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 for both The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and To Be or Not to Be (1983).
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular | Self (archive footage) |
| 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 |
| 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 [Pilot] | Lt. Phil Beckman |
| 1974 | The Front Page | Murphy |
| 1973 | Sisters | Joseph Larch |
| 1973 | The Sting | Lt. Wm. Snyder |
| 1973 | The Connection | Frank Devlin |
| 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 | Justice 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |