Warren Finnerty

Warren Finnerty (April 9, 1925 – December 22, 1974) was an American actor best known for his Obie award-winning performance as the character "Leach" in the stage production The Connection (1959) and its film version.[1]

Warren Finnerty
BornApril 9, 1925
DiedDecember 22, 1974 (aged 49)

Career

After making his film debut in Murder, Inc. (1960), and in the Off-Off Broadway production of The Brig in the 1960s, he made a few television appearances before starring in The Connection (1961), the film adaption of the play in which he reprised his stage role.

He continued to work steadily in the 1960s and early 1970s, making appearances on television in Bonanza and Banacek, and in films such as The Pawnbroker (1964), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Easy Rider (1969) in which Finnerty plays a rancher whose lifestyle draws the admiration of Wyatt aka "Captain America," the character played by Peter Fonda,[2] The Panic in Needle Park (1971), Kid Blue (1973) and Cockfighter (1974).

Finnerty died in 1974 in New York City from a heart attack at the age of 49.

Family

Finnerty's wife, Ruth, was a pianist and English educator at UC Berkeley Extension; the couple's son is the jazz musician Barry Finnerty.[3]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1960Murder, Inc.Bug Workman
1961The ConnectionLeach
1964The PawnbrokerSavarese
1964The BrigGuard #1
1965AndySanovich
1967Who's Crazy?
1967Cool Hand LukeTattoo
1969Easy RiderRancher
1969MarloweManagerUncredited
1969Scream Free!Barney
1971The Panic in Needle ParkSammy
1971The Last MovieBanker
1973Kid BlueWills
1973The Laughing PolicemanRipple
1974CockfighterSanders
1974Injun fenderTexan(final film role)

References
  1. "Warren Finnerty". The New York Times. December 24, 1974. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  2. http://www.filmsite.org/easy2.html
  3. Hamlin, Jesse (July 4, 2005). "Jazz guitarist Barry Finnerty knows how to groove alone to make music". SF Gate. San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved June 4, 2020.


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