Lawrence Tierney, a veteran character actor and onetime B-movie leading man whose two-fisted, tough-guy image on screen in the 1940s and ‘50s rivaled that of his off-screen personal life ...

By Chris Gardner The life and wild times of the late Lawrence Tierney will soon be put on the page. Author, journalist and documentary producer Burt Kearns confirms to The Hollywood Reporter that ...

Lawrence Tierney, onscreen and offscreen tough guy, died in his sleep Feb. 26 in Los Angeles after having suffered strokes and bouts of pneumonia over the past several years. He was a few weeks ...

Lawrence Tierney was an average actor who became a cult ''tough guy'' thanks to his inspired casting in a couple of key movies - made nearly 50 years apart - and to his reputation for heavy ...