RIP Brian Dennehy

**Slater** · 04-16-20, 13:51

A greatly talented actor and formidable screen presence. For many folks (including myself) he first came to prominence with his role as Sheriff Will Teasle (opposite Stallone) in "First Blood":

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...172028891.html

**BoringGuy45** · 04-16-20, 14:09

He lived in my hometown and I met him when he spoke at my high school graduation 16 years ago. He was considered just another local to us; occasionally being asked to speak at graduation was just about all the celebrity treatment he got, which is how he and his family liked it.

RIP Brian

**ABNAK** · 04-16-20, 14:26

Did not know this until I read about him but he was one of those "Stolen Valor" guys. He was in the USMC from 1958 until 1963, serving nearly all of it on Okinawa. He had apparently claimed he was a five-tour Vietnam vet, which wasn't true.

**Whiskey_Bravo** · 04-16-20, 14:43

Originally Posted by ABNAK

Did not know this until I read about him but he was one of those "Stolen Valor" guys. He was in the USMC from 1958 until 1963, serving nearly all of it on Okinawa. He had apparently claimed he was a five-tour Vietnam vet, which wasn't true.

True, but at least he came clean and said he lied admitting that he started telling that story in bars and it snow balled from from there. Doesn't make up for the fact that he lied, but I will give it to him that he came completely clean even if it was after he was called out for it.