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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).
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age as Self | 2021-08-14 |
| LA DA Story as Self (archive footage) | 2018-01-01 |
| Bleeding Hearts as Santa Claus | 2015-02-03 |
| Scavenger Killers as Dylan Frier | 2013-06-01 |
| Rogue Assassin | 2012-01-01 |
| The Life Zone as James Wise | 2011-06-10 |
| The Great Fight as Judge Frier | 2011-06-05 |
| Naked Run as Congressman Davenport | 2011-05-05 |
| An Affirmative Act as Man in the White Suit | 2010-06-04 |
| The Waiter as Frank 'The Handler' Maro | 2010-03-14 |
| Three Chris's as Kris Kringle | 2010-02-02 |
| According to Dom as Self | 2009-11-17 |
| Break as The Wise Man | 2009-05-01 |
| Amazing Racer as Floyd | 2009-04-23 |
| The Golden Boys as John Bartlett | 2008-12-11 |
| A Bunch of Amateurs as Charlie Rosenberg | 2008-11-17 |
| Local Color as Yammi | 2008-11-14 |
| Good Dick as Charlie | 2008-10-03 |
| iMurders as Dr. Seamus St. Martin | 2008-08-09 |
| Deal as Charlie Adler | 2008-01-29 |
| Kinky Killers as Alexander Hathaway | 2007-06-01 |
| Forget About It as Eddie O'Brien | 2006-10-14 |
| Desperation as Tom Billingsley | 2006-05-23 |
| Miracle Dogs Too as Captain Pete Weaver | 2006-04-01 |
| The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' as Self | 2006-02-28 |
| Descansos as Inkeeper #2 | 2006-01-05 |
| Unbeatable Harold as Harold's Father | 2006-01-01 |
| Jesus, Mary and Joey as Teddy | 2006-01-01 |
| The Art of 'The Sting' as Self | 2005-09-06 |
| Dirty Deeds as Victor Rasdale | 2005-08-26 |
| The L.A. Riot Spectacular as The Lawyer | 2005-04-25 |
| River's End as Murray Blythe | 2005-01-01 |
| The Autopsy as Self | 2004-12-31 |
| A Very Married Christmas as Ozzy Larson | 2004-12-05 |
| A Boyfriend for Christmas as Santa Claus | 2004-11-27 |
| Death and Texas as Marshall Ledger | 2004-03-12 |
| The Drum Beats Twice as Satan | 2004-01-01 |
| Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self | 2003-04-03 |
| Dead Canaries | 2003-01-01 |
| Mr. St. Nick as Nicholas XX | 2002-10-17 |
| Mother Ghost as George | 2002-08-08 |
| Turn of Faith as Philly Russo | 2002-06-05 |
| Bleacher Bums as Scorekeeper | 2001-10-18 |
| L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as Stuart Steele | 2001-10-09 |
| The Judge as Judge Harlan Radovich | 2001-05-06 |
| A Constant Forge as Self | 2000-10-01 |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? as Pappy O'Daniel | 2000-08-30 |
| State and Main as Mayor George Bailey | 2000-08-26 |
| The Last Producer as Syd Wolf | 2000-08-22 |
| Very Mean Men as Paddy Mulroney | 2000-06-10 |
| Lakeboat as Skippy | 2000-04-13 |
| Never Look Back as Reverend Hale | 2000-03-31 |
| Hard Time: Hostage Hotel as Det. Charlie Duffy | 1999-11-14 |
| Hard Time: The Premonition as Det. Charlie Duffy | 1999-02-27 |
| Justice as Moe Ryan | 1999-01-14 |
| Hard Time as Det. Charlie Duffy | 1998-12-12 |
| A Chance of Snow as Earl Pulmer | 1998-12-07 |
| Jerry and Tom as Vic | 1998-12-04 |
| Hi-Life as Fatty | 1998-11-27 |
| Shelter as Capt. Robert Landis | 1998-01-16 |
| The Secret Life of Algernon as Norbie Hess | 1997-11-15 |
| Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas as Santa Claus | 1996-12-24 |
| One Fine Day as Lew, Jack's boss | 1996-12-20 |
| Mrs. Santa Claus as Santa Claus | 1996-12-08 |
| Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman as Self | 1996-11-25 |
| The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists as Archie (voice) | 1996-11-01 |
| The Grass Harp as Reverend Buster | 1996-10-11 |
| Recon as Chief | 1996-07-01 |
| Spy Hard as The Director | 1996-05-24 |
| Home for the Holidays as Henry Larson | 1995-11-02 |
| The Last Supper as Reverend Gerald Hutchens | 1995-09-08 |
| I.Q. as Louis Bamberger | 1994-12-24 |
| The World of Jim Henson as Doc Hopper (archive footage) | 1994-11-23 |
| Roommates as Barney | 1994-05-30 |
| The Hudsucker Proxy as Waring Hudsucker | 1994-03-11 |
| The Music of Chance as Bill Flower | 1993-06-23 |
| When a Stranger Calls Back as John Clifford | 1993-04-04 |
| Tales from Hollywood as Charles F. Money | 1992-10-18 |
| The Water Engine as Tour Guide | 1992-08-24 |
| The Story Lady as Judge (uncredited) | 1991-12-09 |
| The Return of Eliot Ness as Roger Finn | 1991-11-10 |
| V.I. Warshawski as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory | 1991-07-26 |
| Project Alien as Colonel Clancy | 1990-12-21 |
| The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson as Self | 1990-11-21 |
| Dick Tracy as Chief Brandon | 1990-04-05 |
| Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Self (archive footage) | 1990-02-02 |
| Dinner at Eight as Dan Packard | 1989-12-11 |
| It Nearly Wasn't Christmas as Santa | 1989-12-01 |
| The Butter Battle Book as Grandfather (voice) | 1989-11-13 |
| Prime Target as Earl Mulcahaney | 1989-09-29 |
| Cat Chaser as Jiggs Scully | 1989-09-13 |
| Brenda Starr as Editor Francis I. Livright | 1989-05-15 |
| Etoile as Uncle Joshua | 1989-03-17 |
| Far North as Bertrum | 1988-11-09 |
| Unholy Matrimony as Reverend Samuel Corey | 1988-10-03 |
| Case Closed as Les Kabowski | 1988-04-19 |
| A Tiger's Tale as Charlie Drumm | 1988-02-12 |
| Cop as Dutch Peltz | 1988-02-05 |
| The Gambler: The Legend Continues as Senator Henry Colton | 1987-11-22 |
| The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains as Warden Hardy | 1987-10-31 |
| I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII as Pope John XXIII | 1987-09-16 |
| The Rosary Murders as Father Ted Nabors | 1987-08-28 |
| Happy New Year as Charlie | 1987-08-07 |
| Solarbabies as The Warden | 1986-11-26 |
| Tough Guys as Deke Yablonski | 1986-10-03 |
| Where the River Runs Black as Father O'Reilly | 1986-09-19 |
| Big Trouble as O'Mara | 1986-05-30 |
| The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as Uncle Doffue | 1985-09-25 |
| Stand Alone as Louis Thibadeau | 1985-09-01 |
| Death of a Salesman as Charley | 1985-08-16 |
| The Man with One Red Shoe as Ross | 1985-07-18 |
| Stick as Chucky | 1985-04-26 |
| Night of 100 Stars II as Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Mass Appeal as Monsignor Thomas Burke | 1984-12-14 |
| P.O.P. as P. Oliver Pendergast | 1984-08-16 |
| Mister Roberts as The Captain | 1984-03-18 |
| To Be or Not to Be as Col. Erhardt | 1983-12-16 |
| Two of a Kind as Charlie | 1983-12-13 |
| Scarface as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited) | 1983-12-09 |
| Hadley's Rebellion as Sam Crawford | 1983-09-30 |
| Tootsie as Les Nichols | 1982-12-17 |
| The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas as Governor of Texas | 1982-07-23 |
| The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories as McMahon | 1982-06-11 |
| Working as Retired Man | 1982-04-13 |
| Sharky's Machine as Lt. Friscoe | 1981-12-18 |
| Dark Night of the Scarecrow as Otis P. Hazelrigg | 1981-10-24 |
| True Confessions as Jack Amsterdam | 1981-09-25 |
| The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories as McMahon | 1981-06-01 |
| The Best Little Girl in the World as Frank Powell | 1981-05-11 |
| Casey Stengel as Casey Stengel | 1981-05-06 |
| Crisis at Central High as Jess Matthews | 1981-02-04 |
| A Perfect Match as Bill Larson | 1980-10-05 |
| Die Laughing as Arnold | 1980-04-01 |
| Attica as Commissioner Russell Oswald | 1980-03-02 |
| The Final Countdown as Senator Samuel Chapman | 1980-01-31 |
| Starting Over as Michael "Mickey" Potter | 1979-10-05 |
| When a Stranger Calls as John Clifford | 1979-08-24 |
| North Dallas Forty as Coach Johnson | 1979-08-03 |
| The Muppet Movie as Doc Hopper | 1979-06-22 |
| The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self | 1979-05-16 |
| Tilt as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens | 1979-04-01 |
| The Greek Tycoon as Michael Russell | 1978-05-12 |
| An Enemy of the People as Peter Stockmann | 1978-03-17 |
| The Fury as Dr. Jim McKeever | 1978-03-10 |
| Special Olympics as Carl Gallitzin | 1978-02-22 |
| The Choirboys as Spermwhale Whalen | 1977-12-23 |
| Twilight's Last Gleaming as President David T. Stevens | 1977-02-09 |
| Harry and Walter Go to New York as Rufus T. Crisp | 1976-06-17 |
| The Hindenburg as Captain Pruss | 1975-12-25 |
| Breakheart Pass as Frank O'Brien | 1975-12-09 |
| Dog Day Afternoon as Moretti | 1975-09-21 |
| Switch as Lt. Phil Beckman | 1975-03-21 |
| Queen of the Stardust Ballroom as Al Green | 1975-02-13 |
| The Trial of Chaplain Jensen as Budd Rogers | 1975-02-11 |
| The Front Page as Murphy | 1974-11-01 |
| The Sting as Lt. Wm. Snyder | 1973-12-25 |
| Rx for the Defense as District Attorney Horn | 1973-04-15 |
| Sisters as Joseph Larch | 1973-03-26 |
| The Connection as Frank Devlin | 1973-02-27 |
| Deadhead Miles as Truck Driver in Cafe | 1972-08-08 |
| Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues as Murphy | 1972-02-25 |
| Look Homeward, Angel as Will Pentland | 1972-02-25 |
| Doomsday Voyage as Jason's First Mate | 1972-02-01 |
| The Pursuit of Happiness as 2nd Guard | 1971-02-23 |
| I Walk the Line as Wylie Hunnicutt | 1970-11-18 |
| Hi, Mom! as Superintendent | 1970-04-27 |
| Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet as Football Player | 1970-01-01 |
| Stiletto as Cop (uncredited) | 1969-07-30 |
| Harvey Middleman, Fireman as Dooley | 1965-07-12 |
| The Password Is Courage as American Solider (uncredited) | 1962-06-01 |




