The co-star of "Seinfeld" was dismissed after "frightening the living shit" of the distribution
Lawrence Tierney has only appeared as an Elaine's father.
More than a nine season race, Seinfeld Make mega-stars of its four main members of the distribution, but why Jerry breastfeld ,, Jason Alexander ,, Julia Louis-Dreyfus , And Michael Richards Having become familiar names, some of the recurring players on the show have become almost as well known. Actors working at Long Estelle Harris And Jerry Stiller , who played the parents of George, Estelle and Frank, has become icons of pop culture almost overnight - simply consider the lasting popularity of the "grievances" of the latter during Festivus, which inspired fans starting to celebrate the fictitious holidays for real.
But the character actor initially threw the fact that Dadnever d'Elaine appreciated this kind of SitCom success - because he could only play the character once before being dismissed to terrify the cast on the tray. Continue to read to find out why Lawrence TIERNEY has never been invited to reappear Seinfeld And why a star characterized it as "a total nutjob".
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Tierney was not only playing on television on television.
Tierney, who died in 2002, had a long career in cinema and television and was often considered the heavy. He started playing the notorious bank thief John Dillinger In the 1930s Dillinger And twice played on the outlaw Jesse James . Over the next three decades, he has often assumed gangster and crooking roles in films like Born to Kill by Robert Wise and found frequent work as a televised guests.
However, his career was blocked by his off -screen problems. A big drinker, he was frequently arrested for his drunk fights, had been arrested up to 11 times Total in 1958. I -Teween between actor concerts, he has held several odd jobs over the years, especially as a bartender, steel worker and Hansom taxi driver in Central Park, According to his ONCRology .
However, despite his problems, Tierney continued to find work, landing the roles in the 80s, including in an episode of season 2 of Seinfeld .
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He seemed to be a perfect match for the Father without frills by Elaine.
The reputation of Tierney, both on and off screen, made him appear a perfect fit to play the father of Elaine in 1991 Seinfeld Episode, "The Jacket". The former Hollywood actor played Alton Benes, a veteran and writer of the Second World War (inspired by the winner of the Pulitzer Prize Richard Yates , of which The co-creator of the Girl series Larry David was released ) With a gruff and unadorned behavior that comes up against the nervous and self -centered sensitivities of Jerry and George.
In the episode, the character of Tierney threatens both men and intimidated Jerry by ruining a new costly suede jacket by refusing to let him return it by walking in the rain, because of his garish inner lining. (This intrigue point would have been drawn from one of the David's own real interactions With Yates, according to AWL).
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He took the work to intimidate his co-stars a step too far.
If the character of Tierney was intended to intimidate Jerry and Company, the actor took things a little too far. According to an additional DVD for the release of season 2, Tierney acted in a scene from Jerry's apartment when he withdrawn one of the knives From the knife block in the kitchen of this character - a large butcher knife that Alexander supposed that Tierney had planned to fly. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
According to Louis -Dreyfus and Alexander, Seinfeld confronted the guest actor and asked him questions on the knife hidden in his pocket - how much Tierney tried to play the incident as a joke, to remove it and lift it In the air as if to stab the actor.
The director of the episode Tom Cheron said Tierney "frightened him to death". Alexander accepted, saying that the guest actor "frightened the living shit of all of us", while Louis-Dreyfus said it more frank: "He was a total nutjob ... Although I would say, a wonderful actor . It is a shame that he is then cuckoo because I am sure he would have been back differently. "
It was not the first time that Tierney's behavior has been black.
Tierney panicked the distribution and crew of Seinfeld enough so that Alton Benes never appeared in the series again, and it was not the only time when the actor's behavior cost him a future potential concert.
A few years earlier, he picked up a lead support role Quentin Tarantino First film, and that would be the only time he would work with the famous director, despite Tarantino's penchant for Work with the same actors again and again.
During the shooting of Tank dogs In July 1991, Tierney was " a full madman "On the set, the filmmaker said The Guardian In 2010. "We decided to draw his scenes first, so my first week of realization was to speak with this madman [explanive]", recalls Tarantino. "It was personally difficult for all aspects of cinema. At the end of the week, everyone on set hated Tierney - it was not only me. And in the last 20 minutes of the first week, we have we have Has a blow and we entered a fight fist. I dismissed him and the whole crew broke out in applause. "
After that, Tarantino swore that he never engaged the actor again. The fact that almost at the same time, the actor was arrested for shooting a weapon on his nephew during an argument probably did not help things.
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