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Charles Durning1923 - 2012

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Actor

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4.3

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

Credits

Bleeding Hearts

2015

Horror

as Santa Claus

2.9(12)

0.3

Scavenger Killers

2013

Crime • Horror

as Dylan Frier

1.8(5)

0.3

The Life Zone

2011

Horror • Thriller

as James Wise

2(12)

0.2

Three Chris's

2010

Comedy

as Kris Kringle

0(0)

0.1

A Bunch of Amateurs

2008

Comedy

as Charlie Rosenberg

5.4(19)

0.4

Forget About It

2006

Comedy • Drama

as Eddie O'Brien

4.8(10)

0.6

Unbeatable Harold

2006

Comedy • Romance

as Harold's Father

3(1)

0.2

The Art of 'The Sting'

2005

Documentary

as Self

6(1)

0.2

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

2005

Comedy

as The Lawyer

2.6(5)

0.8

A Very Married Christmas

2004

Drama • TV Movie

as Ozzy Larson

4.8(4)

0.2

Death and Texas

2004

Comedy

as Marshall Ledger

6(3)

0.3

Bleacher Bums

2001

Comedy • Drama

as Scorekeeper

6.5(5)

0.4

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

2001

Action • Drama • Thriller

as Stuart Steele

5.5(8)

0.5

The Last Producer

2000

Drama

as Syd Wolf

4.2(6)

0.5

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

1999

Action • Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Det. Charlie Duffy

6.7(8)

0.4

Hard Time: The Premonition

1999

Crime • Drama • Science Fiction • TV Movie

as Det. Charlie Duffy

4.8(5)

0.1

Justice

1999

Crime • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Moe Ryan

4.8(9)

0.8

Shelter

1998

Action • Thriller

as Capt. Robert Landis

3.8(4)

0.5

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996

Adventure • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Music • TV Movie

as Santa Claus

5.9(11)

0.4

I.Q.

1994

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Louis Bamberger

6(462)

1.6

Roommates

1994

Drama • TV Movie

as Barney

4.4(5)

0.7

Tales from Hollywood

1992

Drama • TV Movie

as Charles F. Money

1(1)

0.1

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

0(0)

0.4

Prime Target

1989

Crime • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Earl Mulcahaney

4.7(7)

0.6

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

1987

Drama • TV Movie

as Warden Hardy

6.6(6)

0.3

Where the River Runs Black

1986

Adventure

as Father O'Reilly

6.4(8)

0.1

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

Comedy • Documentary • Music • TV Movie

as Self

8(4)

0.5

Mister Roberts

1984

Comedy • TV Movie

as The Captain

6.8(2)

0.3

Scarface

1983

Action • Crime • Drama

as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)

8.2(12,218)

15.2

Hadley's Rebellion

1983

Drama

as Sam Crawford

4(2)

0.1

Casey Stengel

1981

Drama • History • TV Movie

as Casey Stengel

0(0)

0.1

Die Laughing

1980

Comedy • Crime • Music • Mystery • Thriller

as Arnold

4.7(6)

0.4

Attica

1980

Drama • History • TV Movie

as Commissioner Russell Oswald

5.7(14)

0.5

Special Olympics

1978

Drama • TV Movie

as Carl Gallitzin

6(2)

0.1

Switch [Pilot]

1975

Action • Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Lt. Phil Beckman

0(0)

0.2

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

1975

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Al Green

6.6(5)

0.3

Deadhead Miles

1972

Comedy

as Truck Driver in Cafe

5.5(8)

0.3

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

1972

Comedy • Drama

as Murphy

4(3)

0.2

The Pursuit of Happiness

1971

Drama

as 2nd Guard

6.3(12)

0.4

I Walk the Line

1970

Drama

as Wylie Hunnicutt

5.8(43)

The Password Is Courage

1962

Comedy • Drama • War

as American Solider (uncredited)

6.3(23)

0.3

Amazing Stories: The Movie III

Fantasy

as (archive footage)

0(0)

0.1

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

Documentary

as Self

0(0)

0.4

LA DA Story

2018

Crime • Documentary • Drama • Family

as Self (archive footage)

10(2)

0.3

Rogue Assassin

2012

Action

5(4)

0.2

The Great Fight

2011

Action • Drama

as Judge Frier

2(1)

0.4

Naked Run

2011

Comedy

as Congressman Davenport

2.7(3)

0.5

An Affirmative Act

2010

Crime • Drama

as Man in the White Suit

2.9(7)

0.1

The Waiter

2010

Action • Crime • Drama

as Frank 'The Handler' Maro

0(0)

0.2

Break

2009

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as The Wise Man

4.2(13)

0.5

Amazing Racer

2009

Family

as Floyd

6(23)

0.9

The Golden Boys

2008

Comedy • Romance

as John Bartlett

5.5(12)

0.4

Local Color

2008

Drama

as Yammi

6.6(24)

0.8

Good Dick

2008

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Charlie

5.8(87)

0.5

iMurders

2008

Drama • Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Dr. Seamus St. Martin

3.5(21)

0.5

Deal

2008

Comedy • Drama

as Charlie Adler

5.3(69)

2.9

Kinky Killers

2007

Horror • Thriller

as Alexander Hathaway

2.8(12)

0.5

Desperation

2006

Drama • Fantasy • Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Tom Billingsley

5.5(207)

0.9

Miracle Dogs Too

2006

Drama • Family

as Captain Pete Weaver

4.8(10)

0.4

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

2006

Documentary

as Self

7.8(2)

0.2

Descansos

2006

Drama • Thriller

as Inkeeper #2

2(1)

0.1

Jesus, Mary and Joey

2006

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Teddy

4(11)

0.6

Dirty Deeds

2005

Comedy

as Victor Rasdale

5.6(112)

0.7

River's End

2005

as Murray Blythe

4(4)

0.2

The Autopsy

2004

Documentary

as Self

0(0)

0.1

A Boyfriend for Christmas

2004

Comedy • Drama • Family • Romance • TV Movie

as Santa Claus

5.6(59)

0.3

The Drum Beats Twice

2004

Drama

as Satan

2(1)

0.3

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

Documentary • History • Music

as Self

7(6)

0.5

Mr. St. Nick

2002

Comedy • Fantasy • TV Movie

as Nicholas XX

5.6(15)

0.4

Mother Ghost

2002

Comedy • Drama

as George

6.4(5)

0.5

Turn of Faith

2002

Crime • Drama

as Philly Russo

2.8(4)

0.4

The Judge

2001

Drama • TV Movie

as Judge Harlan Radovich

4.5(6)

0.5

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000

Adventure • Comedy • Crime

as Pappy O'Daniel

7.3(4,269)

State and Main

2000

Comedy • Drama

as Mayor George Bailey

6.3(270)

1.2

Very Mean Men

2000

Comedy • Crime

as Paddy Mulroney

5.8(4)

0.3

Lakeboat

2000

Drama

as Skippy

4.7(11)

0.6

Never Look Back

2000

Action • Drama

as Reverend Hale

2.5(2)

0.2

A Constant Forge

2000

Documentary

as Self

6.6(13)

0.3

Hard Time

1998

Action • Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Det. Charlie Duffy

5.8(8)

0.5

A Chance of Snow

1998

Drama • TV Movie

as Earl Pulmer

5.6(10)

0.1

Jerry and Tom

1998

Action • Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Vic

6.1(35)

0.6

Hi-Life

1998

Comedy • Romance

as Fatty

6.7(20)

0.4

The Secret Life of Algernon

1997

Comedy

as Norbie Hess

4(1)

0.2

One Fine Day

1996

Comedy • Romance

as Lew, Jack's boss

6.4(671)

1.4

Mrs. Santa Claus

1996

Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Music • TV Movie

as Santa Claus

5.8(27)

0.5

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

1996

Documentary

as Self

7.5(2)

0.3

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

1996

Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family

as Archie (voice)

6.2(340)

The Grass Harp

1996

Comedy • Drama • Family

as Reverend Buster

5.8(33)

1.1

Recon

1996

Horror • Science Fiction

as Chief

0(0)

0.2

Spy Hard

1996

Action • Comedy

as The Director

5.4(686)

2.5

Home for the Holidays

1995

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Henry Larson

6.3(183)

0.7

The Last Supper

1995

Comedy • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Reverend Gerald Hutchens

6.6(286)

0.9

The World of Jim Henson

1994

Documentary

as Doc Hopper (archive footage)

7.3(6)

0.5

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

1994

Action • Adventure • Documentary • Family • TV Movie

as Self (archive footage)

9.5(2)

0.2

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994

Comedy • Drama • Fantasy

as Waring Hudsucker

7.1(1,086)

2.3

The Music of Chance

1993

Drama

as Bill Flower

6.5(26)

0.5

When a Stranger Calls Back

1993

Horror • TV Movie • Thriller

as John Clifford

5.7(80)

0.7

The Water Engine

1992

Drama • TV Movie

as Tour Guide

5.3(4)

0.5

The Story Lady

1991

Drama • Family • TV Movie

as Judge (uncredited)

6(8)

0.2

The Return of Eliot Ness

1991

Crime • TV Movie

as Roger Finn

6(1)

0.3

V.I. Warshawski

1991

Crime • Mystery

as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory

4.7(104)

1.1

Project Alien

1990

Action • Science Fiction

as Colonel Clancy

3.2(9)

0.3

Dick Tracy

1990

Adventure • Comedy • Crime

as Chief Brandon

6.1(960)

Dinner at Eight

1989

Comedy • Drama • TV Movie

as Dan Packard

3(1)

0.2

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

1989

Drama • TV Movie

as Santa

2.5(4)

0.1

The Butter Battle Book

1989

Animation • Family

as Grandfather (voice)

6.3(17)

0.4

Cat Chaser

1989

Action • Thriller

as Jiggs Scully

4.8(34)

0.7

Brenda Starr

1989

Adventure • Comedy • Fantasy • Romance

as Editor Francis I. Livright

4.6(22)

0.8

Etoile

1989

Fantasy • Mystery • Romance • Thriller

as Uncle Joshua

5.7(31)

1.2

Far North

1988

Drama

as Bertrum

6.3(7)

0.4

Unholy Matrimony

1988

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Reverend Samuel Corey

8(2)

0.3

Case Closed

1988

Action • Comedy • Crime • TV Movie

as Les Kabowski

0(0)

0.3

A Tiger's Tale

1988

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Charlie Drumm

4.4(14)

0.4

Cop

1988

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Dutch Peltz

6.3(127)

1.5

The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues

1987

TV Movie • Western

as Senator Henry Colton

5.9(8)

0.2

The Rosary Murders

1987

Crime • Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Father Ted Nabors

5.5(32)

0.5

Happy New Year

1987

Comedy • Crime • Romance

as Charlie

5.5(9)

0.3

Solarbabies

1986

Action • Adventure • Romance • Science Fiction

as The Warden

5.3(86)

0.8

Tough Guys

1986

Comedy • Crime

as Deke Yablonski

6(141)

0.9

Big Trouble

1986

Comedy • Crime

as O'Mara

5.3(40)

0.7

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

1985

Comedy • Family • Horror

as Uncle Doffue

5.3(3)

0.4

Stand Alone

1985

Action

as Louis Thibadeau

5.2(16)

0.4

Death of a Salesman

1985

Drama • TV Movie

as Charley

6.9(174)

The Man with One Red Shoe

1985

Action • Comedy

as Ross

5.7(275)

1.4

Stick

1985

Action • Crime • Drama

as Chucky

5.3(47)

1.2

Mass Appeal

1984

Comedy • Drama

as Monsignor Thomas Burke

6.2(11)

0.4

P.O.P.

1984

as P. Oliver Pendergast

0(0)

0.1

To Be or Not to Be

1983

Comedy • Drama • War

as Col. Erhardt

6.8(214)

Two of a Kind

1983

Comedy • Fantasy • Romance

as Charlie

5.9(132)

Tootsie

1982

Comedy • Romance

as Les Nichols

7.2(1,804)

2.4

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

1982

Comedy

as Governor of Texas

6.1(162)

1.4

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories

1982

as McMahon

0(0)

0.1

Working

1982

Drama • Music

as Retired Man

4.3(3)

0.3

Sharky's Machine

1981

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Lt. Friscoe

6.1(106)

0.7

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

1981

Horror • TV Movie

as Otis P. Hazelrigg

6.5(175)

1.2

True Confessions

1981

Crime • Drama

as Jack Amsterdam

6.1(165)

1.1

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

1981

Drama

as McMahon

0(0)

0.1

The Best Little Girl in the World

1981

Drama • TV Movie

as Frank Powell

4.3(6)

0.6

Crisis at Central High

1981

Drama • History • TV Movie

as Jess Matthews

6(1)

0.2

A Perfect Match

1980

Drama • TV Movie

as Bill Larson

0(0)

0.2

The Final Countdown

1980

Action • Science Fiction • War

as Senator Samuel Chapman

6.6(621)

2.4

Starting Over

1979

Comedy • Romance

as Michael "Mickey" Potter

6.4(58)

0.7

When a Stranger Calls

1979

Horror • Thriller

as John Clifford

6.1(272)

1.1

North Dallas Forty

1979

Comedy • Drama

as Coach Johnson

6.7(68)

0.5

The Muppet Movie

1979

Adventure • Comedy • Family • Music

as Doc Hopper

7.2(633)

2.4

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979

Comedy • Family • Music • TV Movie

as Self

6.3(19)

0.6

Tilt

1979

Drama

as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens

5(10)

0.5

The Greek Tycoon

1978

Drama

as Michael Russell

5.5(28)

0.4

An Enemy of the People

1978

Drama

as Peter Stockmann

6.5(14)

0.3

The Fury

1978

Horror • Science Fiction • Thriller

as Dr. Jim McKeever

6.3(371)

1.6

The Choirboys

1977

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Spermwhale Whalen

5.3(29)

0.5

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

Thriller

as President David T. Stevens

6.4(68)

0.6

Harry and Walter Go to New York

1976

Comedy • Crime

as Rufus T. Crisp

5.6(23)

0.9

The Hindenburg

1975

Drama • History • Thriller

as Captain Pruss

6.3(132)

0.7

Breakheart Pass

1975

Mystery • Thriller • Western

as Frank O'Brien

6.6(207)

1.4

Dog Day Afternoon

1975

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Moretti

7.8(3,077)

3.4

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

1975

Drama • TV Movie

as Budd Rogers

5.5(2)

0.1

The Front Page

1974

Comedy

as Murphy

7.3(356)

1.3

The Sting

1973

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Lt. Wm. Snyder

8(2,700)

4.1

Sisters

1973

Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Joseph Larch

6.7(410)

1.2

The Connection

1973

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Frank Devlin

0(0)

0.2

Doomsday Voyage

1972

Drama

as Jason's First Mate

0(0)

0.2

Look Homeward, Angel

1972

Drama • TV Movie

as Will Pentland

0(0)

0.2

Hi, Mom!

1970

Comedy • Crime

as Superintendent

6.3(193)

1.8

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet

1970

as Football Player

6(4)

0.1

Stiletto

1969

Crime • Thriller

as Cop (uncredited)

5.2(3)

0.4

Harvey Middleman, Fireman

1965

Comedy • Drama

as Dooley

3(2)

0.1