The Life and Tragic Ending of Richard Lynch

Mini bio of the life of actor Richard Lynch who is probably most famous for appearing in science fiction productions, including Battlestar Galactica as Wolfe and its sequel series Galactica as Commander Xaviar

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[richardstahl]

This guy played some of the best villains in cinematic history R I P my good sir
If he was still around he would make a great MCU villain

[nachoagudomartin]

I met Richard Lynch at a Horror Film festival in Spain, back in 2009. He was an outstanding and an underrated character actor as well as a wonderful human being. Besides, he was my favorite screen actor and I missed him a lot. RIP maestro.

[davidwsmith]

Love the Seven Ups. Great underrated, gritty movie with a lot of cool character actors.

[jackgrattan]

THE SEVEN UPS was made by the producers of THE FRENCH CONNECTION as an unofficial sequel, and contains what I
consider the best car chase EVER committed to film. And Richard Lynch steals the movie every time he's on screen.

[marygillette]

A great actor and one of my earliest crushes

[littleogeechee]

This guy was always a favorite. You would think the pivotal incident of the fire would be mentioned since only days or weeks after it, he made a very raw video showing himself still in quite considerable physical pain and warning against drugs...

[littleogeechee]

He also did a tour de force performance on an episode of Starsky and Hutch where he played a psycho but brilliant Shakespearean stage actor who was offing cabbies because he was hit by one and lost an arm and a leg, also losing a potentially wonderful career.

[marydahm]

I remember his facial scars, which he apparently got after setting himself on fire after a bad LSD trip. They always seemed a part of his characters.

[margaretgonazales]

He was my favorite person I will carry him with me

[KingOFuh]

Jersey Journal, Jersey City, NJ, Thursday, June 29, 1967; ACTOR IN REAL FIERY SCENE-A 27-year-old unemployed actor who splashed himself with gasoline and then turned himself into a human torch in Central Park was in critical condition today at Bellevue Hospital. Police said Richard Lynch, of Manhattan, was discovered yesterday when a passing motorist saw him running in flames across the grass at the Park's East Drive at 79th Street. Lynch had apparently taken a gasoline can to the park behind the Metropolitan Museum and set fire to himself, police said.

[noahpartic]

Damn. I had no idea he died until I saw this clip Sun 12-27-20. I thought he was a cast member of The Electric Company but I looked it up & was wrong. Jim Boyd sure kinda looked & sounded like Richard Lynch back in the day, but WTF did I know? I was just a kid at the time.
Anyway, I especially remember him in Buck Rogers & Invasion USA opposite Chuck Norris...worth it👍.
From how his death sounded...😱. I shudder to think.

[chibi]

My favorite actor rest in peace beloved

[edwinvalenzuela]

Oh he's also a guest star in a Quinn Martin Production of The Streets Of San Francisco

[coasterkat]

You forgot to mention his free-basing accident.

[seandarcy]

Great in wonderful film scarecrow with Al Pacino, Gene Hackman a great character actor

[jimred]

A masterful, mesmerising performer. Richard`s portrayal of Riley in Scarecrow was as harrowing as it was disturbing
and as it was superb.

[toma.]

Scarecrow, trancers, invasion USA, puppet master, necronomicon, star trek, werewolf, seven ups the late Richard lynch was a prolific and iconic actor despite many of his films being B rated or low budget.the man was a constant professional. His younger brother Barry was also an actor. Fantastic actor. May he rest in peace

[mrmeerkat]

I think you missed out something very important and life changing in this brilliant actors life.

[derithross]

Never forgotten. I remember Scarecrow with Al Pacino. Watching The 7-ups right now.

[Rob-skim]

He was great in the TV movie Vampire and was great in an episode of Hunter.