Brian Dennehy
Acting
Biography
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 (1986), F/X (1986), Tommy Boy (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Ratatouille (2007). A prominent figure in the theater world (especially in Chicago), Dennehy won two Tony Awards for Best Lead Actor, for Death of a Salesman (1999) and Long Day's Journey into Night (2003). He starred in numerous television films and miniseries, garnering six Emmy Award nominations, and had memorable supporting and guest roles in many series including Just Shoot Me, The Good Wife, and The Blacklist.
Born: July 9, 1938
Place of Birth: Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Known For
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Three tornadoes converge to wreak havoc on Chicago, disrupting the power grid and creating the worst super-storm in history: a category 6 twister.
Dummy
The real-life account of an illiterate, deaf-and-mute, black youth who was accused of murdering a prostitute, and the relationship that developed between him and his court-appointed attorney, who also was deaf, and the events leading up to his precedent-setting trial.
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
Reading Rainbow
Journey to exciting places and build a lasting connection with your favorite books. Each episode centers on a theme from a book, or other children's literature, which is explored through a number of segments or stories.
The West Wing
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
Sirens
Who can you turn to when protectors become predators? Dana Delany, Keith Carradine, and Brian Dennehy star in this moving, suspenseful drama about one woman's courageous battle to bring a rogue cop to justice. Sally Rawlings (Delany), a corporate executive with a bright future, watches her life spin out of control after a policeman, Officer Wexler (Carradine), cold-bloodedly kills her ex-husband before her very eyes. Wexler is acquitted of any wrongdoing, and Sally finds herself standing alone against a shocking police department cover-up. Thwarted at every turn by a system steeped in deceit and corruption, Sally takes the law into her own hands. Hacking into computer files, staking out Wexler and questioning witnesses, Sally will risk everything – including her own life – to expose the truth.
E! True Hollywood Story
E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.
Faerie Tale Theatre
A live-action children's television anthology series retelling popular fairy tales.
War Eagle, Arkansas
Based on a True Story War Eagle, Arkansas is a character-driven drama about a young man’s choice of whether to leave his family and friends for a career in baseball or stay and redeem his struggling community. The story takes place over a few pivotal weeks in the summer after Enoch Cass’s senior year, and is set against the backdrop of Arkansas’ beautiful Ozark Mountains. War Eagle, Arkansas poses important questions that face all young people in rural America. The answers we find could touch us all.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Filmography
as Grandfather
as Del
as Jerome Townsend
as Self
as Bob
as Hal Sway
as Mr. Cilliano
as Pjotr Sorin
as Joe Haggarty
as Sheriff Valentine Otis
as Gus
as Joseph
as Joe Patton
as Wade
as Dominic Wilkinson
as Rogers
as Sir Toby Belch
as Raymond Harris
as George Brennan
as Clarence Darrow
as Dad
as Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
as Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy
as Pop Pop
as Ernie
as Bucky Stabler
as Narrator
as Narrator (voice)
as Hingis
as Harold
as Pop, Enochs Father
as Bobby Brown
as Self
as Bedzyk
as Django (voice)
as Andrew Jackson (voice)
as Kublai Khan
as Kublai Khan
as Gus
as Roy
as Mickey J
as Babe Ruth (voice)
as Gary Gauger
as Agent Horvath
as Father Dominic Spagnolia
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
as Andy Goodman
as Andy Goodman
as Billy Church
as Mitch Baldwin
as Narrator
as Tom Stone
as Narrator
as Father Kelly
as Bobby Knight
as Narrator
as Matthew Hope
as James Graydon
as John Schiffner
as Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please")
as Sheriff Selwyn Church
as Mr. Fitzgerald
as Captain (voice)
as George Washington (voice)
as Frost
as Gen. Bogan
as Willy Loman
as Tom Warner
as Lt. Denby
as Rafe Framingham
as Judson Tierney
as David Bards
as Louis Bromfield
as Lowell Davidson
as Lowell Davidson
as Sen. Donald Riegle
as The President
as Eddie Brannigan
as Red Finch
as Joshua C. Holroyd
as Charley Sloan
as Jack Reed
as Ted Montague
as Paul Madriani
as Major Chevallier
as Gerald Bradley
as Jack Reed
as Big Dave McDermot
as Jack Reed
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
as James Boyce
as Jack Reed
as Sam
as Dr. Brian McKenzie
as Perry Sundquist
as Sgt. Jack Reed
as Ervil LeBaron
as John McArthur
as Chuck Mumpson
as Jack Reed
as Inspector Outlaw
as Jackie Presser
as John Wayne Gacy
as Jimmy Horn
as Dixon Hartnell
as John Wayne Gacy
as Leo McCarthy
as Narrator (voice)
as Len Rowan
as Raymond Horgan
as Gus Robinson
as Ed Reivers
as Frank Daly
as Bruno Morenz
as James Falcon
as Wagner
as Whitaker
as Gen. Leslie Groves
as Aaron Burr (voice)
as Frank Roberts Sr.
as Walter (uncredited)
as Harrison
as Paul Hobart
as (voice)
as Dennis Meechum
as Stourley Kracklite
as Sam Marsh
as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
as Cavanaugh
as Richard Jackson
as Don Sheppard
as Lt. Leo McCarthy
as Buffalo Bill
as Nick
as Buffalo Bill
as Cobb
as Walter
as Matthew Malone
as Frederick Cook
as James Boyce
as Doc Cole
as Dr. Bolin
as Reverend Billy Bob Proverb
as Sergeant Cheever
as Frizzoli
as William Kirwill
as Rosie
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Edward Grady Partin
as Edward Grady Partin
as Phil Zakarian
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
as Kevin Stetson
as Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs
as King Neptune / Narrator (voice)
as Michael Magruder
as Roland
as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
as Tim Arnold
as Jake Dunham
as Dr. D
as Sgt. Ned Coleman
as Bliss Dawson
as Herbie
as James Cargill
as Donald
as Arnie Sutter
as O.C. Hanks
as Ragoti
as John O'Neil
as Buford Pusser
as Sgt. Otto Chain
as Fergie
as Frank Vasko
as Luther Frick
as Barney Parsons
as George Paulsen
as Fire Chief
as T.J. Lambert
as Surgeon
as Wilson
as Fisher
as Coach Hatfield
as Longshoreman
as Brian Sr.
as Jody
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
as Burrows
as Grimmet
as Peter Connor
as M.P. Ernie Connors
as Grimmet
as Self - Nominee