Richard Masur's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) One Day at a Time David Kane Family Law Judge Thoma… Hot L Baltimore Clifford Ai… Empire (1984) Jack Willow Significant Others (1998) Leonard Cha… Time Express Sam Loring

Main Movie Roles 2007 - Lovely by Surprise 1997 - Fire Down Below 1996 - Multiplicity 1995 - Forget Paris 1994 - My Girl 2 1993 - Six Degrees of Separation 1993 - The Man Without a Face 1993 - Bound by Honor 1992 - Encino Man 1991 - My Girl 1989 - Far From Home 1988 - License To Drive 1988 - Shoot to Kill 1987 - The Believers 1986 - Heartburn 1985 - The Falcon and the Snowman 1985 - The Mean Season 1985 - My Science Project 1983 - Under Fire 1983 - Risky Business 1983 - Nightmares 1982 - The Thing 1982 - Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann 1980 - Heaven's Gate 1979 - Scavenger Hunt 1979 - Hanover Street 1978 - Who'll Stop the Rain 1977 - Semi-Tough

BIOGRAPHY:

Mazur has also been active in the theatre with increasing frequency. His Broadway debut was in The Changing Room by David Storey (1973). More recently, Masur returned to Broadway in Michael Frayn's Democracy (2004-05), and, among his many off-Broadway and regional theatre appearances, are recent major roles in A Feminine Ending by Sarah Treem (Playwrights Horizons - 2007)and Mike Leigh's Two Thousand Years (The New Group - 2008).


TRIVIA:

• (1995-1999) President of Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
• Remembered as 'Bonnie Franklin' (qv)'s lumpish, even-natured boyfriend in the earlier seasons of _"One Day at a Time" (1975)_ (qv).
• Present wife Eileen Henry is a SAG New York branch President.
• Sits on the Boards of The Hollywood Policy Center and The Creative Coalition, and has been deeply involved, for over six years, in the campaign for a U.S. National Health Program.
• Moved from being a familiar face for over 20 years in film and television to directing. His first project _Love Struck (1986)_ (qv), a 23-minute film which he both wrote and directed, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. His ex-wife 'Fredda Weiss' (qv) produced the short.
• A graduate of the Yale School of Drama.
• Versatile character actor whose quality TV movie roles over the years have ranged from playing a Senate investigator in _Adam (1983) (TV)_ (qv), to a child molester in the acclaimed _Fallen Angel (1981) (TV)_ (qv), to a gay cop in _When the Bough Breaks (1986) (TV)_ (qv). He also received an Emmy nomination for his performance, opposite 'Farrah Fawcett' (qv) (also nominated) as an abused wife and mother in _The Burning Bed (1984) (TV)_ (qv).
• "Served two 2-year terms as president of Screen Actors Guild, 1995-1999."