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Between 1944 and 1951, Tierney was arrested at least twelve times in Los Angeles for brawling—fistfighting with multiple people—and frequently for drunkenness which included ripping a public telephone off a wall in a bar, hitting a waiter in the face with a sugar bowl for refusing to serve him any more drinks, and attempting to choke a taxi ...
Nov 8, 2015 · It was around this time, however, that Tierney began to make news for his exploits off screen. On May 22, 1945, the actor was arrested for public drunkenness, and a few weeks later, on June 5, 1945, he was arrested on the same charge. On both occasions, Tierney was ordered to pay a $25 fine.
The day his mother killed herself in 1960, Tierney was arrested for breaking down a woman's door and assaulting her boyfriend. His torso still bears scars from an ill-advised tussle with a practiced knife-fighter. Unpredictable, incorrigible, and belligerent—that's always been the book on Tierney.
Mar 1, 2002 · In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he was frequently arrested on charges of drunken driving and disorderly conduct. In 1973, aged 54, he was stabbed in a bar-room brawl in Manhattan. After some...
Jun 9, 2021 · The actor, who broke out in 1945's 'Dillinger' playing a notorious gangster, lived a life filled with drunken brawls, arrests and wild on-set antics, some of which left his castmembers...
Mar 2, 2002 · In the 1950's, he was arrested many times on charges related to drunken brawls at bars and parties. Mr. Tierney was born in Brooklyn. As a star member of his high school track team, he earned a...
Feb 28, 2002 · Off-screen, the actor’s arrests for drunken brawls at bars and Hollywood parties took a heavy toll on his once-promising Hollywood career in the 1950s.
