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Lawrence Tierney

Lawrence Tierney

Born: 1919-03-15 • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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."

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