Charles Durning

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).

Known For

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Filmography

2022
Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins poster

Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins

Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Movie · as Self

2018
LA DA Story poster

LA DA Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2015
Bleeding Hearts poster

Bleeding Hearts

Movie · as Santa Claus

2013
Scavenger Killers poster

Scavenger Killers

Movie · as Dylan Frier

2012
Rogue Assassin poster

Rogue Assassin

Movie

2011
The Great Fight poster

The Great Fight

Movie · as Judge Frier

2011
The Life Zone poster

The Life Zone

Movie · as James Wise

2011
Naked Run poster

Naked Run

Movie · as Congressman Davenport

2010
Three Chris's poster

Three Chris's

Movie · as Kris Kringle

2010
The Waiter poster

The Waiter

Movie · as Frank 'The Handler' Maro

2010
An Affirmative Act poster

An Affirmative Act

Movie · as Man in the White Suit

2009
Break poster

Break

Movie · as The Wise Man

2009
Amazing Racer poster

Amazing Racer

Movie · as Floyd

2009
According to Dom poster

According to Dom

Movie · as Self

2008
Local Color poster

Local Color

Movie · as Yammi

2008
Deal poster

Deal

Movie · as Charlie Adler

2008
Good Dick poster

Good Dick

Movie · as Charlie

2008
The Golden Boys poster

The Golden Boys

Movie · as John Bartlett

2008
A Bunch of Amateurs poster

A Bunch of Amateurs

Movie · as Charlie Rosenberg

2008
iMurders poster

iMurders

Movie · as Dr. Seamus St. Martin

2007
Kinky Killers poster

Kinky Killers

Movie · as Alexander Hathaway

2006
Desperation poster

Desperation

Movie · as Tom Billingsley

2006
Jesus, Mary and Joey poster

Jesus, Mary and Joey

Movie · as Teddy

2006
Miracle Dogs Too poster

Miracle Dogs Too

Movie · as Captain Pete Weaver

2006
Forget About It poster

Forget About It

Movie · as Eddie O'Brien

2006
Unbeatable Harold poster

Unbeatable Harold

Movie · as Harold's Father

2006
Descansos poster

Descansos

Movie · as Inkeeper #2

2006
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' poster

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

Movie · as Self

2005
Dirty Deeds poster

Dirty Deeds

Movie · as Victor Rasdale

2005
River's End poster

River's End

Movie · as Murray Blythe

2005
The Art of 'The Sting' poster

The Art of 'The Sting'

Movie · as Self

2005
The L.A. Riot Spectacular poster

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

Movie · as The Lawyer

2004
A Boyfriend for Christmas poster

A Boyfriend for Christmas

Movie · as Santa Claus

2004
The Drum Beats Twice poster

The Drum Beats Twice

Movie · as Satan

2004
A Very Married Christmas poster

A Very Married Christmas

Movie · as Ozzy Larson

2004
Death and Texas poster

Death and Texas

Movie · as Marshall Ledger

2004
The Autopsy poster

The Autopsy

Movie · as Self

2004
Rescue Me poster

Rescue Me

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

2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There poster

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

Movie · as Self

2003
Dead Canaries

Dead Canaries

Movie

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Ernie Yost · 1 ep

2002
Mr. St. Nick poster

Mr. St. Nick

Movie · as Nicholas XX

2002
Mother Ghost poster

Mother Ghost

Movie · as George

2002
Turn of Faith poster

Turn of Faith

Movie · as Philly Russo

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Hank Johansen · 1 ep

2002
Everwood poster

Everwood

TV · as Eugene Brown · 2 eps

2002
First Monday poster

First Monday

TV · as Henry Hoskins · 13 eps

2001
The Judge poster

The Judge

Movie · as Judge Harlan Radovich

2001
Bleacher Bums poster

Bleacher Bums

Movie · as Scorekeeper

2001
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve poster

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

Movie · as Stuart Steele

2001
Dinner for Five poster

Dinner for Five

TV · 1 ep

2001
Citizen Baines poster

Citizen Baines

TV · 1 ep

2001
The Judge poster

The Judge

TV · as Judge Harlan Radovich · 2 eps

2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou? poster

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Movie · as Pappy O'Daniel

2000
State and Main poster

State and Main

Movie · as Mayor George Bailey

2000
A Constant Forge poster

A Constant Forge

Movie · as Self

2000
Lakeboat poster

Lakeboat

Movie · as Skippy

2000
Never Look Back poster

Never Look Back

Movie · as Reverend Hale

2000
The Last Producer poster

The Last Producer

Movie · as Syd Wolf

2000
Very Mean Men poster

Very Mean Men

Movie · as Paddy Mulroney

1999
Hard Time: The Premonition poster

Hard Time: The Premonition

Movie · as Det. Charlie Duffy

1999
Justice poster

Justice

Movie · as Moe Ryan

1999
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel poster

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

Movie · as Det. Charlie Duffy

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Francis Griffin (voice) · 5 eps

1999
Now and Again poster

Now and Again

TV · as Narrator (voice; uncredited) · 2 eps

1998
Jerry and Tom poster

Jerry and Tom

Movie · as Vic

1998
Hi-Life poster

Hi-Life

Movie · as Fatty

1998
Hard Time poster

Hard Time

Movie · as Det. Charlie Duffy

1998
Shelter poster

Shelter

Movie · as Capt. Robert Landis

1998
Amazing Stories: The Movie III poster

Amazing Stories: The Movie III

Movie · as Assistant to the Boss

1998
A Chance of Snow poster

A Chance of Snow

Movie · as Earl Pulmer

1997
The Secret Life of Algernon poster

The Secret Life of Algernon

Movie · as Norbie Hess

1997
The Practice poster

The Practice

TV · as Stephen Donnell · 2 eps

1997
Orleans poster

Orleans

TV · as Frank Vitelli · 8 eps

1996
Spy Hard poster

Spy Hard

Movie · as The Director

1996
One Fine Day poster

One Fine Day

Movie · as Lew, Jack's boss

1996
The Grass Harp poster

The Grass Harp

Movie · as Reverend Buster

1996
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas poster

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Movie · as Santa Claus

1996
Mrs. Santa Claus poster

Mrs. Santa Claus

Movie · as Santa Claus

1996
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman poster

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

Movie · as Self

1996
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists poster

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

Movie · as Archie (voice)

1996
Recon

Recon

Movie · as Chief

1996
Early Edition poster

Early Edition

TV · as Judge Steven Romick · 2 eps

1996
Everybody Loves Raymond poster

Everybody Loves Raymond

TV · as Father Hubley · 6 eps

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as W.S. Walcott · 1 ep

1995
Home for the Holidays poster

Home for the Holidays

Movie · as Henry Larson

1995
The Last Supper poster

The Last Supper

Movie · as Reverend Gerald Hutchens

1995
Cybill poster

Cybill

TV · as A.J. Sheridan · 1 ep

1995
A Woman of Independent Means poster

A Woman of Independent Means

TV · as Andrew Alcott · 3 eps

1994
The Hudsucker Proxy poster

The Hudsucker Proxy

Movie · as Waring Hudsucker

1994
Roommates poster

Roommates

Movie · as Barney

1994
I.Q. poster

I.Q.

Movie · as Louis Bamberger

1994
The World of Jim Henson poster

The World of Jim Henson

Movie · as Doc Hopper (archive footage)

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Father Thomas Madden · 1 ep

1994
The American Revolution poster

The American Revolution

TV · as Benjamin Franklin · 6 eps

1993
When a Stranger Calls Back poster

When a Stranger Calls Back

Movie · as John Clifford

1993
The Music of Chance poster

The Music of Chance

Movie · as Bill Flower

1993
Homicide: Life on the Street poster

Homicide: Life on the Street

TV · as Thomas Finnegan · 1 ep

1992
The Water Engine poster

The Water Engine

Movie · as Tour Guide

1992
Tales from Hollywood poster

Tales from Hollywood

Movie · as Charles F. Money

1991
V.I. Warshawski poster

V.I. Warshawski

Movie · as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory

1991
The Return of Eliot Ness poster

The Return of Eliot Ness

Movie · as Roger Finn

1991
The Story Lady poster

The Story Lady

Movie · as Judge (uncredited)

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Charles F. Money · 1 ep

1990
Project Alien poster

Project Alien

Movie · as Colonel Clancy

1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge poster

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1990
Dick Tracy poster

Dick Tracy

Movie · as Chief Brandon

1990
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson poster

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

Movie · as Self

1990
Evening Shade poster

Evening Shade

TV · as Harlan Elldridge · 100 eps

1990
The Kennedys of Massachusetts poster

The Kennedys of Massachusetts

TV · as John F. Fitzgerald · 3 eps

1989
Etoile poster

Etoile

Movie · as Uncle Joshua

1989
Cat Chaser poster

Cat Chaser

Movie · as Jiggs Scully

1989
Brenda Starr poster

Brenda Starr

Movie · as Editor Francis I. Livright

1989
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas poster

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

Movie · as Santa

1989
The Butter Battle Book poster

The Butter Battle Book

Movie · as Grandfather (voice)

1989
Prime Target poster

Prime Target

Movie · as Earl Mulcahaney

1989
Dinner at Eight poster

Dinner at Eight

Movie · as Dan Packard

1988
Cop poster

Cop

Movie · as Dutch Peltz

1988
A Tiger's Tale poster

A Tiger's Tale

Movie · as Charlie Drumm

1988
Far North poster

Far North

Movie · as Bertrum

1988
Unholy Matrimony poster

Unholy Matrimony

Movie · as Reverend Samuel Corey

1988
Case Closed poster

Case Closed

Movie · as Les Kabowski

1987
The Rosary Murders poster

The Rosary Murders

Movie · as Father Ted Nabors

1987
Happy New Year poster

Happy New Year

Movie · as Charlie

1987
The Gambler: The Legend Continues poster

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

Movie · as Senator Henry Colton

1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains poster

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

Movie · as Warden Hardy

1987
I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII poster

I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII

Movie · as Pope John XXIII

1986
Tough Guys poster

Tough Guys

Movie · as Deke Yablonski

1986
Solarbabies poster

Solarbabies

Movie · as The Warden

1986
Big Trouble poster

Big Trouble

Movie · as O'Mara

1986
Where the River Runs Black poster

Where the River Runs Black

Movie · as Father O'Reilly

1985
The Man with One Red Shoe poster

The Man with One Red Shoe

Movie · as Ross

1985
Stick poster

Stick

Movie · as Chucky

1985
Death of a Salesman poster

Death of a Salesman

Movie · as Charley

1985
Stand Alone poster

Stand Alone

Movie · as Louis Thibadeau

1985
Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Movie · as Self

1985
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow poster

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Movie · as Uncle Doffue

1985
Amazing Stories poster

Amazing Stories

TV · as Assistant to the Boss, Earl · 1 ep

1985
Eye to Eye

Eye to Eye

TV · 6 eps

1985
Tall Tales & Legends poster

Tall Tales & Legends

TV · as Uncle Doffue · 1 ep

1985
The Comedy Factory poster

The Comedy Factory

TV · as Harry Deegan · 1 ep

1984
P.O.P.

P.O.P.

Movie · as P. Oliver Pendergast

1984
Mass Appeal poster

Mass Appeal

Movie · as Monsignor Thomas Burke

1984
Mister Roberts poster

Mister Roberts

Movie · as The Captain

1983
To Be or Not to Be poster

To Be or Not to Be

Movie · as Col. Erhardt

1983
Two of a Kind poster

Two of a Kind

Movie · as Charlie

1983
Hadley's Rebellion poster

Hadley's Rebellion

Movie · as Sam Crawford

1983
Scarface poster

Scarface

Movie · as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)

1982
Tootsie poster

Tootsie

Movie · as Les Nichols

1982
Working poster

Working

Movie · as Retired Man

1982
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas poster

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Movie · as Governor of Texas

1982
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories poster

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories

Movie · as McMahon

1982
The Best Little Special In Texas poster

The Best Little Special In Texas

Movie

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

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

1981
Dark Night of the Scarecrow poster

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Movie · as Otis P. Hazelrigg

1981
True Confessions poster

True Confessions

Movie · as Jack Amsterdam

1981
Sharky's Machine poster

Sharky's Machine

Movie · as Lt. Friscoe

1981
The Best Little Girl in the World poster

The Best Little Girl in the World

Movie · as Frank Powell

1981
Crisis at Central High poster

Crisis at Central High

Movie · as Jess Matthews

1981
Casey Stengel poster

Casey Stengel

Movie · as Casey Stengel

1981
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories poster

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

Movie · as McMahon

1980
The Final Countdown poster

The Final Countdown

Movie · as Senator Samuel Chapman

1980
Attica poster

Attica

Movie · as Commissioner Russell Oswald

1980
Die Laughing poster

Die Laughing

Movie · as Arnold

1980
A Perfect Match poster

A Perfect Match

Movie · as Bill Larson

1979
The Muppet Movie poster

The Muppet Movie

Movie · as Doc Hopper

1979
Tilt poster

Tilt

Movie · as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens

1979
North Dallas Forty poster

North Dallas Forty

Movie · as Coach Johnson

1979
When a Stranger Calls poster

When a Stranger Calls

Movie · as John Clifford

1979
Starting Over poster

Starting Over

Movie · as Michael "Mickey" Potter

1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood poster

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1979
Studs Lonigan poster

Studs Lonigan

TV · as Paddy Lonigan · 3 eps

1978
The Fury poster

The Fury

Movie · as Dr. Jim McKeever

1978
The Greek Tycoon poster

The Greek Tycoon

Movie · as Michael Russell

1978
An Enemy of the People poster

An Enemy of the People

Movie · as Peter Stockmann

1978
Special Olympics

Special Olympics

Movie · as Carl Gallitzin

1977
The Choirboys poster

The Choirboys

Movie · as Spermwhale Whalen

1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming poster

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Movie · as President David T. Stevens

1976
Harry and Walter Go to New York poster

Harry and Walter Go to New York

Movie · as Rufus T. Crisp

1976
Captains and the Kings poster

Captains and the Kings

TV · as Ed Healey · 8 eps

1975
Dog Day Afternoon poster

Dog Day Afternoon

Movie · as Moretti

1975
Breakheart Pass poster

Breakheart Pass

Movie · as Frank O'Brien

1975
The Hindenburg poster

The Hindenburg

Movie · as Captain Pruss

1975
The Trial of Chaplain Jensen poster

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

Movie · as Budd Rogers

1975
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom poster

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

Movie · as Al Green

1975
Switch poster

Switch

Movie · as Lt. Phil Beckman

1975
The Rivalry poster

The Rivalry

Movie · as Stephen Douglas

1975
Baretta poster

Baretta

TV · 1 ep

1975
The Cop and the Kid poster

The Cop and the Kid

TV · as Officer Frank Murphy · 13 eps

1974
The Front Page poster

The Front Page

Movie · as Murphy

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as McMahon · 1 ep

1973
Sisters poster

Sisters

Movie · as Joseph Larch

1973
The Sting poster

The Sting

Movie · as Lt. Wm. Snyder

1973
The Connection poster

The Connection

Movie · as Frank Devlin

1973
Rx for the Defense poster

Rx for the Defense

Movie · as District Attorney Horn

1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... poster

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1972
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues poster

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

Movie · as Murphy

1972
Deadhead Miles poster

Deadhead Miles

Movie · as Truck Driver in Cafe

1972
Doomsday Voyage poster

Doomsday Voyage

Movie · as Jason's First Mate

1972
Look Homeward, Angel poster

Look Homeward, Angel

Movie · as Will Pentland

1971
The Pursuit of Happiness poster

The Pursuit of Happiness

Movie · as 2nd Guard

1971
All in the Family poster

All in the Family

TV · as Detective · 1 ep

1971
Cannon poster

Cannon

TV · 1 ep

1971
Great Performances poster

Great Performances

TV · as McMahon · 1 ep

1970
Hi, Mom! poster

Hi, Mom!

Movie · as Superintendent

1970
I Walk the Line poster

I Walk the Line

Movie · as Wylie Hunnicutt

1970
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet poster

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet

Movie · as Football Player

1969
Stiletto poster

Stiletto

Movie · as Cop (uncredited)

1969
Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O

TV · as Havens · 1 ep

1967
The High Chaparral poster

The High Chaparral

TV · as Hewitt · 1 ep

1965
Harvey Middleman, Fireman poster

Harvey Middleman, Fireman

Movie · as Dooley

1964
Another World poster

Another World

TV · 1547 eps

1962
The Password Is Courage poster

The Password Is Courage

Movie · as American Solider (uncredited)

1961
The Defenders poster

The Defenders

TV · as Juror #11 · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Stephen Douglas, Casey Stengel · 1 ep