Actor
· Acting
Charles Durning
Born 1923-02-28
Died 2012-12-24
📍 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 212
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
LA DA Story
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Bleeding Hearts
as Santa Claus
2015
Scavenger Killers
as Dylan Frier
2013
Rogue Assassin
2012
The Life Zone
as James Wise
2011
The Great Fight
as Judge Frier
2011
Naked Run
as Congressman Davenport
2011
An Affirmative Act
as Man in the White Suit
2010
The Waiter
as Frank 'The Handler' Maro
2010
Three Chris's
as Kris Kringle
2010
According to Dom
as Self
2009
Break
as The Wise Man
2009
Amazing Racer
as Floyd
2009
The Golden Boys
as John Bartlett
2008
A Bunch of Amateurs
as Charlie Rosenberg
2008
Local Color
as Yammi
2008
Good Dick
as Charlie
2008
iMurders
as Dr. Seamus St. Martin
2008
Deal
as Charlie Adler
2008
Kinky Killers
as Alexander Hathaway
2007
Forget About It
as Eddie O'Brien
2006
Desperation
as Tom Billingsley
2006
Miracle Dogs Too
as Captain Pete Weaver
2006
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
as Self
2006
Descansos
as Inkeeper #2
2006
Jesus, Mary and Joey
as Teddy
2006
Unbeatable Harold
as Harold's Father
2006
The Art of 'The Sting'
as Self
2005
Dirty Deeds
as Victor Rasdale
2005
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
as The Lawyer
2005
River's End
as Murray Blythe
2005
The Autopsy
as Self
2004
A Very Married Christmas
as Ozzy Larson
2004
A Boyfriend for Christmas
as Santa Claus
2004
Rescue Me
as Michael Gavin
2004
Rescue Me
as Tommy's Dad
2004
Death and Texas
as Marshall Ledger
2004
The Drum Beats Twice
as Satan
2004
NCIS
as Ernie Yost
2003
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
as Self
2003
Mr. St. Nick
as Nicholas XX
2002
Everwood
as Eugene Brown
2002
Mother Ghost
as George
2002
Monk
as Hank Johansen
2002
Turn of Faith
as Philly Russo
2002
First Monday
as Henry Hoskins
2002
Bleacher Bums
as Scorekeeper
2001
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
as Stuart Steele
2001
Citizen Baines
2001
Dinner for Five
2001
The Judge
as Judge Harlan Radovich
2001
The Judge
as Judge Harlan Radovich
2001
A Constant Forge
as Self
2000
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Pappy O'Daniel
2000
State and Main
as Mayor George Bailey
2000
The Last Producer
as Syd Wolf
2000
Very Mean Men
as Paddy Mulroney
2000
Lakeboat
as Skippy
2000
Never Look Back
as Reverend Hale
2000
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
as Det. Charlie Duffy
1999
Now and Again
as Narrator (voice; uncredited)
1999
Hard Time: The Premonition
as Det. Charlie Duffy
1999
Family Guy
as Francis Griffin (voice)
1999
Justice
as Moe Ryan
1999
Hard Time
as Det. Charlie Duffy
1998
A Chance of Snow
as Earl Pulmer
1998
Jerry and Tom
as Vic
1998
Hi-Life
as Fatty
1998
Shelter
as Capt. Robert Landis
1998
The Secret Life of Algernon
as Norbie Hess
1997
The Practice
as Stephen Donnell
1997
Orleans
as Frank Vitelli
1997
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Santa Claus
1996
One Fine Day
as Lew, Jack's boss
1996
Mrs. Santa Claus
as Santa Claus
1996
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
as Self
1996
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
as Archie (voice)
1996
The Grass Harp
as Reverend Buster
1996
Early Edition
as Judge Steven Romick
1996
Everybody Loves Raymond
as Father Hubley
1996
Arli$$
as W.S. Walcott
1996
Spy Hard
as The Director
1996
Home for the Holidays
as Henry Larson
1995
The Last Supper
as Reverend Gerald Hutchens
1995
A Woman of Independent Means
as Andrew Alcott
1995
Cybill
1995
Cybill
as A.J. Sheridan
1995
I.Q.
as Louis Bamberger
1994
The American Revolution
as Benjamin Franklin
1994
The World of Jim Henson
as Doc Hopper (archive footage)
1994
Touched by an Angel
as Father Thomas Madden
1994
Roommates
as Barney
1994
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Waring Hudsucker
1994
The Music of Chance
as Bill Flower
1993
When a Stranger Calls Back
as John Clifford
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Thomas Finnegan
1993
Tales from Hollywood
as Charles F. Money
1992
The Story Lady
as Judge (uncredited)
1991
The Return of Eliot Ness
as Roger Finn
1991
Performance
as Charles F. Money
1991
V.I. Warshawski
as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory
1991
Project Alien
as Colonel Clancy
1990
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
as Self
1990
Evening Shade
as Harlan Elldridge
1990
Dick Tracy
as Chief Brandon
1990
The Kennedys of Massachusetts
as John F. Fitzgerald
1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
as Self (archive footage)
1990
Dinner at Eight
as Dan Packard
1989
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
as Santa
1989
The Butter Battle Book
as Grandfather (voice)
1989
Prime Target
as Earl Mulcahaney
1989
Cat Chaser
as Jiggs Scully
1989
Brenda Starr
as Editor Francis I. Livright
1989
Etoile
as Uncle Joshua
1989
Far North
as Bertrum
1988
Unholy Matrimony
as Reverend Samuel Corey
1988
Case Closed
as Les Kabowski
1988
A Tiger's Tale
as Charlie Drumm
1988
Cop
as Dutch Peltz
1988
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
as Senator Henry Colton
1987
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Warden Hardy
1987
I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII
as Pope John XXIII
1987
The Rosary Murders
as Father Ted Nabors
1987
Happy New Year
as Charlie
1987
Solarbabies
as The Warden
1986
Tough Guys
as Deke Yablonski
1986
Where the River Runs Black
as Father O'Reilly
1986
Big Trouble
as O'Mara
1986
Amazing Stories
as Assistant to the Boss
1985
Amazing Stories
as Earl
1985
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
as Uncle Doffue
1985
Tall Tales & Legends
as Uncle Doffue
1985
Stand Alone
as Louis Thibadeau
1985
Death of a Salesman
as Charley
1985
The Man with One Red Shoe
as Ross
1985
The Comedy Factory
as Harry Deegan
1985
Stick
as Chucky
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Mass Appeal
as Monsignor Thomas Burke
1984
Mister Roberts
as The Captain
1984
To Be or Not to Be
as Col. Erhardt
1983
Two of a Kind
as Charlie
1983
Scarface
as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)
1983
Hadley's Rebellion
as Sam Crawford
1983
Tootsie
as Les Nichols
1982
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
as Governor of Texas
1982
The Best Little Special In Texas
1982
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
as McMahon
1982
Working
as Retired Man
1982
Sharky's Machine
as Lt. Friscoe
1981
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
as Otis P. Hazelrigg
1981
True Confessions
as Jack Amsterdam
1981
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
as McMahon
1981
The Best Little Girl in the World
as Frank Powell
1981
Casey Stengel
as Casey Stengel
1981
Crisis at Central High
as Jess Matthews
1981
A Perfect Match
as Bill Larson
1980
Die Laughing
as Arnold
1980
Attica
as Commissioner Russell Oswald
1980
The Final Countdown
as Senator Samuel Chapman
1980
Starting Over
as Michael "Mickey" Potter
1979
When a Stranger Calls
as John Clifford
1979
North Dallas Forty
as Coach Johnson
1979
The Muppet Movie
as Doc Hopper
1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
as Self
1979
Tilt
as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens
1979
Studs Lonigan
as Paddy Lonigan
1979
The Greek Tycoon
as Michael Russell
1978
An Enemy of the People
as Peter Stockmann
1978
The Fury
as Dr. Jim McKeever
1978
The Choirboys
as Spermwhale Whalen
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as President David T. Stevens
1977
Captains and the Kings
as Ed Healey
1976
Harry and Walter Go to New York
as Rufus T. Crisp
1976
The Hindenburg
as Captain Pruss
1975
The Rivalry
as Stephen Douglas
1975
Breakheart Pass
as Frank O'Brien
1975
The Cop and the Kid
as Officer Frank Murphy
1975
Dog Day Afternoon
as Moretti
1975
Switch
as Lt. Phil Beckman
1975
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
as Al Green
1975
The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
as Budd Rogers
1975
Baretta
1975
The Front Page
as Murphy
1974
Dinah!
as Self
1974
Playhouse
as McMahon
1974
The Sting
as Lt. Wm. Snyder
1973
Rx for the Defense
as District Attorney Horn
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
Sisters
as Joseph Larch
1973
The Connection
as Frank Devlin
1973
Deadhead Miles
as Truck Driver in Cafe
1972
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
as Murphy
1972
Doomsday Voyage
as Jason's First Mate
1972
Cannon
1971
The Pursuit of Happiness
as 2nd Guard
1971
Great Performances
as McMahon
1971
All in the Family
as Detective
1971
I Walk the Line
as Wylie Hunnicutt
1970
Hi, Mom!
as Superintendent
1970
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
as (archive footage)
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
as Football Player
1970
Stiletto
as Cop (uncredited)
1969
Hawaii Five-O
as Havens
1968
The High Chaparral
as Hewitt
1967
Harvey Middleman, Fireman
as Dooley
1965
Another World
1964
The Password Is Courage
as American Solider (uncredited)
1962
The Defenders
as Juror #11
1961
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Stephen Douglas
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Casey Stengel
1951