
Charles Durning
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 28, 1923
- Died
- December 24, 2012 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- Highland Falls, New York, USA
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 two times: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and To Be or Not to Be (1983).
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Filmography

Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Movie · as Self

LA DA Story
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Bleeding Hearts
Movie · as Santa Claus

Scavenger Killers
Movie · as Dylan Frier

Rogue Assassin
Movie

The Great Fight
Movie · as Judge Frier

The Life Zone
Movie · as James Wise

Naked Run
Movie · as Congressman Davenport

Three Chris's
Movie · as Kris Kringle

The Waiter
Movie · as Frank 'The Handler' Maro

An Affirmative Act
Movie · as Man in the White Suit

Break
Movie · as The Wise Man

Amazing Racer
Movie · as Floyd

According to Dom
Movie · as Self

Local Color
Movie · as Yammi

Deal
Movie · as Charlie Adler

Good Dick
Movie · as Charlie

The Golden Boys
Movie · as John Bartlett

A Bunch of Amateurs
Movie · as Charlie Rosenberg

iMurders
Movie · as Dr. Seamus St. Martin

Kinky Killers
Movie · as Alexander Hathaway

Desperation
Movie · as Tom Billingsley

Jesus, Mary and Joey
Movie · as Teddy

Miracle Dogs Too
Movie · as Captain Pete Weaver

Forget About It
Movie · as Eddie O'Brien

Unbeatable Harold
Movie · as Harold's Father

Descansos
Movie · as Inkeeper #2

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
Movie · as Self

Dirty Deeds
Movie · as Victor Rasdale

River's End
Movie · as Murray Blythe

The Art of 'The Sting'
Movie · as Self

The L.A. Riot Spectacular
Movie · as The Lawyer

A Boyfriend for Christmas
Movie · as Santa Claus

The Drum Beats Twice
Movie · as Satan

A Very Married Christmas
Movie · as Ozzy Larson

Death and Texas
Movie · as Marshall Ledger

The Autopsy
Movie · as Self

Rescue Me
TV · as Michael Gavin, Tommy's Dad · 30 eps

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Movie · as Self
Dead Canaries
Movie

NCIS
TV · as Ernie Yost · 1 ep

Mr. St. Nick
Movie · as Nicholas XX

Mother Ghost
Movie · as George

Turn of Faith
Movie · as Philly Russo

Monk
TV · as Hank Johansen · 1 ep

Everwood
TV · as Eugene Brown · 2 eps

First Monday
TV · as Henry Hoskins · 13 eps

The Judge
Movie · as Judge Harlan Radovich

Bleacher Bums
Movie · as Scorekeeper

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Movie · as Stuart Steele

Dinner for Five
TV · 1 ep

Citizen Baines
TV · 1 ep

The Judge
TV · as Judge Harlan Radovich · 2 eps

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Movie · as Pappy O'Daniel

State and Main
Movie · as Mayor George Bailey

A Constant Forge
Movie · as Self

Lakeboat
Movie · as Skippy

Never Look Back
Movie · as Reverend Hale

The Last Producer
Movie · as Syd Wolf

Very Mean Men
Movie · as Paddy Mulroney

Hard Time: The Premonition
Movie · as Det. Charlie Duffy

Justice
Movie · as Moe Ryan

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
Movie · as Det. Charlie Duffy

Family Guy
TV · as Francis Griffin (voice) · 5 eps

Now and Again
TV · as Narrator (voice; uncredited) · 2 eps

Jerry and Tom
Movie · as Vic

Hi-Life
Movie · as Fatty

Hard Time
Movie · as Det. Charlie Duffy

Shelter
Movie · as Capt. Robert Landis

Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Movie · as Assistant to the Boss

A Chance of Snow
Movie · as Earl Pulmer

The Secret Life of Algernon
Movie · as Norbie Hess

The Practice
TV · as Stephen Donnell · 2 eps

Orleans
TV · as Frank Vitelli · 8 eps

Spy Hard
Movie · as The Director

One Fine Day
Movie · as Lew, Jack's boss

The Grass Harp
Movie · as Reverend Buster

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Movie · as Santa Claus

Mrs. Santa Claus
Movie · as Santa Claus

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Movie · as Self

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
Movie · as Archie (voice)
Recon
Movie · as Chief

Early Edition
TV · as Judge Steven Romick · 2 eps

Everybody Loves Raymond
TV · as Father Hubley · 6 eps

Arli$$
TV · as W.S. Walcott · 1 ep

Home for the Holidays
Movie · as Henry Larson

The Last Supper
Movie · as Reverend Gerald Hutchens

Cybill
TV · as A.J. Sheridan · 1 ep

A Woman of Independent Means
TV · as Andrew Alcott · 3 eps

The Hudsucker Proxy
Movie · as Waring Hudsucker

Roommates
Movie · as Barney

I.Q.
Movie · as Louis Bamberger

The World of Jim Henson
Movie · as Doc Hopper (archive footage)

Touched by an Angel
TV · as Father Thomas Madden · 1 ep

The American Revolution
TV · as Benjamin Franklin · 6 eps

When a Stranger Calls Back
Movie · as John Clifford

The Music of Chance
Movie · as Bill Flower

Homicide: Life on the Street
TV · as Thomas Finnegan · 1 ep

The Water Engine
Movie · as Tour Guide

Tales from Hollywood
Movie · as Charles F. Money

V.I. Warshawski
Movie · as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory

The Return of Eliot Ness
Movie · as Roger Finn

The Story Lady
Movie · as Judge (uncredited)

Performance
TV · as Charles F. Money · 1 ep

Project Alien
Movie · as Colonel Clancy

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Dick Tracy
Movie · as Chief Brandon

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Movie · as Self

Evening Shade
TV · as Harlan Elldridge · 100 eps

The Kennedys of Massachusetts
TV · as John F. Fitzgerald · 3 eps

Etoile
Movie · as Uncle Joshua

Cat Chaser
Movie · as Jiggs Scully

Brenda Starr
Movie · as Editor Francis I. Livright

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
Movie · as Santa

The Butter Battle Book
Movie · as Grandfather (voice)

Prime Target
Movie · as Earl Mulcahaney

Dinner at Eight
Movie · as Dan Packard

Cop
Movie · as Dutch Peltz

A Tiger's Tale
Movie · as Charlie Drumm

Far North
Movie · as Bertrum

Unholy Matrimony
Movie · as Reverend Samuel Corey

Case Closed
Movie · as Les Kabowski

The Rosary Murders
Movie · as Father Ted Nabors

Happy New Year
Movie · as Charlie

The Gambler: The Legend Continues
Movie · as Senator Henry Colton

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Movie · as Warden Hardy

I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII
Movie · as Pope John XXIII

Tough Guys
Movie · as Deke Yablonski

Solarbabies
Movie · as The Warden

Big Trouble
Movie · as O'Mara

Where the River Runs Black
Movie · as Father O'Reilly

The Man with One Red Shoe
Movie · as Ross

Stick
Movie · as Chucky

Death of a Salesman
Movie · as Charley

Stand Alone
Movie · as Louis Thibadeau

Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Movie · as Uncle Doffue

Amazing Stories
TV · as Assistant to the Boss, Earl · 1 ep
Eye to Eye
TV · 6 eps

Tall Tales & Legends
TV · as Uncle Doffue · 1 ep

The Comedy Factory
TV · as Harry Deegan · 1 ep
P.O.P.
Movie · as P. Oliver Pendergast

Mass Appeal
Movie · as Monsignor Thomas Burke

Mister Roberts
Movie · as The Captain

To Be or Not to Be
Movie · as Col. Erhardt

Two of a Kind
Movie · as Charlie

Hadley's Rebellion
Movie · as Sam Crawford

Scarface
Movie · as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)

Tootsie
Movie · as Les Nichols

Working
Movie · as Retired Man

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Movie · as Governor of Texas

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Movie · as McMahon

The Best Little Special In Texas
Movie

American Playhouse
TV · as Retired Man, Charles F. Money · 1 ep

Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Movie · as Otis P. Hazelrigg

True Confessions
Movie · as Jack Amsterdam

Sharky's Machine
Movie · as Lt. Friscoe

The Best Little Girl in the World
Movie · as Frank Powell

Crisis at Central High
Movie · as Jess Matthews

Casey Stengel
Movie · as Casey Stengel

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Movie · as McMahon

The Final Countdown
Movie · as Senator Samuel Chapman

Attica
Movie · as Commissioner Russell Oswald

Die Laughing
Movie · as Arnold

A Perfect Match
Movie · as Bill Larson

The Muppet Movie
Movie · as Doc Hopper

Tilt
Movie · as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens

North Dallas Forty
Movie · as Coach Johnson

When a Stranger Calls
Movie · as John Clifford

Starting Over
Movie · as Michael "Mickey" Potter

The Muppets Go Hollywood
Movie · as Self (uncredited)

Studs Lonigan
TV · as Paddy Lonigan · 3 eps

The Fury
Movie · as Dr. Jim McKeever

The Greek Tycoon
Movie · as Michael Russell

An Enemy of the People
Movie · as Peter Stockmann
Special Olympics
Movie · as Carl Gallitzin

The Choirboys
Movie · as Spermwhale Whalen

Twilight's Last Gleaming
Movie · as President David T. Stevens

Harry and Walter Go to New York
Movie · as Rufus T. Crisp

Captains and the Kings
TV · as Ed Healey · 8 eps

Dog Day Afternoon
Movie · as Moretti

Breakheart Pass
Movie · as Frank O'Brien

The Hindenburg
Movie · as Captain Pruss

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
Movie · as Budd Rogers

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
Movie · as Al Green

Switch
Movie · as Lt. Phil Beckman

The Rivalry
Movie · as Stephen Douglas

Baretta
TV · 1 ep

The Cop and the Kid
TV · as Officer Frank Murphy · 13 eps

The Front Page
Movie · as Murphy

Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Playhouse
TV · as McMahon · 1 ep

Sisters
Movie · as Joseph Larch

The Sting
Movie · as Lt. Wm. Snyder

The Connection
Movie · as Frank Devlin

Rx for the Defense
Movie · as District Attorney Horn

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Movie · as Murphy

Deadhead Miles
Movie · as Truck Driver in Cafe

Doomsday Voyage
Movie · as Jason's First Mate

Look Homeward, Angel
Movie · as Will Pentland

The Pursuit of Happiness
Movie · as 2nd Guard

All in the Family
TV · as Detective · 1 ep

Cannon
TV · 1 ep

Great Performances
TV · as McMahon · 1 ep

Hi, Mom!
Movie · as Superintendent

I Walk the Line
Movie · as Wylie Hunnicutt

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
Movie · as Football Player

Stiletto
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)

Hawaii Five-O
TV · as Havens · 1 ep

The High Chaparral
TV · as Hewitt · 1 ep

Harvey Middleman, Fireman
Movie · as Dooley

Another World
TV · 1547 eps

The Password Is Courage
Movie · as American Solider (uncredited)

The Defenders
TV · as Juror #11 · 1 ep

Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Stephen Douglas, Casey Stengel · 1 ep



