Richard Hugh Lynch (born February 12, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York, USA; died June 19, 2012 in Yucca Valley, California, USA) was an American actor best known for portraying villains in films and television. Lynch was one of seven children from a Brooklyn-Irish Catholic family; his younger brother Barry also became an actor. Through his parents Lynch held Irish citizenship and frequently visited the country. After a spell in the US Marine Corps, he studied theatre at Herbert Berghof's HB Studio and the Actors' Studio