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Richard Riehle (born May 12, 1948) is an American character actor. He portrayed Walt Finnerty on Grounded for Life (2001–2005) and The Warden on The Young and the Restless (2007). He has also appeared in over 200 films, including Glory (1989), The Fugitive (1993), Casino (1995), Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) and Office Space (1999).
Richard Riehle. Actor: The Man from Earth. Richard Riehle was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, to Mary Margaret (Walsh), a nurse, and Herbert John Riehle, an assistant postmaster. He is of German and Irish descent.
- January 1, 1
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- Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA
Mini Bio. Richard Riehle was born in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, to Mary Margaret (Walsh), a nurse, and Herbert John Riehle, an assistant postmaster. He is of German and Irish descent. Richard attended the University of Notre Dame, where he became heavily involved with the University Theatre.
- May 12, 1948
Richard Mathias Riehle was born May 12, 1948, in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. His father Herbert John Riehle was a 27 year old postal worker at the time and his mother, Mary Margaret Walsh, was a nurse of the same age. Richard has four brothers and two sisters. He graduated from Notre Dame cum laud in 1970 and received a Masters of Fine Arts ...
- Medal of Victory (2016)—“Ted Crump”
- Rooster Cogburn (…and The Lady) (1975)—Extra Joyride (1977)—“Bartender”
- Glory (1989)—“Quartermaster”
- The Fluffer(2001)—“Sam Martins”
- Chillerama (2011)—“Cecil Kaufman”
- Executive Decision (1996)—“Airline Marshal George Edwards”
- The Fugitive(1993)—“Old Guard”
- The West Wing(2001)—“Officer Jack Sloan”
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer(1998)—“Merrick”
- Psych(2009)—“Army Johnson”
Richard Riehle:Ted Crump is the longtime mayor of Townville. He lives by the usual minor corruption in order to get through, but he’s never had a real dangerous opponent. Now a local businessman decides he wants in on it, so it’s a fight to the finish between these two guys. Now, what happens is that these two bottom-of-the-rung GI’s are working in...
AVC: It looks like your first time in front of the camera—according to IMDB, anyway—was playing a bartender in the film Joyride. RR: Yes, that was the first one with lines. I did appear previous to that in Rooster Cogburn (…And The Lady), shot back in ’74 in Rogue River Valley, in Oregon. But I was a glorified extra that got bumped up to being Rich...
RR:That was a really fascinating movie to be involved with. The [Kevin] Jarre script was incredible. I was in New York doing theater at the time, and I got this audition, so I came in and read for Ed [Zwick, the director], and he told me when they came back and offered me the role, “Everybody else played him like a villain, and you played him like ...
RR: A really interesting thing. The script came through, and it was very strange, and I thought, “Oh, boy, this might be something fun to get into.” So these two guys, Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, were wonderful writers and directors—Richard just passed away about two years ago—had put together this project. Wash had come over from Englan...
AVC: You’ve done a number of horror films in your career, and you’ve met your end in a myriad of ways. Do you have a particular favorite in terms of your on-screen demises? RR: Well, I think it would have to be Chillerama. That whole thing was just fascinating. We shot that in an actual working drive-in, one of the few that’s still around, and it h...
RR: Now, the best near-death experience was in Executive Decision, where I get shot with an Uzi, and it takes out part of the wall of the plane, so I get pulled into Halle Berry’s crotch several times as she saves me from flying out. And then at the end, when you’re sure this guy’s dead, they bring him out of the plane on a gurney, and he gets one ...
AVC: Well, since you’ve provided an organic way to tie it in, do you have a particular anecdote about working on The Fugitive? RR: Oh, I loved being in The Fugitive! It was incredible! The interesting thing about The Fugitive was that Harrison was excited to do it, but he asked them if they would shoot it in sequence, because he didn’t want to be g...
RR: That was a show I’d been watching religiously since it came on, and I’d wanted to be a part of it, but I hadn’t gotten an audition. But somehow this audition came up, and I got cast. John Spencer [who plays Leo McGarry] was an old buddy of mine. We’d actually both been in Execution Of Justice, the Broadway show. At the time I did The West Wing,...
AVC: You were stepping into Donald Sutherland’s shoes. He played the character in the original film. RR: Exactly! I was hoping that it would carry on, but they decided not to continue that character in the next seasons. But that was exciting, too, because Joss [Whedon] directed that episode as well. But it was amazing. I hadn’t started out watching...
RR: It was a strange experience. I get a call saying, “Can you go up to Vancouver for a week?” And I said, “Okay…” They said, “Well, it appears that an actor that they hired for this role, they aren’t going to let him into Canada.” [Laughs.] “And they need to start shooting on Monday!” I said, “Okay!” Bruce McGill’s an old buddy, so that was fun to...
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Known For. Transformers: Age of Extinction. Office Space. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The Man from Earth. Big Stan. Free Willy. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. Texas Chainsaw 3D. Acting. Production. All. Department. Richard Riehle is an American actor.
Eric Butterman. Winter 2011-12. Richard Riehle ’70 has been known as many things in his career: character actor, theater standout and, more than anything, as the “jump to conclusions” guy from the movie Office Space (1999). In fact, in an interview easily accessible by the Internet, he refers to himself in exactly this way.
