[HippyLoggerBiker]

Actor Brian Dennehy claimed for years that he served a five-year tour as a Marine in Vietnam, where he was wounded in action. In reality, Dennehy’s only Vietnam “action” was on-screen in “A Rumor of War”, in which he portrayed a Marine gunnery sergeant. While Dennehy did serve in the Marines, it was not in Vietnam; his only “combat duty” was playing football in Okinawa in 1962.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fake-war-stories-exposed/

[SkyDancer]

I liked him as the sheriff in First Blood and also in My Brother ....

[SeekAndFind]

I will never forget two of Brian Dennehy’s bad guy roles -— BOTH GREAT !!

One was the first Rambo. The other one was one of my favorite western movies — Silverado ( where he played the corrupt Sheriff ). He was excellent in both.

[dp0622]

That’s bad.

But he was a very good actor and I liked him in First Blood, FX and he played John Wayne Gacy very well.

And I’ll continue to watch some of his shows when they come on streaming now and again.

If we stopped watching every actor/actress who did or said something horrific, we’d watch nothing.

He’s a Huge guy to play will loman. Usually think of a small guy to play a small man.

It seems like the gamble paid off.

[corkoman]

Yikes thats a dark stain - stupid move on his part.

Nevertheless, I thought he was a very real person in Gorky Park. William Hurt was way too stoic and wooden as Arcady Renko. Im surprised they didn't make more movies about that character. Great books from Martin Cruz Smith.

[LibertyWoman]

He did serve in the Marines for 5 years and there is no indication that he did it with anything but honor. He did apologize for lying/misrepresenting what he did; I am a fan of his work and never knew about this until his death which shows it was not something he touted continually.

Give it a rest ok? At least the man served his country. He was a solid actor and he wasn't one of those hating on America every time he turned around.