Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 28, 1923
Place of Birth:
Highland Falls, New York, USA
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Charles Durning
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self |
| 2018 | LA DA Story | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Bleeding Hearts | Santa Claus |
| 2013 | Scavenger Killers | Dylan Frier |
| 2012 | Rogue Assassin | |
| 2011 | The Great Fight | Judge Frier |
| 2011 | The Life Zone | James Wise |
| 2011 | Naked Run | Congressman Davenport |
| 2010 | Three Chris's | Kris Kringle |
| 2010 | The Waiter | Frank 'The Handler' Maro |
| 2010 | An Affirmative Act | Man in the White Suit |
| 2009 | Break | The Wise Man |
| 2009 | Amazing Racer | Floyd |
| 2009 | According to Dom | Self |
| 2008 | Local Color | Yammi |
| 2008 | Deal | Charlie Adler |
| 2008 | Good Dick | Charlie |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys | John Bartlett |
| 2008 | A Bunch of Amateurs | Charlie Rosenberg |
| 2008 | iMurders | Dr. Seamus St. Martin |
| 2007 | Kinky Killers | Alexander Hathaway |
| 2006 | Desperation | Tom Billingsley |
| 2006 | Jesus, Mary and Joey | Teddy |
| 2006 | Miracle Dogs Too | Captain Pete Weaver |
| 2006 | Forget About It | Eddie O'Brien |
| 2006 | Unbeatable Harold | Harold's Father |
| 2006 | Descansos | Inkeeper #2 |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' | Self |
| 2005 | Dirty Deeds | Victor Rasdale |
| 2005 | River's End | Murray Blythe |
| 2005 | The Art of 'The Sting' | Self |
| 2005 | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | The Lawyer |
| 2004 | A Boyfriend for Christmas | Santa Claus |
| 2004 | The Drum Beats Twice | Satan |
| 2004 | A Very Married Christmas | Ozzy Larson |
| 2004 | Death and Texas | Marshall Ledger |
| 2004 | The Autopsy | Self |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self |
| 2003 | Dead Canaries | |
| 2002 | Mr. St. Nick | Nicholas XX |
| 2002 | Mother Ghost | George |
| 2002 | Turn of Faith | Philly Russo |
| 2001 | The Judge | Judge Harlan Radovich |
| 2001 | Bleacher Bums | Scorekeeper |
| 2001 | L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve | Stuart Steele |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Pappy O'Daniel |
| 2000 | State and Main | Mayor George Bailey |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge | Self |
| 2000 | Lakeboat | Skippy |
| 2000 | Never Look Back | Reverend Hale |
| 2000 | The Last Producer | Syd Wolf |
| 2000 | Very Mean Men | Paddy Mulroney |
| 1999 | Hard Time: The Premonition | Det. Charlie Duffy |
| 1999 | Justice | Moe Ryan |
| 1999 | Hard Time: Hostage Hotel | Det. Charlie Duffy |
| 1998 | Jerry and Tom | Vic |
| 1998 | Hi-Life | Fatty |
| 1998 | Hard Time | Det. Charlie Duffy |
| 1998 | Shelter | Capt. Robert Landis |
| 1998 | A Chance of Snow | Earl Pulmer |
| 1997 | The Secret Life of Algernon | Norbie Hess |
| 1996 | Spy Hard | The Director |
| 1996 | One Fine Day | Lew, Jack's boss |
| 1996 | The Grass Harp | Reverend Buster |
| 1996 | Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas | Santa Claus |
| 1996 | Mrs. Santa Claus | Santa Claus |
| 1996 | Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman | Self |
| 1996 | The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists | Archie (voice) |
| 1996 | Recon | Chief |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays | Henry Larson |
| 1995 | The Last Supper | Reverend Gerald Hutchens |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Waring Hudsucker |
| 1994 | Roommates | Barney |
| 1994 | I.Q. | Louis Bamberger |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson | Doc Hopper (archive footage) |
| 1993 | When a Stranger Calls Back | John Clifford |
| 1993 | The Music of Chance | Bill Flower |
| 1992 | The Water Engine | Tour Guide |
| 1992 | Tales from Hollywood | Charles F. Money |
| 1991 | V.I. Warshawski | Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory |
| 1991 | The Return of Eliot Ness | Roger Finn |
| 1991 | The Story Lady | Judge (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Project Alien | Colonel Clancy |
| 1990 | Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | Self (archive footage) |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Chief Brandon |
| 1990 | The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | Self |
| 1989 | Etoile | Uncle Joshua |
| 1989 | Cat Chaser | Jiggs Scully |
| 1989 | Brenda Starr | Editor Francis I. Livright |
| 1989 | It Nearly Wasn't Christmas | Santa |
| 1989 | The Butter Battle Book | Grandfather (voice) |
| 1989 | Prime Target | Earl Mulcahaney |
| 1989 | Dinner at Eight | Dan Packard |
| 1988 | Cop | Dutch Peltz |
| 1988 | A Tiger's Tale | Charlie Drumm |
| 1988 | Far North | Bertrum |
| 1988 | Unholy Matrimony | Reverend Samuel Corey |
| 1988 | Case Closed | Les Kabowski |
| 1987 | The Rosary Murders | Father Ted Nabors |
| 1987 | Happy New Year | Charlie |
| 1987 | The Gambler: The Legend Continues | Senator Henry Colton |
| 1987 | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Warden Hardy |
| 1987 | I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII | Pope John XXIII |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | Deke Yablonski |
| 1986 | Solarbabies | The Warden |
| 1986 | Big Trouble | O'Mara |
| 1986 | Where the River Runs Black | Father O'Reilly |
| 1985 | The Man with One Red Shoe | Ross |
| 1985 | Stick | Chucky |
| 1985 | Death of a Salesman | Charley |
| 1985 | Stand Alone | Louis Thibadeau |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1985 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Uncle Doffue |
| 1984 | P.O.P. | P. Oliver Pendergast |
| 1984 | Mass Appeal | Monsignor Thomas Burke |
| 1984 | Mister Roberts | The Captain |
| 1983 | To Be or Not to Be | Col. Erhardt |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Charlie |
| 1983 | Hadley's Rebellion | Sam Crawford |
| 1983 | Scarface | Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Tootsie | Les Nichols |
| 1982 | Working | Retired Man |
| 1982 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Governor of Texas |
| 1982 | The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories | McMahon |
| 1981 | Dark Night of the Scarecrow | Otis P. Hazelrigg |
| 1981 | True Confessions | Jack Amsterdam |
| 1981 | Sharky's Machine | Lt. Friscoe |
| 1981 | The Best Little Girl in the World | Frank Powell |
| 1981 | Crisis at Central High | Jess Matthews |
| 1981 | Casey Stengel | Casey Stengel |
| 1981 | The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories | McMahon |
| 1980 | The Final Countdown | Senator Samuel Chapman |
| 1980 | Attica | Commissioner Russell Oswald |
| 1980 | Die Laughing | Arnold |
| 1980 | A Perfect Match | Bill Larson |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Doc Hopper |
| 1979 | Tilt | Harold 'The Whale' Remmens |
| 1979 | North Dallas Forty | Coach Johnson |
| 1979 | When a Stranger Calls | John Clifford |
| 1979 | Starting Over | Michael "Mickey" Potter |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self |
| 1978 | The Fury | Dr. Jim McKeever |
| 1978 | The Greek Tycoon | Michael Russell |
| 1978 | An Enemy of the People | Peter Stockmann |
| 1978 | Special Olympics | Carl Gallitzin |
| 1977 | The Choirboys | Spermwhale Whalen |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | President David T. Stevens |
| 1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York | Rufus T. Crisp |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Moretti |
| 1975 | Breakheart Pass | Frank O'Brien |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg | Captain Pruss |
| 1975 | The Trial of Chaplain Jensen | Budd Rogers |
| 1975 | Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | Al Green |
| 1975 | Switch | Lt. Phil Beckman |
| 1974 | The Front Page | Murphy |
| 1973 | Sisters | Joseph Larch |
| 1973 | The Sting | Lt. Wm. Snyder |
| 1973 | The Connection | Frank Devlin |
| 1973 | Rx for the Defense | District Attorney Horn |
| 1972 | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | Murphy |
| 1972 | Deadhead Miles | Truck Driver in Cafe |
| 1972 | Doomsday Voyage | Jason's First Mate |
| 1972 | Look Homeward, Angel | Will Pentland |
| 1971 | The Pursuit of Happiness | 2nd Guard |
| 1970 | Hi, Mom! | Superintendent |
| 1970 | I Walk the Line | Wylie Hunnicutt |
| 1970 | Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet | Football Player |
| 1969 | Stiletto | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Harvey Middleman, Fireman | Dooley |
| 1962 | The Password Is Courage | American Solider (uncredited) |
| Amazing Stories: The Movie III | (archive footage) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Rescue Me | Michael Gavin |
| 2004 | Rescue Me | Tommy's Dad |
| 2003 | NCIS | Ernie Yost |
| 2002 | Monk | Hank Johansen |
| 2002 | Everwood | Eugene Brown |
| 2002 | First Monday | Henry Hoskins |
| 2001 | Dinner for Five | |
| 2001 | Citizen Baines | |
| 2001 | The Judge | Judge Harlan Radovich |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Francis Griffin (voice) |
| 1999 | Now and Again | Narrator (voice; uncredited) |
| 1997 | The Practice | Stephen Donnell |
| 1997 | Orleans | Frank Vitelli |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Judge Steven Romick |
| 1996 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Father Hubley |
| 1995 | Cybill | |
| 1995 | A Woman of Independent Means | Andrew Alcott |
| 1995 | Cybill | A.J. Sheridan |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Father Thomas Madden |
| 1994 | The American Revolution | Benjamin Franklin |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | |
| 1991 | Performance | Charles F. Money |
| 1990 | Evening Shade | Harlan Elldridge |
| 1990 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts | John F. Fitzgerald |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Assistant to the Boss |
| 1985 | Eye to Eye | |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Earl |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Uncle Doffue |
| 1985 | The Comedy Factory | Harry Deegan |
| 1979 | Studs Lonigan | Paddy Lonigan |
| 1976 | Captains and the Kings | Ed Healey |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | The Cop and the Kid | Officer Frank Murphy |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1974 | Playhouse | McMahon |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Detective |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1971 | Great Performances | McMahon |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Havens |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Hewitt |
| 1964 | Another World | |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Juror #11 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Stephen Douglas |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Casey Stengel |