Charles Durning
Known for acting · Born 28 February 1923 · Died 24 December 2012 · aged 89 · Highland Falls, New York, USA
216 credits
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
Another World
1964
Dog Day Afternoon
1975
Rescue Me
2004
Spy Hard
1996
The Sting
1973
Evening Shade
1990
Sisters
1973
Tootsie
1982
When a Stranger Calls
1979
State and Main
2000
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
1981
Acting (216)
2021Broadway: Beyond the Golden AgeSelfFilm
2018LA DA StorySelf (archive footage)Film
2015Bleeding HeartsSanta ClausFilm
2013Scavenger KillersDylan FrierFilm
2012Rogue AssassinFilm
2011The Life ZoneJames WiseFilm
2011Naked RunCongressman DavenportFilm
2011The Great FightJudge FrierFilm
2010An Affirmative ActMan in the White SuitFilm
2010Three Chris'sKris KringleFilm
2010The WaiterFrank 'The Handler' MaroFilm
2009Amazing RacerFloydFilm
2009BreakThe Wise ManFilm
2009According to DomSelfFilm
2008Good DickCharlieFilm
2008DealCharlie AdlerFilm
2008Local ColorYammiFilm
2008iMurdersDr. Seamus St. MartinFilm
2008A Bunch of AmateursCharlie RosenbergFilm
2008The Golden BoysJohn BartlettFilm
2007Kinky KillersAlexander HathawayFilm
2006DesperationTom BillingsleyFilm
2006Miracle Dogs TooCaptain Pete WeaverFilm
2006Jesus, Mary and JoeyTeddyFilm
2006Forget About ItEddie O'BrienFilm
2006DescansosInkeeper #2Film
2006Unbeatable HaroldHarold's FatherFilm
2006The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'SelfFilm
2005Dirty DeedsVictor RasdaleFilm
2005River's EndMurray BlytheFilm
2005The L.A. Riot SpectacularThe LawyerFilm
2005The Art of 'The Sting'SelfFilm
2004Rescue MeMichael Gavin · 30 episodes, Tommy's DadSeries
2004A Boyfriend for ChristmasSanta ClausFilm
2004A Very Married ChristmasOzzy LarsonFilm
2004Death and TexasMarshall LedgerFilm
2004The Drum Beats TwiceSatanFilm
2004The AutopsySelfFilm
2003NCISErnie YostSeries
2003Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were ThereSelfFilm
2003Dead CanariesFilm
2002MonkHank JohansenSeries
2002EverwoodEugene Brown · 2 episodesSeries
2002Mr. St. NickNicholas XXFilm
2002Mother GhostGeorgeFilm
2002Turn of FaithPhilly RussoFilm
2002First MondayHenry Hoskins · 13 episodesSeries
2001Dinner for FiveSeries
2001L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To ServeStuart SteeleFilm
2001The JudgeJudge Harlan RadovichFilm
2001Bleacher BumsScorekeeperFilm
2001The JudgeJudge Harlan Radovich · 2 episodesSeries
2001Citizen BainesSeries
2000O Brother, Where Art Thou?Pappy O'DanielFilm
2000State and MainMayor George BaileyFilm
2000A Constant ForgeSelfFilm
2000LakeboatSkippyFilm
2000The Last ProducerSyd WolfFilm
2000Very Mean MenPaddy MulroneyFilm
2000Never Look BackReverend HaleFilm
1999Family GuyFrancis Griffin (voice) · 5 episodesSeries
1999Now and AgainNarrator (voice; uncredited) · 2 episodesSeries
1999Hard Time: Hostage HotelDet. Charlie DuffyFilm
1999JusticeMoe RyanFilm
1999Hard Time: The PremonitionDet. Charlie DuffyFilm
1998Jerry and TomVicFilm
1998Hi-LifeFattyFilm
1998Hard TimeDet. Charlie DuffyFilm
1998A Chance of SnowEarl PulmerFilm
1998ShelterCapt. Robert LandisFilm
1998Amazing Stories: The Movie IIIAssistant to the BossFilm
1997The PracticeStephen Donnell · 2 episodesSeries
1997The Secret Life of AlgernonNorbie HessFilm
1997OrleansFrank Vitelli · 8 episodesSeries
1996Spy HardThe DirectorFilm
1996One Fine DayLew, Jack's bossFilm
1996Everybody Loves RaymondFather Hubley · 6 episodesSeries
1996The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the MistsArchie (voice)Film
1996Early EditionJudge Steven Romick · 2 episodesSeries
1996The Grass HarpReverend BusterFilm
1996Mrs. Santa ClausSanta ClausFilm
1996Arli$$W.S. WalcottSeries
1996Sesame Street: Elmo Saves ChristmasSanta ClausFilm
1996Jack Lemmon: America's EverymanSelfFilm
1996ReconChiefFilm
1995The Last SupperReverend Gerald HutchensFilm
1995Home for the HolidaysHenry LarsonFilm
1995Cybill, A.J. SheridanSeries
1995A Woman of Independent MeansAndrew Alcott · 3 episodesSeries
1994The Hudsucker ProxyWaring HudsuckerFilm
1994I.Q.Louis BambergerFilm
1994Touched by an AngelFather Thomas MaddenSeries
1994RoommatesBarneyFilm
1994The World of Jim HensonDoc Hopper (archive footage)Film
1994The American RevolutionBenjamin Franklin · 6 episodesSeries
1993Homicide: Life on the StreetThomas FinneganSeries
1993When a Stranger Calls BackJohn CliffordFilm
1993The Music of ChanceBill FlowerFilm
1992The Water EngineTour GuideFilm
1992Tales from HollywoodCharles F. MoneyFilm
1991V.I. WarshawskiDet. Lt. Bobby MalloryFilm
1991The Story LadyJudge (uncredited)Film
1991The Return of Eliot NessRoger FinnFilm
1991PerformanceCharles F. MoneySeries
1990Dick TracyChief BrandonFilm
1990The Muppets Celebrate Jim HensonSelfFilm
1990Evening ShadeHarlan Elldridge · 100 episodesSeries
1990Project AlienColonel ClancyFilm
1990The Kennedys of MassachusettsJohn F. Fitzgerald · 3 episodesSeries
1990Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeSelf (archive footage)Film
1989Cat ChaserJiggs ScullyFilm
1989EtoileUncle JoshuaFilm
1989Brenda StarrEditor Francis I. LivrightFilm
1989The Butter Battle BookGrandfather (voice)Film
1989Prime TargetEarl MulcahaneyFilm
1989It Nearly Wasn't ChristmasSantaFilm
1989Dinner at EightDan PackardFilm
1988CopDutch PeltzFilm
1988A Tiger's TaleCharlie DrummFilm
1988Far NorthBertrumFilm
1988Unholy MatrimonyReverend Samuel CoreyFilm
1988Case ClosedLes KabowskiFilm
1987The Rosary MurdersFather Ted NaborsFilm
1987Happy New YearCharlieFilm
1987The Gambler: The Legend ContinuesSenator Henry ColtonFilm
1987The Man Who Broke 1,000 ChainsWarden HardyFilm
1987I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIIIPope John XXIIIFilm
1986Tough GuysDeke YablonskiFilm
1986SolarbabiesThe WardenFilm
1986Big TroubleO'MaraFilm
1986Where the River Runs BlackFather O'ReillyFilm
1985The Man with One Red ShoeRossFilm
1985Amazing StoriesAssistant to the Boss, EarlSeries
1985Death of a SalesmanCharleyFilm
1985StickChuckyFilm
1985Stand AloneLouis ThibadeauFilm
1985Tall Tales & LegendsUncle DoffueSeries
1985Night of 100 Stars IISelfFilm
1985The Legend of Sleepy HollowUncle DoffueFilm
1985Eye to Eye · 6 episodesSeries
1985The Comedy FactoryHarry DeeganSeries
1984Mass AppealMonsignor Thomas BurkeFilm
1984Mister RobertsThe CaptainFilm
1984P.O.P.P. Oliver PendergastFilm
1983ScarfaceImmigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)Film
1983To Be or Not to BeCol. ErhardtFilm
1983Two of a KindCharlieFilm
1983Hadley's RebellionSam CrawfordFilm
1982TootsieLes NicholsFilm
1982The Best Little Whorehouse in TexasGovernor of TexasFilm
1982American PlayhouseRetired Man, Charles F. MoneySeries
1982WorkingRetired ManFilm
1982The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other StoriesMcMahonFilm
1982The Best Little Special In TexasFilm
1981Dark Night of the ScarecrowOtis P. HazelriggFilm
1981True ConfessionsJack AmsterdamFilm
1981Sharky's MachineLt. FriscoeFilm
1981The Best Little Girl in the WorldFrank PowellFilm
1981Crisis at Central HighJess MatthewsFilm
1981Casey StengelCasey StengelFilm
1981The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other StoriesMcMahonFilm
1980The Final CountdownSenator Samuel ChapmanFilm
1980AtticaCommissioner Russell OswaldFilm
1980Die LaughingArnoldFilm
1980A Perfect MatchBill LarsonFilm
1979The Muppet MovieDoc HopperFilm
1979When a Stranger CallsJohn CliffordFilm
1979North Dallas FortyCoach JohnsonFilm
1979Starting OverMichael "Mickey" PotterFilm
1979The Muppets Go HollywoodSelf (uncredited)Film
1979TiltHarold 'The Whale' RemmensFilm
1979Studs LoniganPaddy Lonigan · 3 episodesSeries
1978The FuryDr. Jim McKeeverFilm
1978The Greek TycoonMichael RussellFilm
1978An Enemy of the PeoplePeter StockmannFilm
1978Special OlympicsCarl GallitzinFilm
1977Twilight's Last GleamingPresident David T. StevensFilm
1977The ChoirboysSpermwhale WhalenFilm
1976Harry and Walter Go to New YorkRufus T. CrispFilm
1976Captains and the KingsEd Healey · 8 episodesSeries
1975Dog Day AfternoonMorettiFilm
1975Breakheart PassFrank O'BrienFilm
1975The HindenburgCaptain PrussFilm
1975BarettaSeries
1975Queen of the Stardust BallroomAl GreenFilm
1975The Trial of Chaplain JensenBudd RogersFilm
1975SwitchLt. Phil BeckmanFilm
1975The RivalryStephen DouglasFilm
1975The Cop and the KidOfficer Frank Murphy · 13 episodesSeries
1974The Front PageMurphyFilm
1974Dinah!SelfSeries
1974PlayhouseMcMahonSeries
1973The StingLt. Wm. SnyderFilm
1973SistersJoseph LarchFilm
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ...SelfSeries
1973The ConnectionFrank DevlinFilm
1973Rx for the DefenseDistrict Attorney HornFilm
1972Deadhead MilesTruck Driver in CafeFilm
1972Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag BluesMurphyFilm
1972Doomsday VoyageJason's First MateFilm
1972Look Homeward, AngelWill PentlandFilm
1971All in the FamilyDetectiveSeries
1971CannonSeries
1971Great PerformancesMcMahonSeries
1971The Pursuit of Happiness2nd GuardFilm
1970Hi, Mom!SuperintendentFilm
1970I Walk the LineWylie HunnicuttFilm
1970Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My FeetFootball PlayerFilm
1969Hawaii Five-OHavensSeries
1969StilettoCop (uncredited)Film
1967The High ChaparralHewittSeries
1965Harvey Middleman, FiremanDooleyFilm
1964Another World · 1547 episodesSeries
1962The Password Is CourageAmerican Solider (uncredited)Film
1961The DefendersJuror #11Series
1951Hallmark Hall of FameStephen Douglas, Casey StengelSeries