Acting · Highland Falls, New York, USA · Born February 28, 1923
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).
MovieBroadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
as Self
MovieLA DA Story
2018
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBleeding Hearts
2015
as Santa Claus
MovieScavenger Killers
2013
as Dylan Frier
MovieRogue Assassin
2012
MovieThe Life Zone
2011
as James Wise
MovieThe Great Fight
2011
as Judge Frier
MovieNaked Run
2011
as Congressman Davenport
MovieAn Affirmative Act
2010
as Man in the White Suit
MovieThe Waiter
2010
as Frank 'The Handler' Maro
MovieThree Chris's
2010
as Kris Kringle
MovieAccording to Dom
2009
as Self
MovieBreak
2009
as The Wise Man
MovieAmazing Racer
2009
as Floyd
MovieThe Golden Boys
2008
as John Bartlett
MovieA Bunch of Amateurs
2008
as Charlie Rosenberg
MovieLocal Color
2008
as Yammi
MovieGood Dick
2008
as Charlie
MovieiMurders
2008
as Dr. Seamus St. Martin
MovieDeal
2008
as Charlie Adler
MovieKinky Killers
2007
as Alexander Hathaway
MovieForget About It
2006
as Eddie O'Brien
MovieDesperation
2006
as Tom Billingsley
MovieMiracle Dogs Too
2006
as Captain Pete Weaver
MovieThe Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
2006
as Self
MovieDescansos
2006
as Inkeeper #2
MovieJesus, Mary and Joey
2006
as Teddy
MovieUnbeatable Harold
2006
as Harold's Father
MovieThe Art of 'The Sting'
2005
as Self
MovieDirty Deeds
2005
as Victor Rasdale
MovieThe L.A. Riot Spectacular
2005
as The Lawyer
MovieRiver's End
2005
as Murray Blythe
MovieThe Autopsy
2004
as Self
MovieA Very Married Christmas
2004
as Ozzy Larson
MovieA Boyfriend for Christmas
2004
as Santa Claus
TVRescue Me
2004
as Michael Gavin
MovieDeath and Texas
2004
as Marshall Ledger
MovieThe Drum Beats Twice
2004
as Satan
TVNCIS
2003
as Ernie Yost
MovieBroadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There
2003
as Self
Dead Canaries
2003
MovieMr. St. Nick
2002
as Nicholas XX
TVEverwood
2002
as Eugene Brown
MovieMother Ghost
2002
as George
TVMonk
2002
as Hank Johansen
MovieTurn of Faith
2002
as Philly Russo
TVFirst Monday
2002
as Henry Hoskins
MovieBleacher Bums
2001
as Scorekeeper
MovieL.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
2001
as Stuart Steele
TVCitizen Baines
2001
TVDinner for Five
2001
MovieThe Judge
2001
as Judge Harlan Radovich
TVThe Judge
2001
as Judge Harlan Radovich
MovieA Constant Forge
2000
as Self
MovieO Brother, Where Art Thou?
2000
as Pappy O'Daniel
MovieState and Main
2000
as Mayor George Bailey
MovieThe Last Producer
2000
as Syd Wolf
MovieVery Mean Men
2000
as Paddy Mulroney
MovieLakeboat
2000
as Skippy
MovieNever Look Back
2000
as Reverend Hale
MovieHard Time: Hostage Hotel
1999
as Det. Charlie Duffy
TVNow and Again
1999
as Narrator (voice; uncredited)
MovieHard Time: The Premonition
1999
as Det. Charlie Duffy
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Francis Griffin (voice)
MovieJustice
1999
as Moe Ryan
MovieHard Time
1998
as Det. Charlie Duffy
MovieA Chance of Snow
1998
as Earl Pulmer
MovieJerry and Tom
1998
as Vic
MovieHi-Life
1998
as Fatty
MovieShelter
1998
as Capt. Robert Landis
MovieThe Secret Life of Algernon
1997
as Norbie Hess
TVThe Practice
1997
as Stephen Donnell
TVOrleans
1997
as Frank Vitelli
MovieSesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
1996
as Santa Claus
MovieOne Fine Day
1996
as Lew, Jack's boss
MovieMrs. Santa Claus
1996
as Santa Claus
MovieJack Lemmon: America's Everyman
1996
as Self
MovieThe Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
1996
as Archie (voice)
MovieThe Grass Harp
1996
as Reverend Buster
TVEarly Edition
1996
as Judge Steven Romick
TVEverybody Loves Raymond
1996
as Father Hubley
TVArli$$
1996
as W.S. Walcott
Recon
1996
as Chief
MovieSpy Hard
1996
as The Director
MovieHome for the Holidays
1995
as Henry Larson
MovieThe Last Supper
1995
as Reverend Gerald Hutchens
TVA Woman of Independent Means
1995
as Andrew Alcott
TVCybill
1995
MovieI.Q.
1994
as Louis Bamberger
TVThe American Revolution
1994
as Benjamin Franklin
MovieThe World of Jim Henson
1994
as Doc Hopper (archive footage)
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Father Thomas Madden
MovieRoommates
1994
as Barney
MovieThe Hudsucker Proxy
1994
as Waring Hudsucker
MovieThe Music of Chance
1993
as Bill Flower
MovieWhen a Stranger Calls Back
1993
as John Clifford
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Thomas Finnegan
MovieTales from Hollywood
1992
as Charles F. Money
The Water Engine
1992
as Tour Guide
MovieThe Story Lady
1991
as Judge (uncredited)
MovieThe Return of Eliot Ness
1991
as Roger Finn
TVPerformance
1991
as Charles F. Money
MovieV.I. Warshawski
1991
as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory
MovieProject Alien
1990
as Colonel Clancy
MovieThe Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990
as Self
TVEvening Shade
1990
as Harlan Elldridge
MovieDick Tracy
1990
as Chief Brandon
TVThe Kennedys of Massachusetts
1990
as John F. Fitzgerald
MovieSteve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990
as Self (archive footage)
MovieDinner at Eight
1989
as Dan Packard
MovieIt Nearly Wasn't Christmas
1989
as Santa
MovieThe Butter Battle Book
1989
as Grandfather (voice)
MoviePrime Target
1989
as Earl Mulcahaney
MovieCat Chaser
1989
as Jiggs Scully
MovieBrenda Starr
1989
as Editor Francis I. Livright
MovieEtoile
1989
as Uncle Joshua
MovieFar North
1988
as Bertrum
MovieUnholy Matrimony
1988
as Reverend Samuel Corey
MovieCase Closed
1988
as Les Kabowski
MovieA Tiger's Tale
1988
as Charlie Drumm
MovieCop
1988
as Dutch Peltz
MovieThe Gambler: The Legend Continues
1987
as Senator Henry Colton
MovieThe Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
as Warden Hardy
MovieI Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII
1987
as Pope John XXIII
MovieThe Rosary Murders
1987
as Father Ted Nabors
MovieHappy New Year
1987
as Charlie
MovieSolarbabies
1986
as The Warden
MovieTough Guys
1986
as Deke Yablonski
MovieWhere the River Runs Black
1986
as Father O'Reilly
MovieBig Trouble
1986
as O'Mara
TVAmazing Stories
1985
as Assistant to the Boss
MovieThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow
1985
as Uncle Doffue
TVTall Tales & Legends
1985
as Uncle Doffue
MovieStand Alone
1985
as Louis Thibadeau
MovieDeath of a Salesman
1985
as Charley
MovieThe Man with One Red Shoe
1985
as Ross
TVThe Comedy Factory
1985
as Harry Deegan
MovieStick
1985
as Chucky
Eye to Eye
1985
MovieNight of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
MovieMass Appeal
1984
as Monsignor Thomas Burke
P.O.P.
1984
as P. Oliver Pendergast
MovieMister Roberts
1984
as The Captain
MovieTo Be or Not to Be
1983
as Col. Erhardt
MovieTwo of a Kind
1983
as Charlie
MovieScarface
1983
as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)
MovieHadley's Rebellion
1983
as Sam Crawford
MovieTootsie
1982
as Les Nichols
MovieThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
1982
as Governor of Texas
MovieThe Best Little Special In Texas
1982
MovieThe Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
1982
as McMahon
MovieWorking
1982
as Retired Man
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Retired Man
MovieSharky's Machine
1981
as Lt. Friscoe
MovieDark Night of the Scarecrow
1981
as Otis P. Hazelrigg
MovieTrue Confessions
1981
as Jack Amsterdam
MovieThe Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
1981
as McMahon
MovieThe Best Little Girl in the World
1981
as Frank Powell
MovieCasey Stengel
1981
as Casey Stengel
MovieCrisis at Central High
1981
as Jess Matthews
MovieA Perfect Match
1980
as Bill Larson
MovieDie Laughing
1980
as Arnold
MovieAttica
1980
as Commissioner Russell Oswald
MovieThe Final Countdown
1980
as Senator Samuel Chapman
MovieStarting Over
1979
as Michael "Mickey" Potter
MovieWhen a Stranger Calls
1979
as John Clifford
MovieNorth Dallas Forty
1979
as Coach Johnson
MovieThe Muppet Movie
1979
as Doc Hopper
MovieThe Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Self
MovieTilt
1979
as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens
TVStuds Lonigan
1979
as Paddy Lonigan
MovieThe Greek Tycoon
1978
as Michael Russell
MovieAn Enemy of the People
1978
as Peter Stockmann
MovieThe Fury
1978
as Dr. Jim McKeever
Special Olympics
1978
as Carl Gallitzin
MovieThe Choirboys
1977
as Spermwhale Whalen
MovieTwilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as President David T. Stevens
TVCaptains and the Kings
1976
as Ed Healey
MovieHarry and Walter Go to New York
1976
as Rufus T. Crisp
MovieThe Hindenburg
1975
as Captain Pruss
MovieThe Rivalry
1975
as Stephen Douglas
MovieBreakheart Pass
1975
as Frank O'Brien
TVThe Cop and the Kid
1975
as Officer Frank Murphy
MovieDog Day Afternoon
1975
as Moretti
MovieSwitch
1975
as Lt. Phil Beckman
MovieQueen of the Stardust Ballroom
1975
as Al Green
MovieThe Trial of Chaplain Jensen
1975
as Budd Rogers
TVBaretta
1975
MovieThe Front Page
1974
as Murphy
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
TVPlayhouse
1974
as McMahon
MovieThe Sting
1973
as Lt. Wm. Snyder
MovieRx for the Defense
1973
as District Attorney Horn
TVThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MovieSisters
1973
as Joseph Larch
MovieThe Connection
1973
as Frank Devlin
MovieDeadhead Miles
1972
as Truck Driver in Cafe
MovieDealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
1972
as Murphy
Look Homeward, Angel
1972
as Will Pentland
MovieDoomsday Voyage
1972
as Jason's First Mate
TVCannon
1971
MovieThe Pursuit of Happiness
1971
as 2nd Guard
TVGreat Performances
1971
as McMahon
TVAll in the Family
1971
as Detective
MovieI Walk the Line
1970
as Wylie Hunnicutt
MovieHi, Mom!
1970
as Superintendent
MovieSticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
1970
as Football Player
MovieStiletto
1969
as Cop (uncredited)
TVHawaii Five-O
1968
as Havens
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as Hewitt
MovieHarvey Middleman, Fireman
1965
as Dooley
TVAnother World
1964
MovieThe Password Is Courage
1962
as American Solider (uncredited)
TVThe Defenders
1961
as Juror #11
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Stephen Douglas
MovieAmazing Stories: The Movie III
as (archive footage)
