Birthday
1923/02/28
Day of death
2012/12/24 (89 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Highland Falls, New York, USA
Also know as
Charles Edward Durning, Charles Durnham
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.
(2000) O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Pappy O'Daniel
(1975) Dog Day Afternoon
as Moretti
(1974) The Front Page
as Murphy
(2006) Desperation
as Tom Billingsley
(1996) Spy Hard
as The Director
(2008) Local Color
as Yammi
(1984) P.O.P.
as P. Oliver Pendergast
(1985) The Man with One Red Shoe
as Ross
(1986) Tough Guys
as Deke Yablonski
(1979) The Muppet Movie
as Doc Hopper
(2008) Deal
as Charlie Adler
(2000) State and Main
as Mayor George Bailey
(1983) To Be or Not to Be
as Col. Erhardt
(1996) One Fine Day
as Lew, Jack's boss
(1993) When a Stranger Calls Back
as John Clifford
(1973) Sisters
as Joseph Larch
(2006) Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Teddy
(1975) Breakheart Pass
as Frank O'Brien
(1981) Dark Night of the Scarecrow
as Otis P. Hazelrigg
(1994) The Hudsucker Proxy
as Waring Hudsucker
(1988) Cop
as Dutch Peltz
(1980) The Final Countdown
as Senator Samuel Chapman
(1981) True Confessions
as Jack Amsterdam
(1985) Stick
as Chucky
(1995) Home for the Holidays
as Henry Larson
(1979) Tilt
as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens
(2004) A Boyfriend for Christmas
as Santa Claus
(1973) The Sting
as Lt. Wm. Snyder
(1978) The Fury
as Dr. Jim McKeever
(1983) Two of a Kind
as Charlie
(1985) Death of a Salesman
as Charley
(1982) Tootsie
as Les Nichols
(1995) The Last Supper
as Reverend Gerald Hutchens
(2007) Kinky Killers
as Alexander Hathaway
(1989) Etoile
as Uncle Joshua
(1989) Cat Chaser
as Jiggs Scully
(1979) North Dallas Forty
as Coach Johnson
(1991) V.I. Warshawski
as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory
(1986) Solarbabies
as The Warden
(1970) Hi, Mom!
as Superintendent
(1981) Sharky's Machine
as Lt. Friscoe
(2008) Good Dick
as Charlie
(2002) Mr. St. Nick
as Nicholas XX
(2005) Dirty Deeds
as Victor Rasdale
(2008) The Golden Boys
as John Bartlett
(1978) The Greek Tycoon
as Michael Russell
(1979) When a Stranger Calls
as John Clifford
(1995) The Grass Harp
as Reverend Buster
(1975) The Hindenburg
as Captain Pruss
(1993) The Music of Chance
as Bill Flower
(1989) Brenda Starr
as Editor Francis I. Livright
(1977) The Choirboys
as Spermwhale Whalen
(1989) It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
as Santa
(1989) The Butter Battle Book
as Grandfather (voice)
(2000) A Constant Forge
as Self
(1992) The Water Engine
as Tour Guide
(2006) Miracle Dogs Too
as Captain Pete Weaver
(1979) Starting Over
as Michael "Mickey" Potter
(1977) Twilight's Last Gleaming
as President David T. Stevens
(1998) Jerry and Tom
as Vic
(1988) A Tiger's Tale
as Charlie Drumm
(2002) Mother Ghost
as George
(1986) Big Trouble
as O'Mara
(2011) The Great Fight
as Judge Frier
(1994) In Search of Dr. Seuss
as (voice) (uncredited)
(1978) An Enemy of the People
as Peter Stockmann
(1998) Hi-Life
as Fatty
(2004) The Drum Beats Twice
as Satan
(1988) Far North
as Bertrum
(1981) The Best Little Girl in the World
as Frank Powell
(1984) Mass Appeal
as Monsignor Thomas Burke
(1987) The Rosary Murders
as Father Ted Nabors
(2005) River's End
as Murray Blythe
(1987) Happy New Year
as Charlie
(1976) Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Rufus T. Crisp
(1998) Hard Time
as Det. Charlie Duffy
(2001) The Judge
as Judge Harlan Radovich
(1987) The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues
as Senator Henry Colton
(2000) Lakeboat
as Skippy
(1981) Crisis at Central High
as Jess Matthews
(2000) Never Look Back
as Reverend Hale
(1973) The Connection
as Frank Devlin
(1975) The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
as Budd Rogers
(1985) Stand Alone
as Louis Thibadeau
(1990) Project Alien
as Colonel Clancy
(1980) Attica
as Commissioner Russell Oswald
(1994) Roommates
as Barney
(1975) Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
as Al Green
(2011) The Life Zone
as James Wise
(1981) Casey Stengel
as Casey Stengel
(2000) The Last Producer
as Syd Wolf
(1970) I Walk the Line
as Wylie Hunnicutt
(1998) Shelter
as Capt. Robert Landis
(1975) Switch [Pilot]
as Lt. Phil Beckman
(1984) Mister Roberts
as The Captain
(2006) Forget About It
as Eddie O'Brien
(1980) Die Laughing
as Arnold
(1983) Hadley's Rebellion
as Sam Crawford
(1971) The Pursuit of Happiness
as 2nd Guard
(2005) The Art of 'The Sting'
as Self
(1986) Where the River Runs Black
as Father O'Reilly
(1990) Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) Hard Time: The Premonition
as Det. Charlie Duffy
(1999) Justice
as Moe Ryan
(2005) The L.A. Riot Spectacular
as The Lawyer
(2001) Bleacher Bums
as Scorekeeper
(1985) Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1972) Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
as Murphy
(2004) A Very Married Christmas
as Ozzy Larson
(1983) Scarface
as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)
(1999) Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
as Det. Charlie Duffy
(2006) Unbeatable Harold
as Harold's Father
(1989) Prime Target
as Earl Mulcahaney
(1962) The Password Is Courage
as American Solider (uncredited)
(2013) Scavenger Killers
as Dylan Frier
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
as (archive footage)
(2010) Three Chris's
as Kris Kringle
(1978) Special Olympics
as Carl Gallitzin
(1994) I.Q.
as Louis Bamberger
(1972) Deadhead Miles
as Truck Driver in Cafe
(2008) A Bunch of Amateurs
as Charlie Rosenberg
(1987) The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Warden Hardy
(2001) L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
as Stuart Steele
(1996) Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Santa Claus
(1992) Tales from Hollywood
as Charles F. Money
(2015) Bleeding Hearts
as Santa Claus
(2004) Death and Texas
as Marshall Ledger
(2002) Turn of Faith
as Philly Russo
(1988) Unholy Matrimony
as Reverend Samuel Corey
(2000) Very Mean Men
as Paddy Mulroney
(2012) Rogue Assassin
as ---
(2008) iMurders
as Dr. Seamus St. Martin
(1997) The Secret Life of Algernon
as Norbie Hess
(1990) Dick Tracy
as Chief Brandon
(1994) Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
as Self (archive footage)
(2011) Naked Run
as Congressman Davenport
(2010) The Waiter
as Frank 'The Handler' Maro
(1980) A Perfect Match
as Bill Larson
(2006) Descansos
as Inkeeper #2
(1989) Dinner at Eight
as Dan Packard
(1998) A Chance of Snow
as Earl Pulmer
(1996) Mrs. Santa Claus
as Santa Claus
(1972) Doomsday Voyage
as Jason's First Mate
(1982) Working
as Retired Man
(2006) The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
as Self
(2018) LA DA Story
as Self (archive footage)
(1985) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Uncle Doffue
(1996) Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
(2004) The Autopsy
as Self
(1970) Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
as Football Player
(1988) Case Closed
as Les Kabowski
(2010) An Affirmative Act
as Man in the White Suit
(2003) Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
(1994) The World of Jim Henson
as Doc Hopper (archive footage)
(1982) The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
as Governor of Texas
(2009) Break
as The Wise Man
(1981) The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
as McMahon
(1979) The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
(1969) Stiletto
as Cop (uncredited)
(1965) Harvey Middleman, Fireman
as Dooley
(1972) Look Homeward, Angel
as Will Pentland
(1991) The Return of Eliot Ness
as Roger Finn
(1996) The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
as Archie (voice)
(1991) The Story Lady
as Judge (uncredited)
(2021) Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
(1982) The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
as McMahon
(2001) Dinner for Five
as ---
(1990) Evening Shade
as Harlan Elldridge
(1999) Family Guy
as Francis Griffin (voice)
(1985) Amazing Stories
as Assistant to the Boss
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Father Thomas Madden
(2002) Monk
as Hank Johansen
(1996) Early Edition
as ---
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Havens
(1996) Everybody Loves Raymond
as Father Hubley
(1971) All in the Family
as Detective
(2002) Everwood
as Eugene Brown
(1995) Cybill
as ---
(1994) The American Revolution
as Benjamin Franklin
(1975) Baretta
as ---
(1997) The Practice
as Stephen Donnell
(2004) Rescue Me
as Michael Gavin
(2003) NCIS
as Ernie Yost
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1964) Another World
as ---
(2002) First Monday
as Justice Henry Hoskins
(1993) Homicide: Life on the Street
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Stephen Douglas
(1967) The High Chaparral
as Hewitt
(2001) Citizen Baines
as ---
(1997) Orleans
as Frank Vitelli
(1985) Eye to Eye
as ---
(1976) Captains and the Kings
as Ed Healey
(1961) The Defenders
as Juror #11
(1975) The Cop and the Kid
as ---
(1990) The Kennedys of Massachusetts
as John F. Fitzgerald
(1979) Studs Lonigan
as Paddy Lonigan
(1991) Performance
as Charles F. Money
(1985) Amazing Stories
as Earl
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(1974) Dinah!
as Self
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Casey Stengel
(1985) Tall Tales & Legends
as Uncle Doffue
(2004) Rescue Me
as Tommy's Dad
(1999) Now and Again
as Narrator (voice; uncredited)
(1971) Great Performances
as McMahon
(2001) The Judge
as Judge Harlan Radovich
(1995) A Woman of Independent Means
as Andrew Alcott
(1985) Comedy Factory
as Harry Deegan
(1966) Best of The Dean Martin Variety Show
as ---