Richard Lee Lawson (born March 7, 1947) is an American actor who has starred in movies and on television. He is perhaps best known for his roles in genre films; he portrayed Ryan in the 1982 film Poltergeist, and Dr. Ben Taylor in the 1983 NBC miniseries V.

• Poltergeist (1982)

  
• Streets of Fire (1984)

  
• Lemonade (2016)

  
• V (1983)

  
• Scream Blacula Scream (1973)