Charles Durning

Known for: Acting

Born: 1923-02-28 – 2012-12-24 (aged 89)

From: Highland Falls, New York, USA

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).

Filmography (216)

MOVIE
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
LA DA Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 2.8
Bleeding Hearts
2015
as Santa Claus
MOVIE★ 1.7
Scavenger Killers
2013
as Dylan Frier
MOVIE★ 5.0
Rogue Assassin
2012
MOVIE★ 2.1
The Life Zone
2011
as James Wise
MOVIE★ 2.0
The Great Fight
2011
as Judge Frier
MOVIE★ 2.0
Naked Run
2011
as Congressman Davenport
MOVIE★ 2.6
An Affirmative Act
2010
as Man in the White Suit
MOVIE
The Waiter
2010
as Frank 'The Handler' Maro
MOVIE
Three Chris's
2010
as Kris Kringle
MOVIE
According to Dom
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.0
Break
2009
as The Wise Man
MOVIE★ 6.2
Amazing Racer
2009
as Floyd
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Golden Boys
2008
as John Bartlett
MOVIE★ 5.7
A Bunch of Amateurs
2008
as Charlie Rosenberg
MOVIE★ 6.2
Local Color
2008
as Yammi
MOVIE★ 5.9
Good Dick
2008
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 3.4
iMurders
2008
as Dr. Seamus St. Martin
MOVIE★ 5.4
Deal
2008
as Charlie Adler
MOVIE★ 2.6
Kinky Killers
2007
as Alexander Hathaway
MOVIE★ 5.1
Forget About It
2006
as Eddie O'Brien
MOVIE★ 5.5
Desperation
2006
as Tom Billingsley
MOVIE★ 5.5
Miracle Dogs Too
2006
as Captain Pete Weaver
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
as Self
MOVIE★ 3.7
Descansos
2006
as Inkeeper #2
MOVIE★ 4.4
Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006
as Teddy
MOVIE★ 5.0
Unbeatable Harold
2006
as Harold's Father
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Art of 'The Sting'
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.5
Dirty Deeds
2005
as Victor Rasdale
MOVIE★ 3.3
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
as The Lawyer
MOVIE★ 5.0
River's End
2005
as Murray Blythe
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Autopsy
2004
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
A Very Married Christmas
2004
as Ozzy Larson
MOVIE★ 5.6
A Boyfriend for Christmas
2004
as Santa Claus
TV★ 7.6
Rescue Me
2004
as Michael Gavin
MOVIE★ 6.3
Death and Texas
2004
as Marshall Ledger
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Drum Beats Twice
2004
as Satan
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Ernie Yost
MOVIE★ 7.0
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
MOVIE
Dead Canaries
2003
MOVIE★ 5.9
Mr. St. Nick
2002
as Nicholas XX
TV★ 7.6
Everwood
2002
as Eugene Brown
MOVIE★ 6.8
Mother Ghost
2002
as George
TV★ 8.0
Monk
2002
as Hank Johansen
MOVIE★ 3.7
Turn of Faith
2002
as Philly Russo
TV★ 6.5
First Monday
2002
as Henry Hoskins
MOVIE★ 6.8
Bleacher Bums
2001
as Scorekeeper
MOVIE★ 5.9
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
2001
as Stuart Steele
TV★ 7.0
Citizen Baines
2001
TV★ 8.3
Dinner for Five
2001
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Judge
2001
as Judge Harlan Radovich
TV★ 4.5
The Judge
2001
as Judge Harlan Radovich
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Constant Forge
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Pappy O'Daniel
MOVIE★ 6.3
State and Main
2000
as Mayor George Bailey
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Last Producer
2000
as Syd Wolf
MOVIE★ 5.3
Very Mean Men
2000
as Paddy Mulroney
MOVIE★ 4.7
Lakeboat
2000
as Skippy
MOVIE★ 4.0
Never Look Back
2000
as Reverend Hale
MOVIE★ 6.9
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999
as Det. Charlie Duffy
TV★ 6.8
Now and Again
1999
as Narrator (voice; uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Hard Time: The Premonition
1999
as Det. Charlie Duffy
TV★ 7.4
Family Guy
1999
as Francis Griffin (voice)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Justice
1999
as Moe Ryan
MOVIE★ 5.9
Hard Time
1998
as Det. Charlie Duffy
MOVIE★ 5.9
A Chance of Snow
1998
as Earl Pulmer
MOVIE★ 6.3
Jerry and Tom
1998
as Vic
MOVIE★ 6.7
Hi-Life
1998
as Fatty
MOVIE★ 4.4
Shelter
1998
as Capt. Robert Landis
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Secret Life of Algernon
1997
as Norbie Hess
TV★ 7.7
The Practice
1997
as Stephen Donnell
TV★ 9.0
Orleans
1997
as Frank Vitelli
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996
as Santa Claus
MOVIE★ 6.5
One Fine Day
1996
as Lew, Jack's boss
MOVIE★ 6.2
Mrs. Santa Claus
1996
as Santa Claus
MOVIE★ 7.5
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
1996
as Archie (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Grass Harp
1996
as Reverend Buster
TV★ 7.4
Early Edition
1996
as Judge Steven Romick
TV★ 6.8
Everybody Loves Raymond
1996
as Father Hubley
TV★ 6.8
Arli$$
1996
as W.S. Walcott
MOVIE★ 9.0
Recon
1996
as Chief
MOVIE★ 5.4
Spy Hard
1996
as The Director
MOVIE★ 6.3
Home for the Holidays
1995
as Henry Larson
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Last Supper
1995
as Reverend Gerald Hutchens
TV★ 10.0
A Woman of Independent Means
1995
as Andrew Alcott
TV★ 5.9
Cybill
1995
MOVIE★ 6.0
I.Q.
1994
as Louis Bamberger
TV★ 8.0
The American Revolution
1994
as Benjamin Franklin
MOVIE★ 7.4
The World of Jim Henson
1994
as Doc Hopper (archive footage)
TV★ 7.2
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Father Thomas Madden
MOVIE★ 4.5
Roommates
1994
as Barney
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Waring Hudsucker
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Music of Chance
1993
as Bill Flower
MOVIE★ 5.9
When a Stranger Calls Back
1993
as John Clifford
TV★ 8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Thomas Finnegan
MOVIE★ 3.0
Tales from Hollywood
1992
as Charles F. Money
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Water Engine
1992
as Tour Guide
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Story Lady
1991
as Judge (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Return of Eliot Ness
1991
as Roger Finn
TV★ 6.3
Performance
1991
as Charles F. Money
MOVIE★ 4.8
V.I. Warshawski
1991
as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory
MOVIE★ 3.5
Project Alien
1990
as Colonel Clancy
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990
as Self
TV★ 5.8
Evening Shade
1990
as Harlan Elldridge
MOVIE★ 6.2
Dick Tracy
1990
as Chief Brandon
TV★ 7.8
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
as John F. Fitzgerald
MOVIE★ 7.0
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Dinner at Eight
1989
as Dan Packard
MOVIE★ 3.8
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
1989
as Santa
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Butter Battle Book
1989
as Grandfather (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.2
Prime Target
1989
as Earl Mulcahaney
MOVIE★ 5.0
Cat Chaser
1989
as Jiggs Scully
MOVIE★ 4.7
Brenda Starr
1989
as Editor Francis I. Livright
MOVIE★ 5.8
Etoile
1989
as Uncle Joshua
MOVIE★ 6.5
Far North
1988
as Bertrum
MOVIE★ 8.3
Unholy Matrimony
1988
as Reverend Samuel Corey
MOVIE★ 9.0
Case Closed
1988
as Les Kabowski
MOVIE★ 4.4
A Tiger's Tale
1988
as Charlie Drumm
MOVIE★ 6.3
Cop
1988
as Dutch Peltz
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
1987
as Senator Henry Colton
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
as Warden Hardy
MOVIE★ 10.0
I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII
1987
as Pope John XXIII
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Rosary Murders
1987
as Father Ted Nabors
MOVIE★ 5.8
Happy New Year
1987
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 5.3
Solarbabies
1986
as The Warden
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tough Guys
1986
as Deke Yablonski
MOVIE★ 6.5
Where the River Runs Black
1986
as Father O'Reilly
MOVIE★ 5.4
Big Trouble
1986
as O'Mara
TV★ 7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
as Assistant to the Boss
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1985
as Uncle Doffue
TV★ 6.0
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Uncle Doffue
MOVIE★ 5.4
Stand Alone
1985
as Louis Thibadeau
MOVIE★ 6.9
Death of a Salesman
1985
as Charley
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Man with One Red Shoe
1985
as Ross
TV
The Comedy Factory
1985
as Harry Deegan
MOVIE★ 5.5
Stick
1985
as Chucky
TV★ 7.0
Eye to Eye
1985
MOVIE★ 6.8
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.9
Mass Appeal
1984
as Monsignor Thomas Burke
MOVIE
P.O.P.
1984
as P. Oliver Pendergast
MOVIE★ 7.5
Mister Roberts
1984
as The Captain
MOVIE★ 6.7
To Be or Not to Be
1983
as Col. Erhardt
MOVIE★ 5.9
Two of a Kind
1983
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 8.2
Scarface
1983
as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.8
Hadley's Rebellion
1983
as Sam Crawford
MOVIE★ 7.2
Tootsie
1982
as Les Nichols
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
as Governor of Texas
MOVIE
The Best Little Special In Texas
1982
MOVIE
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982
as McMahon
MOVIE★ 4.8
Working
1982
as Retired Man
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Retired Man
MOVIE★ 6.2
Sharky's Machine
1981
as Lt. Friscoe
MOVIE★ 6.5
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
1981
as Otis P. Hazelrigg
MOVIE★ 6.1
True Confessions
1981
as Jack Amsterdam
MOVIE
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981
as McMahon
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Best Little Girl in the World
1981
as Frank Powell
MOVIE★ 7.0
Casey Stengel
1981
as Casey Stengel
MOVIE★ 7.0
Crisis at Central High
1981
as Jess Matthews
MOVIE★ 7.0
A Perfect Match
1980
as Bill Larson
MOVIE★ 4.9
Die Laughing
1980
as Arnold
MOVIE★ 5.7
Attica
1980
as Commissioner Russell Oswald
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Final Countdown
1980
as Senator Samuel Chapman
MOVIE★ 6.4
Starting Over
1979
as Michael "Mickey" Potter
MOVIE★ 6.2
When a Stranger Calls
1979
as John Clifford
MOVIE★ 6.7
North Dallas Forty
1979
as Coach Johnson
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Muppet Movie
1979
as Doc Hopper
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
Tilt
1979
as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens
TV★ 8.8
Studs Lonigan
1979
as Paddy Lonigan
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Greek Tycoon
1978
as Michael Russell
MOVIE★ 6.8
An Enemy of the People
1978
as Peter Stockmann
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Fury
1978
as Dr. Jim McKeever
MOVIE★ 7.3
Special Olympics
1978
as Carl Gallitzin
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Choirboys
1977
as Spermwhale Whalen
MOVIE★ 6.5
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as President David T. Stevens
TV★ 8.8
Captains and the Kings
1976
as Ed Healey
MOVIE★ 5.7
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976
as Rufus T. Crisp
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Hindenburg
1975
as Captain Pruss
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Rivalry
1975
as Stephen Douglas
MOVIE★ 6.6
Breakheart Pass
1975
as Frank O'Brien
TV
The Cop and the Kid
1975
as Officer Frank Murphy
MOVIE★ 7.8
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
as Moretti
MOVIE★ 9.0
Switch
1975
as Lt. Phil Beckman
MOVIE★ 6.3
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
1975
as Al Green
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
1975
as Budd Rogers
TV★ 6.5
Baretta
1975
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Front Page
1974
as Murphy
TV★ 7.0
Dinah!
1974
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as McMahon
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Sting
1973
as Lt. Wm. Snyder
MOVIE★ 9.0
Rx for the Defense
1973
as District Attorney Horn
TV★ 6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Sisters
1973
as Joseph Larch
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Connection
1973
as Frank Devlin
MOVIE★ 6.0
Deadhead Miles
1972
as Truck Driver in Cafe
MOVIE★ 5.3
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972
as Murphy
MOVIE★ 9.0
Look Homeward, Angel
1972
as Will Pentland
MOVIE★ 10.0
Doomsday Voyage
1972
as Jason's First Mate
TV★ 6.7
Cannon
1971
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Pursuit of Happiness
1971
as 2nd Guard
TV★ 6.1
Great Performances
1971
as McMahon
TV★ 7.8
All in the Family
1971
as Detective
MOVIE★ 5.9
I Walk the Line
1970
as Wylie Hunnicutt
MOVIE★ 6.3
Hi, Mom!
1970
as Superintendent
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
1970
as Football Player
MOVIE★ 5.3
Stiletto
1969
as Cop (uncredited)
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Havens
TV★ 6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
as Hewitt
MOVIE★ 5.0
Harvey Middleman, Fireman
1965
as Dooley
TV★ 5.5
Another World
1964
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Password Is Courage
1962
as American Solider (uncredited)
TV★ 6.3
The Defenders
1961
as Juror #11
TV★ 8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Stephen Douglas
MOVIE
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
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as (archive footage)