Danny Goldring

{{short description|American film, stage and television actor (1946–2022)}}

{{Infobox person

|name = Danny Goldring

|image = Danny Goldring in Bean.png

|caption = Goldring as Security Buck in Bean (1997)

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|5|31}}

|birth_place = Woodstock, Illinois, U.S.

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|12|2|1946|5|31}}

|death_place =

|occupation = Actor

|alma mater = Trinity University

}}

Danny Goldring (May 31, 1946 – December 2, 2022) was an American film, stage and television actor.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/232272378/|title=Unmasking Chicago actor Danny Goldring|work=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=July 18, 2008|access-date=April 3, 2022|pages=5–9|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} He is known for playing former homicide detective and Tom Kane's childhood friend Ryan Kavanaugh in the American political drama television series Boss.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2012/09/28/danny-goldrings-long-chicago-acting-career-paying-off-with-boss/|title=Danny Goldring's long Chicago acting career paying off with 'Boss'|first=Rick|last=Kogan|work=Chicago Tribune|date=September 28, 2012|access-date=April 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107105512/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-28/entertainment/ct-ae-0930-kogan-sidewalks-20120929_1_tom-kane-danny-goldring-fictional-mayor|archive-date=January 7, 2015|url-status=live|via=Wayback Machine}}

Life and career

Goldring was born in Woodstock, Illinois, the son of a United States Navy officer. He attended a preparatory school in Maryland.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98618013/thank-lunching-for-launching-a/|title=Thank 'Lunching' for launching a revitalized Danny Goldring|work=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=March 31, 1978|access-date=April 3, 2022|page=18|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}} Goldring then attended Trinity University. At the age of 18, while Goldring was visiting some friends of his in New York, it was suggested to him that he should become an actor. Goldring served in the Signal Corps branch of the United States Army. After being discharged, he worked in construction in Maryland, where he made his stage debut in a production of A Thurber Carnival. Goldring worked as a puppeteer with the Cole Marionettes, with whom he toured for two years.

Goldring returned to Chicago, Illinois, in 1970. He attended The Theatre School at DePaul University, where he appeared in the stage play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. After leaving in 1973 he appeared in various radio and stage plays in Chicago.

Goldring began appearing in film and television in 1976, his first role being in the television film The Last Affair. He then appeared in the television soap opera Search for Tomorrow, playing Beau Mitchell. Goldring also played Hank in Texas. He has guest-starred in various television programs including ER, Matlock, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, NYPD Blue, Early Edition, Wings and The Practice. Goldring played the role of Major League baseball catcher and manager "Bill Carrigan" in the 1992 film The Babe.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iZQ-amN0wTkC|title=Screen World 1993: Comprehensive Pictorial and Statistical Record of the 1992 Movie Season|page=51|first=John|last=Willis|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|date=February 2000|isbn=9781557831750|via=Google Books}} He co-starred and appeared in major films such as The Dark Knight (as masked bank robber "Grumpy"), Bean, Chicago Overcoat, Chain Reaction and The Fugitive.

In 2014, Goldring starred in the film Dig Two Graves, where he played Proctor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/23/movies/dig-two-graves-review.html|title=Review: 'Dig Two Graves,' but the Goodbye Is Only Temporary|first=Andy|last=Webster|work=The New York Times|date=March 23, 2017|access-date=April 3, 2022}} On stage, he played Detective Vince Getz in Big Lake Big City at the Lookingglass Theatre Company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatreinchicago.com/news.php?articleID=740|title=Bad Cops Finish First: Danny Goldring Plays All Sides of the Law|work=Theatre in Chicago|first=Mary|last=Shen Barnidge|date=2013|access-date=April 3, 2022}} His most recent role was in Adult Swim's Joe Pera Talks with You, where he played Grandpa 'Papa' Joe.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

Goldring died on December 2, 2022, at the age of 76.{{Cite web|url=https://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/performing-arts-feature/remembering-danny-goldring/|title=Remembering Danny Goldring|work=Chicago Reader|date=December 12, 2022}}

Filmography

= Film =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+ {{Screen reader-only\|Danny Goldring' film credits}}
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
1976 ! scope="row" \| {{sort\|The Last Affair\|The Last Affair}} \| Voice dubbing \|
1988 ! scope="row" \| {{sortname\|Vice\|Versa\|Vice Versa (1988 film)}} \| Motorcycle Cop \|
1988 ! scope="row" \| {{sort\|Above the Law\|Above the Law}} \| Zagon's Aide \|
1989 ! scope="row" \| {{sortname\|The\|Package\|The Package (1989 film)}} \| Undercover Bum \|
1992 ! scope="row" \| {{sortname\|The\|Babe}} \| Bill Carrigan \|
2008 ! scope="row" \| The Dark Knight \| Grumpy \|
2019 ! scope="row" \| {{sortname\|Captive\|State}} \| Prison Guard \| Final film role

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+ {{Screen reader-only|Danny Goldring' film credits}}

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

1976

! scope="row" | {{sort|The Last Affair|The Last Affair}}

| Voice dubbing

1988

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Vice|Versa|Vice Versa (1988 film)}}

| Motorcycle Cop

1988

! scope="row" | {{sort|Above the Law|Above the Law}}

| Zagon's Aide

1989

! scope="row" | {{sortname|The|Package|The Package (1989 film)}}

| Undercover Bum

1992

! scope="row" | {{sortname|The|Babe}}

| Bill Carrigan

2008

! scope="row" | The Dark Knight

| Grumpy

2019

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Captive|State}}

| Prison Guard

| Final film role

= Television =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" \|+ {{Screen reader-only\|Danny Goldring' television credits}}
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \| Title ! scope="col" \| Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" \| Notes
1978 ! scope="row" \| {{sortname\|The\| Awakening Land}} \| George Holcomb \| Episode: "Part III: The Town"
1995 ! scope="row" \| {{sortname\|NYPD\| Blue}} \| Sgt. McNamara \| Episode: "Innuendo"
2018-2019 ! scope="row" \| {{sortname\|Joe\| Pera Talks with You}} \| Grandpa 'Papa' JoePapa Joe \| 2 episodes Final television role

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

|+ {{Screen reader-only|Danny Goldring' television credits}}

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes

1978

! scope="row" | {{sortname|The| Awakening Land}}

| George Holcomb

| Episode: "Part III: The Town"

1995

! scope="row" | {{sortname|NYPD| Blue}}