Charles Durning
- Known For: Acting
- Birthday: 28-02-1923
- Gender: Male
- Place of Birth: Highland Falls, New York, USA
- Also Known As:
Charles Edward Durning
Charles Durnham
- Popularity: 8.77
- Homepage: N/A
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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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| Year | Movie | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Dark Night of the Scarecrow | as Otis P. Hazelrigg |
| 1977 | The Choirboys | as Spermwhale Whalen |
| 1989 | It Nearly Wasn't Christmas | as Santa |
| 1989 | The Butter Battle Book | as Grandfather (voice) |
| 1981 | The Best Little Girl in the World | as Frank Powell |
| 2000 | Lakeboat | as Skippy |
| 1973 | The Connection | as Frank Devlin |
| 1985 | Stand Alone | as Louis Thibadeau |
| 1999 | Justice | as Moe Ryan |
| 1986 | Where the River Runs Black | as Father O'Reilly |
| 1978 | Special Olympics | as Carl Gallitzin |
| 2004 | Death and Texas | as Marshall Ledger |
| 2012 | Rogue Assassin | |
| 2011 | Naked Run | as Congressman Davenport |
| 2010 | The Waiter | as Frank 'The Handler' Maro |
| 1988 | Case Closed | |
| 2010 | An Affirmative Act | as Man in the White Suit |
| 1981 | Casey Stengel | as Casey Stengel |
| 1993 | When a Stranger Calls Back | as John Clifford |
| 2004 | A Boyfriend for Christmas | as Santa Claus |
| 2007 | Kinky Killers | as Alexander Hathaway |
| 1979 | When a Stranger Calls | as John Clifford |
| 2011 | The Great Fight | as Judge Frier |
| 1978 | An Enemy of the People | as Peter Stockmann |
| 1988 | Far North | as Bertrum |
| 1987 | The Rosary Murders | as Father Ted Nabors |
| 1987 | Happy New Year | as Charlie |
| 1998 | Hard Time | as Det. Charlie Duffy |
| 1981 | Crisis at Central High | as Jess Matthews |
| 1980 | Attica | as Commissioner Russell Oswald |
| 1975 | Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | as Al Green |
| 1999 | Hard Time: The Premonition | as Det. Charlie Duffy |
| 1999 | Hard Time: Hostage Hotel | as Det. Charlie Duffy |
| 2013 | Scavenger Killers | as Dylan Frier |
| 2015 | Bleeding Hearts | as Santa Claus |
| 1988 | Unholy Matrimony | as Reverend Samuel Corey |
| 2004 | The Autopsy | as Self |
| 1970 | Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet | as Football Player |
| 1984 | P.O.P. | as P. Oliver Pendergast |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | as Det. Sgt. Eugene Moretti |
| 1996 | Spy Hard | as The Director |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | as Deke Yablonski |
| 2000 | State and Main | as Mayor George Bailey |
| 1972 | Sisters | as Joseph Larch |
| 1988 | Cop | as Dutch Peltz |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | as Waring Hudsucker |
| 1981 | True Confessions | as Jack Amsterdam |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | as Charlie |
| 1979 | Tilt | as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens |
| 1989 | Etoile | as Uncle Joshua |
| 1989 | Cat Chaser | as Jiggs Scully |
| 1991 | V.I. Warshawski | as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory |
| 1979 | North Dallas Forty | as Coach Johnson |
| 1992 | The Water Engine | as Tour Guide |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | as President David T. Stevens |
| 1984 | Mass Appeal | as Monsignor Thomas Burke |
| 2006 | Forget About It | as Eddie O'Brien |
| 1980 | Die Laughing | as Arnold |
| 1983 | Hadley's Rebellion | as Sam Crawford |
| 1987 | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | as Warden Hardy |
| 1992 | Tales from Hollywood | as Charles F. Money |
| 1972 | Deadhead Miles | as Truck Driver in Cafe |
| 1997 | The Secret Life of Algernon | as Norbie Hess |
| 1985 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | as Uncle Doffue |
| 1981 | The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories | as McMahon |
| 1975 | Switch [Pilot] | as Lt. Phil Beckman |
| 2005 | The Art of 'The Sting' | as Self |
| 2006 | Desperation | as Tom Billingsley |
| 1985 | The Man with One Red Shoe | as Ross |
| 1983 | To Be or Not to Be | as Col. Erhardt |
| 1985 | Stick | as Chucky |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays | as Henry Larson |
| 1973 | The Sting | as Lt. Wm. Snyder |
| 1970 | Hi, Mom! | as Superintendent |
| 1993 | The Music of Chance | as Bill Flower |
| 1979 | Starting Over | as Michael "Mickey" Potter |
| 1986 | Big Trouble | as O'Mara |
| 1987 | A Tiger's Tale | as Charlie Drumm |
| 2002 | Mother Ghost | as George |
| 2001 | The Judge | as Judge Harlan Radovich |
| 2000 | Never Look Back | |
| 1994 | Roommates | as Barney |
| 2000 | The Last Producer | as Syd Wolf |
| 1984 | Mister Roberts | as The Captain |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | as Menelaus 'Pappy' O'Daniel |
| 2006 | Descansos | as Inkeeper #2 |
| 1980 | A Perfect Match | as Bill Larson |
| 1989 | Dinner at Eight | as Dan Packard |
| 1972 | Doomsday Voyage | as Jason's First Mate |
| 1982 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | as Governor |
| 1972 | Look Homeward, Angel | as Will Pentland |
| 1996 | One Fine Day | as Lew, Jack's boss |
| 1975 | Breakheart Pass | as O'Brien |
| 1985 | Death of a Salesman | as Charley |
| 1978 | The Fury | as Dr. Jim McKeever |
| 1982 | Tootsie | as Les Nichols |
| 2005 | Dirty Deeds | as Victor Rasdale |
| 2002 | Mr. St. Nick | as Nicholas XX |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys | as John Bartlett |
| 2006 | Miracle Dogs Too | as Captain Pete Weaver |
| 1998 | Jerry and Tom | as Vic |
| 1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York | as Rufus T. Crisp |
| 1987 | The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues | as Senator Henry Colton |
| 1975 | The Trial of Chaplain Jensen | as Budd Rogers |
| 1970 | I Walk the Line | as Wylie Hunnicutt |
| 1998 | Shelter | as Capt. Robert Landis |
| 1989 | Prime Target | as Earl Mulcahaney |
| 2001 | L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve | as Stuart Steele |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' | as Self |
| 2004 | The Drum Beats Twice | as Satan |
| 2004 | A Very Married Christmas | as Ozzy Larson |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | as Doc Hopper |
| 1980 | The Final Countdown | as Senator Samuel Chapman |
| 1981 | Sharky's Machine | as Lt. Friscoe |
| 1972 | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | as Murphy |
| 2011 | The Life Zone | as James Wise |
| 2005 | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | as The Lawyer |
| 2008 | iMurders | as Dr. Seamus St. Martin |
| 1991 | The Return of Eliot Ness | as Roger Finn |
| 1990 | Project Alien | |
| 2008 | Deal | as Charlie Adler |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg | as Captain Pruss |
| 1998 | Hi-Life | as Fatty |
| 2008 | A Bunch of Amateurs | as Charlie Rosenberg |
| 1996 | Mrs. Santa Claus | as Santa Claus |
| 1998 | A Chance of Snow | as Earl Pulmer |
| 2009 | Break | as The Wise Man |
| 1965 | Harvey Middleman, Fireman | as Dooley |
| 1974 | The Front Page | as Murphy |
| 1989 | Brenda Starr | as Editor Francis I. Livright |
| 2000 | Very Mean Men | as Paddy Mulroney |
| 1996 | Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman | as Self |
| 1978 | The Greek Tycoon | as Michael Russell |
| 2006 | Local Color | as Yammi |
| 1995 | A Woman of Independent Means | as Andrew Alcott |
| 2006 | Unbeatable Harold | as Harold's Father |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | as Chief Brandon |
| 2005 | River's End | as Murray Blythe |
| 1995 | The Last Supper | as Reverend Gerald Hutchens |
| 2008 | Good Dick | as Charlie |
| 1995 | The Grass Harp | as Reverend Buster |
| 1971 | The Pursuit of Happiness | as 2nd Guard |
| 1994 | I.Q. | as Louis Bamberger |
| 1986 | Solarbabies | as The Warden |
| 1994 | Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular | as Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas | as Santa Claus |
| 2002 | Turn of Faith | as Philly Russo |
| 2018 | LA DA Story | as Himself (archive footage) |
| 1996 | The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists | as Archie (voice) |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | as Self |
| 1969 | Stiletto | as Cop (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Jesus, Mary and Joey | as Teddy |
| 1991 | The Story Lady | as Judge (uncredited) |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge | as Self |
| 1982 | Working | as Retired Man |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson | as Doc Hopper (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | as Self |
| 1962 | The Password Is Courage | as American Solider (uncredited) |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | as Self |
| 1994 | In Search of Dr. Seuss | as (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Scarface | as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | as Self |