Fred Dalton Thompson, a giant in Tennessee politics whose ... said that Thompson always played himself — in politics, movies and life. “Why would he be anyone else?” he said.

Sissy Spacek played her in the movie. (1985 File Photo - Dino DeLaurentiis Corp.) Fred Thompson played himself in 1985's "Marie," his film debut. As an attorney, he had represented Marie ...

The "Law & Order" alum, a former U.S. senator and GOP candidate for president, stars in a new movie about corruption in the U.S. Senate. By Paul Bond Fred Thompson - P 2012 In the film ...

He had a formidable presence both on the U.S. Senate floor and the movie screen. Now family and friends from Washington to Hollywood are mourning the death of Fred Thompson. The former senator and ...

You didn't have to agree with Fred Dalton Thompson's politics to enjoy him ... But for generations of movie and TV fans, he was better known as a take-no-BS (yet folksy and approachable ...

Fred Thompson, whose main profession has been as a lawyer and lobbyist, has risen to prominence by playing many versions of the same authority figure in 21 movies and a variety of TV shows.

"Fred was the same man on the floor of the Senate, the movie studio, or the town square of ... his home." Thompson, a lawyer, alternated between politics and acting much of his adult life.

Fred Thompson, who straddled the worlds of Hollywood ... Fred was the same man on the floor of the Senate, the movie studio, or the town square of Lawrenceburg, his home. "Fred believed that ...

Fred Thompson, a former U.S. senator for Tennessee ... The case was the subject of a book and a 1985 movie, “Marie,” and started Thompson’s acting career when he was offered the part of ...

“Fred was the same man on the floor of the Senate, the movie studio, or the town square of Lawrenceburg, his home.” Thompson is survived by his son, Freddie Dalton “Tony ...