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 Gambler: The Legend Continues
Tootsie
The Final Countdown
The Muppet Movie
The Hudsucker Proxy
Spy Hard
Dick Tracy
Casey Stengel
The Fury
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
Starting Over
Desperation
The Man with One Red Shoe
One Fine Day
Breakheart Pass
Death of a Salesman
Sisters
Case Closed
Home for the Holidays
Twilight's Last Gleaming
To Be or Not to Be
When a Stranger Calls Back
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
State and Main
When a Stranger Calls
Sharky's Machine
Hi, Mom!
Local Color
Celebrating Laughter: The Life and Films of Colin Higgins
The Life Zone
The Front Page
I.Q.
TV Shows
The Practice
Everybody Loves Raymond
Hawaii Five-O
Homicide: Life on the Street
Touched by an Angel
Everwood
American Playhouse
Cannon
Rescue Me
Early Edition
Arli$$
All in the Family
Dinah!
The Defenders
The High Chaparral
Baretta
Cybill
Amazing Stories
Playhouse
Evening Shade
Performance
Another World
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Now and Again
The Comedy Factory
Tall Tales & Legends
Captains and the Kings
First Monday
Citizen Baines
A Woman of Independent Means
The American Revolution
Orleans
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Studs Lonigan
The Cop and the Kid
Dinner for Five
The Judge
More Movies
Two of a Kind
Brenda Starr
The Last Supper
Rx for the Defense
Cop
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Tough Guys
Night of 100 Stars II
True Confessions
Three Chris's
The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Water Engine
Solarbabies
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Etoile
V.I. Warshawski
Dirty Deeds
The Hindenburg
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
The Password Is Courage
Attica
Lakeboat
Amazing Racer
The World of Jim Henson
I Walk the Line
Good Dick
An Affirmative Act
A Bunch of Amateurs
The Choirboys
A Boyfriend for Christmas
Very Mean Men
The Grass Harp
Where the River Runs Black
Justice
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
The Rivalry
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Unholy Matrimony
Stick
A Tiger's Tale
The Best Little Special In Texas
An Enemy of the People
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
The Pursuit of Happiness
Mrs. Santa Claus
The Return of Eliot Ness
Hard Time: The Premonition
Miracle Dogs Too
Happy New Year
Tilt
The Music of Chance
The Greek Tycoon
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
The Best Little Girl in the World
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Deal
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Jerry and Tom
The Rosary Murders
Cat Chaser
North Dallas Forty
Hard Time
The Story Lady
Shelter
A Chance of Snow
Stand Alone
Hi-Life
Roommates
Far North
iMurders
Deadhead Miles
Forget About It
Mr. St. Nick
Bleacher Bums
The Judge
The Art of 'The Sting'
Big Trouble
The Butter Battle Book
A Constant Forge
Working
Mass Appeal
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Crisis at Central High
The Last Producer
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
River's End
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Death and Texas
According to Dom
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
Die Laughing
Stiletto
Break
A Very Married Christmas
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
The Great Fight
Project Alien
The Secret Life of Algernon
Harvey Middleman, Fireman
Turn of Faith
Doomsday Voyage
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
Unbeatable Harold
Mother Ghost
Look Homeward, Angel
Scavenger Killers
Mister Roberts
Never Look Back
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
Bleeding Hearts
The Drum Beats Twice
I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII
Prime Target
A Perfect Match
Dinner at Eight
The Golden Boys
Naked Run
The Connection
Switch
Kinky Killers
The Autopsy
The Waiter
Rogue Assassin
LA DA Story
Tales from Hollywood
Hadley's Rebellion
