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Roy Lee "Rocky" Dennis (December 4, 1961 – October 4, 1978) was an American teenager who had craniodiaphyseal dysplasia, an extremely rare sclerotic bone disorder. The condition usually results in neurological disorders and death during childhood or teenage years. His life was the basis for the 1985 drama film Mask.
Mask is a 1985 American biographical drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, starring Cher, Sam Elliott, and Eric Stoltz with supporting roles played by Dennis Burkley, Laura Dern, Estelle Getty, and Richard Dysart. Cher received the 1985 Cannes Film Festival award for Best Actress. [2]
Eric Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor, director and producer. He played Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask (1985), which earned him the nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.
Rocky's body was donated to the UCLA genetics research center for science and then cremated. [9] [12] Tullis married her third husband Bernie Tullis, [1] [7] [8] but they separated after six weeks of marriage, both of them still grief-stricken over Rocky's death. [12] The character Gar, played by Sam Elliott in the 1985 film Mask, is based on ...
Burt Young, who played Paulie in six of the “Rocky” films starring Sylvester Stallone, drawing an Oscar nomination for supporting actor for his performance in the 1976 original, has died, his ...
In films, he played Dozer, a biker with a severe speech impediment who befriends Rocky Dennis and his mother in the movie Mask. Burkley appeared in the drug culture drama Rush in 1991, the Chevy Chase comedy Fletch Lives , and Sylvester Stallone 's Stop!
Back in the 1970s, Tim Curry was primarily a stage actor, until one of the musicals he starred in, The Rocky Horror Show, was turned into a film. Curry led the absurdity as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a ...
Let's do the time warp again! Several decades have passed since the release of 1975's The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and original movie cast member Barry Bostwick is looking back on his experience ...