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Charles Durning

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Durning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Acting

Born: Highland Falls, New York, USA, 1923-02-28

Died: 2012-12-24

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	The Password Is Courage	American Solider (uncredited)	63
2	1970	I Walk the Line	Wylie Hunnicutt	58
3	1971	The Pursuit of Happiness	2nd Guard	63
4	1972	Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues	Murphy	40
5	1972	Deadhead Miles	Truck Driver in Cafe	55
6	1975	Queen of the Stardust Ballroom	Al Green	66
7	1975	Switch [Pilot]	Lt. Phil Beckman	0
8	1978	Special Olympics	Carl Gallitzin	60
9	1980	Attica	Commissioner Russell Oswald	57
10	1980	Die Laughing	Arnold	47
11	1981	Casey Stengel	Casey Stengel	0
12	1983	Hadley's Rebellion	Sam Crawford	40
13	1983	Scarface	Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)	82
14	1984	Mister Roberts	The Captain	68
15	1985	Night of 100 Stars II	Self	80
16	1986	Where the River Runs Black	Father O'Reilly	64
17	1987	The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains	Warden Hardy	66
18	1989	Prime Target	Earl Mulcahaney	47
19	1990	Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge	Self (archive footage)	0
20	1992	Tales from Hollywood	Charles F. Money	10
21	1994	Roommates	Barney	44
22	1994	I.Q.	Louis Bamberger	60
23	1996	Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas	Santa Claus	59
24	1998	Shelter	Capt. Robert Landis	38
25	1999	Justice	Moe Ryan	48
26	1999	Hard Time: The Premonition	Det. Charlie Duffy	48
27	1999	Hard Time: Hostage Hotel	Det. Charlie Duffy	67
28	2000	The Last Producer	Syd Wolf	42
29	2001	L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve	Stuart Steele	55
30	2001	Bleacher Bums	Scorekeeper	65
31	2004	Death and Texas	Marshall Ledger	60
32	2004	A Very Married Christmas	Ozzy Larson	48
33	2005	The L.A. Riot Spectacular	The Lawyer	26
34	2005	The Art of 'The Sting'	Self	60
35	2006	Unbeatable Harold	Harold's Father	30
36	2006	Forget About It	Eddie O'Brien	48
37	2008	A Bunch of Amateurs	Charlie Rosenberg	54
38	2010	Three Chris's	Kris Kringle	0
39	2011	The Life Zone	James Wise	20
40	2013	Scavenger Killers	Dylan Frier	18
41		Amazing Stories: The Movie III	(archive footage)	0
42	1965	Harvey Middleman, Fireman	Dooley	30
43	1969	Stiletto	Cop (uncredited)	52
44	1970	Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet	Football Player	58
45	1970	Hi, Mom!	Superintendent	63
46	1972	Look Homeward, Angel	Will Pentland	0
47	1972	Doomsday Voyage	Jason's First Mate	0
48	1973	The Connection	Frank Devlin	0
49	1973	Sisters	Joseph Larch	67
50	1973	The Sting	Lt. Wm. Snyder	80
51	1974	The Front Page	Murphy	73
52	1975	The Trial of Chaplain Jensen	Budd Rogers	55
53	1975	Dog Day Afternoon	Moretti	78
54	1975	Breakheart Pass	Frank O'Brien	66
55	1975	The Hindenburg	Captain Pruss	63
56	1976	Harry and Walter Go to New York	Rufus T. Crisp	56
57	1977	Twilight's Last Gleaming	President David T. Stevens	64
58	1977	The Choirboys	Spermwhale Whalen	53
59	1978	The Fury	Dr. Jim McKeever	63
60	1978	An Enemy of the People	Peter Stockmann	65
61	1978	The Greek Tycoon	Michael Russell	55
62	1979	Tilt	Harold 'The Whale' Remmens	50
63	1979	The Muppets Go Hollywood	Self	63
64	1979	The Muppet Movie	Doc Hopper	72
65	1979	North Dallas Forty	Coach Johnson	67
66	1979	When a Stranger Calls	John Clifford	61
67	1979	Starting Over	Michael "Mickey" Potter	64
68	1980	The Final Countdown	Senator Samuel Chapman	66
69	1980	A Perfect Match	Bill Larson	0
70	1981	Crisis at Central High	Jess Matthews	60
71	1981	The Best Little Girl in the World	Frank Powell	51
72	1981	The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories	McMahon	0
73	1981	True Confessions	Jack Amsterdam	61
74	1981	Dark Night of the Scarecrow	Otis P. Hazelrigg	65
75	1981	Sharky's Machine	Lt. Friscoe	61
76	1982	Working	Retired Man	43
77	1982	The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories	McMahon	0
78	1982	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	Governor of Texas	62
79	1982	Tootsie	Les Nichols	72
80	1983	Two of a Kind	Charlie	59
81	1983	To Be or Not to Be	Col. Erhardt	67
82	1984	P.O.P.	P. Oliver Pendergast	0
83	1984	Mass Appeal	Monsignor Thomas Burke	62
84	1985	Stick	Chucky	53
85	1985	The Man with One Red Shoe	Ross	57
86	1985	Death of a Salesman	Charley	69
87	1985	Stand Alone	Louis Thibadeau	52
88	1985	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow	Uncle Doffue	53
89	1986	Big Trouble	O'Mara	53
90	1986	Tough Guys	Deke Yablonski	60
91	1986	Solarbabies	The Warden	53
92	1987	Happy New Year	Charlie	55
93	1987	The Rosary Murders	Father Ted Nabors	55
94	1987	The Gambler: The Legend Continues	Senator Henry Colton	59
95	1988	Cop	Dutch Peltz	63
96	1988	A Tiger's Tale	Charlie Drumm	44
97	1988	Case Closed	Les Kabowski	0
98	1988	Unholy Matrimony	Reverend Samuel Corey	87
99	1988	Far North	Bertrum	63
100	1989	Etoile	Uncle Joshua	57
101	1989	Brenda Starr	Editor Francis I. Livright	46
102	1989	Cat Chaser	Jiggs Scully	49
103	1989	The Butter Battle Book	Grandfather (voice)	63
104	1989	It Nearly Wasn't Christmas	Santa	25
105	1989	Dinner at Eight	Dan Packard	30
106	1990	Dick Tracy	Chief Brandon	62
107	1990	The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson	Self	68
108	1990	Project Alien	Colonel Clancy	32
109	1991	V.I. Warshawski	Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory	47
110	1991	The Return of Eliot Ness	Roger Finn	60
111	1991	The Story Lady	Judge (uncredited)	60
112	1992	The Water Engine	Tour Guide	53
113	1993	When a Stranger Calls Back	John Clifford	57
114	1993	The Music of Chance	Bill Flower	65
115	1994	The Hudsucker Proxy	Waring Hudsucker	71
116	1994	Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular	Self (archive footage)	95
117	1994	The World of Jim Henson	Doc Hopper (archive footage)	73
118	1995	The Last Supper	Reverend Gerald Hutchens	66
119	1995	Home for the Holidays	Henry Larson	63
120	1996	Spy Hard	The Director	54
121	1996	Recon	Chief	0
122	1996	The Grass Harp	Reverend Buster	58
123	1996	The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists	Archie (voice)	62
124	1996	Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman	Self	75
125	1996	Mrs. Santa Claus	Santa Claus	58
126	1996	One Fine Day	Lew, Jack's boss	64
127	1997	The Secret Life of Algernon	Norbie Hess	40
128	1998	Hi-Life	Fatty	67
129	1998	Jerry and Tom	Vic	61
130	1998	A Chance of Snow	Earl Pulmer	56
131	1998	Hard Time	Det. Charlie Duffy	53
132	2000	A Constant Forge	Self	66
133	2000	Never Look Back	Reverend Hale	25
134	2000	Lakeboat	Skippy	47
135	2000	Very Mean Men	Paddy Mulroney	58
136	2000	State and Main	Mayor George Bailey	63
137	2000	O Brother, Where Art Thou?	Pappy O'Daniel	73
138	2001	The Judge	Judge Harlan Radovich	45
139	2002	Turn of Faith	Philly Russo	28
140	2002	Mother Ghost	George	64
141	2002	Mr. St. Nick	Nicholas XX	56
142	2003	Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There	Self	70
143	2004	The Drum Beats Twice	Satan	20
144	2004	A Boyfriend for Christmas	Santa Claus	56
145	2004	The Autopsy	Self	0
146	2005	River's End	Murray Blythe	40
147	2005	Dirty Deeds	Victor Rasdale	56
148	2006	Jesus, Mary and Joey	Teddy	40
149	2006	Descansos	Inkeeper #2	20
150	2006	The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'	Self	78
151	2006	Miracle Dogs Too	Captain Pete Weaver	48
152	2006	Desperation	Tom Billingsley	55
153	2007	Kinky Killers	Alexander Hathaway	28
154	2008	Deal	Charlie Adler	53
155	2008	iMurders	Dr. Seamus St. Martin	35
156	2008	Good Dick	Charlie	59
157	2008	Local Color	Yammi	65
158	2008	The Golden Boys	John Bartlett	55
159	2009	Amazing Racer	Floyd	60
160	2009	Break	The Wise Man	42
161	2010	The Waiter	Frank 'The Handler' Maro	0
162	2010	An Affirmative Act	Man in the White Suit	29
163	2011	Naked Run	Congressman Davenport	27
164	2011	The Great Fight	Judge Frier	20
165	2012	Rogue Assassin		50
166	2015	Bleeding Hearts	Santa Claus	29
167	2018	LA DA Story	Self (archive footage)	100
168	2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Stephen Douglas	86
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Casey Stengel	86
3	1961	The Defenders	Juror #11	62
4	1964	Another World		56
5	1967	The High Chaparral	Hewitt	65
6	1968	Hawaii Five-O	Havens	71
7	1971	All in the Family	Detective	79
8	1971	Great Performances	McMahon	53
9	1971	Cannon		65
10	1973	The American Film Institute Salute to ...	Self	63
11	1974	Playhouse	McMahon	70
12	1974	Dinah!	Self	67
13	1975	Baretta		63
14	1975	The Cop and the Kid	Officer Frank Murphy	0
15	1976	Captains and the Kings	Ed Healey	83
16	1979	Studs Lonigan	Paddy Lonigan	95
17	1985	Eye to Eye		0
18	1985	The Comedy Factory	Harry Deegan	0
19	1985	Tall Tales & Legends	Uncle Doffue	54
20	1985	Amazing Stories	Assistant to the Boss	75
21	1985	Amazing Stories	Earl	75
22	1990	The Kennedys of Massachusetts	John F. Fitzgerald	72
23	1990	Evening Shade	Harlan Elldridge	56
24	1991	Performance	Charles F. Money	60
25	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street		80
26	1994	Touched by an Angel	Father Thomas Madden	72
27	1994	The American Revolution	Benjamin Franklin	0
28	1995	Cybill		58
29	1995	A Woman of Independent Means	Andrew Alcott	100
30	1996	Everybody Loves Raymond	Father Hubley	68
31	1996	Early Edition	Judge Steven Romick	73
32	1997	Orleans	Frank Vitelli	0
33	1997	The Practice	Stephen Donnell	77
34	1999	Family Guy	Francis Griffin (voice)	74
35	1999	Now and Again	Narrator (voice; uncredited)	69
36	2001	The Judge	Judge Harlan Radovich	45
37	2001	Dinner for Five		82
38	2001	Citizen Baines		0
39	2002	First Monday	Justice Henry Hoskins	60
40	2002	Monk	Hank Johansen	79
41	2002	Everwood	Eugene Brown	75
42	2003	NCIS	Ernie Yost	76
43	2004	Rescue Me	Michael Gavin	77
44	2004	Rescue Me	Tommy's Dad	77