Charles Durning

from Highland Falls, New York, USA

Artwork for TootsieImage of Charles Durning

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).

Timeline

2021Aged 98

  • Poster for Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

    Self

2018Aged 95

  • Poster for LA DA Story

    Self (archive footage)

2015Aged 92

  • Poster for Bleeding Hearts

    Santa Claus

2013Aged 90

  • Poster for Scavenger Killers

    Dylan Frier

2012Aged 89

  • Poster for Rogue Assassin

    (Unknown)

2011Aged 88

  • Poster for Naked Run

    Congressman Davenport

  • Poster for The Great Fight

    Judge Frier

  • Poster for The Life Zone

    James Wise

2010Aged 87

  • Poster for Three Chris's

    Kris Kringle

  • Poster for The Waiter

    Frank 'The Handler' Maro

  • Poster for An Affirmative Act

    Man in the White Suit

2009Aged 86

  • Poster for Amazing Racer

    Floyd

  • Poster for Break

    The Wise Man

  • Poster for According to Dom

    Self

2008Aged 85

  • Poster for Deal

    Charlie Adler

  • Poster for iMurders

    Dr. Seamus St. Martin

  • Poster for Good Dick

    Charlie

  • Poster for Local Color

    Yammi

  • Poster for A Bunch of Amateurs

    Charlie Rosenberg

  • Poster for The Golden Boys

    John Bartlett

2007Aged 84

  • Poster for Kinky Killers

    Alexander Hathaway

2006Aged 83

  • Poster for Unbeatable Harold

    Harold's Father

  • Poster for Jesus, Mary and Joey

    Teddy

  • Poster for Descansos

    Inkeeper #2

  • Poster for The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

    Self

  • Poster for Miracle Dogs Too

    Captain Pete Weaver

  • Poster for Desperation

    Tom Billingsley

  • Poster for Forget About It

    Eddie O'Brien

2005Aged 82

  • Poster for River's End

    Murray Blythe

  • Poster for The L.A. Riot Spectacular

    The Lawyer

  • Poster for Dirty Deeds

    Victor Rasdale

  • Poster for The Art of 'The Sting'

    Self

2004Aged 81

  • Poster for The Drum Beats Twice

    Satan

  • Poster for Death and Texas

    Marshall Ledger

  • Poster for A Boyfriend for Christmas

    Santa Claus

  • Poster for A Very Married Christmas

    Ozzy Larson

  • Poster for The Autopsy

    Self

2003Aged 80

2002Aged 79

  • Poster for Turn of Faith

    Philly Russo

  • Poster for Mother Ghost

    George

  • Poster for Mr. St. Nick

    Nicholas XX

2001Aged 78

  • Poster for The Judge

    Judge Harlan Radovich

  • Poster for L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

    Stuart Steele

  • Poster for Bleacher Bums

    Scorekeeper

2000Aged 77

  • Poster for Never Look Back

    Reverend Hale

  • Poster for Lakeboat

    Skippy

  • Poster for Very Mean Men

    Paddy Mulroney

  • Poster for The Last Producer

    Syd Wolf

  • Poster for State and Main

    Mayor George Bailey

  • Poster for O Brother, Where Art Thou?

    Pappy O'Daniel

  • Poster for A Constant Forge

    Self

1999Aged 76

  • Poster for Justice

    Moe Ryan

  • Poster for Hard Time: The Premonition

    Det. Charlie Duffy

  • Poster for Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

    Det. Charlie Duffy

1998Aged 75

  • Poster for Amazing Stories: The Movie III

    Assistant to the Boss

  • Poster for Shelter

    Capt. Robert Landis

  • Poster for Hi-Life

    Fatty

  • Poster for Jerry and Tom

    Vic

  • Poster for A Chance of Snow

    Earl Pulmer

  • Poster for Hard Time

    Det. Charlie Duffy

1997Aged 74

  • Poster for The Secret Life of Algernon

    Norbie Hess

1996Aged 73

  • Poster for Spy Hard

    The Director

  • Recon

    Chief

  • Poster for The Grass Harp

    Reverend Buster

  • Poster for The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

    Archie (voice)

  • Poster for Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

    Self

  • Poster for Mrs. Santa Claus

    Santa Claus

  • Poster for One Fine Day

    Lew, Jack's boss

  • Poster for Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

    Santa Claus

1995Aged 72

  • Poster for The Last Supper

    Reverend Gerald Hutchens

  • Poster for Home for the Holidays

    Henry Larson

1994Aged 71

  • Poster for The Hudsucker Proxy

    Waring Hudsucker

  • Poster for Roommates

    Barney

  • Poster for The World of Jim Henson

    Doc Hopper (archive footage)

  • Poster for I.Q.

    Louis Bamberger

1993Aged 70

  • Poster for When a Stranger Calls Back

    John Clifford

  • Poster for The Music of Chance

    Bill Flower

1992Aged 69

  • Poster for The Water Engine

    Tour Guide

  • Poster for Tales from Hollywood

    Charles F. Money

1991Aged 68

  • Poster for V.I. Warshawski

    Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory

  • Poster for The Return of Eliot Ness

    Roger Finn

  • Poster for The Story Lady

    Judge (uncredited)

1990Aged 67

  • Poster for Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

    Self (archive footage)

  • Poster for Dick Tracy

    Chief Brandon

  • Poster for The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

    Self

  • Poster for Project Alien

    Colonel Clancy

1989Aged 66

  • Poster for Etoile

    Uncle Joshua

  • Poster for Brenda Starr

    Editor Francis I. Livright

  • Poster for Cat Chaser

    Jiggs Scully

  • Poster for Prime Target

    Earl Mulcahaney

  • Poster for The Butter Battle Book

    Grandfather (voice)

  • Poster for It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

    Santa

  • Poster for Dinner at Eight

    Dan Packard

1988Aged 65

  • Poster for Cop

    Dutch Peltz

  • Poster for A Tiger's Tale

    Charlie Drumm

  • Poster for Case Closed

    Les Kabowski

  • Poster for Unholy Matrimony

    Reverend Samuel Corey

  • Poster for Far North

    Bertrum

1987Aged 64

  • Poster for Happy New Year

    Charlie

  • Poster for The Rosary Murders

    Father Ted Nabors

  • Poster for I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII

    Pope John XXIII

  • Poster for The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

    Warden Hardy

  • Poster for The Gambler: The Legend Continues

    Senator Henry Colton

1986Aged 63

  • Poster for Big Trouble

    O'Mara

  • Poster for Where the River Runs Black

    Father O'Reilly

  • Poster for Tough Guys

    Deke Yablonski

  • Poster for Solarbabies

    The Warden

1985Aged 62

  • Poster for Night of 100 Stars II

    Self

  • Poster for Stick

    Chucky

  • Poster for The Man with One Red Shoe

    Ross

  • Poster for Death of a Salesman

    Charley

  • Poster for Stand Alone

    Louis Thibadeau

  • Poster for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    Uncle Doffue

1984Aged 61

  • Poster for Mister Roberts

    The Captain

  • P.O.P.

    P. Oliver Pendergast

  • Poster for Mass Appeal

    Monsignor Thomas Burke

1983Aged 60

  • Poster for Hadley's Rebellion

    Sam Crawford

  • Poster for Scarface

    Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)

  • Poster for Two of a Kind

    Charlie

  • Poster for To Be or Not to Be

    Col. Erhardt

1982Aged 59

  • Poster for Working

    Retired Man

  • Poster for The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories

    McMahon

  • Poster for The Best Little Special In Texas

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

    Governor of Texas

  • Poster for Tootsie

    Les Nichols

1981Aged 58

  • Poster for Crisis at Central High

    Jess Matthews

  • Poster for Casey Stengel

    Casey Stengel

  • Poster for The Best Little Girl in the World

    Frank Powell

  • Poster for The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

    McMahon

  • Poster for True Confessions

    Jack Amsterdam

  • Poster for Dark Night of the Scarecrow

    Otis P. Hazelrigg

  • Poster for Sharky's Machine

    Lt. Friscoe

1980Aged 57

  • Poster for The Final Countdown

    Senator Samuel Chapman

  • Poster for Attica

    Commissioner Russell Oswald

  • Poster for Die Laughing

    Arnold

  • Poster for A Perfect Match

    Bill Larson

1979Aged 56

  • Poster for Tilt

    Harold 'The Whale' Remmens

  • Poster for The Muppets Go Hollywood

    Self (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Muppet Movie

    Doc Hopper

  • Poster for North Dallas Forty

    Coach Johnson

  • Poster for When a Stranger Calls

    John Clifford

  • Poster for Starting Over

    Michael "Mickey" Potter

1978Aged 55

1977Aged 54

  • Poster for Twilight's Last Gleaming

    President David T. Stevens

  • Poster for The Choirboys

    Spermwhale Whalen

1976Aged 53

  • Poster for Harry and Walter Go to New York

    Rufus T. Crisp

1975Aged 52

  • Poster for The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

    Budd Rogers

  • Poster for Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

    Al Green

  • Poster for Switch

    Lt. Phil Beckman

  • Poster for Dog Day Afternoon

    Moretti

  • Poster for Breakheart Pass

    Frank O'Brien

  • Poster for The Rivalry

    Stephen Douglas

  • Poster for The Hindenburg

    Captain Pruss

1974Aged 51

  • Poster for The Front Page

    Murphy

1973Aged 50

  • Poster for The Connection

    Frank Devlin

  • Poster for Sisters

    Joseph Larch

  • Poster for Rx for the Defense

    District Attorney Horn

  • Poster for The Sting

    Lt. Wm. Snyder

1972Aged 49

1971Aged 48

  • Poster for The Pursuit of Happiness

    2nd Guard

1970Aged 47

  • Poster for Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet

    Football Player

  • Poster for Hi, Mom!

    Superintendent

  • Poster for I Walk the Line

    Wylie Hunnicutt

1969Aged 46

  • Poster for Stiletto

    Cop (uncredited)

1965Aged 42

  • Poster for Harvey Middleman, Fireman

    Dooley

1962Aged 39

  • Poster for The Password Is Courage

    American Solider (uncredited)

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