
Cast
Sy Richardson
Acting
Cast
Sy Richardson
Known for
Acting
Born
1941-06-04
From
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also known as Symon Lionel Richardson
Biography
Symon Lionel Richardson (born June 4, 1941) is an American film and television actor. He made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella. Richardson is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, The Winner and Searchers 2.0. He played "Turbo" in the 1990 film Tripwire. He recently had a recurring role as the coroner on the TV series Pushing Daisies. He is also in They Live and played a tough L.A. County Sherrif in the gang classic Colors.

They Live
as Black Revolutionary

Colors
as Bailey

Surviving Christmas
as Doo-Dah Understudy

Cinderella
as Fairy Godmother

Larry Crowne
as Avery

Catchfire
as Capt. Walker

Posse
as Shepherd

Repo Man
as Lite

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
as Shiner #2

Three Fugitives
as Tucker

Floundering
as Commander K

Sid and Nancy
as Methadone Caseworker

Human Nature
as Police Detective

Mystery Train
as Newsvendor

The Grifters
as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Men at Work
as Walt Richardson

Tapeheads
as Bartender

Walker
as Captain Hornsby

Tripwire
as Turbo

Fairy Tales
as Sirus

The Winner
as Bartender

Our Family Wedding
as Sonny

Straight to Hell
as Norwood

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
as Lavonne

Cold Steel
as Rashid

The Glass Shield
as Mr. Taylor

Extreme Honor
as Schultz

Young & Naive
as Self

Bad Dreams
as Detective Wasserman

Shattered Illusions
as Gene

Nocturna
as RH Factor

Ring of Fire II: Blood and Steel
as Ernest

To Sleep with Anger
as Marsh

Erasable You
as Miliatant

Heat Vision and Jack
as Doctor

Dead Man Walking
as Snake

South of Heaven
as Pawn Daddy

Street Asylum
as Sgt. 'Joker' Tatum

Evil Obsession
as Jim

Medium Rare
as Marv

Message From a Mistress
as Mr. Hall

All About Us
as Willie Earl

L.A. County 187
as Leotis Brown

Faith of Our Fathers
as Dan

After Diff'rent Strokes: When the Laughter Stopped
as Mr. Coleman

The Playaz Court
as Louie

Sandy Passage
as David

A Numbers Game
as Bernie

5th of July
as Pops

Lord Help Us
as Church Member

It Wants Blood 2
as Professor Smert

Petey Wheatstraw
as Petey's Father

My Brother's Wedding
as Mr. Dubois

Searchers 2.0
as Fritz Frobisher

Hip-Hop Headstrong
as The Bishop

Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
as Harry

Eye of the Stranger
as Jeb