NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Dennehy, the burly actor who started in films as a macho heavy and later in his career won plaudits for his stage work in plays by William Shakespeare, Anton Chekhov, Eugene ...

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).

This is FRESH AIR. I'm Dave Davies in for Terry Gross. Brian Dennehy, the burly actor who often played emotionally vulnerable characters, died last week of natural causes. He was 81. An accomplished ...

Veteran screen and stage actor Brian Dennehy passed away Wednesday. He was 81. Dennehy's agent Brian Mann said he died from cardiac arrest due to sepsis, the Chicago Tribune reported. His daughter, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On The Blacklist, Brian Dennehy played Dominic Wilkinson in a recurring capacity. Dominic was the ...

Brian Dennehy, a versatile stage and screen actor known for action movies, comedies and classics, but especially for his Tony Award-winning performances in “Death of a Salesman” in 1999 and “Long ...

Acclaimed actor Brian Dennehy had a strong connection to Chicago. Acclaimed actor Brian Dennehy had a strong connection to Chicago. His association with the Goodman Theater brought him to the city for ...

The burly actor, who died April 15, played the leading role in Death of a Salesman, in both the Broadway production as well as the 2000 TV movie. Dennehy spoke to David Bianculli in 1999. This is ...