The Life and Tragic Ending of Richard Lynch

[@richardstahl7572]

This guy played some of the best villains in cinematic history R I P my good sir If he was still around he would make a great MCU villain

[@nachoagudomartin9625]

I met Richard Lynch at a Horror Film festival in Spain, back in 2009. He was an outstanding and an underrated character actor as well as a wonderful human being. Besides, he was my favorite screen actor and I missed him a lot. RIP maestro.

[@JoeyNYSDnomad]

Always played a great villain.

[@Darecki2]

And played good

[@jackgrattan1447]

THE SEVEN UPS was made by the producers of THE FRENCH CONNECTION as an unofficial sequel, and contains what I consider the best car chase EVER committed to film. And Richard Lynch steals the movie every time he's on screen.

[@andrewfitzman]

Agreed. I've also always said that it is the best car chase ever filmed.

[@michaelconnor5378]

He’s that guy that you say, “there he is again”. Never the lead but always good in whatever role

[@davidwsmith1762]

Love the Seven Ups. Great underrated, gritty movie with a lot of cool character actors.

[@marygillette4938]

A great actor and one of my earliest crushes

[@littleogeechee223]

He also did a tour de force performance on an episode of Starsky and Hutch where he played a psycho but brilliant Shakespearean stage actor who was offing cabbies because he was hit by one and lost an arm and a leg, also losing a potentially wonderful career.

[@derithross8314]

Loved that one

[@littleogeechee223]

This guy was always a favorite. You would think the pivotal incident of the fire would be mentioned since only days or weeks after it, he made a very raw video showing himself still in quite considerable physical pain and warning against drugs...

[@marydahm6851]

I remember his facial scars, which he apparently got after setting himself on fire after a bad LSD trip. They always seemed a part of his characters.

[@jackgrattan1447]

You'd think they would mention that little fact, but no...

[@mrriff5681]

Yea the drug thing was sort of a major thing that changed his mind set I remember having nightmares of him in bad dreams as the Jim Jones type cult leader he was amazing!

[@margaretgonazales3658]

He was my favorite person I will carry him with me

[@noahpartic7586]

Damn. I had no idea he died until I saw this clip Sun 12-27-20. I thought he was a cast member of The Electric Company but I looked it up & was wrong. Jim Boyd sure kinda looked & sounded like Richard Lynch back in the day, but WTF did I know? I was just a kid at the time. Anyway, I especially remember him in Buck Rogers & Invasion USA opposite Chuck Norris...worth it👍. From how his death sounded...😱. I shudder to think.

[@KingOFuh]

Jersey Journal, Jersey City, NJ, Thursday, June 29, 1967; ACTOR IN REAL FIERY SCENE-A 27-year-old unemployed actor who splashed himself with gasoline and then turned himself into a human torch in Central Park was in critical condition today at Bellevue Hospital. Police said Richard Lynch, of Manhattan, was discovered yesterday when a passing motorist saw him running in flames across the grass at the Park's East Drive at 79th Street. Lynch had apparently taken a gasoline can to the park behind the Metropolitan Museum and set fire to himself, police said.

[@edwinvalenzuela7113]

Oh he's also a guest star in a Quinn Martin Production of The Streets Of San Francisco

[@coasterkat4432]

You forgot to mention his free-basing accident.

[@chibi437]

My favorite actor rest in peace beloved

[@mrmeerkat1096]

I think you missed out something very important and life changing in this brilliant actors life.

[@jimred5700]

A masterful, mesmerising performer. Richard`s portrayal of Riley in Scarecrow was as harrowing as it was disturbing and as it was superb.

[@derithross8314]

Never forgotten. I remember Scarecrow with Al Pacino. Watching The 7-ups right now.

[@seandarcy7651]

Great in wonderful film scarecrow with Al Pacino, Gene Hackman a great character actor

[@toma.4808]

Scarecrow, trancers, invasion USA, puppet master, necronomicon, star trek,werewolf, seven ups the late Richard lynch was a prolific and iconic actor despite many of his films being B rated or low budget.the man was a constant professional. His younger brother Barry was also an actor. Fantastic actor. May he rest in peace

[@Rob-sk1im]

He was great in the TV movie Vampire and was great in an episode of Hunter.

[@xScooterAZx]

I found Richard Lynch when the movie The Sword and the Scorcerer first came out in movies in 1982, I watched it in one of the cinemas on Hollywood blvd. He played Cromwell and Lee Horsley played Prince Talon. I am actually rewatching it right now on tubi. :} I just took a break to see this video.

[@michaelbenn4912]

Best Vampire ever👍

[@artdenattic1]

Nice thank you

[@michaelphillips7282]

I didn't realize how badly his nose was burned till I saw that photo @2:45. One of the reasons I haven't tried LSD, myself.😱

[@jer2dabear]

Loved him in Sword and the Sorcerer, Invasion USA and Puppet Master 3.

[@veritas6335]

Many of the photos shown in this piece show Lynch with a prosthetic nose, as his own was badly damaged when he set himself on fire. He was quite handsome before he ruined his looks with the drug-induced self-immolation, but then, it got him a career playing evil bad guys. He truly looked evil.

[@aprayerandpositivethoughts9308]

He was also in Starksy andHutch

[@saxonforge]

There is nothing tragic about his death, he lived a long life and died of natural causes. Despite his self inflicted scarring due to LSD tripping, he persisted in succeeding as an actor with a very long list of great films. I was always impressed by him as a kid right till now. One of the best villain character actors that ever was. New movies suck, Hollywood lost its way long ago and will soon perish.

[@ConnieLynchitzWhoElse]

Well done on spending 3 minutes and 31 seconds reading out his Wikipedia page and leaving out the part where he horribly disfigured himself.

[@mukainoda9453]

Richard vs chuck Norris in invasion USA his most sadistic badass character

[@michaelconnor5378]

In Scarecrow, Pacino found out why it was better to be on the manure detail as Hackman tried to warn him

[@seandarcy7651]

Medical science 👍👍like Bobby Darin rip cool

[@JonyelPerez]

Chuck norris vs Richard lynch in invasion u.s.a fighter.

[@iona840]

He's my uncle!!! He married my auntie Lillie

[@masterwerneck]

How much of his body was take by the fire?

[@artdenattic1]

Werewolf

[@marccaden8457]

Good. I wait for love from you 💝💖