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:

Lt. Romero: [Concerning their bringing the countess with them] Davy Lad, what's the skipper gonna say about her?
Lt. David Farragut: I shudder to think, Link. I shudder to think.


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.


Sakalakis: [looking at bench] Rimsky, in for Korsakoff!


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Scott Brady Facts
Appeared occasionally on stage in such touring productions as "Picnic," "Detective Story" and "The Best Man". He made his Broadway debut in the 1959 musical "Destry Rides Again," based on the James Stewart/Marlene Dietrich film classic of the same name. The musical starred Andy Griffith and Dolores Gray with Scott playing the villainous role Brian Donlevy played in the original.

According to Scott's son Tim, Scott had a falling out with brother Lawrence Tierney in the late 1960s that lasted nearly two decades.

Offered the role of Terry Moore's boyfriend in Come Back, Little Sheba (1952), but had to turn it down due to other film commitments. Richard Jaeckel played the role.

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