Lanny Flaherty

Lanny Flaherty (July 27, 1942 – February 18, 2024) was an American actor. Flaherty had roles in films and miniseries such as Lonesome Dove, Natural Born Killers, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 and Signs. He also had a brief role in Men in Black 3, and appeared as Jack Crow in Jim Mickles 2014 adaptation of Cold in July. Other film appearances include Winter People, Millers Crossing, Blood In Blood Out, Tom and Huck and Home Fries while television roles include guest appearances on The Equalizer, New York News and White Collar as well as a two-episode stint on The Education of Max Bickford as Whammo. Flaherty was a graduate of Pontotoc High School, and attended University of Southern Mississippi after high school. He resided in New York City.

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Natural Born Killers (1994)

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Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Woody Harrelson  •  Juliette Lewis  •  Tom Sizemore  •  Robert Downey Jr.

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Woody Harrelson  •  Juliette Lewis  •  Tom Sizemore  •  Robert Downey Jr.

Bound by Honor (1993)

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taylor Hackford
CAST:  Damian Chapa  •  Jesse Borrego  •  Benjamin Bratt  •  Enrique Castillo

Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Taylor Hackford
CAST:  Damian Chapa  •  Jesse Borrego  •  Benjamin Bratt  •  Enrique Castillo

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)

Young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in Maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Berlinger
CAST:  Kim Director  •  Jeffrey Donovan  •  Erica Leerhsen  •  Tristine Skyler

Young adults become fascinated by the events of the three missing filmmakers in Maryland, so they decide to go into the same woods and find out what really happened.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Berlinger
CAST:  Kim Director  •  Jeffrey Donovan  •  Erica Leerhsen  •  Tristine Skyler

Miller's Crossing (1990)

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  Gabriel Byrne  •  Marcia Gay Harden  •  John Turturro  •  Jon Polito

Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joel Coen  •  Ethan Coen
CAST:  Gabriel Byrne  •  Marcia Gay Harden  •  John Turturro  •  Jon Polito

Signs (2002)

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A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.  (more)

DIRECTION:  M. Night Shyamalan
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Joaquin Phoenix  •  Rory Culkin  •  Abigail Breslin

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.  (more)

DIRECTION:  M. Night Shyamalan
CAST:  Mel Gibson  •  Joaquin Phoenix  •  Rory Culkin  •  Abigail Breslin

Waterworld (1995)

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In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Reynolds
CAST:  Kevin Costner  •  Chaim Jeraffi  •  Rick Aviles  •  R. D. Call

In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Reynolds
CAST:  Kevin Costner  •  Chaim Jeraffi  •  Rick Aviles  •  R. D. Call

Tom and Huck (1995)

A mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer, witnesses a murder by the deadly Injun Joe. Tom becomes friends with Huckleberry Finn, a boy with no future and no family. Tom has to choose between honoring a friendship or honoring an oath because the town alcoholic is accused ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hewitt
CAST:  Jonathan Taylor Thomas  •  Brad Renfro  •  Rachael Leigh Cook  •  Michael McShane

A mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer, witnesses a murder by the deadly Injun Joe. Tom becomes friends with Huckleberry Finn, a boy with no future and no family. Tom has to choose between honoring a friendship or honoring an oath because the town alcoholic is accused ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Hewitt
CAST:  Jonathan Taylor Thomas  •  Brad Renfro  •  Rachael Leigh Cook  •  Michael McShane

A Simple Wish (1997)

Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Ritchie
CAST:  Kathleen Turner  •  Robert Pastorelli  •  Deborah Odell  •  Mara Wilson

Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Ritchie
CAST:  Kathleen Turner  •  Robert Pastorelli  •  Deborah Odell  •  Mara Wilson

Sommersby (1993)

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Amiel
CAST:  Jodie Foster  •  Richard Gere  •  Bill Pullman  •  James Earl Jones

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jon Amiel
CAST:  Jodie Foster  •  Richard Gere  •  Bill Pullman  •  James Earl Jones

Home Fries (1998)

Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather's mistress, Sally. She works at a fast-food drive-through, she's pregnant and Dorian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Parisot
CAST:  Drew Barrymore  •  Catherine O'Hara  •  Luke Wilson  •  Jake Busey

Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather's mistress, Sally. She works at a fast-food drive-through, she's pregnant and Dorian ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Parisot
CAST:  Drew Barrymore  •  Catherine O'Hara  •  Luke Wilson  •  Jake Busey

The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)

A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Callow
CAST:  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Keith Carradine  •  Cork Hubbert  •  Rod Steiger

A small-town eccentric opens a café in her decaying home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Simon Callow
CAST:  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Keith Carradine  •  Cork Hubbert  •  Rod Steiger

Cold in July (2014)

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Mickle
CAST:  Michael C. Hall  •  Don Johnson  •  Sam Shepard  •  Vinessa Shaw

While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Mickle
CAST:  Michael C. Hall  •  Don Johnson  •  Sam Shepard  •  Vinessa Shaw

Double Parked (2000)

A resourceful and high-spirited woman deals with financial distress and her asthmatic thirteen-year-old son when his life is gravely complicated by a new friendship with the son of her former drunken and abusive husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Kinsella
CAST:  Callie Thorne  •  Bill Sage  •  Noah Fleiss  •  Rufus Read

A resourceful and high-spirited woman deals with financial distress and her asthmatic thirteen-year-old son when his life is gravely complicated by a new friendship with the son of her former drunken and abusive husband.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stephen Kinsella
CAST:  Callie Thorne  •  Bill Sage  •  Noah Fleiss  •  Rufus Read

Someone Else's America (1995)

This tale takes place in a bar. The Spanish Alonso and his blind mother run this place. Bay, who is Alonso's friend live here too. This story tells something about Alonso and Bay and the "American Dream".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goran Paskaljević
CAST:  Tom Conti  •  Miki Manojlović  •  María Casares  •  Zorka Manojlović

This tale takes place in a bar. The Spanish Alonso and his blind mother run this place. Bay, who is Alonso's friend live here too. This story tells something about Alonso and Bay and the "American Dream".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goran Paskaljević
CAST:  Tom Conti  •  Miki Manojlović  •  María Casares  •  Zorka Manojlović

Homicide: The Movie (2000)

Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, clamor for an opportunity to help find the shooter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean de Segonzac
CAST:  Daniel Baldwin  •  Andre Braugher  •  Ned Beatty  •  Richard Belzer

Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, clamor for an opportunity to help find the shooter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean de Segonzac
CAST:  Daniel Baldwin  •  Andre Braugher  •  Ned Beatty  •  Richard Belzer

Winter People (1989)

Wayland Jackson (Russell), a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright (McGillis), a single mother with an illegitimate baby, and she and Wayland soon fall in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Kotcheff
CAST:  Kurt Russell  •  Kelly McGillis  •  Lloyd Bridges  •  Mitchell Ryan

Wayland Jackson (Russell), a widower with a young daughter, moves to a small, impoverished mountain village in North Carolina, circa 1934. They are taken in by Collie Wright (McGillis), a single mother with an illegitimate baby, and she and Wayland soon fall in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Kotcheff
CAST:  Kurt Russell  •  Kelly McGillis  •  Lloyd Bridges  •  Mitchell Ryan

Men in Black 3 (2012)

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Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Sonnenfeld
CAST:  Will Smith  •  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Josh Brolin  •  Michael Stuhlbarg

Agents J and K are back...in time. J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when K's life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Sonnenfeld
CAST:  Will Smith  •  Tommy Lee Jones  •  Josh Brolin  •  Michael Stuhlbarg

Forged (2010)

Released from prison after serving a sentence for murdering his wife, Chuco returns to Scranton, Penn., where he meets his son, who naturally wants revenge. The two proceed to wrestle with their emotions and the past, forging an unlikely bond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wedig
CAST:  Manny Perez  •  David Castro  •  Margo Martindale  •  Jamie Tirelli

Released from prison after serving a sentence for murdering his wife, Chuco returns to Scranton, Penn., where he meets his son, who naturally wants revenge. The two proceed to wrestle with their emotions and the past, forging an unlikely bond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wedig
CAST:  Manny Perez  •  David Castro  •  Margo Martindale  •  Jamie Tirelli

All Good Things (2010)

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Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Jarecki
CAST:  Kirsten Dunst  •  Ryan Gosling  •  Kristen Wiig  •  Frank Langella

Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Jarecki
CAST:  Kirsten Dunst  •  Ryan Gosling  •  Kristen Wiig  •  Frank Langella

Maze (2001)

Artist Lyle Maze is reconciled to a life without romance thanks to his dual afflictions: Tourette's Syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. But his life takes an unexpected turn when his friend Mike departs on a humanitarian mission, leaving behind his pregnant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Morrow
CAST:  Rob Morrow  •  Laura Linney  •  Craig Sheffer  •  Rose Gregorio

Artist Lyle Maze is reconciled to a life without romance thanks to his dual afflictions: Tourette's Syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. But his life takes an unexpected turn when his friend Mike departs on a humanitarian mission, leaving behind his pregnant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rob Morrow
CAST:  Rob Morrow  •  Laura Linney  •  Craig Sheffer  •  Rose Gregorio
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