Members John Posted April 16, 2020 Members Share Posted April 16, 2020 https://variety.com/2020/film/news/brian-dennehy-dead-dies-tommy-boy-first-blood-1234582309/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted April 16, 2020 Members Share Posted April 16, 2020 A wonderful, warm actor. Very underrated and charismatic. Here's a long interview with him form a few years ago. https://www.avclub.com/brian-dennehy-on-dicaprio-rambo-and-why-saoirse-ronan-1829430643 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted April 16, 2020 Members Share Posted April 16, 2020 Totally underrated but was ubiquitous for many years. And of course his daughter is Elizabeth Dennehy, who preceded Sherry Stringfield as Blake/Christina on GL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted April 16, 2020 Members Share Posted April 16, 2020 He's done so much, yet I mostly remember him from Dynasty, where he was the prosecutor (Jake Dunham) in Blake's murder trial, and was responsible for bringing Alexis back to Denver. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Wendy Posted April 16, 2020 Members Share Posted April 16, 2020 Is it sad I mainly remember him from Hardcastle and McCormick? May he RIP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaytimeFan Posted April 17, 2020 Members Share Posted April 17, 2020 Please register in order to view this content Dame Joan said he was kind to her on her first day when she was a forgotten actress. Says a lot. RIP Brian. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted April 17, 2020 Members Share Posted April 17, 2020 Ditto. I know I've seen him in many other things, but Dynasty stands out for me. RIP. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted April 17, 2020 Members Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) A legend. RIP. Edited April 17, 2020 by Vee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted April 17, 2020 Members Share Posted April 17, 2020 It's not so much that he was underrated, Dennehy was a true character actor that quietly and deftly became absorbed into any role. He was utterly well-respected for his work onstage. His performance in The Iceman Cometh was particularly standout. R.I.P. And how did it escape my attention that Elizabeth Dennehy was his daughter?!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cct Posted April 17, 2020 Members Share Posted April 17, 2020 You may be thinking of Brian Keith. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wendy Posted April 17, 2020 Members Share Posted April 17, 2020 Ah, yes. My bad! But now I do know Brian Dennehy (versus Keith), because I recalled him as a psycho police shrink in, of all things, Hunter, all the way back in the pilot, of which Joanna Kerns was also in. I read he was fantastic as Willy Loman in Death of A Salesman on Broadway, as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted April 22, 2020 Members Share Posted April 22, 2020 Mr. Dennehy signed our Playbills and chatted with a few of us who went into the city to catch a matinee of Death of a Salesman on Broadway. He was a wonderful Willy Loman and seemed like a kind man. And of course soap geek here mentioned Elizabeth being on GL ("Oh yeah, she was on there for a little while..."). RIP 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapDope Posted April 27, 2020 Members Share Posted April 27, 2020 Brian also appeared in the # 4 episode of Dallas " Winds Of Vengeance " in 1978. He held the Ewing family hostage and put a gun to Sue Ellen's head. Sue Ellen was forced to wear her Miss Texas banner and sing " People" as she was crying. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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