*Lawrence Tierney: Hollywood’s Real-Life Tough Guy*, the first biography of the legendary actor, was published on December 6, 2022, by the University Press of Kentucky.
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ROGEREBERT.COM: “UNFORGETTABLE PORTRAIT OF AN ACTOR WHOSE MOST SIGNIFICANT AND MOST CHALLENGING ROLE WAS OF HIMSELF!”

NOIR CITY MAGAZINE: “A 432-PAGE RAP SHEET! TEACHES US THAT TOXIC MASCULINITY IS REAL— AND IT’S SPECTACULAR!”

IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD: “OH MY GOD, THIS BOOK IS GREAT! WHAT ALL HOLLYWOOD BIOGRAPHIES ASPIRE TO, BUT FAIL!”

SOUTH WEST SILENTS: “A ROLLER COASTER RIDE OF BOOZE, RUN-INS WITH THE LAW, COURTROOM APPEARANCES AND JAIL TERMS!”

BRIGHT WALL/DARK ROOM: “THE BIOGRAPH THEATER, JOHN DILLINGER ON FILM AND THE EXCELLENT BOOK ON LAWRENCE TIERNEY!”

THE CRITERION COLLECTION DAILY: “A WELL-TOLD ACCOUNT OF THE NIGHT TIERNEY EXCHANGED BLOWS WITH UNIFORMED COPS!”

COLLIDER: IN TIERNEY BIO, “THE SHOCKING ‘SEINFELD’ INCIDENT THAT GOT ELAINE’S DAD ERASED FROM THE SHOW!”

RETREATS FROM OBLIVION, THE JOURNAL OF NOIRCON: “FACE OF A COP HATER,” AN EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT!

FILM INTERNATIONAL: LAWRENCE TIERNEY BOOK EXCERPT PREVIEW!

LEONARD MALTIN: “KEARNS HAS DUG DEEP AND CRAFTED A COLORFUL ACCOUNT OF THE ACTOR’S TUMULTUOUS LIFE & CAREER!”

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: “HARD-BOILED! MOVING! A NICE DEPARTURE FROM THE TRADITIONAL HOLLYWOOD RAGS TO RICHES STORY!”

REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN (WATERBURY CT): “AUTHOR PULLS NO PUNCHES IN LAWRENCE TIERNEY BIO!”

**THE TIMES OF LONDON: “NEW BIOGRAPHY OF LAWRENCE TIERNEY REVEALS HOW HE ALMOST WON A RECURRING ROLE ON SEINFELD!”**

AIR MAIL WEEKLY: “MR. BAD GUY: NO ONE WAS A BETTER THUG ON-SCREEN, OR OFF, THAN LAWRENCE TIERNEY!”

GOLD DERBY: “NEW BIOGRAPHY OF LEGENDARY HOLLYWOOD TOUGH GUY GENERATING HOLIDAY SEASON BUZZ!”

HOMETOWNS TO HOLLYWOOD: “FASCINATING! CAPTURES THE COMPLEX NATURE OF TIERNEY AND HIS IMPACT AS AN ACTOR!”

**FANDOM WIRE: “DARKEST INCIDENT ON SEINFELD SET THAT MADE JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS DUB TIERNEY ‘A TOTAL NUTJOB’”**

GOOD STORY NEWS: TIERNEY BOOK LAUNCH AND SCREENING AT THE AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE’S AERO THEATRE

LEGSVILLE.COM: THE TOUGH GUY RETURNS TO HOLLYWOOD (ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE BOOK EXCERPT)

GOLDDERBY.COM: “ENTERTAININGLY DETAILS THE LIFE OF THE PUGNACIOUS ACTOR! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!”

LIBRARY JOURNAL: “EVERY CRIME & MISDEMEANOR THAT TIERNEY WAS INVOLVED IN! A SAD LOOK AT A PROMISING CAREER DERAILED!”

NOIRCON 2022: BURT KEARNS & THE FRIENDS OF LAWRENCE TIERNEY ON OCTOBER 22

**RETREATS FROM OBLIVION, THE JOURNAL OF NOIRCON: LAWRENCE TIERNEY: POVERTY ROW (FIRST EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK)**

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: BOOK ABOUT ACTOR & NOTORIOUS BAD GUY LAWRENCE TIERNEY SET FROM WRITER-PRODUCER BURT KEARNS

**THE CRITERION COLLECTION DAILY: “COMPLICATED ACTORS: TIERNEY WAS ‘THE REAL DEAL’!”**

VENTS MAGAZINE: LAWRENCE TIERNEY — ONE OF THE ORIGINAL BAD BOYS OF HOLLYWOOD — SET FOR TELL-ALL BIOGRAPHY

GREASY KID STUFF MAGAZINE: AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR BURT KEARNS

SOUND & PICTURES

THIS WEEK IN CHARLES BRONSON: ERIC TODD & A WIDE-RANGING, INSIGHTFUL CONVERSATION ABOUT TIERNEY’S ISSUES

CONNORS’ CORNER (AM970 & WMCA NYC): “ASK THE LAWYER TURNS OVER THE SHOW TO BROOKLYN’S FAVORITE SON”

ROBERT BELLISSIMO AT THE MOVIES (VIDEO): “LAWRENCE TIERNEY BIOGRAPHER ON HIS FAVORITE TIERNEY PERFORMANCES!”

THE DANA GOULD HOUR: DANA CALLS THIS EPISODE ‘FIGHTIN’ AND FOOKIN’… LAWRENCE TIERNEY IS “TRULY LARGER THAN LIFE!”

FANACEK: SENSATIONAL TIERNEY MYSTERIES EXPLORED WHEN THE AUTHOR VISITS THE ULTIMATE FILM & TV PODCAST

IRA’S EVERYTHING BAGEL: EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT LAWRENCE TIERNEY (VIDEO)

GARY SHAPIRO’S FROM THE BOOKSHELF: BURT KEARNS GOES BEYOND THE BOOK WITH TIERNEY REVELATIONS

STEVEN JAY RUBIN’S SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: BURT KEARNS, JEFF ABRAHAM, LAWRENCE TIERNEY, JERRY LEWIS & MORE

THE BIG SHOW, WLAD-FM RADIO: BART BUSTERNA HEARS TALES OF TIERNEY FROM AUTHOR BURT KEARNS

ROBERT BELLISSIMO AT THE MOVIES PODCAST VIDEO: FILM BUFF BELLISIMO TALKS TIERNEY WITH BURT KEARNS

SECOND SATURDAY MAGAZINE, WPKN-FM RADIO: BURT KEARNS TALKS TIERNEY WITH OLD PAL BOB JOHNSON & AACIA HUSSAIN (01:08:30)

WESTCHESTER CULTURE VIDEO: BOB JOHNSON & AACIA HUSSAIN’S TWO-SHOW TELEVISION INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR (PT 1) (PT 2)

BOOK TALK WITH DOUG MILES PODCAST: FROM DILLINGER TO THE SIMPSONS, BURT KEARNS UNSPOOLS MANY TIERNEY TALES

NEW BOOKS NETWORK PODCAST: BURT KEARNS TALKS TIERNEY WITH REBEKAH BUCHANAN

TRUE STORIES OF TINSELTOWN PODCAST: GRACE COLLINS ASKS BURT KEARNS, ‘WAS LAWRENCE TIERNEY BAD TO THE BONE?’

NITRATEVILLE RADIO PODCAST: BURT KEARNS TALKS WITH MICHAEL GEBERT ABOUT TIERNEY’S WILD LIFE (@ 66:16)

FORGOTTEN HOLLYWOOD PODCAST: BURT KEARNS TALKS TO DOUG HESS ABOUT LAWRENCE TIERNEY

FUN IDEAS PODCAST: MARK ARNOLD IS THE FIRST TO TALK TIERNEY WITH BURT KEARNS

**LEGSVILLE.COM VIDEO: THE FRIENDS OF LAWRENCE TIERNEY, PANEL DISCUSSION FROM NOIRCON 2022**

LAWRENCE TIERNEY: HOLLYWOOD’S REAL-LIFE TOUGH GUY

GARY SHAPIRO’S FROM THE BOOKSHELF: BURT KEARNS GOES BEYOND THE BOOK WITH TIERNEY REVELATIONS

SECOND SATURDAY MAGAZINE, WPKN-FM RADIO: BURT KEARNS TALKS TIERNEY WITH OLD PAL BOB JOHNSON & AACIA HUSSAIN (01:08:30)