Scott Brady
Born September 13, 1924 (Age: 101)
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Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scott Brady (September 13, 1924 – April 16, 1985) was an American film and television actor. Born as Gerard Kenneth Tierney, he was the younger brother of fellow actor Lawrence Tierney. Brady served in the Navy during World War II, where he was a boxing champ. After being discharged, he supported himself as a lumberjack, and began taking acting classes; he began his film career soon afterward. Brady specialized in tough-guy roles in films like He Walked by Night, Canon City and Johnny Guitar. He appeared twice on the long running TV western The Virginian in the 1960s. He appeared regularly on the 1970s cop show, Police Story. He played lead to Clint Eastwood's third billing in Ambush at Cimarron Pass, which Eastwood is quoted as saying was "probably the lousiest western ever made." His last film role was in the 1984 movie Gremlins. He played Shirley Feeney's father Jack Feeney in episode 32 of Laverne & Shirley which aired on February 15, 1977. He also starred in the western TV show Shotgun Slade from 1959-61. Brady died from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 60. Other sources have the cause as emphysema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Brady, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scott Brady (September 13, 1924 – April 16, 1985) was an American film and television actor. Born as Gerard Kenneth Tierney, he was the younger brother of fellow actor Lawrence Tierney. Brady served in the Navy during World War II, where he was a boxing champ. After being discharged, he supported himself as a lumberjack, and began taking acting classes; he began his film career soon afterward. Brady specialized in tough-guy roles in films like He Walked by Night, Canon City and Johnny Guitar. He appeared twice on the long running TV western The Virginian in the 1960s. He appeared regularly on the 1970s cop show, Police Story. He played lead to Clint Eastwood's third billing in Ambush at Cimarron Pass, which Eastwood is quoted as saying was "probably the lousiest western ever made." His last film role was in the 1984 movie Gremlins. He played Shirley Feeney's father Jack Feeney in episode 32 of Laverne & Shirley which aired on February 15, 1977. He also starred in the western TV show Shotgun Slade from 1959-61. Brady died from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 60. Other sources have the cause as emphysema.
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Filmography
Gremlins
1984
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as Sheriff Frank
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Age: 59
Strange Behavior
1981
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as Shea
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Age: 57
American Dream
1981
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as Mr. Becker
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Age: 56
The China Syndrome
1979
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as Herman De Young
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Age: 54
Suddenly, Love
1978
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as Mr. Malloy
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Age: 54
To Kill a Cop
1978
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as Insp. James Gleason
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Age: 53
When Every Day Was the Fourth of July
1978
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as Officer Michael Doyle
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Age: 53
The Fantastic Journey
1977
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as Carl Johanson
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Age: 52
Roll, Freddy, Roll!
1974
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as Admiral Norton
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Age: 50
Wicked, Wicked
1973
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as Police Sgt. Ramsey
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Age: 48
Bonnie's Kids
1973
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as Ben
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Age: 48
The Night Strangler
1973
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as Capt. Schubert
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Age: 48
The Loners
1972
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as Policeman Hearn
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Age: 47
Marooned
1969
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as Public Affairs Officer
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Age: 45
The D.A.: Murder One
1969
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as Sidney A. Cherniss Jr.
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Age: 45
Five Bloody Graves
1969
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as Jim Wade
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Age: 45
The Cycle Savages
1969
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as Vice Squad Detective (uncredited)
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Age: 44
The Mighty Gorga
1969
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as Dan Morgan
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Age: 44
Satan's Sadists
1969
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as Charlie Baldwin
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Age: 44
Nightmare in Wax
1969
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as Det. Haskell
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Age: 44
The Ice House
1969
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as Lt. Scott
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Age: 44
Black Spurs
1965
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as Reverend Tanner
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Age: 40
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965
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as Sakalakis
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Age: 40
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964
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as Sam Swope
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Age: 40
Operation Bikini
1963
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as Capt. Emmett Carey
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Age: 38
Battle Flame
1959
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as 1st Lt. Frank Davis
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Age: 34
Houseboat
1958
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as Dancer (non crédité)
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Age: 34
Blood Arrow
1958
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as Dan Kree
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Age: 33
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
1958
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as Sgt. Matt Blake
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Age: 33
The Maverick Queen
1956
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as Sundance
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Age: 31
Terror at Midnight
1956
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as Neal 'Rick' Rickards
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Age: 31
Mohawk
1956
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as Jonathan Adams
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Age: 31
The Vanishing American
1955
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as Blandly
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Age: 31
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
1955
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as David Action
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Age: 31
They Were So Young
1954
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as Richard Lanning
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Age: 30
The Law vs. Billy the Kid
1954
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as William 'Billy the Kid' Bonney
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Age: 29
Johnny Guitar
1954
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as Dancin' Kid
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Age: 29
El Alaméin
1953
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as Joe Banning
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Age: 29
3 Steps to the Gallows
1953
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as Gregor Stevens
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Age: 29
A Perilous Journey
1953
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as Shard Benton
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Age: 28
Kansas Raiders
1950
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as Bill Anderson
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Age: 26
Undercover Girl
1950
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as Lt. Michael Trent
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Age: 26
I Was a Shoplifter
1950
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as Jeff Andrews
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Age: 25