Sy Richardson (born 1941) is an American film and television actor.

Also a two-time screenwriter, Richardson wrote the screenplay for the 1993 film Posse.

Richardson made his film debut as the Fairy Godmother, in the 1977 American erotic musical comedy Cinderella.

[2] He is perhaps best known as a regular in the films of Alex Cox, having appeared in Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Walker, The Winner and Searchers 2.0.

He recently had a recurring role as the coroner on the TV series Pushing Daisies.