
Charles Durning
Known for: Acting
Born: February 28, 1923
Died: December 24, 2012
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

Dark Night of the Scarecrow
1981

The Choirboys
1977

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
1989

The Butter Battle Book
1989

The Best Little Girl in the World
1981

Lakeboat
2000

The Connection
1973

Stand Alone
1985

Casey Stengel
1981

Where the River Runs Black
1986

Justice
1999
Special Olympics
1978

Death and Texas
2004

Rogue Assassin
2012

Naked Run
2011

The Waiter
2010

Case Closed
1988

An Affirmative Act
2010

I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII
1987
P.O.P.
1984

When a Stranger Calls Back
1993

A Boyfriend for Christmas
2004

Kinky Killers
2007

When a Stranger Calls
1979

An Enemy of the People
1978

Far North
1988

The Rosary Murders
1987

Happy New Year
1987

Hard Time
1998

Crisis at Central High
1981

Attica
1980

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
1975

Hard Time: The Premonition
1999

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999

Scavenger Killers
2013

Three Chris's
2010

Bleeding Hearts
2015

Unholy Matrimony
1988

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996

The Autopsy
2004
Recon
1996

According to Dom
2009
Dead Canaries
2003

The Rivalry
1975

Dog Day Afternoon
1975

Spy Hard
1996

Tough Guys
1986

State and Main
2000

Sisters
1973

Cop
1988

True Confessions
1981

Tilt
1979

Two of a Kind
1983

Etoile
1989

Cat Chaser
1989

North Dallas Forty
1979

V.I. Warshawski
1991
The Water Engine
1992

Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977

The Great Fight
2011

Mass Appeal
1984

Never Look Back
2000

Switch
1975

Forget About It
2006

Die Laughing
1980

Hadley's Rebellion
1983

The Art of 'The Sting'
2005

Amazing Stories: The Movie III

Deadhead Miles
1972

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987

Tales from Hollywood
1992

The Secret Life of Algernon
1997

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1985

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
1970

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981

Desperation
2006

The Man with One Red Shoe
1985

To Be or Not to Be
1983

The Hudsucker Proxy
1994

Stick
1985

Home for the Holidays
1995

The Sting
1973

Hi, Mom!
1970

The Grass Harp
1996

The Music of Chance
1993

Starting Over
1979

A Tiger's Tale
1988

Mother Ghost
2002

Big Trouble
1986

The Judge
2001

Roommates
1994

The Last Producer
2000

Mister Roberts
1984

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972

A Perfect Match
1980

Descansos
2006

Dinner at Eight
1989

Doomsday Voyage
1972

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
Look Homeward, Angel
1972

The Best Little Special In Texas
1982

One Fine Day
1996

Breakheart Pass
1975

The Fury
1978

Death of a Salesman
1985

Tootsie
1982

Dirty Deeds
2005

The Golden Boys
2008

Miracle Dogs Too
2006

Jerry and Tom
1998

The Drum Beats Twice
2004

Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976

The Gambler: The Legend Continues
1987

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
1975

I Walk the Line
1970

Shelter
1998

A Very Married Christmas
2004

Prime Target
1989

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
2001

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006

The Muppet Movie
1979

The Final Countdown
1980

Sharky's Machine
1981

Project Alien
1990

The Life Zone
2011

The L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005

The Return of Eliot Ness
1991

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000

Deal
2008

The Hindenburg
1975

Hi-Life
1998

A Bunch of Amateurs
2008

iMurders
2008

Break
2009

Harvey Middleman, Fireman
1965

A Chance of Snow
1998

The Front Page
1974

The Last Supper
1995

The Greek Tycoon
1978

Brenda Starr
1989

Very Mean Men
2000

Mrs. Santa Claus
1996

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982

Rx for the Defense
1973

Local Color
2008

River's End
2005

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990

Unbeatable Harold
2006

Good Dick
2008

I.Q.
1994

Solarbabies
1986

Mr. St. Nick
2002

Bleacher Bums
2001

Dick Tracy
1990

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996

Turn of Faith
2002

LA DA Story
2018

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
1996

Amazing Racer
2009

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990

The Pursuit of Happiness
1971

Stiletto
1969

The World of Jim Henson
1994

Jesus, Mary and Joey
2006

A Constant Forge
2000

The Story Lady
1991

Working
1982

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021

The Password Is Courage
1962

The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979

Night of 100 Stars II
1985

Scarface
1983

Dinner for Five
2001

Evening Shade
1990

Family Guy
1999

Amazing Stories
1985

Touched by an Angel
1994

Monk
2002

Early Edition
1996

Hawaii Five-O
1968

Everybody Loves Raymond
1996

All in the Family
1971

Everwood
2002

The American Revolution
1994

Cybill
1995

Baretta
1975

The Practice
1997

Rescue Me
2004

NCIS
2003

Cannon
1971

Another World
1964

First Monday
2002

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The High Chaparral
1967

Citizen Baines
2001

Orleans
1997
Eye to Eye
1985

Captains and the Kings
1976

The Defenders
1961

The Cop and the Kid
1975

The Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990

Studs Lonigan
1979

Performance
1991

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973

Dinah!
1974

Tall Tales & Legends
1985

Now and Again
1999

Great Performances
1971

The Judge
2001

A Woman of Independent Means
1995

The Comedy Factory
1985

Playhouse
1974

Arli$$
1996

American Playhouse
1982