Warren Finnerty (April 9, 1925 â€" 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.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, 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.
actor best known for his Obie award-winning performance as the
character "Leach" in the stage production The Connection (1959) and
its film version.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, 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.
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