Richard Lynch, Who Played Bad Guys, Dies at 76 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Richard Lynch, who employed his platinum hair and scarred face to play villainous characters in films like "Bad Dreams" and "The Sword and the Sorcerer," was found dead on Tuesday at his home in Palm Springs, Calif. He was 76. Mr. Lynch's representative, Mike Baronas, said that a friend found Mr. Lynch on the kitchen floor, and that "from what I currently understand, no investigation into the cause of his death will be made." Mr. Lynch appeared in dozens of horror and science-fiction films in a career spanning four decades. His most recent role was in the director Rob Zombie's "Lords of Salem," which has not yet been released. He played school principal in Mr. Zombie's 2007 remake of "Halloween." Mr. Lynch was born in 1936 in Brooklyn. He had said he suffered scarring in 1967 after he set himself on fire while under the influence of LSD.