Brian Dennehy

Brian Dennehy (1938 - 2020)
==Film Deaths==
*Gorky Park (1983) [William Kirwill]: Disemboweled (off-screen) by Lee Marvin after being tied to a tree outside a farm. His body is shown afterwards when William Hurt arrives at the farm.
*Silverado (1985) [Sheriff Cobb]: Shot to death in a shoot-out with Kevin Kline.
*Legal Eagles (1986) [Cavanaugh]: Burned to death after being trapped in a burning building during a fight with Robert Redford.
*The Belly of an Architect (1987) [Stourley Kracklite]: Commits suicide by jumping from the balcony of a building. His body is shown lying in the street below.
*In Broad Daylight (1991) [Len Rowan]: Shot to death by an unknown assailant. (The real-life case that this was based on remains unsolved.)
*Tommy Boy (1995) [Thomas 'Big Tom' Callahan II]: Dies of a heart attack during his wedding.
*Death of a Salesman (2000) [Willy Loman]: Commits suicide by walking into traffic.
*Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) [Jasper O'Shea]: Killed by shrapnel after Laurence Fishburne pulls the pin on a grenade on Brian's jacket. We only last see him on the ground mortally wounded.
==Television Deaths==
*Hunter: Hunter (1984) [Dr. Terrance Bolin]: Falls off of a roof during a fight with Fred Dryer.
*In Broad Daylight (1991) [Len Rowan]: Shot in the back of the head by an unknown assailant.
*The 4400: Blink (2006) [Mitch Baldwin]: To be added
*Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Scheherazade (2007) [Judson Tierney]: Dies of cancer in a nursing home with his daughter (Paget Brewster), Mariska Hargitay, and Christopher Meloni by his side.
*Masters of Science Fiction: The Discarded (2007) [Bedzyk]: Accidentally bludgeoned to death with a metal crutch by John Hurt after Brian attacks a human envoy (James Denton). He dies in his lover’s arms (Gina Chiarelli) as the other mutants look on.
==Gallery==
 
5086634.jpg|Brian Dennehy in Tommy Boy
BrianDennehy-AssaultOnPrecinct13-GrenadeBlast.jpg|Brian Dennehy in Assault on Precinct 13
==Notable Connections==
*Father of Elizabeth Dennehy and Kathleen Dennehy
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