Scott Brady Overview:

Character actor, Scott Brady, was born Gerard Kenneth Tierney on Sep 13, 1924 in Brooklyn, NY. Brady died at the age of 60 on Apr 16, 1985 in Los Angeles, CA .

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Rugged, handsome Hollywood leading man with light-brown hair, brother of Lawrence Tierney. His forceful early acting promise was dissipated in a series of acting roles for Universal-International, but he kept busy, in latter days as a pudgy and balding character star. Lost to TV from 1959-1962 as Shotgun Slade and from 1974 to 1978 as the barman in Police Story. Died from respiratory failure.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Character Actors: an Illustrated Directory).

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Scott Brady Quotes:

Chief Petty Officer Link: [Speaking of Porter] As an instructor it was his job to chew midshipmen off, and just between us, you gave him plenty of cause.
Lt. David Farragut: When a man's religion is the book of Navy regulations, he gotta be sour inside, and your captain's a very sour man, Mr. Link.


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Henry the Scout: Campfire in Beekers Rocks. Want me to scout it, Mr. Blake?
Sgt. Matt Blake: If it's an ambush they wouldn't light a fire.
Henry the Scout: Mmm. Not an Apache ambush.
Sgt. Matt Blake: Not if it's any ambush.


Sheriff Lloyd Grover: I didn't know you had any dealing with the Indians.
Tom Rile: You still don't know. That's what I pay you for...not to know anything.
Sheriff Lloyd Grover: What is it, Tom? Are you selling the Apaches whiskey or guns?
Tom Rile: You better put that blindfold back on.
Sheriff Lloyd Grover: It's no wonder you got so many gunslingers working for you.
Tom Rile: You know, you'd look a lot healthier with that usual dumb look on your face.
Sheriff Lloyd Grover: Tom, I can only go so far with that dumb look and then something gets stuck in my craw and I can't get it out.
Tom Rile: Yeah, what? Your conscience?


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Scott Brady Facts
Was originally offered the part of "Archie Bunker" in "All in the Family" (1968) but turned it down. The part was eventually played by Carroll O'Connor.

Had two sons: Timothy and Terence.

Scott's father Lawrence Sr. retired to California in the late 1950s and, through his sons, got some work in print advertising.

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