Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 3, 1921
Place of Birth:
Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
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Charles Bronson
Biography
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky) was an American actor. Known for his granite features and brawny physique, he gained international fame for his starring roles in action, western, and war films; initially as a supporting player and later a leading man. A quintessential cinematic tough guy, Bronson was cast in various roles where the plot line hinged on the authenticity of the character's toughness and brawn. At the height of his fame in the early 1970s, he was the world's number one box office attraction.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Spanish Western | Self (archive footage) |
| 2006 | Operation Dirty Dozen | Self |
| 1999 | Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion | Paul Fein |
| 1997 | Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II | Commissioner Paul Fein |
| 1995 | Family of Cops | Paul Fein |
| 1995 | Sinatra: 80 Years My Way | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1994 | Death Wish V: The Face of Death | Paul Kersey |
| 1994 | The Sea Wolf | Capt. Wolf Larsen |
| 1993 | Donato and Daughter | Sgt. Mike Donato |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | The Indian (archive footage) |
| 1991 | The Indian Runner | Mr. Roberts |
| 1991 | Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus | Francis Church |
| 1989 | Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects | Lieutenant Crowe |
| 1988 | Messenger of Death | Garret Smith |
| 1987 | Death Wish 4: The Crackdown | Paul Kersey |
| 1987 | Assassination | Jay Killion |
| 1987 | Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood | Self |
| 1986 | Murphy's Law | Jack Murphy |
| 1986 | Act of Vengeance | Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski |
| 1985 | Death Wish 3 | Paul Kersey |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1984 | The Evil That Men Do | Holland |
| 1983 | 10 to Midnight | Leo Kessler |
| 1983 | All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra | Himself |
| 1982 | Death Wish II | Paul Kersey |
| 1981 | Death Hunt | Albert Johnson |
| 1980 | Caboblanco | Gifford Hoyt |
| 1980 | Borderline | Jeb Maynard |
| 1980 | Catastrophe: No Safe Place | Self - Host |
| 1979 | Love and Bullets | Charlie Congers |
| 1978 | The Meanest Men in the West | Harge Talbot Jr. |
| 1977 | Telefon | Major Grigori Borzov |
| 1977 | The White Buffalo | Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis |
| 1976 | From Noon Till Three | Graham Dorsey |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe | Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron |
| 1976 | St. Ives | Raymond St. Ives |
| 1975 | Hard Times | Chaney |
| 1975 | Breakheart Pass | John Deakin |
| 1975 | Breakout | Nick Colton |
| 1974 | Mr. Majestyk | Vince Majestyk |
| 1974 | Death Wish | Paul Kersey |
| 1973 | The Stone Killer | Lou Torrey |
| 1973 | Chino | Chino Valdez |
| 1972 | The Valachi Papers | Joe Valachi |
| 1972 | Chato's Land | Pardon Chato |
| 1972 | The Bull of the West | Ben Justin |
| 1972 | The Mechanic | Arthur Bishop |
| 1972 | Valachi: The Violent Era | Self |
| 1971 | Someone Behind the Door | The Stranger |
| 1971 | Red Sun | Link |
| 1971 | Mean Justice | Moreno |
| 1970 | Violent City | Jeff Heston |
| 1970 | Rider on the Rain | Col. Harry Dobbs |
| 1970 | Cold Sweat | Joe Martin |
| 1970 | Twinky | Scott Wardman |
| 1970 | You Can't Win 'Em All | Josh Corey |
| 1968 | Farewell, Friend | Franz Propp |
| 1968 | Villa Rides | Rodolfo Fierro |
| 1968 | Guns for San Sebastian | Teclo |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West | 'Harmonica' |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen | Joseph Wladislaw |
| 1966 | This Property Is Condemned | J.J. Nichols |
| 1965 | Battle of the Bulge | Maj. Wolenski |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper | Cos Erickson |
| 1965 | The Big Sur | Self (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Guns of Diablo | Linc Murdock |
| 1963 | The Great Escape | Danny 'Tunnel King' |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas | Matson |
| 1962 | Kid Galahad | Lew Nyack |
| 1961 | X-15 | Lt. Col. Lee Brandon |
| 1961 | Master of the World | John Strock |
| 1961 | A Thunder of Drums | Trooper Hanna |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven | Bernardo O'Reilly |
| 1959 | Never So Few | Sgt. John Danforth |
| 1958 | Machine-Gun Kelly | George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly |
| 1958 | Showdown at Boot Hill | Luke Welsh |
| 1958 | Gang War | Alan Avery |
| 1958 | When Hell Broke Loose | Steve Boland |
| 1958 | No Time at All | Wolf Hagan |
| 1957 | Run of the Arrow | Blue Buffolo |
| 1956 | Jubal | Reb |
| 1955 | Big House, U.S.A | Benny Kelly |
| 1955 | Target Zero | Sgt. Vince Gaspari |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz | Pittsburgh |
| 1954 | Apache | Hondo |
| 1954 | Drum Beat | Kintpuash |
| 1954 | Riding Shotgun | Pinto |
| 1954 | Tennessee Champ | Sixty Jubel |
| 1953 | Miss Sadie Thompson | Pvt. Edwards |
| 1953 | House of Wax | Igor |
| 1953 | Crime Wave | Ben Hastings |
| 1953 | Torpedo Alley | Submariner |
| 1953 | The Clown | Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Diplomatic Courier | Russian Agent (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Pat and Mike | Henry 'Hank' Tasling |
| 1952 | My Six Convicts | Jocko |
| 1952 | Off Limits | Russell (Uncredited) |
| 1952 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Battle Zone | Marine Private (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Red Skies of Montana | Neff (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Marrying Kind | Eddie |
| 1951 | The People Against O'Hara | Angelo Korvac (uncredited) |
| 1951 | You're in the Navy Now | Wascylewski |
| 1951 | The Mob | Jack (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Earl Clayton |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Tate |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James | Cheyney |
| 1963 | The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Linc Murdock |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Ralph Schuyler |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse | John Wesley Hardin |
| 1962 | Combat! | Velasquez |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Ben Justin |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Harge Talbot |
| 1962 | Empire | Paul Moreno |
| 1962 | Empire | Moreno |
| 1962 | Empire | Paul |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred | Hank Conrad |
| 1961 | The New Breed | Jerry Bergason |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Harry Gregg |
| 1960 | The Islanders | Dutch Malkin |
| 1960 | The Aquanauts | Hector Morrison |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Man |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Del Lingman |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond | Yank Dawson |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise | Dan Morton |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Crowley |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Harry Starr |
| 1958 | Man with a Camera | Mike Kovac |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer | Rogue Donovan |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Manfred Holt |
| 1957 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective | Dan Rocco |
| 1957 | M Squad | Eddie Loder |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Sandy Randall |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Cliff Raven |
| 1957 | Colt .45 | Danny Gordon |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell File | Eggers |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo | Butch Cassidy |
| 1957 | Suspicion | Cal |
| 1956 | Wire Service | Sam Adams |
| 1956 | Hey, Jeannie! | Rocky Harman |
| 1956 | U.S. Marshall | Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid |
| 1956 | U.S. Marshall | Pvt. 'Guardhouse' Ravenal |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | Guest |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Wolf Hagan |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Andy Kovaric |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | Sgt Meras |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Crego |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Det. Krovitch |
| 1955 | The Millionaire | Jerry Bell |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Ben Tiple |
| 1955 | Those Whiting Girls | Martin Carroll |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Frank Bramwell |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Ray Bardon |
| 1955 | Crusader | Mike Brod |
| 1954 | Medic | Dr. John Bircher |
| 1954 | The Joe Palooka Story | Eddie Crane |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Dawson |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Pike |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Eugene Walters |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Henry |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Soldier Conlon |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | Joe Krossen |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | John Stanizewski |
| 1952 | Biff Baker U.S.A. | Czech spy |
| 1952 | Biff Baker U.S.A. | Wilhelm |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Frank Dana |
| 1952 | The Doctor | Joe Langan |
| 1952 | Chevron Theatre | (2 Episodes) |
| 1952 | Chevron Theatre | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | Sgt. Roy Smith |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Sergeant Borth |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action | Frankie Ames |
| 1948 | Studio One | Cal |
| Stage 7 | Jerry Donn | |
| Stage 7 | Murray Forman |