JACK DEENEY

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Consulting
Occupation Writer
Location Danbury, Connecticut, United States
Introduction Formal education at the hands of The Sisters of The Presentation Order, the Jesuits and the Irish Christian Brothers. Informal education through travel, as well as successes and failures as actor, director, writer, soldier, management consultant, businessman, husband, father, grandfather and all the human drama involved.
Interests WRITING, READING, POLITICS
Favorite Movies BEAT THE DEVIL, CASABLANCA, ANYTHING WITH BOGART, SCARAMOUCHE, ANYTHING WITH JACK LEMMON, TALES OF HOFFMANN, THE RED SHOES, SHANE (WITH ALAN LADD & WALTER JACK PALANCE), GREAT EXPECTATIONS, THE IN-LAWS (not the remake), PORK CHOP HILL, INHERIT THE WIND, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, THE THIRD MAN, OUR MAN IN HAVANA, SMILEY'S PEOPLE
Favorite Music PAVAROTTI'S NESSUN DORMA, BROADWAY SHOW TUNES, BARBARA COOK, SARAH BRIGHTMAN, THE THREE TENORS, SINATRA, TONY BENNETT
Favorite Books ALMOST ANYTHING BY GRAHAM GREENE, ALMOST ALL OF JOHN LECARRE UP TO 1991, HOW THE IRISH SAVED CIVILIZATION by TOM CAHILL, ROBERT BENCHLEY, S.J.PERELMAN, JAMES THURBER, THE FOUNTAINHEAD, ATLAS SHRUGGED, THOSE WRITTEN BY FRIENDS AND ACQUANTANCES WHO WERE GOOD ENOUGH TO INSCRIBE MY COPY -, DAVID CHANOFF, CHARLES COLLINGWOOD, BILL D. ROSS, SIDNEY ZION