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, 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 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.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1975 Whiffs Lockyer's aide 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 2021 Pennywise: The Story of It Himself Documentary film 2026 The Thing Expanded Himself Documentary film

Television 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 Lobo7 episodes1975Hawaii Five-OBink AverySeason 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"