Charles Bronson
Acting
Born: November 3, 1921 · Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: August 30, 2003 (aged 81)
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town in the Allegheny Mountains. Bronson's father, a miner, died when Bronson was young. Bronson himself worked in the mines as well until joining the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 to fight in World War II. Bronson had sizeable co-starring roles in The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), This Property Is Condemned (1966), and The Dirty Dozen (1967). Bronson also performed in many major television shows, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his supporting role in an episode of General Electric Theater. Actor Alain Delon (who was a fan of Bronson) hired him to co-star with him in the French film Adieu l'ami (1968). That year, he also played one of the leads in the Italian spaghetti Western, Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Bronson continued playing leads in various action, Western, and war films made in Europe, including Rider on the Rain (1970), which won a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. During this time Bronson was the most popular American actor in Europe. Early life and war service Bronson was born November 3, 1921, in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, a coal mining region in the Allegheny Mountains, north of Johnstown. He was the 11th of 15 children born into a Roman Catholic family of Lithuanian descent. The very large family slept in shifts in their cold-water shack. The coal car tracks that ran out of the mine's mouth passed just a few yards away. His father, Walter Buchinsky (né Vladislavas Valteris Paulius Bučinskas/Bučinskis), was a Lipka Tatar from Druskininkai in southern Lithuania. Bronson's mother, Mary (née Valinsky), whose parents were from Lithuania, was born in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, in the Anthracite Coal Region. Bronson said English was not spoken at home during his childhood, like many other first-generation American children he grew up with. He once recounted that even as a soldier, his accent was strong enough to make his comrades think he was a foreigner. Besides English, he could speak Lithuanian and Russian. Marriages His first marriage was to Harriet Tendler, whom he met when both were fledgling actors in Philadelphia. They had two children, Suzanne and Tony, before divorcing in 1965. Bronson died at age 81 on August 30, 2003, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Bronson was married to English actress Jill Ireland from October 5, 1968, until her death in 1990. Death Bronson died at age 81 on August 30, 2003, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Although pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease have been cited as his cause of death, neither appears on his death certificate, which cites "respiratory failure", "metastatic lung cancer", with, secondarily, "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" and "congestive cardiomyopathy" as the causes of death. He was interred at Brownsville Cemetery in West Windsor, Vermont. CLR
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
The Great Escape
1963
The Magnificent Seven
1960
The Dirty Dozen
1967
The Twilight Zone
1959
Death Wish
1974
Death Wish II
1982
Bonanza
1959
Death Wish 3
1985
House of Wax
1953
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987
The Mechanic
1972
Photos (5)
Movies (95)
Once Upon a Time in the West
'Harmonica'
The Great Escape
Danny 'Tunnel King'
The Magnificent Seven
Bernardo O'Reilly
Death Wish
Paul Kersey
The Dirty Dozen
Joseph Wladislaw
Death Wish 3
Paul Kersey
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Paul Kersey
Battle of the Bulge
Maj. Wolenski
Death Wish II
Paul Kersey
The Mechanic
Arthur Bishop
10 to Midnight
Leo Kessler
House of Wax
Igor
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Paul Kersey
From Noon Till Three
Graham Dorsey
Hard Times
Chaney
Red Sun
Link
Never So Few
Sgt. John Danforth
Chato's Land
Pardon Chato
Breakheart Pass
John Deakin
Death Hunt
Albert Johnson
The Indian Runner
Mr. Roberts
Murphy's Law
Jack Murphy
The Sandpiper
Cos Erickson
Rider on the Rain
Col. Harry Dobbs
Mr. Majestyk
Vince Majestyk
Jubal
Reb
This Property Is Condemned
J.J. Nichols
Borderline
Jeb Maynard
The White Buffalo
Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis
Kid Galahad
Lew Nyack
Run of the Arrow
Blue Buffolo
The Evil That Men Do
Holland
You Can't Win 'Em All
Josh Corey
Raid on Entebbe
Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
Villa Rides
Rodolfo Fierro
Breakout
Nick Colton
A Thunder of Drums
Trooper Hanna
Cold Sweat
Joe Martin
Guns for San Sebastian
Teclo
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Lieutenant Crowe
Machine-Gun Kelly
George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly
Assassination
Jay Killion
Farewell, Friend
Franz Propp
The Sea Wolf
Capt. Wolf Larsen
The Valachi Papers
Joe Valachi
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Francis Church
Messenger of Death
Garret Smith
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
Commissioner Paul Fein
Drum Beat
Kintpuash
Act of Vengeance
Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
Master of the World
John Strock
The Valdez Horses
Chino Valdez
Family of Cops
Paul Fein
Telefon
Major Grigori Borzov
Love and Bullets
Charlie Congers
Vera Cruz
Pittsburgh
The People Against O'Hara
Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
The Stone Killer
Lou Torrey
Someone Behind the Door
The Stranger
Riding Shotgun
Pinto
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
Paul Fein
The Bull of the West
Ben Justin
Red Skies of Montana
Neff (uncredited)
Violent City
Jeff Heston
Crime Wave
Ben Hastings
4 for Texas
Matson
Apache
Hondo
You're in the Navy Now
Wascylewski
Donato and Daughter
Sgt. Mike Donato
Guns of Diablo
Linc Murdock
The Meanest Men in the West
Harge Talbot Jr.
Pat and Mike
Henry 'Hank' Tasling
Caboblanco
Gifford Hoyt
Big House, U.S.A
Benny Kelly
No Time at All
Wolf Hagan
St. Ives
Raymond St. Ives
La Classe américaine
The Indian (archive footage)
Miss Sadie Thompson
Pvt. Edwards
Showdown at Boot Hill
Luke Welsh
The Mob
Jack (uncredited)
Twinky
Scott Wardman
Diplomatic Courier
Russian Agent (uncredited)
My Six Convicts
Jocko
Off Limits
Russell (Uncredited)
X-15
Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
Torpedo Alley
Submariner (uncredited)
When Hell Broke Loose
Steve Boland
The Clown
Gambler (uncredited)
Tennessee Champ
Sixty Jubel
Battle Zone
Marine Private (uncredited)
The Marrying Kind
Eddie
Target Zero
Sgt. Vince Gaspari
Gang War
Alan Avery
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
Mean Justice
Moreno
TV Shows (56)
Bonanza
Harry Starr · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Ralph Schuyler · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Man · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
Manfred Holt · 5 eps
The Virginian
Ben Justin · 1 eps
The Virginian
Harge Talbot · 1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Harry Gregg · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Earl Clayton · 1 eps
Studio One
Cal · 2 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Frank Dana · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Tate · 1 eps
Combat!
Velasquez · 1 eps
Rawhide
Del Lingman · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Crego · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Ben Tiple · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Det. Krovitch · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Frank Bramwell · 1 eps
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Ray Bardon · 1 eps
One Step Beyond
Yank Dawson · 1 eps
Tales of Wells Fargo
Butch Cassidy · 1 eps
Adventures in Paradise
Dan Morton · 1 eps
Yancy Derringer
Rogue Donovan · 1 eps
Sugarfoot
Sandy Randall · 1 eps
Sugarfoot
Cliff Raven · 1 eps
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Dan Rocco · 1 eps
Studio 57
Dawson · 1 eps
M Squad
Eddie Loder · 1 eps
The Millionaire
Jerry Bell · 1 eps
Playhouse 90
Wolf Hagan · 1 eps
Playhouse 90
Andy Kovaric · 1 eps
Playhouse 90
Sgt Meras · 1 eps
Riverboat
Crowley · 1 eps
Telephone Time
Guest · 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
John Stanizewski · 1 eps
Cain's Hundred
Hank Conrad · 1 eps
The New Breed
Jerry Bergason · 1 eps
Suspicion
Cal · 1 eps
The Walter Winchell File
Eggers · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Eugene Walters · 1 eps
The Legend of Jesse James
Cheyney · 1 eps
The Aquanauts
Hector Morrison · 1 eps
Wire Service
Sam Adams · 1 eps
Man with a Camera
Mike Kovac · 29 eps
Hey, Jeannie!
Rocky Harman · 1 eps
The Islanders
Dutch Malkin · 1 eps
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Linc Murdock · 26 eps
Treasury Men in Action
Frankie Ames · 1 eps
Biff Baker U.S.A.
Czech spy · 1 eps
Biff Baker U.S.A.
Wilhelm · 6 eps
U.S. Marshall
Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid · 39 eps
Colt .45
Danny Gordon · 1 eps
Medic
Dr. John Bircher · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Pike · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Henry · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Soldier Conlon · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Sgt. Roy Smith · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (17)
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Self
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
Elvis: A Life in Music
Self (archive footage)
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
Operation Dirty Dozen
Self
Catastrophe: No Safe Place
Self - Host
The Big Sur
Self (uncredited)
Valachi: The Violent Era
Self
