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name: "Scott Brady"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/scott-brady"
fi1m_id: "scott-brady"
imdb_id: "nm0103722"
tmdb_id: 14847
wikidata_id: "Q628132"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 September 1924"
died: "16 April 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-25T06:56:44.571482+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Scott Brady

## Identity

Scott Brady

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/scott-brady
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** scott-brady
- **IMDb ID:** nm0103722
- **TMDB ID:** 14847
- **Wikidata ID:** Q628132
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brady_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628132, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14847

Actor. Born 13 September 1924 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 16 April 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 September 1924, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 16 April 1985
- **Active:** 1954–1984
- **Also known as:** Gerard Gilbert, Gerard Kenneth Tierney
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 84 (1), 1960s 82 (1), 1980s 80 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action & Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $153m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Brady_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628132, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0103722/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14847

## Biography

Scott Brady (born Gerard Kenneth Tierney) was an American film and television actor. He made his screen debut in 1948 and appeared in numerous Westerns and action films, often in tough-guy roles. His credits include *He Walked by Night* (1948), *Canon City* (1948) and *Johnny Guitar* (1954), in which he played the Dancin' Kid.

Brady starred in the television western series *Shotgun Slade* (1959–1961) and made guest appearances in series such as *Mission: Impossible*, *The Rockford Files* and *Police Story*. His final film role was as Sheriff Frank in *Gremlins* (1984). He was the younger brother of actor Lawrence Tierney.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Gremlins* (1984), Fi1m 80, as Sheriff Frank — [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md)
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Johnny Guitar* (1954), Fi1m 84, as Dancin' Kid — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-guitar.md)

## Complete filmography (121)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Gremlins* (1984), as Sheriff Frank — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/gremlins.md)
- *The Winds of War* (1983), series, as Red Tully
- *This Girl for Hire* (1983), as Mitch Dillon
- *Matt Houston* (1982), series, Actor
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, Actor
- *Strange Behavior* (1981), as Shea
- *American Dream* (1981), as Mr. Becker
- *Enos* (1980), series, Actor
- *Power* (1980), series, as Armstrong
- *The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang* (1979), as Poker Player
- *240-Robert* (1979), series, Actor
- *The China Syndrome* (1979), as Herman De Young
- *Supertrain* (1979), series, as Forbes
- *Suddenly, Love* (1978), as Mr. Malloy
- *Taxi* (1978), series, as Inspector Melnick — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/taxi.md)
- *Wheels* (1978), series, as Matt Zaleski
- *To Kill a Cop* (1978), series, as Inspector James Gleason
- *To Kill a Cop* (1978), as Insp. James Gleason
- *When Every Day Was the Fourth of July* (1978), as Officer Michael Doyle
- *The Fantastic Journey* (1977), series, as Carl Johanson
- *The Fantastic Journey* (1977), as Carl Johanson
- *Charlie's Angels* (1976), series, as Sarge
- *Law and Order* (1976), as Sgt. Brian O'Malley Sr.
- *Laverne & Shirley* (1976), series, Actor
- *The Kansas City Massacre* (1975), as Police Commissioner Herbert Tucker McElwaine
- *Baretta* (1975), series, Actor
- *Roll, Freddy, Roll!* (1974), as Admiral Norton
- *The Rockford Files* (1974), series, as Harold Witbeck, Hammel, Jack Muellard — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-rockford-files.md)
- *Movin' On* (1974), series, Actor
- *Get Christie Love!* (1974), series, Actor
- *Wicked, Wicked* (1973), as Police Sgt. Ramsey
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Bonnie's Kids* (1973), as Ben
- *The Night Strangler* (1973), as Capt. Schubert
- *The Loners* (1972), as Policeman Hearn
- *$* (1971), as Sarge
- *McMillan & Wife* (1971), series, Actor
- *Doctors' Wives* (1971), as Sgt.Malloy
- *All in the Family* (1971), series, as Joe Foley — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.md)
- *San Francisco International Airport* (1970), series, as Sam Olson
- *The Immortal* (1970), series, Actor
- *Hell's Bloody Devils* (1970), as Brand
- *Cain's Cutthroats* (1970), as Justice Cain
- *Marooned* (1969), as Public Affairs Officer
- *The D.A.: Murder One* (1969), as Sidney A. Cherniss Jr.
- *Five Bloody Graves* (1969), as Jim Wade
- *The Cycle Savages* (1969), as Vice Squad Detective (uncredited)
- *The Mighty Gorga* (1969), as Dan Morgan
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Grover
- *Satan's Sadists* (1969), as Charlie Baldwin
- *Nightmare in Wax* (1969), as Det. Haskell
- *The Ice House* (1969), as Lt. Scott
- *Lancer* (1968), series, Actor
- *Adam-12* (1968), series, as John Harris
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Marty Lench
- *Arizona Bushwhackers* (1968), as Tom Rile
- *The Road Hustlers* (1968), as Earl Veasey
- *They Ran for Their Lives* (1968), as Joe Seely
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor
- *The High Chaparral* (1967), series, as Walt Fraley
- *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Actor
- *Fort Utah* (1967), as Dajin
- *Journey to the Center of Time* (1967), as Stanton
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *Red Tomahawk* (1967), as Ep Wyatt
- *Castle of Evil* (1966), as Matt Granger
- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, Actor — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)
- *Felony Squad* (1966), series, Actor
- *Summer Fun* (1966), series, Actor
- *Destination Inner Space* (1966), as Commander Wayne
- *Black Spurs* (1965), as Reverend Tanner
- *John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!* (1965), as Sakalakis
- *Stage to Thunder Rock* (1964), as Sam Swope
- *Operation Bikini* (1963), as Capt. Emmett Carey
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Bill Floyd
- *Shotgun Slade* (1959), series, as Shotgun Slade
- *Battle Flame* (1959), as 1st Lt. Frank Davis
- *Houseboat* (1958), as Dancer (non crédité)
- *Blood Arrow* (1958), as Dan Kree
- *Ambush at Cimarron Pass* (1958), as Sgt. Matt Blake
- *The Restless Breed* (1957), as Mitchell 'Mitch' Baker
- *The Storm Rider* (1957), as Bart Jones
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Jeff Duane
- *The Maverick Queen* (1956), as Sundance
- *Terror at Midnight* (1956), as Neal 'Rick' Rickards
- *Mohawk* (1956), as Jonathan Adams
- *Holiday Affair* (1955), as Steve Mason
- *The Vanishing American* (1955), as Blandly
- *Gentlemen Marry Brunettes* (1955), as David Action
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Heenan, Ed Wells, John King
- *They Were So Young* (1954), as Richard Lanning
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Johnny Stanton, Matt Beldon
- *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor
- *The Law vs. Billy the Kid* (1954), as William 'Billy the Kid' Bonney
- *Johnny Guitar* (1954), as Dancin' Kid — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-guitar.md)
- *El Alaméin* (1953), as Joe Banning
- *3 Steps to the Gallows* (1953), as Gregor Stevens
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Ted Slater
- *A Perilous Journey* (1953), as Shard Benton
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as John Keller
- *Bloodhounds of Broadway* (1952), as Robert 'Numbers' Foster
- *Montana Belle* (1952), as Bob Dalton
- *Yankee Buccaneer* (1952), as Lt. David Farragut
- *Untamed Frontier* (1952), as Glenn Denbow
- *Bronco Buster* (1952), as Bart Eaton
- *The Model and the Marriage Broker* (1951), as Matt Hornbeck
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Officer Jim Kovacs, Reno Cromwell, Calvin Penny, Shotgun Slade
- *Kansas Raiders* (1950), as Bill Anderson
- *Undercover Girl* (1950), as Lt. Michael Trent
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Mark, Steve Mason, Eddie
- *I Was a Shoplifter* (1950), as Jeff Andrews
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, Actor
- *Undertow* (1949), as Tony Reagan
- *Port of New York* (1949), as Michael "Mickey" Waters
- *The Gal Who Took the West* (1949), as Lee O'Hara
- *He Walked by Night* (1949), as Police Sgt. Marty Brennan
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as George
- *In This Corner* (1948), as Jimmy Weston
- *Canon City* (1948), as Sherbondy
- *The Counterfeiters* (1948), as Jerry McGee

## Gallery

- ![Scott Brady](https://film.one/media/person/362412/gallery-abea14ed8682.jpg) Scott Brady — MCA-TV, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Scott_Brady_Shotgun_Slade_1960.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Scott Brady as Kent and Andy Griffith as Destry from the Broadway musical Destry Rides Again. (1959)](https://film.one/media/person/362412/gallery-b065a8884017.jpg) Photo of Scott Brady as Kent and Andy Griffith as Destry from the Broadway musical Destry Rides Again. (1959) — Photographer-Friedman-Abeles, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Scott_Brady_Andy_Griffith_Destry_Rides_Again_1959.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Scott Brady](https://film.one/media/person/362412/gallery-a3a1618e8b7d.jpg) Scott Brady — Image via TMDB
- ![Scott Brady](https://film.one/media/person/362412/gallery-f014cfe0e4f4.jpg) Scott Brady — Image via TMDB

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