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Lawrence Tierney(1919-2002)

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Lawrence Tierney
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Southie (1998)
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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. In his later years, he continued as a screen actor projecting the hard-as-nails mien that has been ingrained since his younger days, as evidenced in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992).
BornMarch 15, 1919
DiedFebruary 26, 2002(82)
BornMarch 15, 1919
DiedFebruary 26, 2002(82)
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Lawrence Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Lawrence Tierney and Edward Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Lisa Golm, Allene Roberts, Lawrence Tierney, and Edward Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Gene Roth and Lawrence Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Lawrence Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Marjorie Riordan and Lawrence Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Lawrence Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Allene Roberts and Lawrence Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Lawrence Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Lawrence Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Lisa Golm and Lawrence Tierney in The Hoodlum (1951)
Priscilla Lane and Lawrence Tierney in Bodyguard (1948)

Known for

Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, and Chris Penn in Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs
8.3
  • Joe Cabot
  • 1992
Priscilla Lane and Lawrence Tierney in Bodyguard (1948)
Bodyguard
6.5
  • Mike Carter
  • 1948
Walter Slezak, Lawrence Tierney, and Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947)
Born to Kill
7.2
  • Sam
  • 1947
Junior (1994)
Junior
4.7
  • Mover
  • 1994

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Actor

  • American Hero (2003)
    American Hero
  • EVICTED poster v.1
    Evicted
  • Liv Tyler, Bruce Willis, and Ben Affleck in Armageddon (1998)
    Armageddon
    • (uncredited)
  • Rose McGowan and Donnie Wahlberg in Southie (1998)
    Southie
  • American Hero
  • Michael Dorn, Terry Farrell, Colm Meaney, Nana Visitor, Avery Brooks, Armin Shimerman, Rene Auberjonois, and Alexander Siddig in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • EZ Streets (1996)
    EZ Streets
  • Who Stole Santa? (1996)
    Who Stole Santa?
    • (voice)
  • Christmas in Oz (1996)
    Christmas in Oz
    • (voice)
  • George Clooney, Anthony Edwards, Julianna Margulies, Ming-Na Wen, Noah Wyle, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, and Goran Visnjic in ER (1994)
    ER
  • Toto Lost in New York (1996)
    Toto Lost in New York
    • (voice)
  • Teri Hatcher, Charlize Theron, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Danny Aiello, and Jeff Daniels in 2 Days in the Valley (1996)
    2 Days in the Valley
  • Julie Strain and John Henry Richardson in Starstruck (1995)
    Starstruck
  • Tori Sinclair in Fatal Passion (1995)
    Fatal Passion
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)
    The Simpsons
    • (voice)

Soundtrack

  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards in Seinfeld (1989)
    Seinfeld
    • (uncredited)

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Southie
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Southie

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Official Biography Site
    • Official Site
    • March 15, 1919
    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
    • February 26, 2002
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(pneumonia)
    • Edward Tierney(Sibling)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 1 Interview
    • 1 Article
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Was a brawler up until the end of his career, provoking almost all of the younger actors he worked with on Reservoir Dogs (1992) and actually having nearly come to blows with director Quentin Tarantino.
  • Quotes
    [during a 1987 interview] "I haven't had a drink in, oh, five years now. I finally wised up. I'd say it was about time. Heck, I threw away about seven careers through drink."
    • B-movie leading man whose two-fisted, tough-guy image on screen in the 1940s and '50s rivaled that of his off-screen personal life.

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