At 84, I have just (again) become a fan of Lawrence Tierney. A gifted artist, very cool extremely, interesting character. Thanks so to the entire panel.
GREAT group discussion about a fascinating guy. As I said earlier, you can't look away and I think this conversation could have gone on a lot longer. A big thanks to all involved!
One thing about Lawrence Tierney, if he's on the screen you cannot tear your eyes away. Also--I met and spent a little time with Arnold Schwarzenegger once, back when his biggest claim to fame was Mr Universe. Lawrence was the only other man I ever saw whose suits fit like that. If you've seen them, you know what I mean. 🔥🔥🔥
I loved Jerry so much but at the same time, I was sooo disappointed when I had found out that he had taken all of his sons and his grandchildren out of his will. He left everything to his daughter and wife. I mean, if not leave anything for his sons, at least he could have left something for his GRANDKIDS… after seeing him with his grandson in this film now, it just saddens me.
Apparently he was a charitable person, but a workaholic and a perfectionist, which must have greatly affected his relationship with his family and some co-workers, which is why there were people who loved him and others who hated being around him. A guy who perhaps had a sincere and good heart, but was problematic and very demanding. As an actor he was incredible, and as a director too, but as a person only those close to him and GOD can know.
My brother hung out with him when they both lived in Venice Beach. We took him out for a bite and watched a movie over to my place. He was nice, kind of pleasant. Never heard a harsh word, he did almost bite my head off when ask him to repeat something I couldn't hear.
'Dillinger' sucked, but it wasn't Teirney's fault. they way they wrote JD's character was ridiculous. kind of like a sociopath. John Dillinger didn't have a sadistic bone in his body, contrary to the bar room scene, where he takes a dislike to the waiter. and like a lot of so-called '30's pictures, they completely forget that most men walked around in strawboat hats. like they don't care if people take it for a '40's picture. w/ a better script, and director, Teirney could've been a great Dillinger. Warren Oates is still today, the best(1973).
This was filmed 3 months before my mother passed away in 1989, she loved Jerry, never missed his Telethon every Labor Day! Jerry Lewis was a fantastic person, humanitarian, all around Entertainer who could do it all and his work with Muscular Dystrophy for over 40 years is beyond incredible, PERIOD!!!!!
' Hill Street ! ' The final two words of the incredible tv series Hill Street Blues uttered by Sgt Jenkins ...played by Mr Lawrence Tierney ! Mr Tierney's whole body of work was quite superb and multi faceted ! Not too many can say likewise ?
I’d like to ask a question, how did two Tierney’s, Gene and Laurence rise to fame at more or less the same time and why were they both so successful? Was it just an Irish thing? I’m a Tierney. Both my parents where born in the small Limerick village that all Tierney’s originate from. P.S. My daughter Siobhan who was born in Australia is a copy of Gene, we say she has the Tierney look.
two separate talents, two separate trajectories-- and two separate mental issues... It is addressed in Lawrence Tierney: Hollyywood's Real-Life Tough Guy. (LawrenceTierneyBook.com)
I met Lawrence Tierney in 1995 for a movie I was directing. We met, with a female friend of his, at his apartment in Hollywood. He scared the shit out of me. I'd never met anyone so full of barely-contained violence. He made Mickey Rourke look like a choir boy. Being in a small room with him was scary. It was like he could fly off the handle at any moment. And he was as dumb as a rock. He wasn't quite human, like he was part-neanderthal or had an extra Y chromosome. I wondered what a psychiatrist would make of him, though he never would have tolerated a psychiatrist and would have put the frighteners on him. When I heard about a person whose personality became hostile and aggressive after a brain injury, I wondered if this had happened to Tierney. He was one nasty helluva piece of work.
You should read my interview with him in Psychotronic Video Magazine, he was my 2nd Interview right after Tim Carey. Both up for R Dogs.... He stayed at my Moms house in malibu/westlake. we played crosswords and puzzles all-night long!
It was either that or sitting around his one-room apartment playing brainteasers and other games to pass the time while eating Spaghetti-O's with a loaded revolver on his TV tray, I had heard he once fired it towards M.T in the room. I had seen his anger once at Eddie Braynt's Saturday Matina (a Video and Awesome Movie Poster archive which I raided of all Ray Dennis Steckler's films) some guy said Errol Flynn was gay and Larry picked him up and tossed him into a display case then warned him not to get up. Speaking of Ray, I once took Larry and a young lady who appeared in Steckler's "Lemon Grove Kids" out to Musso's. I used to do that a lot when I was in the dough. I took Larry, Timothy Carey, Johnny Legend and some German expatriates all to Musso's, what a night!
Todays people who think he was a monster aught to listen to this interview and hear the real Jerry Lewis and see how brilliant and terrific he was, PERIOD!!!!!
@@2bigbufords Everyone nowadays especially younger and ignorant people keep on saying horrible things about entertainers of the past! Whether or not the rumors are true or not, their personal lives are really nobody's business and to put them under the bus after all the good they did at the time is Wrong! Jerry Lewis was a Brilliant, and Talented Entertainer, and did more for the industry than anyone today and that's a fact!!!!!
@@2bigbufords Thank you, if you hear his kids tell it, you'd think he was a horrible man, let's see he helped Gary get started in the music business and made millions and millions of dollars and now that he's old and not popular anymore and didn't think of his future, all of a sudden it's his father's fault! And the daughter that's on drugs that got herself in real trouble, but it's her father's fault! And the rest of the family that's against Jerry because he didn't leave them rich, um maybe it's their fault, who knows and who cares, I'm sick of all of this crap, let him rest in peace, PERIOD!!!!!
One of the greatest Icons ever in the entertainment industry and now people are telling horrible stories about him after he's been dead for years! His family and his personal business is nobody's business and nobody knows the whole story! His Muscular Dystrophy Telethons for over 40 years were incredible and Fantastic, plus all the other fabulous things he did in show business they're too numerous to name! Everyone should let him rest in peace and remember him for the great man he was, PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!
When ISNT Jerry Lewis talking? Oh. He isn’t talking anymore. He’s dead. That big mouth hurt a lot of nice people. So RYM, Jerry. That’s “Rest Your Mouth”. I, for one, will never miss a thing about you.
God bless Jerry. Every one has problems. And dirty laundry is so easy to air out in public for people in this industry But I’m sure it’s not easy for people in the industry who’s lives are in the public eye It’s none of our business about Jerry’s private life. It’s a shame. And now he is gone Looking on the other side He did do so much for the MDA. Jerry was the MDA and raised so much money for them. RIP Jerry. I miss you. You were my childhood you made me laugh and still do. I will say he has HOT LEGS and looks great in those shorts. !!! ♥️♥️♥️
I remember the 5 part Wiseguy he was in. He was marvelous in the dramatic part. He should have won an Emmy. It was an amazing performance! With respect to the negative comments & the haters who started protesting his telethons & the term "Jerry's Kids", he was canceled before the cancel culture began in this country. He was the beginning of cancel culture.
Jerry was a lousy person he was a piece of shit. A lot of the raising of funds was for his own ego. He was a real son of a bitch bastard. He disinherited his family and was a miserable human being in his later years. He was a goddamn bastard
I was visiting friends out in LA. I guess it was 95 or 96 I was sober about three years maybe four years, so maybe 96. I come out of a AA meeting in West Hollywood and I was standing there and people were saying they weren’t going out for coffee or lunch. It was an afternoon meeting so a lot of people i think on their lunch break. So I’m standing there and this gentleman comes over and says you wanna go out for a coffee. I said sure I watch lots of old movies, but I didn’t recognize him right away. So during lunch I realize who he was and I said oh I realize you’re blah blah blah. His response was that’s got nothing to do with fucking getting sober. I said yes you are correct so we just talked about some movies. I’m from New York. I was 35 6’,3” tall 200 pound Irish guy from New York. We actually had a great conversation. He asked me about all these places that had long since disappeared from NYC . He talked about all these places on the East side of New York and these hangouts up in the Broadway district. I’m figuring he was in his early to mid 70s. At this point we had a great conversation. We stayed in touch for a little bit even when I got back to New York he was a piece of work. He reminded me of the men I grew up around in the Bronx.
I kinda like this, but if it’s the original unaired theme song for the show, it feels a little long. Also I think it kinda ends abruptly. You’d think it would have a more energetic ending
