Richard Edson profile
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Richard Edson

1st January 1954 New Rochelle, New York, USA Acting

Richard Edson (born January 1, 1954) is an American actor and musician. He was born in New Rochelle, New York to a Jewish family. In 1979, Edson was a founding member of the San Francisco art rock band The Alterboys with Snuky Tate, Tono Rondone, Richard Kelly and JC Garrett, playing both drums and trumpet. From 1981 to 1982, he was Sonic Youth's original drummer and played drums for Konk at the same time. After the release of Sonic Youth's self-titled debut EP, Edson left the band to play with Konk full-time. Edson also played trumpet with San Francisco band The Offs on the group's eponymous 1984 album. He started his acting career on screen in the feature film, Stranger Than Paradise (1984). Since then, he has been known for his roles in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Do The Right Thing (1989), Super Mario Bros. (1993) and Strange Days (1995). From Wikipedia.

80 Movies 19 TV Shows 102 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Posse poster
Posse 14th May 1993 as Deputy Tom
Walker poster
Walker 4th December 1987 as Turley
Vegas poster
Vegas 25th September 2012 as Arthur Speziali
Numb3rs poster
Numb3rs 23rd January 2005 as Nick Rowland
Cold Case poster
Cold Case 28th September 2003 as Seth Lundgren (2008)
ER poster
ER 19th September 1994 as Vinnie La Fontaine
L.A. Law poster
L.A. Law 15th September 1986 as Carver Bowles