Charles Durning

Actor Feb 28 (died age 89) Highland Falls, New York, USA 1951–2021 (70 year career)

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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

Film

Scarface

Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)

Film

The Sting

Lt. Wm. Snyder

Film

Dog Day Afternoon

Moretti

Film

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Pappy O'Daniel

Film

Tootsie

Les Nichols

Film

The Hudsucker Proxy

Waring Hudsucker

Film

The Muppet Movie

Doc Hopper

Film

The Front Page

Murphy

Filmography

Acting (213)

Movies (171)

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

LA DA Story

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Bleeding Hearts

as Santa Claus

Scavenger Killers

as Dylan Frier

Rogue Assassin

The Life Zone

as James Wise

Naked Run

as Congressman Davenport

The Great Fight

as Judge Frier

The Waiter

as Frank 'The Handler' Maro

Three Chris's

2010

as Kris Kringle

An Affirmative Act

2010

as Man in the White Suit

Break

as The Wise Man

Amazing Racer

as Floyd

According to Dom

as Self

Local Color

2008

as Yammi

6.3

iMurders

2008

as Dr. Seamus St. Martin

Good Dick

as Charlie

A Bunch of Amateurs

as Charlie Rosenberg

Deal

as Charlie Adler

The Golden Boys

as John Bartlett

Kinky Killers

as Alexander Hathaway

Desperation

as Tom Billingsley

Unbeatable Harold

as Harold's Father

Jesus, Mary and Joey

as Teddy

Descansos

as Inkeeper #2

Forget About It

as Eddie O'Brien

Miracle Dogs Too

as Captain Pete Weaver

5.0

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

2006

as Self

7.8

The Art of 'The Sting'

as Self

Dirty Deeds

as Victor Rasdale

River's End

as Murray Blythe

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

2005

as The Lawyer

2.6

A Boyfriend for Christmas

as Santa Claus

Death and Texas

as Marshall Ledger

The Autopsy

as Self

The Drum Beats Twice

2004

as Satan

2.0

A Very Married Christmas

2004

as Ozzy Larson

4.8

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

as Self

Dead Canaries

Mother Ghost

as George

Mr. St. Nick

as Nicholas XX

Turn of Faith

as Philly Russo

Bleacher Bums

as Scorekeeper

The Judge

as Judge Harlan Radovich

4.5

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

2001

as Stuart Steele

5.6

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000

as Pappy O'Daniel

7.3

State and Main

2000

as Mayor George Bailey

Lakeboat

as Skippy

Very Mean Men

as Paddy Mulroney

The Last Producer

as Syd Wolf

Never Look Back

as Reverend Hale

A Constant Forge

as Self

Hard Time: The Premonition

1999

as Det. Charlie Duffy

5.0

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

1999

as Det. Charlie Duffy

Justice

as Moe Ryan

Hard Time

as Det. Charlie Duffy

5.5

Shelter

1998

as Capt. Robert Landis

Jerry and Tom

as Vic

Hi-Life

as Fatty

A Chance of Snow

as Earl Pulmer

The Secret Life of Algernon

as Norbie Hess

Spy Hard

as The Director

Recon

as Chief

One Fine Day

as Lew, Jack's boss

The Grass Harp

as Reverend Buster

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

as Archie (voice)

Mrs. Santa Claus

as Santa Claus

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996

as Santa Claus

5.9

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

1996

as Self

7.5

The Last Supper

1995

as Reverend Gerald Hutchens

6.5

Home for the Holidays

as Henry Larson

The Hudsucker Proxy

as Waring Hudsucker

I.Q.

as Louis Bamberger

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as Doc Hopper (archive footage)

Roommates

as Barney

The Music of Chance

as Bill Flower

When a Stranger Calls Back

as John Clifford

Tales from Hollywood

as Charles F. Money

The Water Engine

as Tour Guide

V.I. Warshawski

as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory

4.7

The Story Lady

1991

as Judge (uncredited)

6.0

The Return of Eliot Ness

as Roger Finn

Dick Tracy

as Chief Brandon

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

as Self

Project Alien

as Colonel Clancy

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990

as Self (archive footage)

Etoile

1989

as Uncle Joshua

5.7

Brenda Starr

1989

as Editor Francis I. Livright

Cat Chaser

as Jiggs Scully

Dinner at Eight

as Dan Packard

Prime Target

as Earl Mulcahaney

The Butter Battle Book

1989

as Grandfather (voice)

6.2

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

as Santa

A Tiger's Tale

as Charlie Drumm

Case Closed

as Les Kabowski

Cop

1988

as Dutch Peltz

6.3

Unholy Matrimony

1988

as Reverend Samuel Corey

Far North

as Bertrum

The Rosary Murders

as Father Ted Nabors

Happy New Year

as Charlie

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

1987

as Senator Henry Colton

5.9

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

1987

as Warden Hardy

6.6

I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII

1987

as Pope John XXIII

Big Trouble

as O'Mara

Solarbabies

as The Warden

Where the River Runs Black

as Father O'Reilly

Tough Guys

as Deke Yablonski

Stick

as Chucky

The Man with One Red Shoe

as Ross

Death of a Salesman

as Charley

Stand Alone

as Louis Thibadeau

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

as Uncle Doffue

Mister Roberts

as The Captain

Mass Appeal

as Monsignor Thomas Burke

5.8

P.O.P.

1984

as P. Oliver Pendergast

Scarface

1983

as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)

Two of a Kind

as Charlie

To Be or Not to Be

as Col. Erhardt

Hadley's Rebellion

as Sam Crawford

Tootsie

as Les Nichols

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

as Governor of Texas

Working

as Retired Man

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories

1982

as McMahon

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

1981

as McMahon

Sharky's Machine

as Lt. Friscoe

True Confessions

as Jack Amsterdam

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

1981

as Otis P. Hazelrigg

6.5

Casey Stengel

1981

as Casey Stengel

The Best Little Girl in the World

1981

as Frank Powell

5.1

Crisis at Central High

1981

as Jess Matthews

6.0

Attica

1980

as Commissioner Russell Oswald

5.7

The Final Countdown

1980

as Senator Samuel Chapman

Die Laughing

as Arnold

A Perfect Match

as Bill Larson

Tilt

1979

as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens

5.0

The Muppet Movie

1979

as Doc Hopper

7.2

When a Stranger Calls

1979

as John Clifford

6.2

Starting Over

1979

as Michael "Mickey" Potter

6.3

North Dallas Forty

1979

as Coach Johnson

6.6

The Muppets Go Hollywood

as Self

The Fury

as Dr. Jim McKeever

The Greek Tycoon

as Michael Russell

An Enemy of the People

as Peter Stockmann

Special Olympics

as Carl Gallitzin

The Choirboys

as Spermwhale Whalen

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

as President David T. Stevens

6.4

Harry and Walter Go to New York

as Rufus T. Crisp

Dog Day Afternoon

as Moretti

Breakheart Pass

as Frank O'Brien

The Hindenburg

as Captain Pruss

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

1975

as Al Green

5.7

Switch

1975

as Lt. Phil Beckman

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

as Budd Rogers

The Front Page

as Murphy

The Sting

as Lt. Wm. Snyder

Sisters

as Joseph Larch

Rx for the Defense

as District Attorney Horn

The Connection

1973

as Frank Devlin

Look Homeward, Angel

1972

as Will Pentland

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

1972

as Murphy

4.8

Deadhead Miles

1972

as Truck Driver in Cafe

5.5

Doomsday Voyage

1972

as Jason's First Mate

The Pursuit of Happiness

as 2nd Guard

Hi, Mom!

as Superintendent

I Walk the Line

as Wylie Hunnicutt

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet

as Football Player

Stiletto

as Cop (uncredited)

Harvey Middleman, Fireman

1965

as Dooley

3.0

The Password Is Courage

1962

as American Solider (uncredited)

6.3

Amazing Stories: The Movie III

as (archive footage)

Television (42)

Rescue Me

as Michael Gavin

NCIS

as Ernie Yost

Monk

as Hank Johansen

Everwood

as Eugene Brown

First Monday

as Henry Hoskins

The Judge

as Judge Harlan Radovich

Citizen Baines

Dinner for Five

Family Guy

as Francis Griffin (voice)

7.4

Now and Again

1999

as Narrator (voice; uncredited)

The Practice

as Stephen Donnell

Orleans

as Frank Vitelli

Arli$$

1996

as W.S. Walcott

6.7

Everybody Loves Raymond

1996

as Father Hubley

6.8

Early Edition

1996

as Judge Steven Romick

7.3

Cybill

1995

5.8

A Woman of Independent Means

1995

as Andrew Alcott

10.0

Touched by an Angel

1994

as Father Thomas Madden

7.2

The American Revolution

1994

as Benjamin Franklin

Homicide: Life on the Street

as Thomas Finnegan

Performance

as Charles F. Money

Evening Shade

as Harlan Elldridge

The Kennedys of Massachusetts

1990

as John F. Fitzgerald

7.2

Amazing Stories

1985

as Assistant to the Boss

7.5

The Comedy Factory

1985

as Harry Deegan

Tall Tales & Legends

as Uncle Doffue

Eye to Eye

Studs Lonigan

as Paddy Lonigan

Captains and the Kings

as Ed Healey

Baretta

The Cop and the Kid

as Officer Frank Murphy

Dinah!

as Self

Playhouse

as McMahon

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Great Performances

as McMahon

Cannon

All in the Family

as Detective

Hawaii Five-O

as Havens

The High Chaparral

as Hewitt

Another World

The Defenders

as Juror #11

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Stephen Douglas

8.6