Brian Dennehy
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.
Cast
Romeo + Juliet
Ted Montague
First Blood
Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
Ratatouille
Django (voice)
Cocoon
Walter
Best Seller
Dennis Meechum
Semi-Tough
T.J. Lambert
Finders Keepers
Frizzoli
Presumed Innocent
Raymond Horgan
Tommy Boy
Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
Fail Safe
Gen. Bogan
Silverado
Cobb
Gorky Park
William Kirwill
Category 6: Day of Destruction
Andy Goodman
Assault on Precinct 13
Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
10
Donald
Legal Eagles
Cavanaugh
10th & Wolf
Agent Horvath
Summer Catch
John Schiffner
F/X
Lt. Leo McCarthy
Righteous Kill
Hingis
The Man From Snowy River II
Harrison
Never Cry Wolf
Rosie
Trumbo
Self
Dish Dogs
Frost
Our Fathers
Father Dominic Spagnolia
Everyone's Hero
Babe Ruth (voice)
The Next Three Days
George Brennan
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
(voice)
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days
O.C. Hanks
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Surgeon
War Eagle, Arkansas
Pop, Enochs Father
Foul Play
Fergie
Day One
Gen. Leslie Groves
Every Day
Ernie
Gladiator
Jimmy Horn
F/X2
Leo McCarthy
Stolen Summer
Father Kelly
Little Miss Marker
Herbie
The Belly of an Architect
Stourley Kracklite
The River Rat
Doc Cole
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
Narrator
Three Blind Mice
Matthew Hope
Miles from Home
Frank Roberts Sr.
To Catch a Killer
John Wayne Gacy
Split Image
Kevin Stetson
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
Sen. Donald Riegle
NetForce
Lowell Davidson
Alleged
Clarence Darrow
Welcome to Paradise
Bobby Brown
The Big Year
Raymond Harris
Cat City
Harold
Meet Monica Velour
Pop Pop
The Jericho Mile
Dr. D
The Check is in the Mail...
Richard Jackson
Marco Polo
Kublai Khan
A Killing in a Small Town
Ed Reivers
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
Jack Reed
Twice in a Lifetime
Nick
A Real American Hero
Buford Pusser
The Last of the Finest
Frank Daly
Fly Away Home
Tim Arnold
Out of the Cold
David Bards
Warden of Red Rock
Sheriff Selwyn Church
In Broad Daylight
Len Rowan
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
Ervil LeBaron
A Father's Revenge
Paul Hobart
Midnight Movie
James Boyce
The Stars Fell on Henrietta
Big Dave McDermot
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Tom Stone
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Eddie Brannigan
The Lion of Africa
Sam Marsh
Ruby and Oswald
George Paulsen
Blood Feud
Edward Grady Partin
Foreign Affairs
Chuck Mumpson
Perfect Witness
James Falcon
The Exonerated
Gary Gauger
Dummy
Ragoti
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Sgt. Jack Reed
Skokie
Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
A Death in Canaan
Barney Parsons
Death of a Salesman
Willy Loman
Seven Minutes
Wagner
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Jack Reed
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Jack Reed
Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill
Sirens
Lt. Denby
It Happened at Lakewood Manor
Fire Chief
The Challenger Disaster
Rogers
Twelfth Night
Sir Toby Belch
Rising Son
Gus Robinson
I Take These Men
Phil Zakarian
Indio
Whitaker
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
Narrator (voice)
Acceptable Risks
Don Sheppard
Deadly Matrimony
Jack Reed
Shadow of a Doubt
Charley Sloan
Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neil Story
John O'Neil
Knight of Cups
Joseph
The Ultimate Legacy
Gus
The Seagull
Pjotr Sorin
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
Jackie Presser
Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of 'Three's Company'
Fred Silverman
The Diamond Fleece
Inspector Outlaw
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
Bruno Morenz
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron
Mr. Blue
Undue Influence
Paul Madriani
Leave of Absence
Sam
Final Appeal
Perry Sundquist
A Very Merry Toy Store
Joe Haggarty
The Little Mermaid
King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
The Pigs vs. The Freaks
Sergeant Cheever
The Song of Sway Lake
Hal Sway
She Hate Me
Billy Church
Driveways
Del
A Season in Purgatory
Gerald Bradley
Making 'The Misfits'
Narrator
3 Days with Dad
Bob
Tag
Mr. Cilliano
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
Narrator
F.I.S.T.
Frank Vasko
A Season on the Brink
Bobby Knight
Silicon Towers
Tom Warner
Son of the South
Grandfather
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency
Andrew Jackson (voice)
The Ultimate Gift
Gus
The Seduction of Miss Leona
Bliss Dawson
Alan Pakula: Going for Truth
Self
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
Jack Reed
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Grimmet
Love and Valor
Narrator (voice)
American Valor
Narrator
Voyage of Terror
The President
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
Cocoon: The Return
Walter (uncredited)
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
Longshoreman
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Grimmet
Bunker Hill
Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
Crew
Warden of Red Rock
Executive Producer
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
Director, Writer
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
Director, Executive Producer
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Director, Writer
Jack Reed: One of Our Own
Director, Writer
Shadow of a Doubt
Writer, Director
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
Co-Executive Producer
Death of a Salesman
Executive Producer
Three Blind Mice
Executive Producer
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
Director, Writer