Actor

Charles Durning

Born 28 February 1923 · Highland Falls, New York, USA · Died 24 December 2012

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).

Films and shows

  1. 2022Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins1h 47mSelf (Archive Footage)
  2. 2018LA DA Story2hSelf (archive footage)
  3. 2015Bleeding Hearts1h 40mSanta Claus
  4. 2013Scavenger Killers1h 40mDylan Frier
  5. 2012Rogue Assassin
  6. 2011Naked Run1h 24mCongressman Davenport
  7. 2011The Great Fight1h 21mJudge Frier
  8. 2011The Life Zone1h 21mJames Wise
  9. 2010The Waiter1h 32mFrank 'The Handler' Maro
  10. 2010An Affirmative Act1h 33mMan in the White Suit
  11. 2010Three Chris'sKris Kringle
  12. 2009Break1h 23mThe Wise Man
  13. 2009Amazing Racer1h 32mFloyd
  14. 2009According to Dom40mSelf
  15. 2008Good Dick1h 26mCharlie
  16. 2008The Golden Boys1h 37mJohn Bartlett
  17. 2008A Bunch of Amateurs1h 36mCharlie Rosenberg
  18. 2008iMurders1h 38mDr. Seamus St. Martin
  19. 2008Deal1h 25mCharlie Adler
  20. 2008Local Color1h 47mYammi
  21. 2007Kinky Killers1h 25mAlexander Hathaway
  22. 2006Forget About It1h 28mEddie O'Brien
  23. 2006Desperation2h 11mTom Billingsley
  24. 2006Descansos1h 33mInkeeper #2
  25. 2006Miracle Dogs Too1h 25mCaptain Pete Weaver
  26. 2006Unbeatable Harold1h 22mHarold's Father
  27. 2006The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'58mSelf
  28. 2006Jesus, Mary and Joey1h 45mTeddy
  29. 2005Dirty Deeds1h 27mVictor Rasdale
  30. 2005The L.A. Riot Spectacular1h 20mThe Lawyer
  31. 2005River's End1h 30mMurray Blythe
  32. 2005The Art of 'The Sting'56mSelf
  33. 2004Death and Texas1h 17mMarshall Ledger
  34. 2004The Drum Beats Twice1h 21mSatan
  35. 2004A Very Married Christmas1h 25mOzzy Larson
  36. 2004A Boyfriend for Christmas1h 23mSanta Claus
  37. 2004The Autopsy26mSelf
  38. 2003Dead Canaries
  39. 2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There1h 51mSelf
  40. 2002First Monday1 seasonHenry Hoskins
  41. 2002Mother Ghost1h 16mGeorge
  42. 2002Mr. St. Nick1h 40mNicholas XX
  43. 2002Turn of Faith1h 34mPhilly Russo
  44. 2001The Judge1 seasonJudge Harlan Radovich
  45. 2001The Judge2hJudge Harlan Radovich
  46. 2001L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve1h 34mStuart Steele
  47. 2001Bleacher Bums1h 51mScorekeeper
  48. 2000Lakeboat1h 38mSkippy
  49. 2000State and Main1h 46mMayor George Bailey
  50. 2000Never Look Back1h 29mReverend Hale
  51. 2000The Last Producer1h 29mSyd Wolf
  52. 2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?1h 47mPappy O'Daniel
  53. 2000Very Mean Men1h 33mPaddy Mulroney
  54. 2000A Constant Forge3h 20mSelf
  55. 1999Justice1h 43mMoe Ryan
  56. 1999Hard Time: The Premonition1h 40mDet. Charlie Duffy
  57. 1999Hard Time: Hostage Hotel1h 28mDet. Charlie Duffy
  58. 1998Hard Time1h 30mDet. Charlie Duffy
  59. 1998Amazing Stories: The Movie III2h(archive footage)
  60. 1998Shelter1h 32mCapt. Robert Landis
  61. 1998Jerry and Tom1h 47mVic
  62. 1998A Chance of Snow1h 27mEarl Pulmer
  63. 1998Hi-Life1h 22mFatty
  64. 1997The Secret Life of Algernon1h 46mNorbie Hess
  65. 1997Orleans1 seasonFrank Vitelli
  66. 1996Recon10mChief
  67. 1996Spy Hard1h 21mThe Director
  68. 1996The Grass Harp1h 47mReverend Buster
  69. 1996One Fine Day1h 48mLew, Jack's boss
  70. 1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas1hSanta Claus
  71. 1996Mrs. Santa Claus1h 31mSanta Claus
  72. 1996The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists1h 14mArchie (voice)
  73. 1996Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman50mSelf
  74. 1995Home for the Holidays1h 43mHenry Larson
  75. 1995The Last Supper1h 32mReverend Gerald Hutchens
  76. 1995A Woman of Independent Means1 seasonAndrew Alcott
  77. 1994The American Revolution1 seasonBenjamin Franklin
  78. 1994Roommates1h 40mBarney
  79. 1994The Hudsucker Proxy1h 51mWaring Hudsucker
  80. 1994I.Q.1h 40mLouis Bamberger
  81. 1994The World of Jim Henson1h 11mDoc Hopper (archive footage)
  82. 1993When a Stranger Calls Back1h 34mJohn Clifford
  83. 1993The Music of Chance1h 38mBill Flower
  84. 1992The Water Engine1h 28mTour Guide
  85. 1992Tales from Hollywood1h 53mCharles F. Money
  86. 1991V.I. Warshawski1h 29mDet. Lt. Bobby Mallory
  87. 1991The Return of Eliot Ness1h 34mRoger Finn
  88. 1991The Story Lady1h 34mJudge (uncredited)
  89. 1990Evening Shade4 seasonsHarlan Elldridge
  90. 1990Project Alien1h 32mColonel Clancy
  91. 1990The Kennedys of Massachusetts1 seasonJohn F. Fitzgerald
  92. 1990Dick Tracy1h 45mChief Brandon
  93. 1990Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge58mSelf (archive footage)
  94. 1990The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson47mSelf
  95. 1989The Butter Battle Book24mGrandfather (voice)
  96. 1989It Nearly Wasn't Christmas1h 40mSanta
  97. 1989Etoile1h 41mUncle Joshua
  98. 1989Cat Chaser1h 30mJiggs Scully
  99. 1989Dinner at Eight1h 35mDan Packard
  100. 1989Prime Target1h 35mEarl Mulcahaney
  101. 1989Brenda Starr1h 33mEditor Francis I. Livright
  102. 1988Case Closed1h 33mLes Kabowski
  103. 1988Far North1h 30mBertrum
  104. 1988Unholy Matrimony1h 34mReverend Samuel Corey
  105. 1988Cop1h 50mDutch Peltz
  106. 1988A Tiger's Tale1h 37mCharlie Drumm
  107. 1987I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII1h 30mPope John XXIII
  108. 1987The Rosary Murders1h 45mFather Ted Nabors
  109. 1987Happy New Year1h 25mCharlie
  110. 1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains1h 55mWarden Hardy
  111. 1987The Gambler: The Legend Continues3h 10mSenator Henry Colton
  112. 1986Where the River Runs Black1h 40mFather O'Reilly
  113. 1986Tough Guys1h 44mDeke Yablonski
  114. 1986Big Trouble1h 33mO'Mara
  115. 1986Solarbabies1h 34mThe Warden
  116. 1985Eye to Eye1 season
  117. 1985Stand Alone1h 34mLouis Thibadeau
  118. 1985The Legend of Sleepy Hollow52mUncle Doffue
  119. 1985Stick1h 49mChucky
  120. 1985The Man with One Red Shoe1h 32mRoss
  121. 1985Death of a Salesman2h 16mCharley
  122. 1984P.O.P.30mP. Oliver Pendergast
  123. 1984Mass Appeal1h 39mMonsignor Thomas Burke
  124. 1984Mister Roberts1h 40mThe Captain
  125. 1983Two of a Kind1h 28mCharlie
  126. 1983Hadley's Rebellion1h 36mSam Crawford
  127. 1983To Be or Not to Be1h 47mCol. Erhardt
  128. 1982The Best Little Special In Texas1h
  129. 1982The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas1h 54mGovernor of Texas
  130. 1982Tootsie1h 56mLes Nichols
  131. 1982The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other StoriesMcMahon
  132. 1981Dark Night of the Scarecrow1h 37mOtis P. Hazelrigg
  133. 1981Casey Stengel56mCasey Stengel
  134. 1981The Best Little Girl in the World1h 40mFrank Powell
  135. 1981Crisis at Central High2h 5mJess Matthews
  136. 1981True Confessions1h 48mJack Amsterdam
  137. 1981Sharky's Machine2h 2mLt. Friscoe
  138. 1981The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories1h 30mMcMahon
  139. 1980Attica1h 37mCommissioner Russell Oswald
  140. 1980Die Laughing1h 48mArnold
  141. 1980A Perfect Match1h 40mBill Larson
  142. 1980The Final Countdown1h 43mSenator Samuel Chapman
  143. 1979When a Stranger Calls1h 37mJohn Clifford
  144. 1979North Dallas Forty1h 59mCoach Johnson
  145. 1979Tilt1h 51mHarold 'The Whale' Remmens
  146. 1979Studs Lonigan1 seasonPaddy Lonigan
  147. 1979Starting Over1h 45mMichael "Mickey" Potter
  148. 1979The Muppet Movie1h 37mDoc Hopper
  149. 1978Special Olympics1h 40mCarl Gallitzin
  150. 1978An Enemy of the People1h 47mPeter Stockmann
  151. 1978The Fury1h 58mDr. Jim McKeever
  152. 1978The Greek Tycoon1h 47mMichael Russell
  153. 1977The Choirboys1h 59mSpermwhale Whalen
  154. 1977Twilight's Last Gleaming2h 26mPresident David T. Stevens
  155. 1976Harry and Walter Go to New York1h 55mRufus T. Crisp
  156. 1976Captains and the Kings1 seasonEd Healey
  157. 1975The Cop and the Kid1 seasonOfficer Frank Murphy
  158. 1975The Rivalry1h 30mStephen Douglas
  159. 1975Queen of the Stardust Ballroom1h 38mAl Green
  160. 1975Dog Day Afternoon2h 4mMoretti
  161. 1975Switch1h 30mLt. Phil Beckman
  162. 1975Breakheart Pass1h 35mFrank O'Brien
  163. 1975The Trial of Chaplain Jensen1h 13mBudd Rogers
  164. 1975The Hindenburg2h 5mCaptain Pruss
  165. 1974The Front Page1h 45mMurphy
  166. 1973The Connection1h 13mFrank Devlin
  167. 1973Sisters1h 33mJoseph Larch
  168. 1973The Sting2h 9mLt. Wm. Snyder
  169. 1973Rx for the Defense1hDistrict Attorney Horn
  170. 1972Deadhead Miles1h 33mTruck Driver in Cafe
  171. 1972Look Homeward, Angel1h 30mWill Pentland
  172. 1972Doomsday Voyage1h 28mJason's First Mate
  173. 1972Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues1h 28mMurphy
  174. 1971The Pursuit of Happiness1h 33m2nd Guard
  175. 1970Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet15mFootball Player
  176. 1970Hi, Mom!1h 27mSuperintendent
  177. 1970I Walk the Line1h 37mWylie Hunnicutt
  178. 1969Stiletto1h 38mCop (uncredited)
  179. 1965Harvey Middleman, Fireman1h 16mDooley