Charles Bronson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 3, 1921
- Died
- August 30, 2003 (aged 81)
- Birthplace
- Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town in the Allegheny Mountains. Bronson's father, a miner, died when Bronson was young. Bronson himself worked in the mines as well until joining the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 to fight in World War II. Bronson had sizeable co-starring roles in The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), This Property Is Condemned (1966), and The Dirty Dozen (1967). Bronson also performed in many major television shows, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his supporting role in an episode of General Electric Theater. Actor Alain Delon (who was a fan of Bronson) hired him to co-star with him in the French film Adieu l'ami (1968). That year, he also played one of the leads in the Italian spaghetti Western, Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Bronson continued playing leads in various action, Western, and war films made in Europe, including Rider on the Rain (1970), which won a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. During this time Bronson was the most popular American actor in Europe. Early life and war service Bronson was born November 3, 1921, in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, a coal mining region in the Allegheny Mountains, north of Johnstown. He was the 11th of 15 children born into a Roman Catholic family of Lithuanian descent. The very large family slept in shifts in their cold-water shack. The coal car tracks that ran out of the mine's mouth passed just a few yards away. His father, Walter Buchinsky (né Vladislavas Valteris Paulius Bučinskas/Bučinskis), was a Lipka Tatar from Druskininkai in southern Lithuania. Bronson's mother, Mary (née Valinsky), whose parents were from Lithuania, was born in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, in the Anthracite Coal Region. Bronson said English was not spoken at home during his childhood, like many other first-generation American children he grew up with. He once recounted that even as a soldier, his accent was strong enough to make his comrades think he was a foreigner. Besides English, he could speak Lithuanian and Russian. Marriages His first marriage was to Harriet Tendler, whom he met when both were fledgling actors in Philadelphia. They had two children, Suzanne and Tony, before divorcing in 1965. Bronson died at age 81 on August 30, 2003, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Bronson was married to English actress Jill Ireland from October 5, 1968, until her death in 1990. Death Bronson died at age 81 on August 30, 2003, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Although pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease have been cited as his cause of death, neither appears on his death certificate, which cites "respiratory failure", "metastatic lung cancer", with, secondarily, "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" and "congestive cardiomyopathy" as the causes of death. He was interred at Brownsville Cemetery in West Windsor, Vermont. CLR
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Filmography
After Death
Movie · as Paul Kersey
Stage 7
TV · as Jerry Donn, Murray Forman · 3 eps
Breakdown: 1975
Movie · as (archive footage)
Rat Pack
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Operation Dirty Dozen
Movie · as Self
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
Movie · as Paul Fein
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
Movie · as Commissioner Paul Fein
Family of Cops
Movie · as Paul Fein
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Movie · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Movie · as Paul Kersey
Donato and Daughter
Movie · as Sgt. Mike Donato
The Sea Wolf
Movie · as Capt. Wolf Larsen
La Classe américaine
Movie · as The Indian (archive footage)
The Indian Runner
Movie · as Mr. Roberts
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Movie · as Francis Church
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Movie · as Lieutenant Crowe
Messenger of Death
Movie · as Garret Smith
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Movie · as Paul Kersey
Assassination
Movie · as Jay Killion
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Murphy's Law
Movie · as Jack Murphy
Act of Vengeance
Movie · as Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Death Wish 3
Movie · as Paul Kersey
Night of 100 Stars II
Movie · as Self
The Evil That Men Do
Movie · as Holland
10 to Midnight
Movie · as Leo Kessler
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Movie · as Self
Death Wish II
Movie · as Paul Kersey
Death Hunt
Movie · as Albert Johnson
Caboblanco
Movie · as Gifford Hoyt
Borderline
Movie · as Jeb Maynard
Catastrophe: No Safe Place
Movie · as Self - Host
Love and Bullets
Movie · as Charlie Congers
The Meanest Men in the West
Movie · as Harge Talbot Jr.
Telefon
Movie · as Major Grigori Borzov
The White Buffalo
Movie · as Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis
From Noon Till Three
Movie · as Graham Dorsey
Raid on Entebbe
Movie · as Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
St. Ives
Movie · as Raymond St. Ives
Hard Times
Movie · as Chaney
Breakheart Pass
Movie · as John Deakin
Breakout
Movie · as Nick Colton
Mr. Majestyk
Movie · as Vince Majestyk
Death Wish
Movie · as Paul Kersey
The Stone Killer
Movie · as Lou Torrey
The Valdez Horses
Movie · as Chino Valdez
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Valachi Papers
Movie · as Joe Valachi
Chato's Land
Movie · as Pardon Chato
The Bull of the West
Movie · as Ben Justin
The Mechanic
Movie · as Arthur Bishop
Valachi: The Violent Era
Movie · as Self
Someone Behind the Door
Movie · as The Stranger
Red Sun
Movie · as Link
Mean Justice
Movie · as Moreno
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Violent City
Movie · as Jeff Heston
Rider on the Rain
Movie · as Col. Harry Dobbs
Cold Sweat
Movie · as Joe Martin
Twinky
Movie · as Scott Wardman
You Can't Win 'Em All
Movie · as Josh Corey
Farewell, Friend
Movie · as Franz Propp
Villa Rides
Movie · as Rodolfo Fierro
Once Upon a Time in the West
Movie · as 'Harmonica'
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Dirty Dozen
Movie · as Joseph Wladislaw
Guns for San Sebastian
Movie · as Teclo
This Property Is Condemned
Movie · as J.J. Nichols
Battle of the Bulge
Movie · as Maj. Wolenski
The Sandpiper
Movie · as Cos Erickson
The Big Sur
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The F.B.I.
TV · as Earl Clayton · 1 ep
The Big Valley
TV · as Tate · 1 ep
The Legend of Jesse James
TV · as Cheyney · 1 ep
Guns of Diablo
Movie · as Linc Murdock
The Great Escape
Movie · as Danny 'Tunnel King'
4 for Texas
Movie · as Matson
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
TV · as Linc Murdock · 26 eps
The Fugitive
TV · as Ralph Schuyler · 1 ep
Vacation Playhouse
TV · as John Wesley Hardin · 2 eps
Kid Galahad
Movie · as Lew Nyack
Combat!
TV · as Velasquez · 1 ep
The Virginian
TV · as Ben Justin, Harge Talbot · 1 ep
Empire
TV · as Paul Moreno · 32 eps
X-15
Movie · as Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
Master of the World
Movie · as John Strock
A Thunder of Drums
Movie · as Trooper Hanna
Cain's Hundred
TV · as Hank Conrad · 1 ep
The New Breed
TV · as Jerry Bergason · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Harry Gregg · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self - Guest Co-Host · 1 ep
The Magnificent Seven
Movie · as Bernardo O'Reilly
The Islanders
TV · as Dutch Malkin · 1 ep
The Aquanauts
TV · as Hector Morrison · 1 ep
Never So Few
Movie · as Sgt. John Danforth
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Man · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Del Lingman · 1 ep
One Step Beyond
TV · as Yank Dawson · 1 ep
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Dan Morton · 1 ep
Riverboat
TV · as Crowley · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Harry Starr · 1 ep
Machine-Gun Kelly
Movie · as George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly
Showdown at Boot Hill
Movie · as Luke Welsh
Gang War
Movie · as Alan Avery
When Hell Broke Loose
Movie · as Steve Boland
No Time at All
Movie · as Wolf Hagan
Man with a Camera
TV · as Mike Kovac · 29 eps
Yancy Derringer
TV · as Rogue Donovan · 1 ep
U.S. Marshall
TV · as Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid · 39 eps
Run of the Arrow
Movie · as Blue Buffolo
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV · as Manfred Holt · 5 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Dan Rocco · 1 ep
M Squad
TV · as Eddie Loder · 1 ep
Sugarfoot
TV · as Sandy Randall, Cliff Raven · 1 ep
Colt .45
TV · as Danny Gordon · 1 ep
The Walter Winchell File
TV · as Eggers · 1 ep
Tales of Wells Fargo
TV · as Butch Cassidy · 1 ep
Suspicion
TV · as Cal · 1 ep
Jubal
Movie · as Reb
Wire Service
TV · as Sam Adams · 1 ep
Hey, Jeannie!
TV · as Rocky Harman · 1 ep
Telephone Time
TV · as Guest · 1 ep
Playhouse 90
TV · as Wolf Hagan, Andy Kovaric, Sgt Meras · 1 ep
Big House, U.S.A
Movie · as Benny Kelly
Target Zero
Movie · as Sgt. Vince Gaspari
Gunsmoke
TV · as Crego, Ben Tiple · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Det. Krovitch, Frank Bramwell, Ray Bardon · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Jerry Bell · 1 ep
Those Whiting Girls
TV · as Martin Carroll · 1 ep
Crusader
TV · as Mike Brod · 2 eps
Vera Cruz
Movie · as Pittsburgh
Apache
Movie · as Hondo
Drum Beat
Movie · as Kintpuash
Riding Shotgun
Movie · as Pinto
Tennessee Champ
Movie · as Sixty Jubel
Medic
TV · as Dr. John Bircher · 1 ep
The Joe Palooka Story
TV · as Eddie Crane · 2 eps
Studio 57
TV · as Dawson · 1 ep
Miss Sadie Thompson
Movie · as Pvt. Edwards
House of Wax
Movie · as Igor
Crime Wave
Movie · as Ben Hastings
Torpedo Alley
Movie · as Submariner (uncredited)
The Clown
Movie · as Gambler (uncredited)
General Electric Theater
TV · as Pike, Henry, Soldier Conlon · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Eugene Walters · 1 ep
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV · as Joe Krossen · 1 ep
Diplomatic Courier
Movie · as Russian Agent (uncredited)
Pat and Mike
Movie · as Henry 'Hank' Tasling
My Six Convicts
Movie · as Jocko
Off Limits
Movie · as Russell (Uncredited)
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Movie · as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
Battle Zone
Movie · as Marine Private (uncredited)
Red Skies of Montana
Movie · as Neff (uncredited)
The Marrying Kind
Movie · as Eddie
Cavalcade of America
TV · as John Stanizewski · 1 ep
Biff Baker U.S.A.
TV · as Czech spy, Wilhelm · 1 ep
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Frank Dana · 1 ep
Chevron Theatre
TV · 1 ep
The People Against O'Hara
Movie · as Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
You're in the Navy Now
Movie · as Wascylewski
The Mob
Movie · as Jack (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV · as Sgt. Roy Smith · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Sergeant Borth · 1 ep
Treasury Men in Action
TV · as Frankie Ames · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as Cal · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep