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Richard Dillard
ActorBorn October 11, 1937 (87 years)
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Richard Henry Wilde Dillard (born 11 October 1937) is an American poet, author, critic, and translator.
Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Dillard is best known as a poet. He is also highly-regarded as a writer of fiction and critical essays, as well as one of the screenwriters for the cult classic Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster.He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Roanoke College and went on to receive of a Master of Arts (1959) and the Ph. D. (1965) from the University of Virginia. While at the University of Virginia he was both a Woodrow Wilson and a DuPont Fellow. He is considered something of an institution at Hollins University where he has been teaching creative writing, literature, and film studies since 1964. Dillard has been the editor of the Hollins Critic since 1996. He also served as the vice president of the Film Journal from 1973-1980.
He is the winner of numerous awards for his writing including the Academy of American Poets Prize, the O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize, and the Hanes Award for Poetry. In 2007, he was awarded the George Garrett Award for Service to Contemporary Literature by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Dillard influenced many contemporary writers including both his ex-wives Annie Dillard and Cathryn Hankla. Others include the likes of Henry S. Taylor, Lee Smith, Lucinda MacKethan, Anne Jones, Rosanne Coggeshall, Wyn Cooper, Jill McCorkle, Madison Smartt Bell, and Julia Johnson.
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Richard Henry Wilde Dillard (born 11 October 1937) is an American poet, author, critic, and translator.
Born in Roanoke, Virginia, Dillard is best known as a poet. He is also highly-regarded as a writer of fiction and critical essays, as well as one of the screenwriters for the cult classic Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster.He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Roanoke College and went on to receive of a Master of Arts (1959) and the Ph. D. (1965) from the University of Virginia. While at the University of Virginia he was both a Woodrow Wilson and a DuPont Fellow. He is considered something of an institution at Hollins University where he has been teaching creative writing, literature, and film studies since 1964. Dillard has been the editor of the Hollins Critic since 1996. He also served as the vice president of the Film Journal from 1973-1980.
He is the winner of numerous awards for his writing including the Academy of American Poets Prize, the O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize, and the Hanes Award for Poetry. In 2007, he was awarded the George Garrett Award for Service to Contemporary Literature by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Dillard influenced many contemporary writers including both his ex-wives Annie Dillard and Cathryn Hankla. Others include the likes of Henry S. Taylor, Lee Smith, Lucinda MacKethan, Anne Jones, Rosanne Coggeshall, Wyn Cooper, Jill McCorkle, Madison Smartt Bell, and Julia Johnson.
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Filmography
| 2025 | Bad Thoughts (TV Series) · as Ceo Mr. Sorensen |
| 2018 | Waiting for the Miracle to Come · as Mayor |
| 2017 | The Son (TV Series) · as Kirby |
| 2017 | Song to Song · as Father (uncredited) |
| 2015 | The Other Kind · as Ben |
| 2014 | Men, Women & Children · as Coach |
| 2013 | |
| 2013 | The Last Stand · as Irv |
| 2012 | Abel's Field · as Coach Chalmers |
| 2012 | Dallas (2012) (TV Series) · as Mitch Lobell |
| 2012 | Deep in the Heart · as Sheriff Ray |
| 2011 | Beneath the Darkness · as Doctor |
| 2011 | Seven Days in Utopia · as Golfer #1 |
| 2011 | |
| 2010 | Paradise Recovered · as Warren F. Vanderbilt |
| 2010 | Beatdown · as Kent |
| 2010 | Breaking the Press · as Tex Summer |
| 2010 | Temple Grandin · as Don Micheals |
| 2009 | Tommy and the Cool Mule · as Cook |
| 2008 | Stop-Loss · as Sheriff Boudreaux |
| 2007 | Elvis and Anabelle · as Tv Doctor |
| 2007 | Walking Tall: The Payback · as Charlie Prescott |
| 2006 | Infamous · as Man On Street |
| 2006 | Friday Night Lights (TV Series) · as Grady Hunt |
| 2006 | Veritas, Prince of Truth · as Red Dunbar |
| 2005 | The Ringer · as Olympic Official |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam · as Mansour's Boss |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights · as Reporter |
| 2003 | Screen Door Jesus · as Mayor Roy Huckaby |
| 2002 | Wire in the Blood (TV Series) · as Wayne Osman |
| 2002 | Warning: Parental Advisory · as Senator Sam |
| 2002 | The Rookie · as Devil Rays Manager |
| 2002 | Slap Her, She's French! · as Sam Fuller |
| 2001 | Pendulum · as Marty Regan |
| 2000 | Picnic · as Mr. Benson |
| 1997 | RocketMan · as The President |
| 1997 | True Women (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1997 | It's in the Water · as Jack Talbott |
| 1996 | The Secret She Carried · as Walter |
| 1996 | Cadillac Ranch · as Captain Steadlin |
| 1995 | A Woman of Independent Means (TV Series) · as Richard Prince |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | Blank Check · as Guest #1 |
| 1993 | Dazed and Confused · as Pickford's Dad |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Defense Attorney |
| 1992 | A Taste for Killing · as Mr. Sloan |
| 1992 | Dangerous Curves (TV Series) · as Richard Corman |
| 1991 | Wild Texas Wind · as Billy |
| 1991 | The Last Prostitute · as Ben Lake |
| 1991 | A Seduction in Travis County · as Judge Walker |
| 1984 | |
| 1965 | Days of our Lives (TV Series) · as Sheriff Dan Cox |