THE FRIENDS OF LAWRENCE TIERNEY NOIRCON 2022 

My uncle Larry was not to be messed with. But he really a good guy. I miss him a lot

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.

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.

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.

Fantastic, I can't wait to read the book. I've seen everything of Lawrence tierney, but I've never seen ( gimme some larry) if anyone has thar documentary, and would be kind enough to upload it on RU-vid, it would be greatly appreciated, as I'm a huge fan.

'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).

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!

The devil thumbs a ride what a great film

' 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 ?

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!

Just got my copy. Thank you so much for writing it.

Thanks for posting! great panel assembled and fantastic stories!

Use to see Larry in and around Hollywood. A nice old man towards the end of his life.

Scott Brady is my favourite actor. It was good to listen to his son, Tim. You can sure see the family resemblance.

He was great in the Simpsons

One thing about Lawrence Tierney, if he's on the screen you cannot tear your eyes away.

Anyone who tries to excuse Lawrence Tierney's bad behavior by pointing to Robert Mitchum are daffy!

They didn't invite the guy who invented the yo yo that lights up to this?

Were Robert Mitchum and Lawrence Tierney on contract at RKO during the same time period? What I know of both men I would think those 2 would have either gotten along very well or alternately been at each other's throats. No in between. I've read Mitchum went through a period of violent behavior, public drunkenness, he gave heavyweight boxer Bernie Reynolds a beating that sent Reynolds to the hospital, and even a fight with cops as well as wrecking a studio office and being fired from the starring role in one of John Wayne's productions. Mitchum got through all that and settled down whereas Lawrence obviously didn't. That was a shame because I think he was in reality a great actor.

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.