Brian Dennehy

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Known For Acting

Known Credits 183

Gender Male

Birthday 1938-07-09

Day of Death 2020-04-15 (81 years old)

Place of Birth Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Also Known As

Brian Mannion Dennehy

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Brian Dennehy

Biography

Brian Mannion Dennehy (July 9, 1938 - April 15, 2020) was an American actor of film, stage and screen.

Known For

Acting

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(189 episodes) as Host

2021

as Grandfather

2020		Driveways as Del
2020		Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (1 episode) as Jerome Townsend

2019		Alan Pakula: Going for Truth as Self
2019		3 Days with Dad as Bob
2019		The Song of Sway Lake as Hal Sway

2018		Tag as Mr. Cilliano
2018		The Seagull as Pjotr Sorin

2017

as Joe Haggarty

2016

(2 episodes) as Sheriff Valentine Otis

2015		The Ultimate Legacy as Gus
2015		Knight of Cups as Joseph
2015		Cocked (1 episode) as Wade

2013		The Blacklist (6 episodes) as Dominic Wilkinson
2013		The Challenger as Rogers

2012

as Sir Toby Belch

2011

as Raymond Harris

2010		The Next Three Days as George Brennan
2010		Alleged as Clarence Darrow
2010		Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer as Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
2010		Rizzoli & Isles (1 episode) as Ret. Det. Kenny Leahy
2010		Meet Monica Velour as Pop Pop
2010		Every Day as Ernie

2009		Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale as Narrator
2009		Love and Valor as Narrator

2008		Righteous Kill as Lieutentant Hingis
2008		Cat City as Harold

2007		War Eagle, Arkansas as Pop, Enochs Father
2007		Welcome to Paradise as Bobby Brown
2007		Trumbo as Self
2007		Masters of Science Fiction (1 episode)
2007		Ratatouille as Django (voice)
2007		Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency as Andrew Jackson (voice)
2007		Marco Polo as Kublai Khan
2007		Marco Polo (2 episodes)
2007		The Ultimate Gift as Gus
2007		Rules of Engagement (1 episode) as Roy

2006		30 Rock (1 episode) as Mickey J
2006		Everyone's Hero as Babe Ruth (voice)
2006		The Exonerated as Gary Gauger
2006		10th & Wolf as Agent Horvath

2005		Our Fathers as Father Dominic Spagnolia
2005		Assault on Precinct 13 as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea

2004		Category 6: Day of Destruction as Andy Goodman
2004		She Hate Me as Billy Church
2004		The 4400 (1 episode) as Mitch Baldwin

2003		American Valor as Narrator
2003		Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company' as Fred Silverman
2003		The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone as Tom Stone
2003		The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron as Mr. Blue

2002		Making 'The Misfits' as Narrator
2002		Founding Brothers (2 episodes)
2002		Stolen Summer as Father Kelly
2002		A Season on the Brink as Bobby Knight
2002		Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero as Narrator

2001		Three Blind Mice as Matthew Hope
2001		Summer Catch as John Schiffner
2001		Night Visions (1 episode) as Camper Ben
2001		Warden of Red Rock as Sheriff Selwyn Church
2001		Out of the Cold as David Bards
2001		The Fighting Fitzgeralds (10 episodes)

2000		Dish Dogs as Frost
2000		Silicon Towers as Tom Warner
2000		Fail Safe as Gen. Bogan
2000		Death of a Salesman as Willy Loman

1999		Sirens as Lt. Denby
1999		The West Wing (1 episode) as Sen. Rafe Framingham
1999		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode) as Judson Tierney
1999		Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke (4 episodes) as Louis Bromfield
1999		Netforce (2 episodes) as Lowell Davidson
1999		NetForce as Lowell Davidson

1998		Thanks of a Grateful Nation as Sen. Donald Riegle
1998		Voyage of Terror as The President

1997		Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan as Eddie Brannigan
1997		Just Shoot Me! (1 episode) as Red Finch (2 episodes)
1997		Nostromo (3 episodes) as Joshua C. Holroyd

1996		Shadow of a Doubt as Charley Sloan
1996		Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance as Jack Reed
1996		Romeo + Juliet as Ted Montague
1996		Undue Influence as Paul Madriani
1996		E! True Hollywood Story (2 episodes)
1996		Dead Man's Walk (1 episode) as Major Chevallier
1996		A Season in Purgatory as Gerald Bradley
1996		Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us as Jack Reed

1995		The Stars Fell on Henrietta as Big Dave McDermot
1995		Jack Reed: One of Our Own as Jack Reed
1995		Tommy Boy as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan

1994		Midnight Movie as James Boyce
1994		Jack Reed: A Search for Justice as Jack Reed
1994		Leave of Absence as Sam
1994		Birdland (7 episodes)

1993		Final Appeal as Perry Sundquist
1993		Jack Reed: Badge of Honor as Sgt. Jack Reed
1993		Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story as Ervil LeBaron
1993		Murder in the Heartland (2 episodes) as John McArthur
1993		Foreign Affairs as Chuck Mumpson

1992		Jack Reed: Deadly Matrimony as Jack Reed
1992		The Diamond Fleece
1992		Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story as Jackie Presser
1992		To Catch a Killer as John Wayne Gacy
1992		Gladiator as Jimmy Horn
1992		The Burden of Proof (2 episodes) as Dixon Hartnell
1992		To Catch a Killer (2 episodes) as John Wayne Gacy

1991		F/X2 as Leo McCarthy
1991		In Broad Daylight as Len Rowan

1990		Presumed Innocent as Raymond Horgan
1990		Rising Son as Gus Robinson
1990		A Killing in a Small Town as Ed Reivers
1990		The Last of the Finest as Frank Daly
1990		Pride and Extreme Prejudice as Bruno Morenz

1989		Perfect Witness as James Falcon
1989		Seven Minutes as Wagner
1989		Indio as Whitaker
1989		Day One as Gen. Leslie Groves

1988		American Experience (1 episode) as Aaron Burr (voice)
1988		Miles from Home as Frank Roberts Sr.
1988		Cocoon: The Return as Walter (uncredited)
1988		The Lion of Africa as Sam Marsh
1988		The Man From Snowy River II as Harrison
1988		A Father's Revenge as Paul Hobart

1987		Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam as (voice)
1987		Best Seller as Dennis Meechum
1987		The Belly of an Architect as Stourley Kracklite
1987		The Little Mermaid as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)

1986		Legal Eagles as Cavanaugh
1986		The Check Is in the Mail... as Richard Jackson
1986		Acceptable Risks as Don Sheppard
1986		F/X as Lt. Leo McCarthy

1985		Annie Oakley as Buffalo Bill
1985		Twice in a Lifetime as Nick
1985		Tall Tales & Legends (10 episodes) as Buffalo Bill
1985		Silverado as Cobb
1985		Cocoon as Walter
1985		Evergreen (3 episodes) as Matthew Malone
1985		The Last Place on Earth (2 episodes) as Frederick Cook

1984		The River Rat as Doc Cole
1984		Hunter (1 episode) as Dr. Bolin
1984		Miami Vice (1 episode)
1984		The Pigs vs. The Freaks as Sergeant Cheever
1984		Finders Keepers as Frizzoli
1984		Hunter

1983		Gorky Park as William Kirwill
1983		Never Cry Wolf as Rosie
1983		Blood Feud (2 episodes) as Edward Grady Partin
1983		Blood Feud as Edward Grady Partin
1983		I Take These Men as Phil Zakarian

1982		Split Image as Kevin Stetson
1982		First Blood as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
1982		Cagney & Lacey (1 episode)

1981		Skokie as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
1981		Fly Away Home as Tim Arnold
1981		The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories as Grimmet
1981		Dynasty (5 episodes)

1980		The Jericho Mile as Dr. D
1980		A Rumor of War (2 episodes) as Sgt. Ned Coleman
1980		The Seduction of Miss Leona as Bliss Dawson
1980		Little Miss Marker as Herbie

1979		Knots Landing (1 episode)
1979		10 as Donald
1979		Big Shamus, Little Shamus (10 episodes)
1979		Butch and Sundance: The Early Days as O.C. Hanks
1979		Dummy as Ragoti
1979		Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story as John O'Neil

1978		A Real American Hero as Buford Pusser
1978		Pearl (3 episodes) as Sgt. Otto Chain
1978		Foul Play as Fergie
1978		F.I.S.T. as Frank Vasko
1978		Dallas (1 episode) as Luther Frick
1978		A Death in Canaan as Barney Parsons
1978		Ruby and Oswald as George Paulsen

1977		Ants as Fire Chief
1977		Semi-Tough as T.J. Lambert
1977		Looking for Mr. Goodbar as Surgeon
1977		Lou Grant (1 episode)
1977		Lucan (1 episode)
1977		The Fitzpatricks (1 episode)
1977		Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye as Longshoreman
1977		Lanigan's Rabbi (1 episode)

1973

(1 episode) as Peter Connor

1972

(1 episode) as M.P. Ernie Connors

1971

(1 episode) as Grimmet

1956

(1 episode) as Self - Winner (1 episode) as Self - Presenter / Performer / Winner

Directing

2001

(1 episode) … Director

1997

… Director

1996		Shadow of a Doubt … Director
1996		Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance … Director
1996		Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us … Director

1995

… Director

1994

… Director

Production

2001		Three Blind Mice … Executive Producer
2001		Warden of Red Rock … Executive Producer

2000

… Executive Producer

1993

… Co-Executive Producer

Writing

1996

… Writer

1995

… Writer

1994

… Writer

Crew

2013

(1 episode) … In Memory Of

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