Richard Ryder (actor)

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Richard Ryder
Born(1942-08-20)August 20, 1942
Died27 October 1995(1995-10-27) (aged 53)
OccupationActor

Richard Ryder (20 August 1942 – 27 October 1995) was an American actor from Rochester, New York.

Ryder starred in the motion pictures Abuse and appeared in Forever Young, as well as the television movies Threesome, Laker Girls, Cries Unheard: The Donna Yaklich Story and When the Dark Man Calls.

He also played a Bajoran deputy in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes "Past Prologue" and "Babel" and also guest starred in Dream On, Designing Women and Party of Five.

With a live performance career that spanned thirty years, Richard appeared in Las Vegas at the Lido de Paris, sang with Juliette Prowse and was Marty Allen’s stage partner.  Theater credits are many –regional, off-Broadway, Broadway, and the National Tour of “They’re Playing Our Song” alongside Dawn Wells of Gilligan’s Island fame and Lorna Luft.

Ryder died in Hollywood, California in 1995, of AIDS, aged 53.

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