Konrad Sheehan

Konrad Sheehan
Sheehan in The Warriors, 1979
OccupationsActor, stuntman

Konrad Sheehan is an American actor and stuntman. He is best known for playing Vance, the roller skating leader of the Punks gang, in the 1979 film The Warriors.

Life and career

Sheehan is adopted, and his adoptive father is Barry Salottolo, a teacher at Mount Vernon High School. He attended Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, New York. He began his screen career in 1978, becoming a stuntman for Irvin Kershner's film Eyes of Laura Mars. In the same year, he performed stunts in the film Boardwalk, and he played Vance, the roller skating leader of the Punks gang, in the film The Warriors.

Later in his career, Sheehan performed stunts in films such as Raging Bull, Fort Apache, The Bronx, Brubaker, Alamo Bay, Hanky Panky, The Secret of My Success, Ragtime, The Chosen and Ishtar. He also appeared in the film The Wanderers.

References

  1. ↑ "Stuntman makes a living by staying in 'trouble'". Mount Vernon Argus. Mount Vernon, New York. June 23, 1980. p. 3. Retrieved September 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  2. ↑ "From rags to riches as a stunt man". Mount Vernon Argus. Mount Vernon, New York. November 15, 1978. p. 1. Retrieved September 27, 2026 – via Newspapers.com. Closed access icon
  3. 1 2 "Konrad Sheehan List of Movies and TV Shows". TV Guide. Retrieved September 27, 2026.
  4. ↑ Freese, Gene (October 19, 1987). Classic Movie Fight Scenes: 75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914-1989. McFarland. p. 264. ISBN 9781476669434 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Hannon, James (August 10, 2010). Lost Boys of the Bronx: The Oral History of the Ducky Boys Gang. AuthorHouse. p. 163. ISBN 9781452020563 – via Google Books.