
| 1989–1991 | The Wonder Years | Mr. Cooper | 5 episodes | |
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Mr. North | Episode: "False Images" | |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire | Jack Grimes | Episode: "Louis's Date" | |
| 1990 | Over My Dead Body | Moore | Episode: "Dead Air" | |
| 1990 | Head of the Class | Mr. Finneman | Episode: "My Son the Primate" | |
| 1991 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Walter Preston | Episode: "The Missing Witness Mystery" | |
| 1991 | The Great Pretender | Albert Eastlake | Television film | |
| 1991 | She Stood Alone | Dr. Rufus Adams | ||
| 1992 | The Boys of Twilight | Sam Parker | Episode: "A Wing and a Prayer" | |
| 1992 | Brooklyn Bridge | Louis Neiman, Esq. | Episode: "On the Line" | |
| 1992 | Wolff | Television film | ||
| 1992 | Quantum Leap | Dr. Hardy | Episode: "Star Light, Star Bright" | |
| 1992 | Melrose Place | Ken Gable | Episode: "Dreams Come True" | |
| 1994 | Picket Fences | Mr. Hendricks | 2 episodes | |
| 1994 | Stanley Weisberg | Television film | ||
| 1996 | Chicago Hope | Dr. David Stadson | Episode: "Life Lines" | |
| 1996 | Voice from the Grave | Dr. Carter | Television film | |
| 1996 | Moloney | Paul Simms | Episode: "Clueless" | |
| 1996, 1998 | Cybill | Dr. Drew / Priest | 2 episodes | |
| 1997 | NYPD Blue | Walter Mirren | Episode: "Upstairs, Downstairs" | |
| 1997 | D.A. | Episode: "Murder Two: Part 2" | ||
| 1997 | Journey of the Heart | Doctor | Television film | |
| 1997 | 7th Heaven | Joe | Episode: "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" | |
| 1997 | Invasion | Sgt. Kinsella | 2 episodes | |
| 1998 | Early Edition | P. Maguire | Episode: "Walk, Don't Run" | |
| 1998 | The Practice | Judge Paul Stewart | Episode: "Ties That Bind" | |
| 1999 | The Brothers Flub | Additional voices | Episode: "Scared Stiff/Prehysteria" | |
| 1999 | Ally McBeal | Judge Paul Stewart | Episode: "Angels and Blimps" | |
| 1999 | Rugrats | Video Narrator | Episode: "The Jungle/The Old Country" | |
| 1999 | Snoops | Arthur Plimpton | Episode: "True Believers" | |
| 1999, 2000 | Time of Your Life | Mr. Sullivan | 2 episodes | |
| 2000 | Jack & Jill | Orthopedist | Episode: "Animal Planet: Part 2" | |
| 2000, 2001 | Rocket Power | Various voices | 2 episodes | |
| 2001 | The District | Chief Horace Foley | Episode: "Lost and Found" | |
| 2001 | Thieves | General Fitchman | Episode: "The General" | |
| 2001–2005 | The West Wing | Senator Robert Royce | 6 episodes | |
| 2003 | Without a Trace | Dunlop | Episode: "Clare de Lune" | |
| 2004–2005 | Boston Legal | Judge Harry Hingham | 3 episodes | |
| 2006 | According to Jim | Bob Morgan | Episode: "Polite Jim" | |
| 2006 | Cold Case | Daniel Spyczyk | Episode: "Beautiful Little Fool" | |
| 2007 | Shark | Judge Trevor C. Williams | 2 episodes | |
| 2007–2015 | Mad Men | Jim Hobart | 6 episodes | |
| 2009 | The Mentalist | Robert Lynch | Episode: "Bloodshot" | |
| 2009 | NCIS | Thomas Victor | Episode: "The Inside Man" | |
| 2010 | Bones | Judge Dufrey | Episode: "The Boy with the Answer" | |
| 2010 | Medium | Sam Diller | Episode: "Blood on the Tracks" | |
| 2011 | Leon Lampl | Episode: "The Time Is Now" | ||
| 2011 | Desperate Housewives | Frank Sweeney | Episode: "Suspicion Song" | |
| 2012 | Art Weber | Episode: "Dune and Gloom" | ||
| 2015 | Rosewood | Alexis Stavros | Episode: "Vitamins and Vandals" | |
| 2015 | Code Black | Lawrence Egan | Episode: "Doctors With Borders" | |
| 2016 | Aquarius | Moses Snyder | Episode: "Revolution 1" | |
| 2016 | The Last Ship | Senator William Beatty | 4 episodes | |
| 2018 | The Fosters | Bill Green | Episode: "Just Say Yes" | |
| 2019 | Pearson | Lloyd Triple | Episode: "The Deputy Mayor" |
| 2005 | Magneto | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2007 | Skate | Additional voices | |
| 2007 | Lost Odyssey | Roxian | |
| 2009 | Various voices | ||
| 2010 | Mass Effect 2 | ||
| 2010 | Hot Coldman | ||
| 2010 | Various voices | ||
| 2011 | The Overseer | ||
| 2021 | Mass Effect Legendary Edition | Various voices |