Brian Dennehy Dies; Tony Award-Winning Actor Was 81

Brian Dennehy, a flexible character actor whose profession spanned 5 a long time, has died on the age of 81, his expertise company confirmed.

Dennehy, a two-time Tony Award winner who co-starred in a variety of movies, usually in tough-guy roles, died of pure causes in Connecticut on Wednesday night time, ICM Companions introduced in an announcement.

In a tweet, his daughter described him as “bigger than life” and “beneficiant to a fault.”

Brian Dennehy, co-starred in an extended checklist of standard motion pictures, together with “First Blood” (because the native sheriff who clashes with Sylvester Stallone’s Rambo), the western “Silverado,” and the science-fiction traditional “Cocoon.” He performed Chris Farley’s dad within the comedy “Tommy Boy,” and portrayed basketball coach Bobby Knight in a made-for-TV film.

A former faculty soccer participant at Columbia College, Brian Dennehy, appeared in numerous TV exhibits earlier than making his film debut within the Burt Reynolds film “Semi-Robust” as a soccer participant. He shortly went on to roles within the motion pictures “10,” “F.I.S.T.” He additionally had an everyday half within the sequence “Dynasty.”

“Simply devastated to study that the magnificent Brian Dennehy has died,” actress Mia Farrow wrote on Twitter. “They is nobody I loved working with extra. And there are few pals as valued in my life. I took this photograph backstage after we have been in ‘Love Letters.’ He liked my pup Bowie.”

Simply devastated to study that the magnificent Brian Dennehy has died. They is nobody i loved working with extra. And there are few pals as valued in my life. I took this photograph backstage after we have been in Love Letters. He liked my pup Bowie. pic.twitter.com/s55Cc37lFy
— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) April 16, 2020

Dennehy received a Tony for his function in “Demise of a Salesman,” later enjoying the half in a TV manufacturing of the play. He acquired one other for “Lengthy Day’s Journey Into Evening.”

Dennehy had continued to work lately in such sequence as “Hap and Leonard” and NBC’s “The Blacklist.”

Fellow actors mourned Dennehy on Thursday.

Michael McKean called Dennehy a “sensible and versatile” and “a powerhouse actor.”

Marlee Matlin said “his passing is a horrible loss.”

Brian Dennehy, had a barely extra humble reflection on his physique of labor in an interview with the Daily Actor in 2018.

“I am now 80 and I am simply one other actor and that is advantageous with me. I’ve had a hell of a trip,” he mentioned. “I’ve a pleasant home. I have not acquired a palace, a mansion, however a fairly good, comfy house. I’ve raised a bunch of youngsters and despatched all of them to high school, they usually‘re all doing nicely. All of the folks which are near me are fairly wholesome and comfortable. Hear, that is as a lot as anyone can hope for in life.”