Damn, he was a good one. RIP Mr. Dennehey

He was a great villain in Gladiator. Not the Russell Crowe one, the one with Cuba Gooding jr about boxing.

Sorry to see him go. He was one of the good ones.

RIP Mr. Dennehy.

Always enjoyed his movies.

Looking at his list of roles he sure had a great run. He'll always be the a-hole sheriff that shoulda just let that man get something to eat to me.

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He was a great villain in Gladiator. Not the Russell Crowe one, the one with Cuba Gooding jr about boxing.

The top of the head is the hardest part of the body.

Semper Fi Leatherneck.

RIP. He had a one time little roll in an episode of MASH and I thought he was great in Tommy Boy!!!! Don’t deny it!!!

While he didn't always play a "bad guy", he quite often played someone you didn't particularly like.

RIP Mr. Dennehey.
The man who uttered the words that got me in a lot of trouble in my life. "..how do you beat boredom Tyler? Adventure!"

He is one of my favorite actors.

I enjoyed the TV roles he had in Just Shoot Me, Law and Order SVU, and Hunter.

I forgot his role in the movie Gladiator.

He also had a unique background.

Besides serving in the USMC, he also earned a football scholarship to Columbia where he earned a BA in History, along with playing rugby.

Loved him in many things he played in, including more recently as the old man Dominic on The Black List. But Rambo!!! That was a classic play for him.

RIP Brian. Para, thanks for sharing the movie. Just finished watching it. He sure was a good bad dude.

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Damn.

Dude was boss.

RIP, sir.

Speaking of Rambo, briefly...

I've only ever seen it twice. Once way back then, I was younger, it had explosions and badassery, period.

And once again maybe 5yrs ago, at ~45yo.

Holy shit did I identify with Rambo's character. I don't think I ever thought that before, all along.

Such a random thing to notice maybe, and I've never been a drifter, etc. But something must've resonated.

(shrug)

Hadn't thought about it since, but BD's passing and this thread jostled that random Rambo memory.

Maybe I just paid real attention to the story the second time. I dunno.

He just had that bad ass persona. I always liked him. RIP big boy!

I think the Law and order episode he was in was one of the best, if not the very best.

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Friend of mine posted this to his FB page. We listen to this all the time when we’re feeling nostalgic about Chicago...

http://youtu.be/GLI5OJsDO78

Serengeti - “Dennehy Bulls”

P.S. can someone remind me how to imbed a YouTube video?

Great actor, sounds like he was a good guy too.

RIP

Geez, It turns out that according to Wiki , I missed more than half of his movies, over the years.
I had no Idea that he was in SO many killer , murder , killing movies.
He had a very good run between the movies and tv.

Just the other week I watched a couple of movies with him as a grizzled detective. Seems like it was a series of TV movies, but they were fun.