Charles Durning
Department: Acting
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).
Known For
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
The Front Page
1974
Desperation
2006
Spy Hard
1996
Local Color
2008
P.O.P.
1984
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
Tough Guys
1986
The Muppet Movie
1979
Deal
2008
State and Main
2000
To Be or Not to Be
1983
One Fine Day
1996
When a Stranger Calls Back
1993
Sisters
1973
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
Breakheart Pass
1975
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
1981
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
Cop
1988
The Final Countdown
1980
True Confessions
1981
Stick
1985
Home for the Holidays
1995
A Boyfriend for Christmas
2004
Tilt
1979
The Sting
1973
Two of a Kind
1983
The Fury
1978
Death of a Salesman
1985
Tootsie
1982
The Last Supper
1995
Kinky Killers
2007
Etoile
1989
Cat Chaser
1989
North Dallas Forty
1979
V.I. Warshawski
1991
Solarbabies
1986
Hi, Mom!
1970
Sharky's Machine
1981
Good Dick
2008
Mr. St. Nick
2002
Dirty Deeds
2005
The Golden Boys
2008
The Greek Tycoon
1978
When a Stranger Calls
1979
The Grass Harp
1996
The Hindenburg
1975
The Music of Chance
1993
Brenda Starr
1989
The Choirboys
1977
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
1989
The Butter Battle Book
1989
A Constant Forge
2000
The Water Engine
1992
Miracle Dogs Too
2006
Starting Over
1979
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
Jerry and Tom
1998
A Tiger's Tale
1988
Big Trouble
1986
Mother Ghost
2002
The Great Fight
2011
An Enemy of the People
1978
Hi-Life
1998
The Drum Beats Twice
2004
Far North
1988
The Best Little Girl in the World
1981
Mass Appeal
1984
The Rosary Murders
1987
River's End
2005
Happy New Year
1987
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976
Hard Time
1998
The Judge
2001
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
1987
Lakeboat
2000
Crisis at Central High
1981
Never Look Back
2000
The Connection
1973
The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
1975
Stand Alone
1985
Project Alien
1990
Attica
1980
Roommates
1994
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
1975
The Life Zone
2011
Casey Stengel
1981
The Last Producer
2000
I Walk the Line
1970
Shelter
1998
Switch
1975
Mister Roberts
1984
Forget About It
2006
Die Laughing
1980
Hadley's Rebellion
1983
The Pursuit of Happiness
1971
The Art of 'The Sting'
2005
Where the River Runs Black
1986
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
Hard Time: The Premonition
1999
Justice
1999
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
Bleacher Bums
2001
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972
A Very Married Christmas
2004
Scarface
1983
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999
Unbeatable Harold
2006
Prime Target
1989
The Password Is Courage
1962
Scavenger Killers
2013
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
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Three Chris's
2010
Special Olympics
1978
I.Q.
1994
Deadhead Miles
1972
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
2001
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996
Tales from Hollywood
1992
Bleeding Hearts
2015
Death and Texas
2004
Turn of Faith
2002
Unholy Matrimony
1988
Very Mean Men
2000
Rogue Assassin
2012
iMurders
2008
The Secret Life of Algernon
1997
Dick Tracy
1990
Naked Run
2011
The Waiter
2010
A Perfect Match
1980
Descansos
2006
Dinner at Eight
1989
Mrs. Santa Claus
1996
Doomsday Voyage
1972
Working
1982
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
LA DA Story
2018
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1985
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
The Autopsy
2004
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
1970
Case Closed
1988
An Affirmative Act
2010
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
The World of Jim Henson
1994
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
Break
2009
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
Stiletto
1969
Harvey Middleman, Fireman
1965
Look Homeward, Angel
1972
The Return of Eliot Ness
1991
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
1996
The Story Lady
1991
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982
Amazing Racer
2009
Recon
1996
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990
According to Dom
2009
I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII
1987
Rx for the Defense
1973
A Chance of Snow
1998
Dead Canaries
2003
Dinner for Five
2001
Evening Shade
1990
Family Guy
1999
Amazing Stories
1985
Touched by an Angel
1994
Monk
2002
Early Edition
1996
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
All in the Family
1971
Everwood
2002
Cybill
1995
The American Revolution
1994
Baretta
1975
The Practice
1997
Rescue Me
2004
NCIS
2003
Cannon
1971
Another World
1964
First Monday
2002
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
The High Chaparral
1967
Citizen Baines
2001
Orleans
1997
Eye to Eye
1985
Captains and the Kings
1976
The Defenders
1961
The Cop and the Kid
1975
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
Studs Lonigan
1979
Performance
1991
Amazing Stories
1985
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Dinah!
1974
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
Rescue Me
2004
Now and Again
1999
Great Performances
1971
The Judge
2001
A Woman of Independent Means
1995
The Comedy Factory
1985
Playhouse
1974
Cybill
1995
Arli$$
1996