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Lawrence Tierney Net Worth

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Lawrence Tierney Net Worth


Lawrence James Tierney net worth is
$200,000

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Lawrence Tierney Jr. (March 15, 1919 – February 26, 2002) was an American actor known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and tough guys, roles 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." 
Full NameLawrence James Tierney
Net Worth$200,000
Date Of BirthMarch 15, 1919
Died2002-02-26
Place Of BirthBrooklyn, New York, USA
Height6' 1" (1.85 m)
OccupationActor
ProfessionActor, Soundtrack
ChildrenElizabeth Tierney
NicknamesLawrence Tierney, Tierney, Lawrence, Lawrence Tierney Jr.
Star SignPisces
#Trademark
1Known for being immensely difficult and intimidating to those he worked with
2Deep, gravelly voice
3B-movie leading man whose two-fisted, tough-guy image on screen in the 1940s and '50s rivaled that of his off-screen personal life.
#Quote
1I haven't had a drink in, oh, five years now," Tierney said in his clipped, tough-guy voice during a 1987 interview. "I finally wised up. I'd say it was about time. Heck, I threw away about seven careers through drink.
#Fact
1Was considered for the title role in Joe (1970).
2Became a seven decade actor with a sole credit in a 2000 film appearance.
3Was considered for the role of Gillespie in In the Heat of the Night (1967).
41996 Cauliflower Alley Club Reel Member Inductee.
5Was considered for the role of Perry White in Superman (1978).
6His Father was a Police Officer.
7Irish-American.
8Never married but has a daughter Elizabeth.
9Was offered the role of Charlie "The Gent" Malloy, the mob lawyer, in Elia Kazan's classic On the Waterfront (1954). Tierney lost out on the part when he demanded more money than was offered. Subsequently, Rod Steiger played Charlie, and won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. Accepting the part likely would have revitalized Tierney's career, at least in the short-term.
10When he guest-starred on Seinfeld (1989) in "The Jacket" episode as Elaine's father, he scared the cast so badly that they never had him back on. He stole a butcher knife from Jerry's TV kitchen and hid it under his jacket. When Seinfeld undauntedly confronted him about it (much to the dismay of the entire cast), Tierney pretended that he was going to use the knife as a gag in reference to the movie Psycho (1960) during the episode and quickly returned it.
11Was 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.
12Has the very last line in the TV series Hill Street Blues (1981): "Hill Street .", answering the phone in a burned-out police station.
13Off-screen, the actor's arrests for drunken brawls at bars and Hollywood parties took a heavy toll on his once-promising Hollywood career in the 1950s. Booze was always at the root of his misbehavior, which included tearing a public phone off the wall, hitting a waiter in the face with a sugar bowl, breaking a college student's jaw and attempting to choke a cab driver.
14After writer/director Rick McKay published a magazine article "Lawrence Tierney: Crack-Up - The True Story of a Hollywood Tough Guy", Tierney called and asked him to collaborate on an autobiography of the screen legend. After a tumultuous, chaotic week in Los Angeles with Tierney, McKay bowed out, exhausted. The book was never written, McKay is now a successful TV/film producer/director and Tierney passed away in February of 2002.
15Uncle of Michael Tierney
16Brother of actor Edward Tierney
17Born at 6:15 pm EST.
18Elder brother and erstwhile mentor of actor Scott Brady

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Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Female Jungle1956Det. Sgt. Jack Stevens
Singing in the Dark1956Biff Lamont
The Steel Cage1954Chet Harmon, a Ringleader (segment "The Hostages")
The Man Behind the Badge1954TV Series
The Greatest Show on Earth1952Mr. Henderson
The Bushwhackers1951Sam Tobin
Best of the Badmen1951Jesse James
The Hoodlum1951Vincent Lubeck
Shakedown1950Harry Colton
Kill or Be Killed1950Robert Warren
Bodyguard1948Mike Carter
Born to Kill1947Sam
The Devil Thumbs a Ride1947Steve Morgan
San Quentin1946Jim Roland
Step by Step1946Johnny Christopher
Badman's Territory1946Jesse James
Sing Your Way Home1945Reporter in Paris (uncredited)
Mama Loves Papa1945Sharpe
Back to Bataan1945Lt. Cmdr. Waite
Those Endearing Young Charms1945Lt. Ted Brewster
Dillinger1945John Dillinger
Birthday Blues1945ShortTom Williams - Neighbor
Youth Runs Wild1944Larry Duncan
Seven Days Ashore1944Crewman (uncredited)
The Falcon Out West1944Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
The Ghost Ship1943Seaman Louie Parker (uncredited)
Government Girl1943FBI Man (uncredited)
Gildersleeve on Broadway1943Cab Driver (uncredited)
Evicted2000Bob
Armageddon1998Hollis Vernon Grap Stamper (uncredited)
Southie1998Colie Powers
American Hero1997Captain Roads
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine1997TV SeriesRegent
EZ Streets1997TV SeriesFrankie Balls
Christmas in Oz1996Video shortRick (voice)
Who Stole Santa?1996VideoRick (voice)
ER1996TV SeriesJack Johnson
Toto Lost in New York1996VideoRick (voice)
2 Days in the Valley1996Older Man
American Hero1995Video GameCaptain Roads
Fatal Passion1995Robert Pearlman
Starstruck1995Patron
The Simpsons1995TV SeriesDon Brodka
Pointman1995TV SeriesIl Senor Marzon Consiglieri
A Kiss Goodnight1994TV MovieSergeant Harwood
Junior1994Mover
French Intensive1994ShortUncle Larry
L.A. Law1993TV SeriesPeter Manzo
Silk Stalkings1993TV SeriesScotty O'Donnell
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story1993TV MovieJoey Buttafuoco's Father
Red1993ShortLouis 'Red' Deutsch
Eddie Presley1992Joe West
Reservoir Dogs1992Joe Cabot
The Death Merchant1991Ivan Yates
City of Hope1991Kerrigan
The Runestone1991Chief Richardson
Wizards of the Demon Sword1991Slave Master
Equal Justice1991TV SeriesHarold Barrett
Seinfeld1991TV SeriesAlton Benes
Dillinger1991TV MovieSheriff Sarber
Why Me?1990Armenian Robber #1
The Horror Show1989Warden
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988Angel Manager
Hunter1988TV SeriesDetective Doyle
Star Trek: The Next Generation1988TV SeriesCyrus Redblock
The Slap Maxwell Story1987TV SeriesArlen Porterfield
Tough Guys Don't Dance1987Dougy Madden
From a Whisper to a Scream1987Warden
Hill Street Blues1985-1987TV SeriesSergeant Jenkins
Murphy's Law1986Cameron
Tales from the Darkside1985TV SeriesJack Mills
Remington Steele1985TV SeriesAl Molinski
Silver Bullet1985Owen Knopfler
Prizzi's Honor1985Lt. Hanley
Nothing Lasts Forever1984Carriage Driver
Fame1984TV SeriesMr. Berg
Terrible Joe Moran1984TV MoviePico
Midnight1982Bert Johnson
The Prowler1981Maj. Chatham
Arthur1981Man in Coffee Shop
Gloria1980Broadway Bartender
Bloodrage1980Malone
The Kirlian Witness1979Detective
Bad1977O'Reilly-O'Crapface
Abduction1975FBI Agent I
Such Good Friends1971Hospital Guard
Killer Without a Face1968as Laurence Tierney
Custer of the West1967Gen. Philip Sheridan
Exorcism at Midnight1966The Doctor - U.S. Version
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1963TV SeriesHerbie Lane
A Child Is Waiting1963Douglas Benham
The Lloyd Bridges Show1962TV SeriesJim
Bus Stop1962TV SeriesSwede
Follow the Sun1961TV SeriesMonte Donovan
The Barbara Stanwyck Show1961TV SeriesDetective
Peter Gunn1960TV SeriesCarl Braden
Adventures in Paradise1960TV SeriesGorn
Man with a Camera1960TV SeriesBarney
The Detectives1959TV SeriesTerrazi
Naked City1959TV SeriesMike Jensen
New York Confidential1959TV SeriesPhil

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Seinfeld1991TV Series performer - 1 episode

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Reservoir Dogs1992dedicatee

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Ben Johnson: Third Cowboy on the Right1996DocumentaryHimself

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