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  1. [3] His final acting role was a small part in the 1999 independent film Evicted, written and directed by his nephew Michael Tierney, after which Lawrence Tierney, then age 80, retired from acting altogether.

  2. Nov 27, 2022 · “He had acting experience, a street-savvy survival instinct that would allow him to support himself no matter how show business turned out, and all the elements that would lead to trouble ahead.

  3. Feb 28, 2002 · Lawrence Tierney, a veteran character actor and onetime B-movie leading man whose two-fisted, tough-guy image on screen in the 1940s and ‘50s rivaled that of his off-screen personal life, has...

  4. Lawrence Tierney. Actor: Reservoir Dogs. Legendary Hollywood "tough guy", on screen and off. Remembered as the title character in Dillinger (1945) and as the consummately brutal lover of Claire Trevor in Born to Kill (1947).

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    • Brooklyn, New York, USA
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    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  5. Jun 9, 2021 · The actor, who broke out in 1945's 'Dillinger' playing a notorious gangster, lived a life filled with drunken brawls, arrests and wild on set antics, some of which left his cast members...

  6. Feb 26, 2002 · Lawrence James Tierney (March 15, 1919February 26, 2002) was an American film and television actor who is best known for his many screen portrayals of mobsters and "tough-guys" in a career that spanned over fifty years. His roles mirrored his own frequent brushes with the law.

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  8. Dec 14, 2022 · Mind you, Tierney had only been acting professionally for less than a decade in ’51. Born in 1919, the Brooklyn native broke into the business with RKO Radio Pictures in 1943, earning a ...