
Brian Dennehy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 9, 1938
- Died
- April 15, 2020 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
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.
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Filmography

Son of the South
Movie · as Grandfather

Driveways
Movie · as Del

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
TV · as Jerome Townsend · 1 ep

The Song of Sway Lake
Movie · as Hal Sway

3 Days with Dad
Movie · as Bob

Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Movie · as Self

The Seagull
Movie · as Pjotr Sorin

Tag
Movie · as Mr. Cilliano

A Very Merry Toy Store
Movie · as Joe Haggarty

Hap and Leonard
TV · as Sheriff Valentine Otis · 2 eps

Knight of Cups
Movie · as Joseph

The Ultimate Legacy
Movie · as Gus

Cocked
TV · as Wade · 1 ep

Public Morals
TV · as Joe Patton · 7 eps

The Challenger Disaster
Movie · as Rogers

The Blacklist
TV · as Dominic Wilkinson · 9 eps

Twelfth Night
Movie · as Sir Toby Belch

The Big Year
Movie · as Raymond Harris

The Next Three Days
Movie · as George Brennan

Every Day
Movie · as Ernie

Alleged
Movie · as Clarence Darrow

Meet Monica Velour
Movie · as Pop Pop

Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
Movie · as Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother

Rizzoli & Isles
TV · as Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy · 1 ep

The Big C
TV · as Dad · 1 ep

Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
Movie · as Narrator

Love and Valor
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Bunker Hill
Movie · as Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey

The Good Wife
TV · as Bucky Stabler · 2 eps

Righteous Kill
Movie · as Hingis

Cat City
Movie · as Harold

Ratatouille
Movie · as Django (voice)

Trumbo
Movie · as Self

War Eagle, Arkansas
Movie · as Pop, Enochs Father

Welcome to Paradise
Movie · as Bobby Brown

Marco Polo
Movie · as Kublai Khan

Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Movie · as Andrew Jackson (voice)

The Ultimate Gift
Movie · as Gus

Rules of Engagement
TV · as Roy · 1 ep

Masters of Science Fiction
TV · as Bedzyk · 1 ep

Marco Polo
TV · as Kublai Khan · 2 eps

10th & Wolf
Movie · as Agent Horvath

Everyone's Hero
Movie · as Babe Ruth (voice)

The Exonerated
Movie · as Gary Gauger

30 Rock
TV · as Mickey J · 1 ep

Assault on Precinct 13
Movie · as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea

Our Fathers
Movie · as Father Dominic Spagnolia

Category 6: Day of Destruction
Movie · as Andy Goodman

She Hate Me
Movie · as Billy Church

The 4400
TV · as Mitch Baldwin · 1 ep

Category 6: Day of Destruction
TV · as Andy Goodman · 2 eps

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Movie · as Tom Stone
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
Movie · as Fred Silverman

The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
Movie · as Mr. Blue

American Valor
Movie · as Narrator

Stolen Summer
Movie · as Father Kelly

Making 'The Misfits'
Movie · as Narrator

Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
Movie · as Narrator

A Season on the Brink
Movie · as Bobby Knight

Founding Brothers
TV · 2 eps

Summer Catch
Movie · as John Schiffner

Three Blind Mice
Movie · as Matthew Hope

Warden of Red Rock
Movie · as Sheriff Selwyn Church

The Fighting Fitzgeralds
TV · as Mr. Fitzgerald · 10 eps

The Agency
TV · as James Graydon · 1 ep

Night Visions
TV · as Camper Ben (segment "Quiet, Please") · 1 ep

Animated Tales of the World
TV · as Captain (voice) · 1 ep

Fail Safe
Movie · as Gen. Bogan

Dish Dogs
Movie · as Frost

Death of a Salesman
Movie · as Willy Loman
Arrest & Trial
TV · as Self - Host · 190 eps

Founding Fathers
TV · as George Washington (voice) · 4 eps

NetForce
Movie · as Lowell Davidson

Out of the Cold
Movie · as David Bards

Sirens
Movie · as Lt. Denby

Silicon Towers
Movie · as Tom Warner

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Judson Tierney · 1 ep

The West Wing
TV · as Rafe Framingham · 1 ep

Netforce
TV · as Lowell Davidson · 2 eps

Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke
TV · as Louis Bromfield · 4 eps

Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Movie · as Sen. Donald Riegle

Voyage of Terror
Movie · as The President

Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Movie · as Eddie Brannigan

Just Shoot Me!
TV · as Red Finch · 4 eps

Nostromo
TV · as Joshua C. Holroyd · 3 eps

Romeo + Juliet
Movie · as Ted Montague

Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
Movie · as Jack Reed
Shadow of a Doubt
Movie · as Charley Sloan

Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
Movie · as Jack Reed

E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 2 eps

Dead Man's Walk
TV · as Major Chevallier · 3 eps

Undue Influence
TV · as Paul Madriani · 2 eps

A Season in Purgatory
TV · as Gerald Bradley · 2 eps

Tommy Boy
Movie · as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan

The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Movie · as Big Dave McDermot

Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Movie · as Jack Reed

Midnight Movie
Movie · as James Boyce

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Movie · as Jack Reed

Leave of Absence
Movie · as Sam

Birdland
TV · as Dr. Brian McKenzie · 7 eps

Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Movie · as Ervil LeBaron

Foreign Affairs
Movie · as Chuck Mumpson

Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Movie · as Jack Reed

Final Appeal
Movie · as Perry Sundquist

Murder in the Heartland
TV · as John McArthur · 2 eps

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Gladiator
Movie · as Jimmy Horn

To Catch a Killer
Movie · as John Wayne Gacy

Deadly Matrimony
Movie · as Jack Reed

Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Movie · as Jackie Presser

The Diamond Fleece
Movie · as Inspector Outlaw

The Burden of Proof
TV · as Dixon Hartnell · 2 eps

To Catch a Killer
TV · as John Wayne Gacy · 2 eps

F/X2
Movie · as Leo McCarthy

In Broad Daylight
Movie · as Len Rowan

Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

Presumed Innocent
Movie · as Raymond Horgan

A Killing in a Small Town
Movie · as Ed Reivers

The Last of the Finest
Movie · as Frank Daly

Rising Son
Movie · as Gus Robinson

Pride and Extreme Prejudice
Movie · as Bruno Morenz

Day One
Movie · as Gen. Leslie Groves

Perfect Witness
Movie · as James Falcon

Seven Minutes
Movie · as Wagner

Indio
Movie · as Whitaker

The Man From Snowy River II
Movie · as Harrison

Miles from Home
Movie · as Frank Roberts Sr.

A Father's Revenge
Movie · as Paul Hobart

Cocoon: The Return
Movie · as Walter (uncredited)

American Experience
TV · as Aaron Burr (voice) · 1 ep

Best Seller
Movie · as Dennis Meechum

Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Movie · as (voice)

The Belly of an Architect
Movie · as Stourley Kracklite

The Lion of Africa
Movie · as Sam Marsh

The Little Mermaid
Movie · as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)

Legal Eagles
Movie · as Cavanaugh

F/X
Movie · as Lt. Leo McCarthy

The Check is in the Mail...
Movie · as Richard Jackson

Annie Oakley
Movie · as Buffalo Bill

Acceptable Risks
Movie · as Don Sheppard

Cocoon
Movie · as Walter

Silverado
Movie · as Cobb

Twice in a Lifetime
Movie · as Nick

Evergreen
TV · as Matthew Malone · 3 eps

Tall Tales & Legends
TV · as Buffalo Bill · 1 ep

Screen Two
TV · as James Boyce · 1 ep

The Last Place on Earth
TV · as Frederick Cook · 2 eps

Finders Keepers
Movie · as Frizzoli

The River Rat
Movie · as Doc Cole

The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Movie · as Sergeant Cheever

Miami Vice
TV · as Reverend Billy Bob Proverb · 1 ep

Hunter
TV · as Dr. Bolin · 1 ep

Gorky Park
Movie · as William Kirwill

Never Cry Wolf
Movie · as Rosie

Blood Feud
Movie · as Edward Grady Partin

I Take These Men
Movie · as Phil Zakarian

Blood Feud
TV · as Edward Grady Partin · 2 eps

Reading Rainbow
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

First Blood
Movie · as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle

Split Image
Movie · as Kevin Stetson

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Movie · as Grimmet

The Making of 'First Blood'
Movie · as Self

Cagney & Lacey
TV · as Michael Magruder · 1 ep

Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as King Neptune / Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

Star of the Family
TV · as Leslie 'Buddy' Krebs · 10 eps

Fly Away Home
Movie · as Tim Arnold

Skokie
Movie · as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Movie · as Grimmet

Dynasty
TV · as Jake Dunham · 5 eps

Darkroom
TV · as Roland · 1 ep

Little Miss Marker
Movie · as Herbie

The Jericho Mile
Movie · as Dr. D

The Seduction of Miss Leona
Movie · as Bliss Dawson

A Rumor of War
TV · as Sgt. Ned Coleman · 2 eps

10
Movie · as Donald

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
Movie · as O.C. Hanks

Dummy
Movie · as Ragoti

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
Movie · as John O'Neil

Knots Landing
TV · as James Cargill · 1 ep

Big Shamus, Little Shamus
TV · as Arnie Sutter · 10 eps

Foul Play
Movie · as Fergie

A Real American Hero
Movie · as Buford Pusser

Ruby and Oswald
Movie · as George Paulsen

A Death in Canaan
Movie · as Barney Parsons

F.I.S.T.
Movie · as Frank Vasko

Dallas
TV · as Luther Frick · 1 ep

Pearl
TV · as Sgt. Otto Chain · 3 eps

Semi-Tough
Movie · as T.J. Lambert

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Movie · as Surgeon

It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Movie · as Fire Chief

Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Movie · as Longshoreman

Lou Grant
TV · as Wilson · 1 ep
Lanigan's Rabbi
TV · as Burton Tree · 1 ep

Lucan
TV · as Fisher · 1 ep

The Fitzpatricks
TV · as Coach Hatfield · 1 ep

Serpico
TV · as Jody · 1 ep

The Tony Randall Show
TV · as Brian Sr. · 1 ep

Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

Police Woman
TV · as Burrows · 1 ep

Playhouse
TV · as Grimmet · 1 ep

Kojak
TV · as Peter Connor · 1 ep

M*A*S*H
TV · as M.P. Ernie Connors · 1 ep

Great Performances
TV · as Grimmet · 1 ep

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 4 eps

Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner, Self - Winner · 1 ep

Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep










