Brian Dennehy
Born July 09, 1938 (Age: 87)
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Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Biography
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.
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.
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Filmography
Son of the South
2021
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as Grandfather
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Age: 82
Tag
2018
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as Mr. Cilliano
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Age: 79
The Seagull
2018
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as Pjotr Sorin
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Age: 79
Knight of Cups
2015
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as Joseph
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Age: 77
The Big Year
2011
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as Raymond Harris
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Age: 73
The Next Three Days
2010
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as George Brennan
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Age: 72
Alleged
2010
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as Clarence Darrow
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Age: 72
Caesar and Otto meet Dracula’s Lawyer
2010
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as Steve Dracula’s More Famous Brother
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Age: 72
Meet Monica Velour
2010
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as Pop Pop
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Age: 71
Every Day
2010
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as Ernie
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Age: 71
No Image
Bunker Hill
2009
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as Martin 'Mutt' Kelsey
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Age: 71
Lost Road of the Popes: Via Papale
2009
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as Narrator
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Age: 70
Love and Valor
2009
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 70
Righteous Kill
2008
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as Hingis
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Age: 70
Ratatouille
2007
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as Django (voice)
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Age: 68
The Ultimate Gift
2007
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as Gus
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Age: 68
Everyone's Hero
2006
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as Babe Ruth (voice)
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Age: 68
10th & Wolf
2006
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as Agent Horvath
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Age: 67
Assault on Precinct 13
2005
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as Sargeant Jasper O'Shea
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Age: 66
She Hate Me
2004
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as Billy Church
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Age: 66
Making 'The Misfits'
2002
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as Narrator
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Age: 64
Stolen Summer
2002
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as Father Kelly
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Age: 63
A Season on the Brink
2002
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as Bobby Knight
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Age: 63
Code Yellow: Hospital at Ground Zero
2002
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as Narrator
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Age: 63
Summer Catch
2001
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as John Schiffner
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Age: 63
Dish Dogs
2000
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as Frost
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Age: 62
Fail Safe
2000
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as Gen. Bogan
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Age: 61
Death of a Salesman
2000
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as Willy Loman
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Age: 61
Thanks of a Grateful Nation
1998
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as Sen. Donald Riegle
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Age: 59
Voyage of Terror
1998
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as The President
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Age: 59
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan
1997
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as Eddie Brannigan
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Age: 59
Shadow of a Doubt
1996
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as Charley Sloan
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Age: 58
Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance
1996
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as Jack Reed
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Age: 58
Romeo + Juliet
1996
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as Ted Montague
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Age: 58
A Season in Purgatory
1996
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as Gerald Bradley
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Age: 57
Jack Reed: A Killer Among Us
1996
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as Jack Reed
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Age: 57
Tommy Boy
1995
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as Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan
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Age: 56
Final Appeal
1993
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as Perry Sundquist
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Age: 55
Jack Reed: Badge of Honor
1993
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as Jack Reed
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Age: 55
Prophet of Evil: The Ervil LeBaron Story
1993
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as Ervil LeBaron
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Age: 54
Foreign Affairs
1993
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as Chuck Mumpson
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Age: 54
Deadly Matrimony
1992
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as Jack Reed
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Age: 54
The Diamond Fleece
1992
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as Inspector Outlaw
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Age: 54
Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story
1992
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as Jackie Presser
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Age: 54
To Catch a Killer
1992
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as John Wayne Gacy
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Age: 53
Gladiator
1992
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as Jimmy Horn
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Age: 53
F/X2
1991
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as Leo McCarthy
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Age: 52
Zebras: Patterns in the Grass
1991
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 52
In Broad Daylight
1991
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as Len Rowan
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Age: 52
Presumed Innocent
1990
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as Raymond Horgan
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Age: 52
Rising Son
1990
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as Gus Robinson
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Age: 52
A Killing in a Small Town
1990
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as Ed Reivers
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Age: 51
The Last of the Finest
1990
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as Frank Daly
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Age: 51
Pride and Extreme Prejudice
1990
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as Bruno Morenz
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Age: 51
Perfect Witness
1989
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as James Falcon
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Age: 51
Seven Minutes
1989
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as Wagner
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Age: 51
Indio
1989
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as Whitaker
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Age: 51
Day One
1989
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as Gen. Leslie Groves
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Age: 50
Miles from Home
1988
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as Frank Roberts Sr.
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Age: 50
Cocoon: The Return
1988
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as Walter (uncredited)
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Age: 50
The Man From Snowy River II
1988
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as Harrison
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Age: 49
A Father's Revenge
1988
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as Paul Hobart
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Age: 49
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
1987
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as (voice)
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Age: 49
Best Seller
1987
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as Dennis Meechum
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Age: 49
The Belly of an Architect
1987
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as Stourley Kracklite
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Age: 49
The Lion of Africa
1987
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as Sam Marsh
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Age: 48
The Little Mermaid
1987
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as King Neptune (Narrator) (voice)
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Age: 48
Legal Eagles
1986
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as Cavanaugh
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Age: 47
F/X
1986
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as Lt. Leo McCarthy
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Age: 47
Annie Oakley
1985
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as Buffalo Bill
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Age: 47
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
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as Nick
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Age: 47
Silverado
1985
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as Cobb
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Age: 47
Cocoon
1985
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as Walter
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Age: 46
The River Rat
1984
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as Doc Cole
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Age: 46
Gorky Park
1983
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as William Kirwill
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Age: 45
First Blood
1982
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as Hope Sheriff Will Teasle
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Age: 44
Split Image
1982
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as Kevin Stetson
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Age: 44
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982
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as Grimmet
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Age: 43
Skokie
1981
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as Police Chief Arthur Buchanan
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Age: 43
Fly Away Home
1981
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as Tim Arnold
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Age: 43
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981
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as Grimmet
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Age: 42
The Jericho Mile
1980
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as Dr. D
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Age: 42
The Seduction of Miss Leona
1980
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as Bliss Dawson
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Age: 42
Little Miss Marker
1980
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as Herbie
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Age: 41
10
1979
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as Donald
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Age: 41
A Real American Hero
1978
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as Buford Pusser
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Age: 40
Foul Play
1978
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as Fergie
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Age: 40
F.I.S.T.
1978
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as Frank Vasko
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Age: 39
A Death in Canaan
1978
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as Barney Parsons
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Age: 39
Ruby and Oswald
1978
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as George Paulsen
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Age: 39
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
1977
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as Surgeon
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Age: 39
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye
1977
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as Longshoreman
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Age: 38