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Lawrence Tierney

  • Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
  • Birthday: March 15, 1919

Strong-featured veteran character actor with a gravelly voice whose career has spanned fifty years in films, TV and theater beginning with "The Ghost Ship" (1943). Tierney broke into B-movie leads with his imposing performance in the title role of "Dillinger" (1945) and played other psychotic gangster types in the cult classics "Born to Kill" and "The Devil Thumbs a Ride" (both 1947). Although he acted prominent supporting roles in occasional A-budget films including Cecil B DeMille's "The Greate…more

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  • 1945

    Played first leading role in features when he was cast in the title role of "Dillinger"

  • 1943

    First speaking role in the Val Lewton-produced noir, "The Ghost Ship"

  • Appeared in stage productions of "That Championship Season", "Death of a Salesman" and "A Streetcar Named Desire"

  • Feature film work picked up in the late 1960s with films including Robert Siodmak's "Custer of the West" (1967) and Otto Preminger's "Such Good Friends" (1971)

  • Guested in over 100 TV series

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