Charles Durning
Birthplace: Highland Falls
Born: 1923-02-28
Died: 2012-12-24
Occupations recorded in source
actor; film actor; stage actor; television actor
Biography from Wikipedia
Charles Edward Durning (February 28, 1923 – December 24, 2012) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 movies, television shows and plays. He received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Tony Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and nine Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2008, Durning was awarded with Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award. His best-known films include The Sting (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), The Muppet Movie (1979), True Confessions (1981), Tootsie (1982), Dick Tracy (1990), and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). Prior to his acting career, Durning served in World War II and was decorated for valor in combat.
Sources & attribution
Wikidata · revision
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Films in Cinema Hound
Acting
- Cop (1988) — Dutch
- Far North (1988) — Bertrum
- A Tiger's Tale (1987)
- Happy New Year (1987) — Charlie
- Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues (1987) — Sen. Henry Colton
- Meatballs III: Summer Job (1987)
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (1987) — Warden Hardy
- The Rosary Murders (1987) — Father Ted Nabors
- Big Trouble (1986) — O'Mara
- Tough Guys (1986) — Deke Yablonski
- Where the River Runs Black (1986) — Father O'Reilly
- Death of a Salesman (1985) — Charley
- Stand Alone (1985) — Louis Thibadeau
- Stick (1985) — Chucky
- The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) — Ross
- Mass Appeal (1984) — Monsignor Thomas Burke
- Mister Roberts (1984)
- To Be or Not to Be (1983) — S.S. Colonel Erhardt
- Two of a Kind (1983) — Charlie
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) — Governor
- Tootsie (1982) — Les Nichols
- Crisis at Central High (1981)
- Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) — Otis P. Hazelrigg
- Sharky's Machine (1981) — Friscoe
- True Confessions (1981) — Jack Amsterdam
- Attica (1980)
- Die Laughing (1980)
- The Final Countdown (1980) — Senator Samuel Chapman
- North Dallas Forty (1979) — Coach Johnson
- Starting Over (1979) — Mickey Potter
- The Muppet Movie (1979) — Doc Hopper
- Tilt (1979) — Harold 'Der Wal' Remmens
- When a Stranger Calls (1979) — John Clifford
- An Enemy of the People (1978) — Peter Stockmann
- The Fury (1978) — Dr. Jim McKeever
- The Choirboys (1977) — Spermwhale Whalen
- Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) — Rufus T. Crisp
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975) — Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti
- Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975)
- The Hindenburg (1975) — Kapitän Max Pruss
Catalogue credits: Wikidata and Open Media Database. Sources & licences.