Actor
Lawrence Tierney
Biography

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. Commenting on the DVD release of a Tierney film in 2005, a New York Times critic observed: "The hulking Tierney was not so much an actor as a frightening force of nature." Description above from the Wikipedia article Lawrence Tierney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikip ...

Known For
Acting
2021 -- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage)
2019 -- QT8: The First Eight | Self (archive footage)
2006 -- Reservoir Dogs: Playing It Fast & Loose | Self (archive footage)
2006 -- Tarantino's Mind | Joe Cabot (archive footage)
2004 -- Evicted | Bob
1998 -- Armageddon | Eddie 'Gramp' Stamper (uncredited)
1998 -- Southie | Colie Powers
1996 -- 2 Days in the Valley | Old Man
1995 -- Starstruck | Patron
1995 -- Portrait in Red | Robert Pearlman
1994 -- Junior | Mover
1994 -- A Kiss Goodnight | Sergeant Harwood
1994 -- Who Do You Think You're Fooling? | Joe Cabot (archive footage)
1994 -- French Intensive | Uncle Larry
1993 -- Eddie Presley | Joe West
1993 -- Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story | Joey Buttafucco's Father
1993 -- Red | Louis 'Red' Deutsch
1993 -- Midnight 2 | Bert Johnson (archive footage)
1992 -- Reservoir Dogs | Joe Cabot
1991 -- City of Hope | Kerrigan
1991 -- The Death Merchant | Ivan Yates
1991 -- Wizards of the Demon Sword | Slave Master
1991 -- The Runestone | Chief Richardson
1990 -- Why Me? | Armenian Robber #1
1989 -- The Horror Show | Warden
1988 -- The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! | Angels Manager
1987 -- From a Whisper to a Scream | Warden
1987 -- Tough Guys Don't Dance | Dougy Madden
1986 -- Murphy's Law | Cameron
1985 -- Silver Bullet | Owen Knopfler
1985 -- Prizzi's Honor | Lt. Hanley
1984 -- Nothing Lasts Forever | Carriage Driver
1984 -- Terrible Joe Moran | Pico
1982 -- Midnight | Bert Johnson
1981 -- The Prowler | Maj. Chatham
1981 -- Arthur | Man in Coffee Shop
1980 -- Gloria | Broadway Bartender
1980 -- Bloodrage | Malone
1978 -- The Kirlian Witness | Detective
1977 -- Bad | O'Reilly-O'Crapface
1975 -- Abduction | FBI Agent
1971 -- Such Good Friends | Hospital Guard
1968 -- Killer Without a Face | The Mute
1967 -- Custer of the West | Gen. Philip Sheridan
1963 -- A Child Is Waiting | Douglas Benham
1956 -- Female Jungle | Det. Sgt. Jack Stevens
1956 -- Singing in the Dark | Biff Lamont
1954 -- The Steel Cage | Chet Harmon, a Ringleader, segment "The Hostages"
1952 -- The Greatest Show on Earth | Mr. Henderson
1951 -- The Bushwhackers | Sam Tobin
1951 -- Best of the Badmen | Jesse James
1951 -- The Hoodlum | Vincent Lubeck
1950 -- Shakedown | Harry Colton
1950 -- Kill or Be Killed | Robert Warren
1948 -- Bodyguard | Michael C. 'Mike' Carter
1947 -- Born to Kill | Sam Wild
1947 -- The Devil Thumbs a Ride | Steve Morgan
1946 -- San Quentin | Jim Roland
1946 -- Step by Step | Johnny Christopher
1946 -- Badman's Territory | Jesse James
1945 -- Mama Loves Papa | Sharpe
1945 -- Those Endearing Young Charms | Lt. Ted Brewster
1945 -- Back to Bataan | Lt. Cmdr. Waite
1945 -- Dillinger | John Dillinger
1945 -- Birthday Blues | Tom Williams - Neighbor
1944 -- Youth Runs Wild | Larry Duncan
1944 -- The Falcon Out West | Senator (uncredited)
1943 -- The Ghost Ship | Seaman Louie Parker
1943 -- Government Girl | FBI Man (uncredited)
1943 -- Gildersleeve on Broadway | Cab Driver (uncredited)
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