RIP Brian Dennehy

[RitcheyRch]

Brian Dennehy -- the veteran actor whose career spanned 5 decades on the stage and screen -- has died ... TMZ has learned.


Law enforcement sources tell us Dennehy died Wednesday night in Connecticut ... we're told he passed of natural causes and there will not be an official autopsy.


The actor's career began in the '70s with a run of small guest roles on TV shows like "Kojak," "M*A*S*H," "Lou Grant" and "Dallas" ... before landing a recurring role on "Dynasty" in 1981.

'Tommy Boy' 'Dynasty' Actor Brian Dennehy Dead at 81

Brian Dennehy, co-star of films like "First Blood," "Cocoon" and "Tommy Boy," is dead at 81.

www.tmz.com

 

[Bear Down]

Bummer, great Actor....Loved him in Silverado, Rambo!

 

[monkeyswrench]

Well damn. Didn't realize he was 81, so at least that's a good run.

RIP

 

[RichL]

RIP Sir.

 

[havasu5150]

RIP I agree with Monkeyswrench, didn't realize he was 81

 

[H20 Toie]

Damn, he was a great bad guy, Hated him in Silverado and Rambo

 

[boatpi]

He was a great actor and played cops often too bad, the man had a lot of class and a lot of talent

 

[RodnJen]

That guy always delivered on screen. Silverado and Summer Catch were among his better supporting roles, IMHO. RIP Sir

 

[Bullet28]

R.I.P. funny as heck in Tommy Boy.

 

[WhatExit?]

 

[The Prisoner]

You drew First Blood not me!

 

[nowski]

My favorite Brian Dennehy movie was FX.

RIP Brian RIP...

 

[Willie B]

...I thought he had died sometime ago???...good guy ...I worked with him on a movie for TV somewhere around 1980 ...He had his own private security drive him to and from location...They were called the Red Beret’s ...used to driive him around in a kinda funky 76 Dodge four-door...ex cop car...
...I started thinking about this... I think they were actually called the Guardian Angels...but did wear red berets???...

...RIP Mr Dennehy...

 

[nameisbond]

RIP!!!!! He was scary good in To Catch A Killer:

 

[WhatExit?]

Brian Manion Dennehy (July 9, 1938 – April 15, 2020) was an American actor of film, stage, and television. A winner of one Golden Globe, two Tony Awards and a recipient of six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, he gained initial recognition in film for his role as Sheriff Will Teasle in First Blood (1982). He had roles in numerous films including Gorky Park (1983), Silverado (1985), Cocoon (1985), F/X (1986), Presumed Innocent (1990), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Knight of Cups (2015). Dennehy won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for his role as Willy Loman in the television film Death of a Salesman (2000).

According to Variety, Dennehy was "perhaps the foremost living interpreter" of playwright Eugene O'Neill’s works on stage and screen. He had a decades long relationship with Chicago's Goodman Theatre where much of his O'Neill work originated.[1] He also regularly played Canada's Stratford Festival, especially in works by William Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett. He once gave credit for his award-winning performances to the play's authors: "When you walk with giants, you learn how to take bigger steps."[2]