Charles Bronson

Actor Nov 3 (died age 81) Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA 1944–2026 (82 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Once Upon a Time in the West

'Harmonica'

Film

The Great Escape

Danny 'Tunnel King'

Film

The Magnificent Seven

Bernardo O'Reilly

Film

The Dirty Dozen

Joseph Wladislaw

Film

Death Wish

Paul Kersey

Film

La Classe américaine

The Indian (archive footage)

Film

House of Wax

Igor

Film

Red Sun

Link

Filmography

Acting (175)

Movies (110)

Elvis: A Life in Music

2026

as Self (archive footage)

Breakdown: 1975

2025

as Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage)

6.4

Rat Pack

2022

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Spanish Western

2015

as Self (archive footage)

6.2

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

7.2

Operation Dirty Dozen

2006

as Self

6.0

Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion

1999

as Paul Fein

6.5

Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II

1997

as Commissioner Paul Fein

6.5

Family of Cops

1995

as Paul Fein

6.4

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

1995

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Death Wish V: The Face of Death

as Paul Kersey

Donato and Daughter

as Sgt. Mike Donato

La Classe américaine

as The Indian (archive footage)

The Sea Wolf

as Capt. Wolf Larsen

The Indian Runner

as Mr. Roberts

Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus

1991

as Francis Church

7.0

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects

as Lieutenant Crowe

Messenger of Death

as Garret Smith

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown

1987

as Paul Kersey

5.7

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

as Self

Assassination

as Jay Killion

Act of Vengeance

as Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski

5.6

Murphy's Law

1986

as Jack Murphy

6.0

All Star Party for Clint Eastwood

as Self

Death Wish 3

as Paul Kersey

Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

The Evil That Men Do

as Holland

10 to Midnight

as Leo Kessler

All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra

as Self

Death Wish II

as Paul Kersey

Death Hunt

as Albert Johnson

Borderline

as Jeb Maynard

Caboblanco

as Gifford Hoyt

Catastrophe: No Safe Place

as Self - Host

Love and Bullets

as Charlie Congers

The Meanest Men in the West

1978

as Harge Talbot Jr.

4.1

The White Buffalo

1977

as Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis

5.9

Telefon

1977

as Major Grigori Borzov

6.6

Raid on Entebbe

1976

as Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron

St. Ives

as Raymond St. Ives

From Noon Till Three

as Graham Dorsey

Breakheart Pass

as John Deakin

Hard Times

as Chaney

Breakout

as Nick Colton

Death Wish

as Paul Kersey

Mr. Majestyk

as Vince Majestyk

The Stone Killer

as Lou Torrey

The Valdez Horses

as Chino Valdez

The Valachi Papers

as Joe Valachi

Chato's Land

as Pardon Chato

The Mechanic

as Arthur Bishop

Valachi: The Violent Era

1972

as Self

The Bull of the West

as Ben Justin

Red Sun

as Link

Someone Behind the Door

as The Stranger

Mean Justice

as Moreno

Cold Sweat

as Joe Martin

Twinky

as Scott Wardman

Rider on the Rain

as Col. Harry Dobbs

Violent City

as Jeff Heston

You Can't Win 'Em All

1970

as Josh Corey

5.9

Once Upon a Time in the West

as 'Harmonica'

Villa Rides

as Rodolfo Fierro

Farewell, Friend

as Franz Propp

The Dirty Dozen

as Joseph Wladislaw

Guns for San Sebastian

1967

as Teclo

7.0

This Property Is Condemned

as J.J. Nichols

Battle of the Bulge

as Maj. Wolenski

The Sandpiper

as Cos Erickson

The Big Sur

as Self (uncredited)

Guns of Diablo

as Linc Murdock

The Great Escape

as Danny 'Tunnel King'

4 for Texas

as Matson

Kid Galahad

as Lew Nyack

X-15

as Lt. Col. Lee Brandon

A Thunder of Drums

as Trooper Hanna

Master of the World

as John Strock

The Magnificent Seven

1960

as Bernardo O'Reilly

7.5

Never So Few

1959

as Sgt. John Danforth

Gang War

as Alan Avery

Machine-Gun Kelly

as George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly

5.8

Showdown at Boot Hill

1958

as Luke Welsh

6.5

When Hell Broke Loose

1958

as Steve Boland

5.3

No Time at All

1958

as Wolf Hagan

Run of the Arrow

as Blue Buffolo

Jubal

as Reb

Target Zero

as Sgt. Vince Gaspari

Big House, U.S.A

as Benny Kelly

Riding Shotgun

as Pinto

Apache

as Hondo

Vera Cruz

as Pittsburgh

Drum Beat

as Kintpuash

Tennessee Champ

as Sixty Jubel

House of Wax

as Igor

Torpedo Alley

as Submariner

Miss Sadie Thompson

1953

as Pvt. Edwards

5.3

The Clown

1953

as Gambler (uncredited)

Crime Wave

as Ben Hastings

The Marrying Kind

as Eddie

Red Skies of Montana

as Neff (uncredited)

Diplomatic Courier

as Russian Agent (uncredited)

6.1

Bloodhounds of Broadway

1952

as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)

6.9

Battle Zone

1952

as Marine Private (uncredited)

5.0

Off Limits

1952

as Russell (Uncredited)

5.6

Pat and Mike

1952

as Henry 'Hank' Tasling

My Six Convicts

as Jocko

The Mob

as Jack (uncredited)

The People Against O'Hara

1951

as Angelo Korvac (uncredited)

5.7

You're in the Navy Now

1951

as Wascylewski

4.4

Television (65)

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

The F.B.I.

as Earl Clayton

The Big Valley

as Tate

The Legend of Jesse James

as Cheyney

The Fugitive

as Ralph Schuyler

The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters

1963

as Linc Murdock

5.3

Vacation Playhouse

1963

as John Wesley Hardin

Combat!

as Velasquez

The Virginian

as Ben Justin

Empire

as Paul Moreno

Empire

as Moreno

Dr. Kildare

as Harry Gregg

The New Breed

as Jerry Bergason

Cain's Hundred

as Hank Conrad

The Islanders

as Dutch Malkin

The Aquanauts

as Hector Morrison

Bonanza

as Harry Starr

The Twilight Zone

as Man

Rawhide

as Del Lingman

One Step Beyond

as Yank Dawson

Adventures in Paradise

as Dan Morton

Riverboat

as Crowley

Man with a Camera

as Mike Kovac

Yancy Derringer

as Rogue Donovan

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Manfred Holt

Tales of Wells Fargo

as Butch Cassidy

Suspicion

as Cal

M Squad

as Eddie Loder

Sugarfoot

as Sandy Randall

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957

as Dan Rocco

6.2

The Walter Winchell File

as Eggers

Colt .45

as Danny Gordon

Wire Service

as Sam Adams

Playhouse 90

as Wolf Hagan

Telephone Time

as Guest

Hey, Jeannie!

as Rocky Harman

U.S. Marshall

as Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid

7.3

U.S. Marshall

1956

as Pvt. 'Guardhouse' Ravenal

7.3

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Det. Krovitch

The Millionaire

as Jerry Bell

Gunsmoke

as Crego

Crusader

as Mike Brod

Those Whiting Girls

as Martin Carroll

Studio 57

1954

as Dawson

Medic

1954

as Dr. John Bircher

5.7

The Joe Palooka Story

1954

as Eddie Crane

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

1953

as Joe Krossen

7.0

General Electric Theater

as Pike

Letter to Loretta

as Eugene Walters

Four Star Playhouse

as Frank Dana

Chevron Theatre

as (2 Episodes)

Chevron Theatre

Cavalcade of America

as John Stanizewski

Biff Baker U.S.A.

as Wilhelm

Biff Baker U.S.A.

as Czech spy

The Doctor

as Joe Langan

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

as Sgt. Roy Smith

7.2

Treasury Men in Action

as Frankie Ames

Lux Video Theatre

as Sergeant Borth

Studio One

as Cal

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Stage 7

as Jerry Donn

10.0

Stage 7

as Murray Forman

10.0