
Charles Durning
Born February 28, 1923 · Highland Falls, New York, USA
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).
Notable Appearances
Movies

Scarface

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The Sting

Dog Day Afternoon

The Final Countdown

Tootsie

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Muppet Movie

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

Casey Stengel

Spy Hard

Starting Over

The Fury

Dick Tracy

The Man with One Red Shoe

Twilight's Last Gleaming

One Fine Day

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Desperation

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

Breakheart Pass

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Case Closed

Home for the Holidays

Sisters

The Life Zone

Sharky's Machine

When a Stranger Calls

I.Q.

To Be or Not to Be

Death of a Salesman

Local Color

Brenda Starr

Hi, Mom!

The Front Page

Tough Guys

Cop
TV Shows

Everybody Loves Raymond

The Practice

Hawaii Five-O

Homicide: Life on the Street

Everwood

Touched by an Angel

American Playhouse

Cannon

Rescue Me

Early Edition

All in the Family

Arli$$

Dinah!

The Defenders

The High Chaparral

Baretta

Cybill

Playhouse

Amazing Stories

Evening Shade

Performance

Another World

Now and Again

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The Comedy Factory

Tall Tales & Legends

First Monday

Captains and the Kings

Citizen Baines

A Woman of Independent Means

The Kennedys of Massachusetts

The American Revolution

Orleans

Studs Lonigan

The Cop and the Kid

Dinner for Five

The Judge
More Movies

Harry and Walter Go to New York

State and Main

The Last Supper

Two of a Kind

Three Chris's

Lakeboat

Etoile

The Water Engine

The Hindenburg

V.I. Warshawski

Solarbabies

True Confessions

I Walk the Line

Dirty Deeds

Rx for the Defense

When a Stranger Calls Back

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins

An Affirmative Act

Very Mean Men

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Amazing Racer

A Tiger's Tale

The Grass Harp

Night of 100 Stars II

A Boyfriend for Christmas

The Rivalry

Good Dick

Unholy Matrimony

The Best Little Special In Texas

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

Hi-Life

The World of Jim Henson

A Bunch of Amateurs

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Stick

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

The Password Is Courage

Forget About It

The Rosary Murders

Attica

The Choirboys

Shelter

The Return of Eliot Ness

North Dallas Forty

Roommates

Deal

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Music of Chance

An Enemy of the People

A Chance of Snow

Where the River Runs Black

Mrs. Santa Claus

Stand Alone

The Art of 'The Sting'

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

Hard Time: The Premonition

Miracle Dogs Too

Jesus, Mary and Joey

Happy New Year

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

The Greek Tycoon

Amazing Stories: The Movie III

Big Trouble

Jerry and Tom

The Best Little Girl in the World

Hard Time

River's End

Project Alien

Cat Chaser

Mr. St. Nick

Mass Appeal

Far North

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

The Judge

The Story Lady

Tilt

The Butter Battle Book

Justice

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

Crisis at Central High

A Very Married Christmas

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

A Constant Forge

The Last Producer

Mister Roberts

The Golden Boys

Bleacher Bums

Working

Deadhead Miles

According to Dom

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

Break

iMurders

Die Laughing

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Stiletto

Death and Texas

Bleeding Hearts

Harvey Middleman, Fireman

I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII

Naked Run

The Secret Life of Algernon

The Drum Beats Twice

The Great Fight

The Connection

Switch

Scavenger Killers

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

Tales from Hollywood

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

The Waiter

Mother Ghost

Kinky Killers

Unbeatable Harold

A Perfect Match

Turn of Faith

Dinner at Eight

The Autopsy

Hadley's Rebellion

Prime Target

Look Homeward, Angel

Doomsday Voyage

Never Look Back

Descansos

Rogue Assassin




