Scott Brady
Birthday: 1924-09-13 | Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USAFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scott Brady (September 13, 1924 – April 16, 1985) was an American film and television actor. Born as Gerard Kenneth Tierney, he was the younger brother of fellow actor Lawrence Tierney. Brady served in the Navy during World War II, where he was a boxing champ. After being discharged, he supported himself as a lumberjack, and began taking acting classes; he began his film career soon afterward. Brady specialized in tough-guy roles in films like He Walked by Night, Canon City and Johnny Guitar. He appeared twice on the long running TV western The Virginian in the 1960s. He appeared regularly on the 1970s cop show, Police Story. He played lead to Clint Eastwood's third billing in Ambush at Cimarron Pass, which Eastwood is quoted as saying was "probably the lousiest western ever made." His last film role was in the 1984 movie Gremlins. He played Shirley Feeney's father Jack Feeney in episode 32 of Laverne & Shirley which aired on February 15, 1977. He also starred in the western TV show Shotgun Slade from 1959-61. Brady died from pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 60. Other sources have the cause as emphysema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Scott Brady, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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as Shea
as Armstrong
as Herman De Young
as Insp. James Gleason
as Inspector James Gleason
as Matt Zaleski
as Officer Michael Doyle
as Police Commissioner Herbert Tucker McElwaine
as Admiral Norton
as Ben
as Capt. Schubert
as Police Sgt. Ramsey
as Policeman Hearn
as Sarge
as Brand
as Justice Cain
as Charlie Baldwin
as Dan Morgan
as Det. Haskell
as Jim Wade
as Lt. Scott
as Public Affairs Officer
as Tom Rile
as Dajin
as Ep Wyatt
as Stanton
