Scott Brady

From 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 toughguy 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 Eastwoods 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 Feeneys 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 195961 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia