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