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My Take
Richard Masur is the reliable face I've seen in dozens of movies without ever quite cataloguing them all, which is the highest compliment for a character actor. Over forty films, plus Clark in The Thing and the grown-up Stan in the 1990 It miniseries that still haunts me. What I find genuinely admirable, though, is the off-screen chapter: two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1995 to 1999. That tells me he cared about the working actors around him, not just his own resume. A New Yorker who balanced craft with advocacy is exactly the kind of veteran I respect.
Overview
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 (1982), adult Stanley Uris in the miniseries It (1990), and Edward L. L.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Richard Masur
- Name (Japanese)
- リチャード・メイサー
- Reading
- りちゃーど・めいさー
- Born
- November 20, 1948 (age 77)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rat
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / politician / trade unionist / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.