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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 (1986), F/X (1986), Tommy Boy (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Ratatouille (2007).
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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 (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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Brian Dennehy's Filmography
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Son of the South
as Grandfather
Driveways
as Del
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
as Self
3 Days with Dad
as Bob
The Song of Sway Lake
as Hal Sway
Tag
as Mr. Cilliano
The Seagull
as Pjotr Sorin
A Very Merry Toy Store
as Joe Haggarty
The Ultimate Legacy
as Gus
Knight of Cups
as Joseph
The Challenger Disaster
as Rogers
Twelfth Night
as Sir Toby Belch
The Big Year
as Raymond Harris
The Next Three Days
as George Brennan
Alleged
as Clarence Darrow
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
as Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
Meet Monica Velour
as Pop Pop
Every Day
as Ernie
No Poster
Bunker Hill
as Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
as Narrator
Love and Valor
as Narrator (voice)
Righteous Kill
as Hingis
Cat City
as Harold
War Eagle, Arkansas
as Pop, Enochs Father
Welcome to Paradise
as Bobby Brown
Trumbo
as Self
Ratatouille
as Django (voice)
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
as Andrew Jackson (voice)
Marco Polo
as Kublai Khan
The Ultimate Gift
as Gus
Everyone's Hero
as Babe Ruth (voice)
The Exonerated
as Gary Gauger
10th & Wolf
as Agent Horvath
Our Fathers
as Father Dominic Spagnolia
Assault on Precinct 13
as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
Category 6: Day of Destruction
as Andy Goodman
She Hate Me
as Billy Church
American Valor
as Narrator
No Poster
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
as Fred Silverman
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
as Tom Stone
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
as Mr. Blue
Making 'The Misfits'
as Narrator
Stolen Summer
as Father Kelly
A Season on the Brink
as Bobby Knight
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
as Narrator
Three Blind Mice
as Matthew Hope
Summer Catch
as John Schiffner
Warden of Red Rock
as Sheriff Selwyn Church
Dish Dogs
as Frost
Fail Safe
as Gen. Bogan
Death of a Salesman
as Willy Loman
Silicon Towers
as Tom Warner
Sirens
as Lt. Denby
Out of the Cold
as David Bards
NetForce
as Lowell Davidson
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
as Sen. Donald Riegle
Voyage of Terror
as The President
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
as Eddie Brannigan
No Poster
Shadow of a Doubt
as Charley Sloan
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
as Jack Reed
Romeo + Juliet
as Ted Montague
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
as Jack Reed
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
as Big Dave McDermot
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
as Jack Reed
Tommy Boy
as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
Midnight Movie
as James Boyce
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
as Jack Reed
Leave of Absence
as Sam
Final Appeal
as Perry Sundquist
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
as Jack Reed
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
as Ervil LeBaron
Foreign Affairs
as Chuck Mumpson
Deadly Matrimony
as Jack Reed
The Diamond Fleece
as Inspector Outlaw
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
as Jackie Presser
To Catch a Killer
as John Wayne Gacy
Gladiator
as Jimmy Horn
F/X2
as Leo McCarthy
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
as Narrator (voice)
In Broad Daylight
as Len Rowan
Presumed Innocent
as Raymond Horgan
Rising Son
as Gus Robinson
A Killing in a Small Town
as Ed Reivers
The Last of the Finest
as Frank Daly
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
as Bruno Morenz
Perfect Witness
as James Falcon
Seven Minutes
as Wagner
Indio
as Whitaker
Day One
as Gen. Leslie Groves
Miles from Home
as Frank Roberts Sr.
Cocoon: The Return
as Walter (uncredited)
The Man From Snowy River II
as Harrison
A Father's Revenge
as Paul Hobart
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
as (voice)
Best Seller
as Dennis Meechum
The Belly of an Architect
as Stourley Kracklite
The Lion of Africa
as Sam Marsh
The Little Mermaid
as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
Annie Oakley
as Buffalo Bill
Legal Eagles
as Cavanaugh
The Check is in the Mail...
as Richard Jackson
Acceptable Risks
as Don Sheppard
F/X
as Lt. Leo McCarthy
Twice in a Lifetime
as Nick
Silverado
as Cobb
Cocoon
as Walter
The River Rat
as Doc Cole
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
as Sergeant Cheever
Finders Keepers
as Frizzoli
Gorky Park
as William Kirwill
Never Cry Wolf
as Rosie
Blood Feud
as Edward Grady Partin
I Take These Men
as Phil Zakarian
First Blood
as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
Split Image
as Kevin Stetson
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
as Grimmet
The Making of 'First Blood'
as Self
Skokie
as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
Fly Away Home
as Tim Arnold
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
as Grimmet
The Jericho Mile
as Dr. D
The Seduction of Miss Leona
as Bliss Dawson
Little Miss Marker
as Herbie
10
as Donald
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
as O.C. Hanks
Dummy
as Ragoti
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
as John O'Neil
A Real American Hero
as Buford Pusser
Foul Play
as Fergie
F.I.S.T.
as Frank Vasko
A Death in Canaan
as Barney Parsons
Ruby and Oswald
as George Paulsen
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
as Fire Chief
Semi-Tough
as T.J. Lambert
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
as Surgeon
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
as Longshoreman