Brian Dennehy
Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA — Jul 09 1938• Died Apr 15 2020
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Brian Manion Dennehy (July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020) was an American actor of film, stage, and television. His breakthrough film role was as the overzealous sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood (1982). Typically a character actor, Dennehy displayed versatility in varying and often complex roles ranging from villainous (such as a corrupt sheriff in the 1985 western Silverado) to virtuous (such as a benevolent alien leader in Cocoon, also released in 1985). Other notable films featuring Dennehy include Gorky Park (1983), Never Cry Wolf (1983), Legal Eagles (…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Judson Tierney
Knots Landing
James Cargill
The Blacklist
Dominic Wilkinson
The West Wing
Rafe Framingham
The Good Wife
Bucky Stabler
30 Rock
Mickey J
Great Performances
Grimmet
American Experience
Aaron Burr (voice)
Rizzoli & Isles
Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy
Dallas
Luther Frick
M*A*S*H
M.P. Ernie Connors
Miami Vice
Reverend Billy Bob Proverb
Dynasty
Jake Dunham
Playhouse
Grimmet
Hunter
Dr. Bolin
Police Woman
Burrows
Cagney & Lacey
Michael Magruder
Screen Two
James Boyce
Just Shoot Me!
Red Finch
Rules of Engagement
Roy
Kojak
Peter Connor
The 4400
Mitch Baldwin
Lou Grant
Wilson
Faerie Tale Theatre
King Neptune / Narrator (voice)
The Agency
James Graydon
Reading Rainbow
Self - Narrator (voice)
Ratatouille
Django (voice)
The Big C
Dad
First Blood
Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
Night Visions
Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please")
The Tony Randall Show
Brian Sr.
Romeo + Juliet
Ted Montague
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
Jerome Townsend
The Ultimate Gift
Gus
Masters of Science Fiction
Bedzyk
Evergreen
Matthew Malone
Hap and Leonard
Sheriff Valentine Otis
Arrest & Trial
Self - Host
Tall Tales & Legends
Buffalo Bill
The Next Three Days
George Brennan
Silverado
Cobb
Lucan
Fisher
Tag
Mr. Cilliano
Darkroom
Roland
The Fitzpatricks
Coach Hatfield
Big Shamus, Little Shamus
Arnie Sutter
The Last Place on Earth
Frederick Cook
10
Donald
Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
Louis Bromfield
She Hate Me
Billy Church
Tommy Boy
Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
Cocoon
Walter
Dead Man's Walk
Major Chevallier
Birdland
Dr. Brian McKenzie
Netforce
Lowell Davidson
Knight of Cups
Joseph
Public Morals
Joe Patton
Presumed Innocent
Raymond Horgan
The Big Year
Raymond Harris
E! True Hollywood Story
A Rumor of War
Sgt. Ned Coleman
Gladiator
Jimmy Horn
Righteous Kill
Hingis
Cocoon: The Return
Walter (uncredited)
Pearl
Sgt. Otto Chain
Cocked
Wade
A Season in Purgatory
Gerald Bradley
Everyone's Hero
Babe Ruth (voice)
Gorky Park
William Kirwill
Nostromo
Joshua C. Holroyd
Summer Catch
John Schiffner
Lanigan's Rabbi
Burton Tree
Driveways
Del
The Fighting Fitzgeralds
Mr. Fitzgerald
10th & Wolf
Agent Horvath
The Burden of Proof
Dixon Hartnell
F.I.S.T.
Frank Vasko
Assault on Precinct 13
Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
Legal Eagles
Cavanaugh
F/X
Lt. Leo McCarthy
Foul Play
Fergie
Blood Feud
Edward Grady Partin
Undue Influence
Paul Madriani
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Surgeon
Animated Tales of the World
Captain (voice)
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Andy Goodman
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Day One
Gen. Leslie Groves
Murder in the Heartland
John McArthur
Marco Polo
Kublai Khan
Founding Fathers
George Washington (voice)
F/X2
Leo McCarthy
The Exonerated
Gary Gauger
The Last of the Finest
Frank Daly
Marco Polo
Kublai Khan
Our Fathers
Father Dominic Spagnolia
Every Day
Ernie
Son of the South
Grandfather
Fail Safe
Gen. Bogan
Trumbo
Self
NetForce
Lowell Davidson
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Jack Reed
Split Image
Kevin Stetson
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
Jack Reed
Never Cry Wolf
Rosie
The Seagull
Pjotr Sorin
Finders Keepers
Frizzoli
Star of the Family
Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
Ruby and Oswald
George Paulsen
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
O.C. Hanks
Alleged
Clarence Darrow
Skokie
Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
Welcome to Paradise
Bobby Brown
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Eddie Brannigan
Deadly Matrimony
Jack Reed
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Jackie Presser
A Real American Hero
Buford Pusser
Indio
Whitaker
Founding Brothers
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
Fred Silverman
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
Dish Dogs
Frost
Twice in a Lifetime
Nick
Dummy
Ragoti
To Catch a Killer
John Wayne Gacy
Serpico
Jody
A Death in Canaan
Barney Parsons
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
Mr. Blue
Miles from Home
Frank Roberts Sr.
Little Miss Marker
Herbie
Fly Away Home
Tim Arnold
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Sergeant Cheever
The Diamond Fleece
Inspector Outlaw
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Sen. Donald Riegle
The Challenger Disaster
Rogers
Warden of Red Rock
Sheriff Selwyn Church
A Season in Purgatory
Gerald Bradley
The River Rat
Doc Cole
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Tom Stone
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Big Dave McDermot
Best Seller
Dennis Meechum
Final Appeal
Perry Sundquist
Semi-Tough
T.J. Lambert
The Check is in the Mail...
Richard Jackson
Perfect Witness
James Falcon
Rising Son
Gus Robinson
Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill
In Broad Daylight
Len Rowan
Stolen Summer
Father Kelly
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Andy Goodman
Out of the Cold
David Bards
A Killing in a Small Town
Ed Reivers
Shadow of a Doubt
Charley Sloan
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Grimmet
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Jack Reed
A Father's Revenge
Paul Hobart
Three Blind Mice
Matthew Hope
I Take These Men
Phil Zakarian
Foreign Affairs
Chuck Mumpson
Acceptable Risks
Don Sheppard
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
John O'Neil
Blood Feud
Edward Grady Partin
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Andrew Jackson (voice)
To Catch a Killer
John Wayne Gacy
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Jack Reed
Silicon Towers
Tom Warner
The Jericho Mile
Dr. D
The Ultimate Legacy
Gus
Sirens
Lt. Denby
The Song of Sway Lake
Hal Sway
Midnight Movie
James Boyce
Meet Monica Velour
Pop Pop
Voyage of Terror
The President
Bunker Hill
Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
3 Days with Dad
Bob
The Man From Snowy River II
Harrison
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Fire Chief
A Season on the Brink
Bobby Knight
Seven Minutes
Wagner
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Grimmet
The Lion of Africa
Sam Marsh
The Little Mermaid
King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
The Belly of an Architect
Stourley Kracklite
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
Jack Reed
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
War Eagle, Arkansas
Pop, Enochs Father
Making 'The Misfits'
Narrator
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Longshoreman
The Seduction of Miss Leona
Bliss Dawson
Leave of Absence
Sam
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Ervil LeBaron
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
Bruno Morenz
A Very Merry Toy Store
Joe Haggarty
Cat City
Harold
Twelfth Night
Sir Toby Belch
American Valor
Narrator
Love and Valor
Narrator (voice)
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
Narrator
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
Narrator (voice)
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
Narrator
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner