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