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Dennis Letts

Acting

Born September 5, 1934 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died February 22, 2008

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Biography

Dennis Letts was an American college professor, and later, in a second career, an actor. As the latter, he originated the critically successful role of Beverly Weston in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of the Tony-winning play August: Osage County in the summer of 2007, the writing of which had earned his son, Tracy Letts, a Pulitzer Prize.

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Awards & recognition

  • Fulbright Scholarship

Filmography17 titles

Cast Away

2000as Dennis Larson

A Perfect World

1993as Governor

The Man in the Moon

1991as Doc White

Secondhand Lions

2003as Sheriff

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

1997as John Richards (segment "Epitaph")

Where the Heart Is

2000as Sheriff

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993as Paul Gellis

Rush

1991as Senior District Attorney

Infamous

2006as Judge Tate

Challenger

1990as Cecil Houston

Two Mothers for Zachary

1996as Judge Crawford

Passenger 57

1992as Frank Allen

Fire Down Below

1997as Doctor Schultz

It Takes Two

1988as Bus Clerk

Sidekicks

1992as Man with dog

Bloodsuckers from Outer Space

1984as General Sanders

Johnny Be Good

1988as Army General