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Nationality
  
American

Parents
  
Richard Andrew Holahan

Role
  
Actor

Name
  
Dennis Holahan

Years active
  
1973-present


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Born
  
November 7, 1942 (age 82) (
1942-11-07
)

Education
  
Phillips Academy, Andover 1961 Yale College BA 1965Hastings College of Law JD 1973

Occupation
  
Actor / Entertainment lawyer

Children
  
Nicholas Drew Holahan, Belle Holahan Casares

Spouse
  
Loretta Swit (m. 1983–1995), Wylie O'Hara (m. 1966–1973)

Movies
  
Scarface, Hyper Sapien: People fr, Halloween II, 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up, Kuffs

Similar People
  
Loretta Swit, Arnaldo Santana, Peter R Hunt, Irwin Yablans, Dean Cundey

Rock star in court


Dennis Holahan (born November 7, 1942, in Stamford, Connecticut) is an American actor and attorney. He is a partner in the San Francisco office of Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, California’s second largest law firm, where he specializes in entertainment, media and intellectual property cases as well as more general matters in the firm’s commercial litigation practice. Prior to joining Lewis Brisbois in 2014, Dennis maintained one of the top entertainment and business-related litigation boutiques in Los Angeles for more than 20 years.

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Holahan was raised in Connecticut. After graduating from Yale in 1965, Holahan served as an officer (Lieutenant, J.G.) in the United States Navy on an amphibious assault ship in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969. He was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal with a silver star for five campaigns, a Meritorious Unit Commendation Ribbon, the Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.

Holahan graduated from Hastings College of Law in 1973. At Hastings he was the recipient of the Hale Moot Court Prize for Best Brief, was an editor of the Hastings Law News, 1972–1973, and a founder of the Hastings Child Care Center. After Hastings he worked for a litigation firm in the financial district in San Francisco for two years.

From 1976 to 1992, he took a hiatus from his law practice to pursue a successful career as an actor in films and television. Holahan is best known for appearing with Al Pacino in the crime film Scarface as Jerry the Banker. Notable other roles included Collision Course, Kuffs, Haywire (mini-series) and Aspen Extreme, as well as television appearances in M*A*S*M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, Lou Grant and The Rockford Files. He also appeared in the movie The Vegas Strip War in 1984 playing Jimmy Weldstrom. He played a lawyer in his 1981 appearance on The White Shadow. His character interviewed James Hayward (Thomas Carter) for a summer job.

In 1992 Holahan went back to the legal career he had put on hold in 1976. He started the Holahan Law firm, which was based in Los Angeles and specialized in entertainment law, winning several high profile cases.

He has two children, Nicholas Drew Holahan and Belle Holahan Casares, from his first marriage to Wylie O'Hara (1966–1972), and seven grandchildren. Holahan was married to actress Loretta Swit from 1983 to 1995. Holahan is active in the area of drug and alcohol recovery and serves on the board of McIntyre House, a non-profit recovery house for men recovering from alcoholism and drug addiction on located in Los Angeles. Holahan also serves on the board of Worth Our Weight, a non-profit organization in Santa Rosa, California which trains and educates teenagers and young adults who have survived foster care programs and teaches them how to work in the fine dining industry.

Filmography

Actor
2013
Pinfeathers (Short) as
Fetishist
1995
3 Ninjas: Knuckle Up as
EPA Man
1993
Aspen Extreme as
Henri
1992
Kuffs as
Dr. Will Carlton
1991
Rich Girl as
Lawyer
1991
Married... with Children (TV Series) as
Man #1
- Top of the Heap (1991) - Man #1
1991
Top of the Heap (TV Series) as
Man #1
- Top of the Heap (1991) - Man #1
1990
Menu for Murder (TV Movie) as
Steve Mann
1989
Collision Course as
Derek Jarryd
1988
Brothers (TV Series) as
Doctor
- Nothin' Says Lovin' (1988) - Doctor
1988
Wildfire as
Mitch
1988
High Mountain Rangers (TV Series) as
Mallory
- Ambassador (1988) - Mallory
1987
Home (TV Movie) as
Phillip Beaumont
1987
Private Eye (TV Series) as
Michael Cornell
- Blue Movie (1987) - Michael Cornell
1986
Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star as
Aric
1986
The Fifth Missile (TV Movie) as
Warden
1985
1st & Ten (TV Series) as
Terry Corbett
- Not Quite Mr. Right (1985) - Terry Corbett
1984
The Vegas Strip War (TV Movie) as
Jimmy Weldstrom
1984
The Love Boat (TV Series) as
Leonard Ross
- My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demerest/Welcome Aboard: Part 2 (1984) - Leonard Ross
- My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demerest/Welcome Aboard: Part 1 (1984) - Leonard Ross
1984
Who's the Boss? (TV Series) as
Grant Paxton
- Pilot (1984) - Grant Paxton
1984
Blue Thunder (TV Series) as
Richard J. Lassiter
- Trojan Horse (1984) - Richard J. Lassiter
1983
Scarface as
Banker
1983
The Fall Guy (TV Series) as
Usher
- Inside, Outside (1983) - Usher
1983
Alice (TV Series) as
Rob
- Alice's Blind Date (1983) - Rob
1980
Dallas (TV Series) as
George Walker / Tiny Voight
- Tangled Web (1983) - George Walker
- Jock's Trial: Part 1 (1980) - Tiny Voight
1983
M*A*S*H (TV Series) as
Per Johannsen
- U.N., the Night and the Music (1983) - Per Johannsen
1982
CHiPs (TV Series) as
Fred
- Head Over Heels (1982) - Fred
1981
Halloween II as
Laurie's Father
1981
Hill Street Blues (TV Series) as
Councilman Tom McAurley
- I Never Promised You a Rose, Marvin (1981) - Councilman Tom McAurley (uncredited)
- Life, Death, Eternity (1981) - Councilman Tom McAurley
1981
The White Shadow (TV Series) as
Mr. Baxter
- A Day in the Life (1981) - Mr. Baxter
1981
The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series) as
Harry Joe
- Along Came a Duke (1981) - Harry Joe
1980
Haywire (TV Movie) as
Bill II
1980
Beyond Westworld (TV Series) as
Capt. Farrell
- Westworld Destroyed (1980) - Capt. Farrell
1980
Semi-Tough (TV Series)
- Barbara Jane Moves In (1980)
1978
The Incredible Hulk (TV Series) as
Mr. Edwards / Art Philbin
- Captive Night (1979) - Mr. Edwards
- Alice in Disco Land (1978) - Art Philbin
1979
The Rockford Files (TV Series) as
Agent Kaiser
- The Battle-Ax and the Exploding Cigar (1979) - Agent Kaiser
1978
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV Series) as
Arthur Philips
- Game Plan (1978) - Arthur Philips
1978
Lou Grant (TV Series) as
Patterson
- Mob (1978) - Patterson
1963
General Hospital (TV Series) as
John
Self
1988
The 2nd Annual American Comedy Awards (TV Special) as
Self - Audience Member

References

Dennis Holahan Wikipedia


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