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Lawrence James Tierney (March 15, 1919 – February 26, 2002) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and "tough-guys" in a career that spanned over fifty years.
Lawrence Tierney. Actor: Reservoir Dogs. 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.
Feb 28, 2002 · 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 that of his off-screen personal...
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.
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.
Feb 26, 2002 · 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 2, 2002 · Lawrence Tierney, the veteran actor and leading man of B movies whose tough-guy characters in the 1940's and 50's were often mirrors of his own troubled life, died...
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,...
Burt Kearns’s Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy shines the spotlight on Tierney, from his early life to his later film career. This is the first official biography about Tierney, drawing from interviews with colleagues, friends, and family, as well as publicity surrounding Tierney.
Lawrence James Tierney was an American actor. Tierney was known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and tough guys, roles that mirrored his own frequent brushes with the law.
