Biography

Born to a military family Lou Richards attended Scotch Plains Fanwood High School in New Jersey and Brunswick High School in Maine. He also attended schools in Hawaii, Alabama, and California. As a student at Texas Tech University, Lou got involved in college radio at KTXT. His first commercial job was doing the all night shift at KLBK in Lubbock, Texas. He went on to be a DJ at KKUA in Honolulu and landed a few small roles in Hawaii Five-O (1968). That's when the acting bug took over and he moved to Los Angeles to "pursue the dream". Of all his television roles he claims his favorite was working in Gloria (1982), the sitcom spin-off of All in the Family (1971). "I was being paid to show up every day and be silly. It doesn't get much better than that". From his cartoon voice work, he says he enjoyed working most of all with Frank Welker.
- IMDb mini biography by: Dredzfall

Was cast in the role of Leader-1 in Challenge of the Gobots after voice director Gordon Hunt's daughter Helen Hunt secretly had a crush on him and wanted him for the role.