Charles Durning
Acting
Born: February 28, 1923 · Highland Falls, New York, USA
Died: December 24, 2012 (aged 89)
Highest Rated
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
Scarface
1983
Family Guy
1999
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
The Sting
1973
NCIS
2003
Tootsie
1982
Monk
2002
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
Dick Tracy
1990
Spy Hard
1996
One Fine Day
1996
Photos (4)
Movies (156)
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Pappy O'Daniel
Scarface
Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)
Dog Day Afternoon
Moretti
The Sting
Lt. Wm. Snyder
The Muppet Movie
Doc Hopper
The Final Countdown
Senator Samuel Chapman
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Governor of Texas
The Man with One Red Shoe
Ross
Breakheart Pass
Frank O'Brien
State and Main
Mayor George Bailey
The Hudsucker Proxy
Waring Hudsucker
The Grass Harp
Reverend Buster
Twilight's Last Gleaming
President David T. Stevens
The Last Supper
Reverend Gerald Hutchens
Sharky's Machine
Lt. Friscoe
One Fine Day
Lew, Jack's boss
Desperation
Tom Billingsley
Death of a Salesman
Charley
Sisters
Joseph Larch
Spy Hard
The Director
Tootsie
Les Nichols
To Be or Not to Be
Col. Erhardt
The Front Page
Murphy
The Music of Chance
Bill Flower
Dick Tracy
Chief Brandon
Jerry and Tom
Vic
Amazing Racer
Floyd
Starting Over
Michael "Mickey" Potter
An Enemy of the People
Peter Stockmann
True Confessions
Jack Amsterdam
Justice
Moe Ryan
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
Archie (voice)
The Hindenburg
Captain Pruss
Tough Guys
Deke Yablonski
When a Stranger Calls Back
John Clifford
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Otis P. Hazelrigg
Dirty Deeds
Victor Rasdale
Two of a Kind
Charlie
V.I. Warshawski
Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory
The World of Jim Henson
Doc Hopper (archive footage)
When a Stranger Calls
John Clifford
Brenda Starr
Editor Francis I. Livright
The Fury
Dr. Jim McKeever
I.Q.
Louis Bamberger
The Greek Tycoon
Michael Russell
Home for the Holidays
Henry Larson
I Walk the Line
Wylie Hunnicutt
Cat Chaser
Jiggs Scully
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
Det. Charlie Duffy
The Pursuit of Happiness
2nd Guard
Jesus, Mary and Joey
Teddy
Stick
Chucky
Bleacher Bums
Scorekeeper
Mrs. Santa Claus
Santa Claus
The Last Producer
Syd Wolf
Hi-Life
Fatty
Stand Alone
Louis Thibadeau
Hi, Mom!
Superintendent
The Judge
Judge Harlan Radovich
A Bunch of Amateurs
Charlie Rosenberg
The Rosary Murders
Father Ted Nabors
Harry and Walter Go to New York
Rufus T. Crisp
An Affirmative Act
Man in the White Suit
Roommates
Barney
Cop
Dutch Peltz
The Best Little Girl in the World
Frank Powell
Deadhead Miles
Truck Driver in Cafe
Tilt
Harold 'The Whale' Remmens
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
Al Green
Mr. St. Nick
Nicholas XX
North Dallas Forty
Coach Johnson
Tales from Hollywood
Charles F. Money
Etoile
Uncle Joshua
The Choirboys
Spermwhale Whalen
Mass Appeal
Monsignor Thomas Burke
The Story Lady
Judge (uncredited)
Solarbabies
The Warden
Project Alien
Colonel Clancy
A Boyfriend for Christmas
Santa Claus
River's End
Murray Blythe
Good Dick
Charlie
Die Laughing
Arnold
Hadley's Rebellion
Sam Crawford
Hard Time
Det. Charlie Duffy
Crisis at Central High
Jess Matthews
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
Football Player
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
McMahon
iMurders
Dr. Seamus St. Martin
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Santa Claus
Far North
Bertrum
The Password Is Courage
American Solider (uncredited)
Casey Stengel
Casey Stengel
Mother Ghost
George
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
The Lawyer
Local Color
Yammi
A Very Married Christmas
Ozzy Larson
Happy New Year
Charlie
Lakeboat
Skippy
The Rivalry
Stephen Douglas
Big Trouble
O'Mara
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Warden Hardy
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
Senator Henry Colton
The Best Little Special In Texas
1982
Naked Run
Congressman Davenport
Rx for the Defense
District Attorney Horn
Mister Roberts
The Captain
The Water Engine
Tour Guide
Shelter
Capt. Robert Landis
Unbeatable Harold
Harold's Father
Forget About It
Eddie O'Brien
A Chance of Snow
Earl Pulmer
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Assistant to the Boss
The Drum Beats Twice
Satan
A Tiger's Tale
Charlie Drumm
The Return of Eliot Ness
Roger Finn
The Life Zone
James Wise
The Waiter
Frank 'The Handler' Maro
Deal
Charlie Adler
Break
The Wise Man
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Stuart Steele
Three Chris's
Kris Kringle
The Golden Boys
John Bartlett
The Butter Battle Book
Grandfather (voice)
Harvey Middleman, Fireman
Dooley
Death and Texas
Marshall Ledger
Kinky Killers
Alexander Hathaway
The Connection
Frank Devlin
Miracle Dogs Too
Captain Pete Weaver
Hard Time: The Premonition
Det. Charlie Duffy
Dinner at Eight
Dan Packard
Case Closed
Les Kabowski
Prime Target
Earl Mulcahaney
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Murphy
Never Look Back
Reverend Hale
Where the River Runs Black
Father O'Reilly
A Perfect Match
Bill Larson
The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
Budd Rogers
The Secret Life of Algernon
Norbie Hess
Switch
Lt. Phil Beckman
Stiletto
Cop (uncredited)
Turn of Faith
Philly Russo
The Great Fight
Judge Frier
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Uncle Doffue
I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII
Pope John XXIII
Unholy Matrimony
Reverend Samuel Corey
Bleeding Hearts
Santa Claus
Attica
Commissioner Russell Oswald
Descansos
Inkeeper #2
Look Homeward, Angel
Will Pentland
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
McMahon
Rogue Assassin
2012
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
Santa
Very Mean Men
Paddy Mulroney
Scavenger Killers
Dylan Frier
Doomsday Voyage
Jason's First Mate
Working
Retired Man
TV Shows (45)
NCIS
Ernie Yost · 1 eps
Family Guy
Francis Griffin (voice) · 5 eps
Monk
Hank Johansen · 1 eps
Everybody Loves Raymond
Father Hubley · 6 eps
Great Performances
McMahon · 1 eps
The Practice
Stephen Donnell · 2 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Havens · 1 eps
Everwood
Eugene Brown · 2 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Thomas Finnegan · 1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Father Thomas Madden · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Retired Man · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Charles F. Money · 1 eps
Rescue Me
Michael Gavin · 30 eps
Rescue Me
Tommy's Dad · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
Arli$$
W.S. Walcott · 1 eps
Early Edition
Judge Steven Romick · 2 eps
All in the Family
Detective · 1 eps
The Defenders
Juror #11 · 1 eps
Playhouse
McMahon · 1 eps
The High Chaparral
Hewitt · 1 eps
Amazing Stories
Assistant to the Boss · 1 eps
Amazing Stories
Earl · 1 eps
Cybill
1 eps
Cybill
A.J. Sheridan · 1 eps
Performance
Charles F. Money · 1 eps
Baretta
1 eps
Evening Shade
Harlan Elldridge · 100 eps
Another World
1547 eps
The Comedy Factory
Harry Deegan · 1 eps
Now and Again
Narrator (voice; uncredited) · 2 eps
Tall Tales & Legends
Uncle Doffue · 1 eps
First Monday
Henry Hoskins · 13 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Stephen Douglas · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Casey Stengel · 1 eps
Captains and the Kings
Ed Healey · 8 eps
A Woman of Independent Means
Andrew Alcott · 3 eps
Citizen Baines
1 eps
The Cop and the Kid
Officer Frank Murphy · 13 eps
Orleans
Frank Vitelli · 8 eps
The American Revolution
Benjamin Franklin · 6 eps
Studs Lonigan
Paddy Lonigan · 3 eps
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
John F. Fitzgerald · 3 eps
The Judge
Judge Harlan Radovich · 2 eps
Dinner for Five
1 eps
Self / Appearances (15)
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
Self
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
A Constant Forge
Self
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
According to Dom
Self
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
Self
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Self
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
Self
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Self
The Art of 'The Sting'
Self
The Autopsy
Self
LA DA Story
Self (archive footage)