Richard Woodbury provided the unreleased score. The film aired on the Showtime network on 9 January 2000. He's an instinctive person who believes in a few things and nothing else.” "But I realized I had to stop rationalizing the part and just throw myself at the part, because that's what Willy does. "I've always been an actor who wants to read and think and analyze," Dennehy said. "Well, I'd like to play the role as a 5'4", 140-pound man, but I haven't figured out how. "People say, 'You do it so differently than Dustin Hoffman,'" Dennehy told a sardine-like standing room only audience at a Barnes & Noble event starring himself and Miller.
But when director Robert Falls told him he was committed to Dennehy, he says the playwright responded, "Brian Dennehy? That's a hell of a good idea!" Miller, who never saw the production in Chicago, suggested British actor Warren Mitchell for a Broadway run. As the fourth actor to play the role on Broadway, Dennehy returned to the big and tall Loman legacy.
Present-day audiences probably remember Loman best as portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in 1984 on Broadway and the following year on CBS. But the first Willy on Broadway was played by the solid Lee Cobb, and he was followed in 1975 by robust George C. Elizabeth Franz played wife “Linda Loman,” and sons “Biff” and “Happy” were played by Ron Eldard and Ted Koch, respectively.Īrthur Miller said he originally envisioned Willy Loman as a small man. Non-Film Score Discussion: Brian Dennehy, R.I.P.īrian Dennehy played “Willy Loman” in Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, first on stage in Chicago, and then on Broadway, before bringing the character to the screen in a made-for-cable film.
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