Charles Durning

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

2/28/1923

Place of Birth

Highland Falls, New York, USA

Also Known As

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Charles Durning

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

Career Timeline

2021

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

as Self

2018

LA DA Story

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Bleeding Hearts

as Santa Claus

2013

Scavenger Killers

as Dylan Frier

2012

Rogue Assassin

Role unknown

2011

The Life Zone

as James Wise

The Great Fight

as Judge Frier

Naked Run

as Congressman Davenport

2010

An Affirmative Act

as Man in the White Suit

The Waiter

as Frank 'The Handler' Maro

Three Chris's

as Kris Kringle

2009

According to Dom

as Self

Break

as The Wise Man

Amazing Racer

as Floyd

2008

The Golden Boys

as John Bartlett

A Bunch of Amateurs

as Charlie Rosenberg

Local Color

as Yammi

Good Dick

as Charlie

iMurders

as Dr. Seamus St. Martin

Deal

as Charlie Adler

2007

Kinky Killers

as Alexander Hathaway

2006

Forget About It

as Eddie O'Brien

Desperation

as Tom Billingsley

Miracle Dogs Too

as Captain Pete Weaver

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

as Self

Descansos

as Inkeeper #2

Jesus, Mary and Joey

as Teddy

Unbeatable Harold

as Harold's Father

2005

The Art of 'The Sting'

as Self

Dirty Deeds

as Victor Rasdale

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

as The Lawyer

River's End

as Murray Blythe

2004

The Autopsy

as Self

A Very Married Christmas

as Ozzy Larson

A Boyfriend for Christmas

as Santa Claus

Rescue Me

as Michael Gavin

Rescue Me

as Tommy's Dad

Death and Texas

as Marshall Ledger

The Drum Beats Twice

as Satan

2003

NCIS

as Ernie Yost

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

as Self

2002

Mr. St. Nick

as Nicholas XX

Everwood

as Eugene Brown

Mother Ghost

as George

Monk

as Hank Johansen

Turn of Faith

as Philly Russo

First Monday

as Henry Hoskins

2001

Bleacher Bums

as Scorekeeper

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

as Stuart Steele

Citizen Baines

Role unknown

Dinner for Five

Role unknown

The Judge

as Judge Harlan Radovich

The Judge

as Judge Harlan Radovich

2000

A Constant Forge

as Self

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

as Pappy O'Daniel

State and Main

as Mayor George Bailey

The Last Producer

as Syd Wolf

Very Mean Men

as Paddy Mulroney

Lakeboat

as Skippy

Never Look Back

as Reverend Hale

1999

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

as Det. Charlie Duffy

Now and Again

as Narrator (voice; uncredited)

Hard Time: The Premonition

as Det. Charlie Duffy

Family Guy

as Francis Griffin (voice)

Justice

as Moe Ryan

1998

Hard Time

as Det. Charlie Duffy

A Chance of Snow

as Earl Pulmer

Jerry and Tom

as Vic

Hi-Life

as Fatty

Shelter

as Capt. Robert Landis

1997

The Secret Life of Algernon

as Norbie Hess

The Practice

as Stephen Donnell

Orleans

as Frank Vitelli

1996

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

as Santa Claus

One Fine Day

as Lew, Jack's boss

Mrs. Santa Claus

as Santa Claus

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

as Self

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

as Archie (voice)

The Grass Harp

as Reverend Buster

Early Edition

as Judge Steven Romick

Everybody Loves Raymond

as Father Hubley

Recon

as Chief

Spy Hard

as The Director

1995

Home for the Holidays

as Henry Larson

The Last Supper

as Reverend Gerald Hutchens

A Woman of Independent Means

as Andrew Alcott

Cybill

Role unknown

Cybill

as A.J. Sheridan

1994

I.Q.

as Louis Bamberger

The American Revolution

as Benjamin Franklin

The World of Jim Henson

as Doc Hopper (archive footage)

Touched by an Angel

as Father Thomas Madden

Roommates

as Barney

The Hudsucker Proxy

as Waring Hudsucker

1993

The Music of Chance

as Bill Flower

When a Stranger Calls Back

as John Clifford

Homicide: Life on the Street

Role unknown

1992

Tales from Hollywood

as Charles F. Money

The Water Engine

as Tour Guide

1991

The Story Lady

as Judge (uncredited)

The Return of Eliot Ness

as Roger Finn

Performance

as Charles F. Money

V.I. Warshawski

as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory

1990

Project Alien

as Colonel Clancy

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

as Self

Evening Shade

as Harlan Elldridge

Dick Tracy

as Chief Brandon

The Kennedys of Massachusetts

as John F. Fitzgerald

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

as Self (archive footage)

1989

Dinner at Eight

as Dan Packard

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

as Santa

The Butter Battle Book

as Grandfather (voice)

Prime Target

as Earl Mulcahaney

Cat Chaser

as Jiggs Scully

Brenda Starr

as Editor Francis I. Livright

Etoile

as Uncle Joshua

1988

Far North

as Bertrum

Unholy Matrimony

as Reverend Samuel Corey

Case Closed

as Les Kabowski

A Tiger's Tale

as Charlie Drumm

Cop

as Dutch Peltz

1987

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

as Senator Henry Colton

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

as Warden Hardy

I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII

as Pope John XXIII

The Rosary Murders

as Father Ted Nabors

Happy New Year

as Charlie

1986

Solarbabies

as The Warden

Tough Guys

as Deke Yablonski

Where the River Runs Black

as Father O'Reilly

Big Trouble

as O'Mara

1985

Amazing Stories

as Assistant to the Boss

Amazing Stories

as Earl

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

as Uncle Doffue

Tall Tales & Legends

as Uncle Doffue

Stand Alone

as Louis Thibadeau

Death of a Salesman

as Charley

The Man with One Red Shoe

as Ross

The Comedy Factory

as Harry Deegan

Stick

as Chucky

Eye to Eye

Role unknown

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

1984

Mass Appeal

as Monsignor Thomas Burke

P.O.P.

as P. Oliver Pendergast

Mister Roberts

as The Captain

1983

To Be or Not to Be

as Col. Erhardt

Two of a Kind

as Charlie

Scarface

as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)

Hadley's Rebellion

as Sam Crawford

1982

Tootsie

as Les Nichols

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

as Governor of Texas

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories

as McMahon

Working

as Retired Man

1981

Sharky's Machine

as Lt. Friscoe

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

as Otis P. Hazelrigg

True Confessions

as Jack Amsterdam

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

as McMahon

The Best Little Girl in the World

as Frank Powell

Casey Stengel

as Casey Stengel

Crisis at Central High

as Jess Matthews

1980

A Perfect Match

as Bill Larson

Die Laughing

as Arnold

Attica

as Commissioner Russell Oswald

The Final Countdown

as Senator Samuel Chapman

1979

Starting Over

as Michael "Mickey" Potter

When a Stranger Calls

as John Clifford

North Dallas Forty

as Coach Johnson

The Muppet Movie

as Doc Hopper

The Muppets Go Hollywood

as Self

Tilt

as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens

Studs Lonigan

as Paddy Lonigan

1978

The Greek Tycoon

as Michael Russell

An Enemy of the People

as Peter Stockmann

The Fury

as Dr. Jim McKeever

Special Olympics

as Carl Gallitzin

1977

The Choirboys

as Spermwhale Whalen

Twilight's Last Gleaming

as President David T. Stevens

1976

Captains and the Kings

as Ed Healey

Harry and Walter Go to New York

as Rufus T. Crisp

1975

The Hindenburg

as Captain Pruss

Breakheart Pass

as Frank O'Brien

The Cop and the Kid

as Officer Frank Murphy

Dog Day Afternoon

as Moretti

Switch

as Lt. Phil Beckman

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

as Al Green

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

as Budd Rogers

Baretta

Role unknown

1974

The Front Page

as Murphy

Dinah!

as Self

Playhouse

as McMahon

1973

The Sting

as Lt. Wm. Snyder

Rx for the Defense

as District Attorney Horn

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Sisters

as Joseph Larch

The Connection

as Frank Devlin

1972

Deadhead Miles

as Truck Driver in Cafe

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

as Murphy

Look Homeward, Angel

as Will Pentland

Doomsday Voyage

as Jason's First Mate

1971

Cannon

Role unknown

The Pursuit of Happiness

as 2nd Guard

Great Performances

as McMahon

All in the Family

as Detective

1970

I Walk the Line

as Wylie Hunnicutt

Hi, Mom!

as Superintendent

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet

as Football Player

1969

Stiletto

as Cop (uncredited)

1968

Hawaii Five-O

as Havens

1967

The High Chaparral

as Hewitt

1965

Harvey Middleman, Fireman

as Dooley

1964

Another World

Role unknown

1962

The Password Is Courage

as American Solider (uncredited)

1961

The Defenders

as Juror #11

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Stephen Douglas

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Casey Stengel