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Oct 22, 1982 · First Blood: Directed by Ted Kotcheff. With Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Bill McKinney. A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
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- Ted Kotcheff
- R
- Action, Adventure, Thriller
Dennehy had roles in over 180 films and in many television and stage productions. His film roles included First Blood (1982), Gorky Park (1983), Silverado (1985), Cocoon (1985), F/X (1986), Presumed Innocent (1990), Tommy Boy (1995), Romeo + Juliet (1996), Ratatouille (2007), and Knight of Cups (2015).
Apr 16, 2020 · Brian Dennehy, the regular-guy actor whose bulldog build, good-guy demeanor and no-nonsense approach meshed in an array of memorable roles for film, television and the theater, has died. He was...
Actor: First Blood. Imposing, barrel-chested and often silver-haired Brian Dennehy was a prolific US actor, well respected on both screen and stage over many decades. He was born in July 1938 in Bridgeport, CT, and attended Columbia University in New York City on a football scholarship.
- Actor, Producer, Director
- July 9, 1938
- 5 min
- April 15, 2020
First Blood is a 1982 American action film directed by Ted Kotcheff and co-written by and starring Sylvester Stallone as Vietnam War veteran John Rambo. It co-stars Richard Crenna as Rambo's mentor Sam Trautman and Brian Dennehy as Sheriff Will Teasle. It is the first installment in the Rambo franchise, followed by Rambo: First Blood Part II.
- October 22, 1982 (United States)
- Buzz Feitshans
Apr 17, 2020 · How Brian Dennehy owned First Blood. April 17, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe. Tom Jolliffe looks back at Brian Dennehy’s iconic role in First Blood and how he stole the film… It was very...
May 3, 2020 · First Blood and Brian Dennehy’s Charming, Down-to-Earth Villainy - Paste Magazine. The inaugural Rambo film hinted at the character actor’s true range. By Kenneth Lowe | May 3, 2020 |...
