Dennis Holahan

Dennis Holahan
Born (1942-11-07) November 7, 1942
Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality American
Education

Phillips Academy, Andover 1961 Yale College BA 1965

Hastings College of Law JD 1973
Occupation Actor / Entertainment lawyer
Years active 1973-present
Spouse(s) Wylie O'Hara (1966-1972, divorced); Loretta Swit (1983–1988, divorced)
Children Nicholas Drew Holahan, Belle Holahan Casares
Parent(s) James and Mary Holahan
Military Service: Officer, United States Navy, Vietnam 1966-1969, Meritorious Unit Commendation, 4 tours of duty

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 LLP, 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.

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 1967-1969. 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 Hasting 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 MASH, 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 and Belle, from his first marriage to Wylie O'Hara (1966-1972), and seven grandchildren. Holahan was married to actress Loretta Swit from 1983 to 1988.[1] 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 addition located in Los Angeles. Mr. 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

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1995 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up EPA Man
1993 Aspen Extreme Henri
1992 Kuffs Doctor Will Carlton
1991 Rich Girl Lawyer
1990 Menu for Murder Steve Mann Television
1989 Collision Course Derek Jarryd
1988 Wildfire Mitch
1986 Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star Aric
The Fifth Missile Warden Television
1984 The Vegas Strip War Jimmy Weldstrom Television
1983 Scarface Jerry the Banker
1981 Halloween II Morgan Strode
1980 Haywire Bill the Second Television

Television

Year Title Role No. of episodes
1991 Top of the Heap Man #1 1 episode
Married... with Children Man #1 1 episode
1988 High Mountain Rangers Mallory 1 episode
1985 1st & Ten Unknown 1 episode
1984 Who's the Boss? Grant Paxton 1 episode
Blue Thunder Richard J. Lassiter 1 episode
1983 The Fall Guy Usher 1 episode
Alice Rob 1 episode
M*A*S*H* Per Johannsen 1 episode
1982 CHiPs Fred 1 episode
1981 Hill Street Blues Councilman Tom McAurley 2 episodes
The White Shadow Ed Barter 1 episode
The Dukes of Hazzard Harry Joe 1 episode
1980–1983 Dallas George Walker 2 episodes
1980 Beyond Westworld Captain Farrell 1 episode
1979 The Rockford Files Agent Kaiser 1 episode
1978–1979 The Incredible Hulk Art Philbin 2 episodes
1978 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries Arthur Philips 1 episode
Lou Grant Jack Patterson 1 episode

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