Also Credited As:
Charles Durnham
Biography
A veteran character actor who was a widely recognizable face in film and on television for over five decades, Charles Durning earned his place as a dependable presence often playing pugnacious tough guys and authority figures. After working as a nightclub dancer and instructor, the WWII veteran broke into acting in the 1960s on the New York stage, which lead to him being discovered by director George Roy Hill and cast as a corrupt cop who …
LATEST CREDITS
The Choirboys | "Spermwhale" Whalen |
Where the River Runs Black | Father O'Reilly |
The Best Little Girl in the World | Frank Powell |
Project: Alien | Colonel Clancy |
The Butter Battle Book | of Grandpa Yook |
When a Stranger Calls | John Clifford |
When a Stranger Calls Back | John Clifford |
Eye to Eye | Oscar Poole |
The Cop and the Kid | Officer Frank Murphy |
Dark Night of the Scarecrow | Otis Hazelrig |
Turn of Faith | Big Philly |
Lakeboat | Skippy |
Death & Texas | Marshall Ledger |
P.O.P. | P Oliver Pendergast |
Casey Stengel | Casey Stengel |
I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII | Angelo Roncalli--Pope John XXIII |
Case Closed | Les Kabalski |
The Connection | Frank Devlin |
The Muppet Movie | Doc Hopper |
Harlan & Merleen | Harlan Elldridge |
The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Honoree (Lifetime Achievment Award ) |
America in the Forties | Host |
Side By Side | Harry Deegan |
Elmo Saves Christmas | Santa Claus |
Stand Alone | Louis Thibadeau |
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