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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 28, 1923
Died
December 24, 2012
Place of Birth
Highland Falls, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Charles Edward Durning
- Charles Durnham
- چارلز دارنینگ
Charles Durning
2.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
0.0
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
10.0
Self (archive footage)
LA DA Story
2018
2.9
Santa Claus
Bleeding Hearts
2015
1.8
Dylan Frier
Scavenger Killers
2013
🎬
5.0
Rogue Assassin
2012
2.0
James Wise
The Life Zone
2011
2.0
Judge Frier
The Great Fight
2011
2.7
Congressman Davenport
Naked Run
2011
2.9
Man in the White Suit
An Affirmative Act
2010
0.0
Frank 'The Handler' Maro
The Waiter
2010
Credits
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
0.0
LA DA Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
10.0
Bleeding Hearts
as Santa Claus
2015
2.9
Scavenger Killers
as Dylan Frier
2013
1.8
🎬
Rogue Assassin
2012
5.0
The Life Zone
as James Wise
2011
2.0
The Great Fight
as Judge Frier
2011
2.0
Naked Run
as Congressman Davenport
2011
2.7
An Affirmative Act
as Man in the White Suit
2010
2.9
The Waiter
as Frank 'The Handler' Maro
2010
0.0
Three Chris's
as Kris Kringle
2010
0.0
Break
as The Wise Man
2009
4.2
Amazing Racer
as Floyd
2009
6.0
The Golden Boys
as John Bartlett
2008
5.5
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Charlie Rosenberg
2008
5.4
Local Color
as Yammi
2008
6.6
Good Dick
as Charlie
2008
5.8
iMurders
as Dr. Seamus St. Martin
2008
3.5
Deal
as Charlie Adler
2008
5.3
Kinky Killers
as Alexander Hathaway
2007
2.8
Forget About It
as Eddie O'Brien
2006
4.8
Desperation
as Tom Billingsley
2006
5.5
Miracle Dogs Too
as Captain Pete Weaver
2006
4.8
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
as Self
2006
7.8
Descansos
as Inkeeper #2
2006
2.0
🎬
Unbeatable Harold
as Harold's Father
2006
3.0
Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Teddy
2006
4.0
The Art of 'The Sting'
as Self
2005
6.0
Dirty Deeds
as Victor Rasdale
2005
5.6
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
as The Lawyer
2005
2.6
River's End
as Murray Blythe
2005
4.0
The Autopsy
as Self
2004
0.0
A Very Married Christmas
as Ozzy Larson
2004
4.8
A Boyfriend for Christmas
as Santa Claus
2004
5.6
Rescue Me
as Michael Gavin
2004
7.7
Rescue Me
as Tommy's Dad
2004
7.7
Death and Texas
as Marshall Ledger
2004
6.0
The Drum Beats Twice
as Satan
2004
2.0
NCIS
as Ernie Yost
2003
7.6
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
7.0
Mr. St. Nick
as Nicholas XX
2002
5.6
Everwood
as Eugene Brown
2002
7.5
Mother Ghost
as George
2002
6.4
Monk
as Hank Johansen
2002
7.9
Turn of Faith
as Philly Russo
2002
2.8
First Monday
as Justice Henry Hoskins
2002
6.0
Bleacher Bums
as Scorekeeper
2001
6.5
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
as Stuart Steele
2001
5.5
Citizen Baines
2001
0.0
Dinner for Five
2001
8.2
The Judge
as Judge Harlan Radovich
2001
4.5
The Judge
as Judge Harlan Radovich
2001
4.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Pappy O'Daniel
2000
7.3
State and Main
as Mayor George Bailey
2000
6.3
The Last Producer
as Syd Wolf
2000
4.2
Very Mean Men
as Paddy Mulroney
2000
5.8
Lakeboat
as Skippy
2000
4.7
Never Look Back
as Reverend Hale
2000
2.5
A Constant Forge
as Self
2000
6.6
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
as Det. Charlie Duffy
1999
6.7
Now and Again
as Narrator (voice; uncredited)
1999
6.9
Hard Time: The Premonition
as Det. Charlie Duffy
1999
4.8
Family Guy
as Francis Griffin (voice)
1999
7.4
Justice
as Moe Ryan
1999
4.8
Hard Time
as Det. Charlie Duffy
1998
5.8
A Chance of Snow
as Earl Pulmer
1998
5.6
Jerry and Tom
as Vic
1998
6.1
Hi-Life
as Fatty
1998
6.7
Shelter
as Capt. Robert Landis
1998
3.8
The Secret Life of Algernon
as Norbie Hess
1997
4.0
The Practice
as Stephen Donnell
1997
7.7
Orleans
as Frank Vitelli
1997
0.0
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Santa Claus
1996
5.9
One Fine Day
as Lew, Jack's boss
1996
6.4
Mrs. Santa Claus
as Santa Claus
1996
5.8
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
1996
7.5
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
as Archie (voice)
1996
6.2
The Grass Harp
as Reverend Buster
1996
5.8
Early Edition
1996
7.3
Everybody Loves Raymond
as Father Hubley
1996
6.8
🎬
Recon
as Chief
1996
0.0
Spy Hard
as The Director
1996
5.4
Home for the Holidays
as Henry Larson
1995
6.3
The Last Supper
as Reverend Gerald Hutchens
1995
6.6
A Woman of Independent Means
as Andrew Alcott
1995
10.0
Cybill
1995
5.8
I.Q.
as Louis Bamberger
1994
6.0
The American Revolution
as Benjamin Franklin
1994
0.0
The World of Jim Henson
as Doc Hopper (archive footage)
1994
7.3
Touched by an Angel
as Father Thomas Madden
1994
7.2
Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular
as Self (archive footage)
1994
9.5
Roommates
as Barney
1994
4.4
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Waring Hudsucker
1994
7.1
The Music of Chance
as Bill Flower
1993
6.5
When a Stranger Calls Back
as John Clifford
1993
5.7
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
8.1
Tales from Hollywood
as Charles F. Money
1992
1.0
The Water Engine
as Tour Guide
1992
5.3
The Story Lady
as Judge (uncredited)
1991
6.0
The Return of Eliot Ness
as Roger Finn
1991
6.0
V.I. Warshawski
as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory
1991
4.7
Performance
as Charles F. Money
1991
6.0
Project Alien
as Colonel Clancy
1990
3.2
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
as Self
1990
6.8
Evening Shade
as Harlan Elldridge
1990
5.6
Dick Tracy
as Chief Brandon
1990
6.1
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
as John F. Fitzgerald
1990
7.2
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
1990
0.0
Dinner at Eight
as Dan Packard
1989
3.0
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
as Santa
1989
2.5
The Butter Battle Book
as Grandfather (voice)
1989
6.3
Prime Target
as Earl Mulcahaney
1989
4.7
Cat Chaser
as Jiggs Scully
1989
4.8
Brenda Starr
as Editor Francis I. Livright
1989
4.6
Etoile
as Uncle Joshua
1989
5.7
Far North
as Bertrum
1988
6.3
Unholy Matrimony
as Reverend Samuel Corey
1988
8.0
Case Closed
as Les Kabowski
1988
0.0
A Tiger's Tale
as Charlie Drumm
1988
4.4
Cop
as Dutch Peltz
1988
6.3
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
as Senator Henry Colton
1987
5.9
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Warden Hardy
1987
6.6
The Rosary Murders
as Father Ted Nabors
1987
5.5
Happy New Year
as Charlie
1987
5.5
Solarbabies
as The Warden
1986
5.3
Tough Guys
as Deke Yablonski
1986
6.0
Where the River Runs Black
as Father O'Reilly
1986
6.4
Big Trouble
as O'Mara
1986
5.3
Amazing Stories
as Assistant to the Boss
1985
7.4
Amazing Stories
as Earl
1985
7.4
Tall Tales & Legends
as Uncle Doffue
1985
5.4
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Uncle Doffue
1985
5.3
Stand Alone
as Louis Thibadeau
1985
5.2
Death of a Salesman
as Charley
1985
6.9
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Ross
1985
5.7
The Comedy Factory
as Harry Deegan
1985
0.0
Stick
as Chucky
1985
5.3
🎬
Eye to Eye
1985
0.0
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Mass Appeal
as Monsignor Thomas Burke
1984
6.2
🎬
P.O.P.
as P. Oliver Pendergast
1984
0.0
Mister Roberts
as The Captain
1984
6.8
To Be or Not to Be
as Col. Erhardt
1983
6.8
Two of a Kind
as Charlie
1983
5.9
Scarface
as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)
1983
8.2
Hadley's Rebellion
as Sam Crawford
1983
4.0
Tootsie
as Les Nichols
1982
7.2
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
as Governor of Texas
1982
6.1
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
as McMahon
1982
0.0
Working
as Retired Man
1982
4.3
Sharky's Machine
as Lt. Friscoe
1981
6.1
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
as Otis P. Hazelrigg
1981
6.5
True Confessions
as Jack Amsterdam
1981
6.1
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
as McMahon
1981
0.0
The Best Little Girl in the World
as Frank Powell
1981
4.3
Casey Stengel
as Casey Stengel
1981
0.0
Crisis at Central High
as Jess Matthews
1981
6.0
A Perfect Match
as Bill Larson
1980
0.0
Die Laughing
as Arnold
1980
4.7
Attica
as Commissioner Russell Oswald
1980
5.7
The Final Countdown
as Senator Samuel Chapman
1980
6.6
Starting Over
as Michael "Mickey" Potter
1979
6.4
When a Stranger Calls
as John Clifford
1979
6.1
North Dallas Forty
as Coach Johnson
1979
6.7
The Muppet Movie
as Doc Hopper
1979
7.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1979
6.3
Tilt
as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens
1979
5.0
Studs Lonigan
as Paddy Lonigan
1979
9.5
The Greek Tycoon
as Michael Russell
1978
5.5
An Enemy of the People
as Peter Stockmann
1978
6.5
The Fury
as Dr. Jim McKeever
1978
6.3
🎬
Special Olympics
as Carl Gallitzin
1978
6.0
The Choirboys
as Spermwhale Whalen
1977
5.3
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as President David T. Stevens
1977
6.4
Captains and the Kings
as Ed Healey
1976
8.3
Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Rufus T. Crisp
1976
5.6
The Hindenburg
as Captain Pruss
1975
6.3
Breakheart Pass
as Frank O'Brien
1975
6.6
The Cop and the Kid
as Officer Frank Murphy
1975
0.0
Dog Day Afternoon
as Moretti
1975
7.8
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Switch [Pilot]
as Lt. Phil Beckman
1975
0.0
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
as Al Green
1975
6.6
The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
as Budd Rogers
1975
5.5
Baretta
1975
6.3
The Front Page
as Murphy
1974
7.3
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
The Sting
as Lt. Wm. Snyder
1973
8.0
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
6.3
Sisters
as Joseph Larch
1973
6.7
The Connection
as Frank Devlin
1973
0.0
Deadhead Miles
as Truck Driver in Cafe
1972
5.5
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
as Murphy
1972
4.0
Doomsday Voyage
as Jason's First Mate
1972
0.0
🎬
Look Homeward, Angel
as Will Pentland
1972
0.0
Cannon
1971
6.5
The Pursuit of Happiness
as 2nd Guard
1971
6.3
Great Performances
as McMahon
1971
5.3
All in the Family
as Detective
1971
7.9
I Walk the Line
as Wylie Hunnicutt
1970
5.8
Hi, Mom!
as Superintendent
1970
6.3
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
as Football Player
1970
6.0
Stiletto
as Cop (uncredited)
1969
5.2
Hawaii Five-O
as Havens
1968
7.1
The High Chaparral
as Hewitt
1967
6.5
Harvey Middleman, Fireman
as Dooley
1965
3.0
Another World
1964
5.6
The Password Is Courage
as American Solider (uncredited)
1962
6.3
The Defenders
as Juror #11
1961
6.2
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Stephen Douglas
1951
8.6
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Casey Stengel
1951
8.6
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
as (archive footage)
N/A
0.0