Charles Durning
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Feb 28, 1923 (103 years old)
Place of Birth
Highland Falls, New York, USA
Biography
Charles Edward Durning (February 28, 1923 – December 24, 2012) was an American actor. He best-known films include The Sting (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), True Confessions (1981), Tootsie (1982), Dick Tracy (1990) and O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor two times: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and To Be or Not to Be (1983).
Known For
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelf | |
| 2018 | LA DA StorySelf (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Bleeding HeartsSanta Claus | |
| 2013 | Scavenger KillersDylan Frier | |
| 2012 | Rogue Assassin | |
| 2011 | The Great FightJudge Frier | |
| 2011 | The Life ZoneJames Wise | |
| 2011 | Naked RunCongressman Davenport | |
| 2010 | Three Chris'sKris Kringle | |
| 2010 | The WaiterFrank 'The Handler' Maro | |
| 2010 | An Affirmative ActMan in the White Suit | |
| 2009 | BreakThe Wise Man | |
| 2009 | Amazing RacerFloyd | |
| 2009 | According to DomSelf | |
| 2008 | Local ColorYammi | |
| 2008 | DealCharlie Adler | |
| 2008 | Good DickCharlie | |
| 2008 | The Golden BoysJohn Bartlett | |
| 2008 | A Bunch of AmateursCharlie Rosenberg | |
| 2008 | iMurdersDr. Seamus St. Martin | |
| 2007 | Kinky KillersAlexander Hathaway | |
| 2006 | DesperationTom Billingsley | |
| 2006 | Jesus, Mary and JoeyTeddy | |
| 2006 | Miracle Dogs TooCaptain Pete Weaver | |
| 2006 | Forget About ItEddie O'Brien | |
| 2006 | Unbeatable HaroldHarold's Father | |
| 2006 | DescansosInkeeper #2 | |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'Self | |
| 2005 | Dirty DeedsVictor Rasdale | |
| 2005 | River's EndMurray Blythe | |
| 2005 | The Art of 'The Sting'Self | |
| 2005 | The L.A. Riot SpectacularThe Lawyer | |
| 2004 | A Boyfriend for ChristmasSanta Claus | |
| 2004 | The Drum Beats TwiceSatan | |
| 2004 | A Very Married ChristmasOzzy Larson | |
| 2004 | Death and TexasMarshall Ledger | |
| 2004 | The AutopsySelf | |
| 2004 | Rescue MeMichael Gavin | |
| 2004 | Rescue MeTommy's Dad | |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelf | |
| 2003 | Dead Canaries | |
| 2003 | NCISErnie Yost | |
| 2002 | Mr. St. NickNicholas XX | |
| 2002 | Mother GhostGeorge | |
| 2002 | Turn of FaithPhilly Russo | |
| 2002 | MonkHank Johansen | |
| 2002 | EverwoodEugene Brown | |
| 2002 | First MondayHenry Hoskins | |
| 2001 | The JudgeJudge Harlan Radovich | |
| 2001 | Bleacher BumsScorekeeper | |
| 2001 | L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To ServeStuart Steele | |
| 2001 | Dinner for Five | |
| 2001 | Citizen Baines | |
| 2001 | The JudgeJudge Harlan Radovich | |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou?Pappy O'Daniel | |
| 2000 | State and MainMayor George Bailey | |
| 2000 | A Constant ForgeSelf | |
| 2000 | LakeboatSkippy | |
| 2000 | Never Look BackReverend Hale | |
| 2000 | The Last ProducerSyd Wolf | |
| 2000 | Very Mean MenPaddy Mulroney | |
| 1999 | Hard Time: The PremonitionDet. Charlie Duffy | |
| 1999 | JusticeMoe Ryan | |
| 1999 | Hard Time: Hostage HotelDet. Charlie Duffy | |
| 1999 | Family GuyFrancis Griffin (voice) | |
| 1999 | Now and AgainNarrator (voice; uncredited) | |
| 1998 | Jerry and TomVic | |
| 1998 | Hi-LifeFatty | |
| 1998 | Hard TimeDet. Charlie Duffy | |
| 1998 | ShelterCapt. Robert Landis | |
| 1998 | A Chance of SnowEarl Pulmer | |
| 1997 | The Secret Life of AlgernonNorbie Hess | |
| 1997 | The PracticeStephen Donnell | |
| 1997 | OrleansFrank Vitelli | |
| 1996 | Spy HardThe Director | |
| 1996 | One Fine DayLew, Jack's boss | |
| 1996 | The Grass HarpReverend Buster | |
| 1996 | Sesame Street: Elmo Saves ChristmasSanta Claus | |
| 1996 | Mrs. Santa ClausSanta Claus | |
| 1996 | Jack Lemmon: America's EverymanSelf | |
| 1996 | The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the MistsArchie (voice) | |
| 1996 | ReconChief | |
| 1996 | Early EditionJudge Steven Romick | |
| 1996 | Everybody Loves RaymondFather Hubley | |
| 1996 | Arli$$W.S. Walcott | |
| 1995 | Home for the HolidaysHenry Larson | |
| 1995 | The Last SupperReverend Gerald Hutchens | |
| 1995 | Cybill | |
| 1995 | A Woman of Independent MeansAndrew Alcott | |
| 1995 | CybillA.J. Sheridan | |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker ProxyWaring Hudsucker | |
| 1994 | RoommatesBarney | |
| 1994 | I.Q.Louis Bamberger | |
| 1994 | The World of Jim HensonDoc Hopper (archive footage) | |
| 1994 | Touched by an AngelFather Thomas Madden | |
| 1994 | The American RevolutionBenjamin Franklin | |
| 1993 | When a Stranger Calls BackJohn Clifford | |
| 1993 | The Music of ChanceBill Flower | |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the StreetThomas Finnegan | |
| 1992 | The Water EngineTour Guide | |
| 1992 | Tales from HollywoodCharles F. Money | |
| 1991 | V.I. WarshawskiDet. Lt. Bobby Mallory | |
| 1991 | The Return of Eliot NessRoger Finn | |
| 1991 | The Story LadyJudge (uncredited) | |
| 1991 | PerformanceCharles F. Money | |
| 1990 | Project AlienColonel Clancy | |
| 1990 | Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1990 | Dick TracyChief Brandon | |
| 1990 | The Muppets Celebrate Jim HensonSelf | |
| 1990 | Evening ShadeHarlan Elldridge | |
| 1990 | The Kennedys of MassachusettsJohn F. Fitzgerald | |
| 1989 | EtoileUncle Joshua | |
| 1989 | Cat ChaserJiggs Scully | |
| 1989 | Brenda StarrEditor Francis I. Livright | |
| 1989 | It Nearly Wasn't ChristmasSanta | |
| 1989 | The Butter Battle BookGrandfather (voice) | |
| 1989 | Prime TargetEarl Mulcahaney | |
| 1989 | Dinner at EightDan Packard | |
| 1988 | CopDutch Peltz | |
| 1988 | A Tiger's TaleCharlie Drumm | |
| 1988 | Far NorthBertrum | |
| 1988 | Unholy MatrimonyReverend Samuel Corey | |
| 1988 | Case ClosedLes Kabowski | |
| 1987 | The Rosary MurdersFather Ted Nabors | |
| 1987 | Happy New YearCharlie | |
| 1987 | The Gambler: The Legend ContinuesSenator Henry Colton | |
| 1987 | The Man Who Broke 1,000 ChainsWarden Hardy | |
| 1987 | I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIIIPope John XXIII | |
| 1986 | Tough GuysDeke Yablonski | |
| 1986 | SolarbabiesThe Warden | |
| 1986 | Big TroubleO'Mara | |
| 1986 | Where the River Runs BlackFather O'Reilly | |
| 1985 | The Man with One Red ShoeRoss | |
| 1985 | StickChucky | |
| 1985 | Death of a SalesmanCharley | |
| 1985 | Stand AloneLouis Thibadeau | |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars IISelf | |
| 1985 | The Legend of Sleepy HollowUncle Doffue | |
| 1985 | Amazing StoriesAssistant to the Boss | |
| 1985 | Eye to Eye | |
| 1985 | Amazing StoriesEarl | |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & LegendsUncle Doffue | |
| 1985 | The Comedy FactoryHarry Deegan | |
| 1984 | P.O.P.P. Oliver Pendergast | |
| 1984 | Mass AppealMonsignor Thomas Burke | |
| 1984 | Mister RobertsThe Captain | |
| 1983 | To Be or Not to BeCol. Erhardt | |
| 1983 | Two of a KindCharlie | |
| 1983 | Hadley's RebellionSam Crawford | |
| 1983 | ScarfaceImmigration Officer (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1982 | TootsieLes Nichols | |
| 1982 | WorkingRetired Man | |
| 1982 | The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasGovernor of Texas | |
| 1982 | The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other StoriesMcMahon | |
| 1981 | Dark Night of the ScarecrowOtis P. Hazelrigg | |
| 1981 | True ConfessionsJack Amsterdam | |
| 1981 | Sharky's MachineLt. Friscoe | |
| 1981 | The Best Little Girl in the WorldFrank Powell | |
| 1981 | Crisis at Central HighJess Matthews | |
| 1981 | Casey StengelCasey Stengel | |
| 1981 | The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other StoriesMcMahon | |
| 1980 | The Final CountdownSenator Samuel Chapman | |
| 1980 | AtticaCommissioner Russell Oswald | |
| 1980 | Die LaughingArnold | |
| 1980 | A Perfect MatchBill Larson | |
| 1979 | The Muppet MovieDoc Hopper | |
| 1979 | TiltHarold 'The Whale' Remmens | |
| 1979 | North Dallas FortyCoach Johnson | |
| 1979 | When a Stranger CallsJohn Clifford | |
| 1979 | Starting OverMichael "Mickey" Potter | |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go HollywoodSelf | |
| 1979 | Studs LoniganPaddy Lonigan | |
| 1978 | The FuryDr. Jim McKeever | |
| 1978 | The Greek TycoonMichael Russell | |
| 1978 | An Enemy of the PeoplePeter Stockmann | |
| 1978 | Special OlympicsCarl Gallitzin | |
| 1977 | The ChoirboysSpermwhale Whalen | |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last GleamingPresident David T. Stevens | |
| 1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New YorkRufus T. Crisp | |
| 1976 | Captains and the KingsEd Healey | |
| 1975 | Dog Day AfternoonMoretti | |
| 1975 | Breakheart PassFrank O'Brien | |
| 1975 | The HindenburgCaptain Pruss | |
| 1975 | The Trial of Chaplain JensenBudd Rogers | |
| 1975 | Queen of the Stardust BallroomAl Green | |
| 1975 | SwitchLt. Phil Beckman | |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | The Cop and the KidOfficer Frank Murphy | |
| 1974 | The Front PageMurphy | |
| 1974 | Dinah!Self | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseMcMahon | |
| 1973 | SistersJoseph Larch | |
| 1973 | The StingLt. Wm. Snyder | |
| 1973 | The ConnectionFrank Devlin | |
| 1973 | Rx for the DefenseDistrict Attorney Horn | |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ...Self | |
| 1972 | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag BluesMurphy | |
| 1972 | Deadhead MilesTruck Driver in Cafe | |
| 1972 | Doomsday VoyageJason's First Mate | |
| 1972 | Look Homeward, AngelWill Pentland | |
| 1971 | The Pursuit of Happiness2nd Guard | |
| 1971 | All in the FamilyDetective | |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesMcMahon | |
| 1970 | Hi, Mom!Superintendent | |
| 1970 | I Walk the LineWylie Hunnicutt | |
| 1970 | Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My FeetFootball Player | |
| 1969 | StilettoCop (uncredited) | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-OHavens | |
| 1967 | The High ChaparralHewitt | |
| 1965 | Harvey Middleman, FiremanDooley | |
| 1964 | Another World | |
| 1962 | The Password Is CourageAmerican Solider (uncredited) | |
| 1961 | The DefendersJuror #11 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameStephen Douglas | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameCasey Stengel | |
| - | Amazing Stories: The Movie III(archive footage) |