Richard Masur Net Worth

What is Richard Masur's Net Worth?

Richard Masur is an American actor who has a net worth of $2 million. Richard Masur is known for his roles on such television series as "Rhoda," "One Day at a Time," "Transparent," and "Younger," and in such films as "The Thing," "The Mean Season," "Far from Home," "Encino Man," and "The Patriots." Masur also served as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1995 to 1999.

Early Life and Education

Richard Masur was born on November 20, 1948 in New York City to Claire, a high school counselor, and Jesse, a pharmacist. He is Jewish, and has a sister named Judith. Masur was educated at PS 28, Walt Whitman Junior High School, and Theodore Roosevelt High School. For college, he attended Yale University.

Television Career

Masur first appeared on television in 1974, when he had guest roles on "All in the Family," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," and "The Waltons" and began the recurring role of Nick Lobo on "Rhoda." He had his first main role in 1975, as hotel manager Clifford Ainsley on the short-lived ABC sitcom "Hot l Baltimore." After that, Masur began playing the main role of attorney David Kane on the CBS sitcom "One Day at a Time." He left the show early in its second season and later returned as a guest star in season six. Meanwhile, Masur had a guest role on "M*A*S*H" in 1975. He primarily appeared in television films throughout the 1980s and '90s, including "Fallen Angel" (1981), "Adam" (1983), "The Burning Bed" (1984), "Always Remember I Love You" (1990), "And the Band Played On" (1993), and "The Face on the Milk Carton" (1995). Masur also played the adult Stanley Uris in the 1990 ABC adaptation of Stephen King's novel "It."

In 2001, Masur appeared in the HBO biographical sports television film "61*," about the legendary competition between baseball players Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle to break Babe Ruth's single-season home run record. After a long break from the small screen after that, Masur returned in 2015 with recurring roles on four shows: CBS's "The Good Wife," Netflix's "Orange is the New Black," and Amazon's "Transparent" and "Red Oaks." He remained on the first three shows through 2016 and on the last show through 2017. From 2016 to 2018, Masur played the recurring role of writer Edward L.L. Moore on the TV Land series "Younger." He didn't appear on television again until 2023, when he had guest roles on the Netflix miniseries "Kaleidoscope" and the CBS crime drama series "The Equalizer."

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Film Career

Masur made his big-screen debut in the 1975 comedy "Whiffs." He followed that with roles in the romantic drama "Bittersweet Love," the sports comedy "Semi-Tough," and the neo-noir crime film "Who'll Stop the Rain." Masur's final films of the decade were the war film "Hanover Street" and the ensemble comedy "Scavenger Hunt." Kicking off the 1980s, he appeared in Michael Cimino's epic Western "Heaven's Gate." A couple of years later, Masur was in three films: the biopic "I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can" and the science-fiction films "The Thing" and "Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann." He was in three more films in 1983, including the Tom Cruise teen comedy "Risky Business" and the horror anthology film "Nightmares." In 1985, Masur appeared in the thriller "The Mean Season" and the comedies "My Science Project" and "Head Office." He followed those with a supporting role in Mike Nichols's 1986 film "Heartburn," based on the Nora Ephron novel. Masur's subsequent credits included the thriller "Rent-a-Cop," the Weird Western "Walker," the teen comedy "License to Drive," and the thriller "Far from Home."

In 1990, Masur had a supporting role in the adventure comedy "Flashback." The next year, he was in "Going Under" and "My Girl." In 1992, Masur played the father of Sean Astin's main character in the fantasy comedy "Encino Man." He subsequently played a professor in "The Man Without a Face," a prison librarian in "Blood in Blood Out," and a doctor in "Six Degrees of Separation," all in 1993. The year after that, Masur reprised his role from "My Girl" in the sequel "My Girl 2" and also starred in the French film "The Patriots." He next had a supporting role in Billy Crystal's 1995 romcom "Forget Paris." Masur went on to appear in the 1996 science-fiction comedy "Multiplicity" and the 1997 action film "Fire Down Below." Closing out the decade, he appeared in the boxing film "Play it to the Bone." Masur was less active on the big screen in the '00s, with his only credits being "Palindromes" (2004) and "Lovely by Surprise" (2007). The next decade, he appeared in the 2015 romantic dramedy "Tumbledown."

Personal Life

Masur married his first wife, Fredda Weiss, in 1976. They divorced in 2004. Masur subsequently wed Eileen Henry.

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