Brian Dennehy Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie for a television presentation of his performance as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" which he had performed on Broadway. The performance did, however, precipitate a Golden Globe Award. He has starred in the popular crime drama "Jack Reed" TV movies. He also appeared as a recurring character in the NBC sitcom "Just Shoot Me!". Dennehy was parodied in "" (1999) and an episode of "The Simpsons". In January 2007, he starred in the episode "" of "" as a retired criminal who wants to reconnect
Death of a Salesman because “One thing about the play that is very Chinese is the way Willy tries to make his sons successful." The Chinese father always wants his sons to be ‘dragons.’ The original Broadway production was produced by Kermit Bloomgarden and Walter Fried. The play opened at the Morosco Theatre on February 10, 1949, closing on November 18, 1950, after 742 performances. The play starred Lee J. Cobb as Willy Loman, Mildred Dunnock as Linda, Arthur Kennedy as Biff, Howard Smith as Charley and Cameron Mitchell as Happy. Albert Dekker and Gene Lockhart later played Willy Loman during the original Broadway