Hill Street Blues
1981
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Feb 28, 2002 · Feb. 28, 2002 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Lawrence Tierney, a veteran character actor and onetime B-movie leading man whose two-fisted, tough-guy image on screen in the 1940s and ‘50s rivaled...
Lawrence James Tierney. Height. 6′ 1″ (1.85 m) Mini Bio. Legendary Hollywood "tough guy", on screen and off. Remembered as the title character in Dillinger (1945) and as the consummately brutal lover of Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947). Notorious for his frequent, well-publicized barroom brawls and the like, including being stabbed in 1973.
Nov 28, 2022 · This is just one of the too-good-to-not-be-true stories author Burt Kearns relates in his punchy bio, Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood's Real-Life Tough Guy. The book takes full measure of the prolific character actor, whose bumpy six-decade career was marked by bouts of erratic behavior, pugnacious on-set antics, and alcohol abuse.
Feb 23, 2024 · Updated Feb 23, 2024. We met Elaine's dad in Season 2 of 'Seinfeld,' and then... The Big Picture. Elaine's dad, Alton Benes, appears in only one Seinfeld episode, "The Jacket." Lawrence...
Jun 9, 2021 · Book About Late Actor and Notorious Bad Guy Lawrence Tierney Set from Writer-Producer Burt Kearns. The actor, who broke out in 1945's 'Dillinger' playing a notorious gangster, lived a life...
Feb 26, 2002 · Armageddon. The Prowler. Junior. Prizzi's Honor. Born to Kill. Silver Bullet. Acting. Lawrence Tierney (March 15, 1919 – February 26, 2002) was an American actor, known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and hardened criminals, which mirrored his own frequent brushes with the law.
Mar 1, 2002 · Thu 28 Feb 2002 21.00 EST. It was a brilliant stroke on the part of Quentin Tarantino to cast Lawrence Tierney, who has died aged 82, as the old crime boss Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs (1992)....
