Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1923-02-28 (89 years old)
Deathday
2012-12-24
Place of Birth
Highland Falls, New York, USA
Also known As
Charles Edward Durning
Charles Durnham
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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.
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as Pappy O'Daniel
1975
as Moretti
1974
as Murphy
2006
as Tom Billingsley
1996
as The Director
2008
as Yammi
1984
as P. Oliver Pendergast
1985
as Ross
1986
as Deke Yablonski
1979
as Doc Hopper
2008
as Charlie Adler
2000
as Mayor George Bailey
1983
as Col. Erhardt
1996
as Lew, Jack's boss
1993
as John Clifford
1973
as Joseph Larch
2006
as Teddy
1975
as Frank O'Brien
1981
as Otis P. Hazelrigg
1994
as Waring Hudsucker
1988
as Dutch Peltz
1980
as Senator Samuel Chapman
1981
as Jack Amsterdam
1985
as Chucky
1995
as Henry Larson
2004
as Santa Claus
1979
as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens
1973
as Lt. Wm. Snyder
1983
as Charlie
1978
as Dr. Jim McKeever
1985
as Charley
1982
as Les Nichols
1995
as Reverend Gerald Hutchens
2007
as Alexander Hathaway
1989
as Uncle Joshua
1989
as Jiggs Scully
1979
as Coach Johnson
1991
as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory
1986
as The Warden
1970
as Superintendent
1981
as Lt. Friscoe
2008
as Charlie
2002
as Nicholas XX
2005
as Victor Rasdale
2008
as John Bartlett
1978
as Michael Russell
1979
as John Clifford
1996
as Reverend Buster
1975
as Captain Pruss
1993
as Bill Flower
1989
as Editor Francis I. Livright
1977
as Spermwhale Whalen
1989
as Santa
1989
as Grandfather (voice)
2000
as Self
1992
as Tour Guide
2006
as Captain Pete Weaver
1979
as Michael "Mickey" Potter
1977
as President David T. Stevens
1998
as Vic
1988
as Charlie Drumm
1986
as O'Mara
2002
as George
2011
as Judge Frier
1978
as Peter Stockmann
1998
as Fatty
2004
as Satan
1988
as Bertrum
1981
as Frank Powell
1984
as Monsignor Thomas Burke
1987
as Father Ted Nabors
2005
as Murray Blythe
1987
as Charlie
1976
as Rufus T. Crisp
1998
as Det. Charlie Duffy
2001
as Judge Harlan Radovich
1987
as Senator Henry Colton
2000
as Skippy
1981
as Jess Matthews
2000
as Reverend Hale
1973
as Frank Devlin
1975
as Budd Rogers
1985
as Louis Thibadeau
1990
as Colonel Clancy
1980
as Commissioner Russell Oswald
1994
as Barney
1975
as Al Green
2011
as James Wise
1981
as Casey Stengel
2000
as Syd Wolf
1970
as Wylie Hunnicutt
1998
as Capt. Robert Landis
1975
as Lt. Phil Beckman
1984
as The Captain
2006
as Eddie O'Brien
1980
as Arnold
1983
as Sam Crawford
1971
as 2nd Guard
2005
as Self
1986
as Father O'Reilly
1990
as Self (archive footage)
1999
as Det. Charlie Duffy
1999
as Moe Ryan
2005
as The Lawyer
2001
as Scorekeeper
1985
as Self
2004
as Ozzy Larson
1983
as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)
1999
as Det. Charlie Duffy
2006
as Harold's Father
1989
as Earl Mulcahaney
1962
as American Solider (uncredited)
2013
as Dylan Frier
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as (archive footage)
2010
as Kris Kringle
1978
as Carl Gallitzin
1994
as Louis Bamberger
1972
as Truck Driver in Cafe
2008
as Charlie Rosenberg
1987
as Warden Hardy
2001
as Stuart Steele
1996
as Santa Claus
1992
as Charles F. Money
2015
as Santa Claus
2004
as Marshall Ledger
2002
as Philly Russo
1988
as Reverend Samuel Corey
2000
as Paddy Mulroney
2012
2008
as Dr. Seamus St. Martin
1997
as Norbie Hess
1990
as Chief Brandon
1994
as Self (archive footage)
2011
as Congressman Davenport
2010
as Frank 'The Handler' Maro
1980
as Bill Larson
2006
as Inkeeper #2
1989
as Dan Packard
1996
as Santa Claus
1998
as Earl Pulmer
1972
as Jason's First Mate
1982
as Retired Man
2006
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1985
as Uncle Doffue
1996
2004
as Self
1970
as Football Player
1988
as Les Kabowski
2010
as Man in the White Suit
1994
as Doc Hopper (archive footage)
1982
as Governor of Texas
2009
as The Wise Man
1981
1979
as Self
1969
as Cop (uncredited)
1965
as Dooley
1972
as Will Pentland
1991
as Roger Finn
1996
as Archie (voice)
1991
as Judge (uncredited)
2021
1982
2009
as Floyd
1996
as Chief
1990
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