Charles Durning
Birthday: February 28, 1923
Birth Place: Highland Falls, New York, USA
Height: 5' 8"

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Biography

Movie Credits

Local Color	(2006)
[ Ron Perlman ][ Ray Liotta ][ Trevor Morgan ]
Deal	(2006)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Bret Harrison ]
Reckoning	(2006)
[ Terence Stamp ][ Gregory Smith ][ John Schneider ][ Treat Williams ][ Chris Pratt ]
Desperation	(2006)
[ Ron Perlman ][ Stephen King ][ Tom Skerritt ][ Matt Frewer ][ Steven Weber ]
Forget About It	(2006)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Robert Loggia ][ Richard Grieco ]
Jesus, Mary and Joey	(2006)
[ Stacy Keach ][ Jason Gedrick ][ Sean Gunn ][ James Quarter ]
Miracle Dogs Too	(2006)
[ Jaleel White ]
Descansos	(2006)
[ Gary Busey ]
The L.A. Riot Spectacular	(2005)
[ Emilio Estevez ][ Ron Jeremy ][ Ted Levine ][ Christopher McDonald ][ Jonathan Lipnicki ]
Detective	(2005)
[ Christopher Lloyd ][ Tom Berenger ][ Frank Whaley ][ Jimmy Bennett ][ Richard Riehle ]
Resurrection: The J.R. Richard Story	(2005)
Justice	(2005)
[ Dean Winters ][ Robert John Burke ][ Lenny Clarke ]
River's End	(2005)
[ Sam Huntington ][ Clint Howard ][ William Katt ][ Barry Corbin ][ Greg Evigan ]
Happy	(2005)
[ Dean Winters ][ Robert John Burke ][ Lenny Clarke ]
Unbeatable Harold	(2005)
[ Dylan McDermott ][ Tim Russ ][ Gary Brockette ]
Bitch	(2005)
[ Lenny Clarke ]
Rebirth	(2005)
[ Robert John Burke ][ Kaj-Erik Eriksen ][ Lenny Clarke ]
Dirty Deeds	(2005)
[ Milo Ventimiglia ][ Mark Derwin ]
A Very Married Christmas	(2004)
[ Joe Mantegna ][ Ashley Leggat ]
A Boyfriend for Christmas	(2004)
[ Martin Mull ]
Death and Texas	(2004)
[ Andy Richter ][ Corbin Bernsen ][ Richard Riehle ][ Steve Harris ][ Billy Ray Cyrus ]
Dead Canaries	(2003)
One Last Ride	(2003)
[ Chazz Palminteri ][ Josh Hutcherson ][ Tracey Walter ]
Bleacher Bums	(2002)
[ Brad Garrett ][ Wayne Knight ][ Hal Sparks ][ Peter Riegert ][ Matt Craven ]
The Last Man Club	(2002)
The Naked Run	(2002)
Mr. St. Nick	(2002)
[ Kelsey Grammer ][ Wallace Shawn ]
Mother Ghost	(2002)
[ James Franco ][ Kevin Pollak ][ Joe Mantegna ][ Garry Marshall ][ Brady Smith ]
Pride & Loyalty	(2002)
[ Mark Consuelos ]
L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve	(2001)
[ Michael Madsen ][ Dennis Hopper ][ Steve Bacic ][ Vince Murdocco ]
The Judge	(2001)
[ Edward James Olmos ][ Chris Noth ][ John Terry ]
Turn of Faith	(2001)
[ Costas Mandylor ]
Mr. Saturday Knight	(2001)
The Angry Family	(2001)
State and Main	(2000)
[ Philip Seymour Hoffman ][ Alec Baldwin ][ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ David Mamet ]
The Last Producer	(2000)
[ Sean Astin ][ Burt Reynolds ][ Benjamin Bratt ][ Rod Steiger ][ Joe Mantegna ]
Very Mean Men	(2000)
[ Matthew Modine ][ Martin Landau ][ Burt Young ][ Ben Gazzara ][ Billy Drago ]
O Brother, Where Art Thou?	(2000)
[ George Clooney ][ Joel Coen ][ John Goodman ][ John Turturro ][ Stephen Root ]
Lakeboat	(2000)
[ Andy Garcia ][ Denis Leary ][ David Mamet ][ Joe Mantegna ][ Robert Forster ]
The Tenth Anniversary	(2000)
[ Robert Culp ]
Never Look Back	(2000)
[ Burt Young ][ Frank Zagarino ][ Jeff Rector ]
Prodigal Son	(2000)
Move Over	(1999)
Justice	(1999)
[ Dennis Hopper ][ James Belushi ]
Hard Time: The Premonition	(1999)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Bruce Dern ][ Richard Riehle ][ Michael DeLuise ]
Holy Crap	(1999)
[ Dwight Schultz ][ Carlos Alazraqui ]
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel	(1999)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Ted McGinley ][ Keith Carradine ][ Ned Beatty ][ Richard Riehle ]
Hard Time	(1998)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Robert Loggia ][ Billy Dee Williams ]
A Chance of Snow	(1998)
[ Michael Ontkean ]
Hi-Life	(1998)
[ Eric Stoltz ][ Michael Pitt ][ Campbell Scott ][ Peter Riegert ]
Bakersfield	(1998)
Jerry and Tom	(1998)
[ Sam Rockwell ][ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ Ted Danson ][ Joe Mantegna ]
Shelter	(1998)
[ Kurtwood Smith ][ Linden Ashby ][ Costas Mandylor ][ John Allen Nelson ]
Passing Go	(1998)
Luther's Temptation	(1997)
Baby-Sitting	(1997)
The Secret Life of Algernon	(1997)
A Regular Joe	(1997)
Elmo Saves Christmas	(1996)
[ Frank Oz ]
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists	(1996)
[ Frank Welker ][ Rob Paulsen ][ Kenneth Mars ][ Jeff Bennett ]
One Fine Day	(1996)
[ George Clooney ][ Alex D. Linz ][ Michael Massee ]
Mrs. Santa Claus	(1996)
[ Michael Jeter ]
Recon	(1996)
Spy Hard	(1996)
[ Leslie Nielsen ][ Mr. T ][ Hulk Hogan ][ Pat Morita ][ Brad Garrett ]
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman	(1996)
[ Kevin Spacey ][ Gregory Peck ]
Home for the Holidays	(1995)
[ Robert Downey Jr. ][ Steve Guttenberg ][ Dylan McDermott ][ David Strathairn ][ Shawn Hatosy ]
The Grass Harp	(1995)
[ Edward Furlong ][ Sean Patrick Flanery ][ Jack Lemmon ][ Walter Matthau ][ Roddy McDowall ]
The Last Supper	(1995)
[ Ron Perlman ][ Bill Paxton ][ Mark Harmon ][ Jason Alexander ][ Ron Eldard ]
I.Q.	(1994)
[ Tim Robbins ][ Tony Shalhoub ][ Stephen Fry ][ Walter Matthau ][ Frank Whaley ]
Leslie's Folly	(1994)
Texan	(1994)
[ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ David Mamet ][ Treat Williams ][ Brian Doyle-Murray ]
Roommates	(1994)
[ Eric Stoltz ][ Randy Quaid ]
The Hudsucker Proxy	(1994)
[ Steve Buscemi ][ Paul Newman ][ Tim Robbins ][ Bruce Campbell ][ Joel Coen ]
When a Stranger Calls Back	(1993)
Harlan & Merleen	(1993)
The Music of Chance	(1993)
[ James Spader ][ Chris Penn ][ Mandy Patinkin ][ M. Emmet Walsh ]
Tales from Hollywood	(1992)
[ Jeremy Irons ][ Alec Guinness ]
The Water Engine	(1992)
[ Martin Sheen ][ William H Macy ][ William H. Macy ][ David Mamet ][ Treat Williams ]
The Resurrection of Wood Newton	(1992)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Michael Jeter ][ Ossie Davis ]
Harlan Deals-A-Meal	(1992)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Michael Jeter ][ Ossie Davis ]
Father/Child Campout	(1992)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Michael Jeter ]
You Scratch My Back, I'll Arrest You	(1992)
[ Ossie Davis ]
The Story Lady	(1991)
[ Ed Begley Jr. ]
The Return of Eliot Ness	(1991)
[ Robert Stack ]
V.I. Warshawski	(1991)
[ Stephen Root ][ Wayne Knight ][ Lee Arenberg ][ Jay O. Sanders ][ Michael G. Hagerty ]
Dick Tracy	(1990)
[ Al Pacino ][ Dustin Hoffman ][ James Caan ][ Warren Beatty ][ Danny Elfman ]
Fatal Sky	(1990)
[ Maxwell Caulfield ][ Michael Nouri ]
Dinner at Eight	(1989)
[ Harry Hamlin ][ John Mahoney ]
Prime Target	(1989)
[ Yaphet Kotto ][ David Soul ][ Joseph Bologna ]
Brenda Starr	(1989)
[ Timothy Dalton ][ Jeffrey Tambor ][ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ][ Henry Gibson ]
Cat Chaser	(1989)
[ Peter Weller ][ Frederic Forrest ][ Tomas Milian ][ Tony Bolano ]
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas	(1989)
The Butter Battle Book	(1989)
Case Closed	(1988)
A Tiger's Tale	(1988)
[ Sean Patrick Flanery ][ C. Thomas Howell ][ William Zabka ]
Cop	(1988)
[ James Woods ]
Étoile	(1988)
Unholy Matrimony	(1988)
[ Patrick Duffy ][ Fred Dalton Thompson ]
Far North	(1988)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains	(1987)
[ Val Kilmer ][ Billy Bob Thornton ][ Clancy Brown ][ William Sanderson ][ Chris Mulkey ]
I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII	(1987)
The Rosary Murders	(1987)
[ Donald Sutherland ][ Mark Margolis ]
Happy New Year	(1987)
[ Anthony Heald ][ Tom Courtenay ][ Bruce Kirby ]
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues	(1987)
[ Jeffrey Jones ][ Dean Stockwell ][ Colm Meaney ][ George Kennedy ][ Michael Berryman ]
Solarbabies	(1986)
[ Lukas Haas ][ Jason Patric ][ James LeGros ][ Adrian Pasdar ][ Richard Jordan ]
Tough Guys	(1986)
[ Kirk Douglas ][ Burt Lancaster ][ Dana Carvey ][ Eli Wallach ][ Bing Crosby ]
Meatballs III: Summer Job	(1986)
[ Patrick Dempsey ]
Where the River Runs Black	(1986)
[ Ajay Naidu ][ Peter Horton ]
Big Trouble	(1986)
[ Alan Arkin ][ Robert Stack ][ Paul Dooley ]
Death of a Salesman	(1985)
[ Dustin Hoffman ][ John Malkovich ][ Jon Polito ]
The Man with One Red Shoe	(1985)
[ Tom Hanks ][ James Belushi ][ David Ogden Stiers ][ Edward Herrmann ][ Dabney Coleman ]
Stick	(1985)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ George Segal ][ Alex Rocco ]
Guilt Trip	(1985)
Stand Alone	(1985)
[ Alan Abelew ]
Mass Appeal	(1984)
[ Jack Lemmon ]
Good Evening, He Lied	(1984)
Mister Roberts	(1984)
[ Kevin Bacon ][ Joe Pantoliano ][ Robert Hays ][ Howard Hesseman ]
Hadley's Rebellion	(1984)
[ Adam Baldwin ][ William Devane ][ Chad McQueen ]
Two of a Kind	(1983)
[ John Travolta ][ Gene Hackman ][ Oliver Reed ][ Ernie Hudson ][ Scatman Crothers ]
To Be or Not to Be	(1983)
[ Mel Brooks ][ Christopher Lloyd ][ Tim Matheson ][ George Gaynes ]
Tootsie	(1982)
[ Bill Murray ][ Dustin Hoffman ][ Sydney Pollack ][ Dabney Coleman ][ George Gaynes ]
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas	(1982)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Dom DeLuise ][ Barry Corbin ][ Jim Nabors ][ Gregory Itzin ]
Working	(1982)
[ David Patrick Kelly ][ Barry Bostwick ][ Scatman Crothers ]
The Best Little Girl in the World	(1981)
[ Aaron Spelling ][ Michael Dudikoff ]
Casey Stengel	(1981)
[ George C Scott ][ George C. Scott ]
Crisis at Central High	(1981)
[ William Russ ]
Sharky's Machine	(1981)
[ Burt Reynolds ][ Brian Keith ][ Bill Nunn ][ John Fiedler ][ Bernie Casey ]
Dark Night of the Scarecrow	(1981)
[ Lane Smith ]
True Confessions	(1981)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Robert Duvall ][ Burgess Meredith ][ Dan Hedaya ]
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories by Irwin Shaw	(1981)
[ Jeff Bridges ]
A Perfect Match	(1980)
The Final Countdown	(1980)
[ Martin Sheen ][ Kirk Douglas ]
Die Laughing	(1980)
[ Bud Cort ][ Peter Coyote ][ Robby Benson ][ Carel Struycken ][ Charles Fleischer ]
Attica	(1980)
[ Morgan Freeman ]
When a Stranger Calls	(1979)
Starting Over	(1979)
[ Kevin Bacon ][ Burt Reynolds ][ Wallace Shawn ][ Daniel Stern ][ Austin Pendleton ]
North Dallas Forty	(1979)
[ Nick Nolte ][ John Matuszak ][ Dabney Coleman ]
The Muppet Movie	(1979)
[ Steve Martin ][ Mel Brooks ][ Orson Welles ][ Frank Oz ][ Richard Pryor ]
Tilt	(1979)
[ Lorenzo Lamas ][ Fred Ward ][ Geoffrey Lewis ][ Don Stark ][ Johnny Crawford ]
One of the Missing	(1979)
Special Olympics	(1978)
[ Herb Edelman ]
The Greek Tycoon	(1978)
[ Anthony Quinn ][ Joss Ackland ][ Tony Jay ]
An Enemy of the People	(1978)
[ Steve McQueen ]
The Fury	(1978)
[ Kirk Douglas ][ Brian De Palma ][ John Williams ][ John Cassavetes ][ Dennis Franz ]
The Choirboys	(1977)
[ James Woods ][ Randy Quaid ][ Burt Young ][ Louis Gossett Jr. ][ Perry King ]
Twilight's Last Gleaming	(1977)
[ Burt Lancaster ][ John Ratzenberger ][ Richard Widmark ][ Burt Young ][ Joseph Cotten ]
Harry and Walter Go to New York	(1976)
[ Michael Caine ][ James Caan ][ Elliott Gould ][ Burt Young ][ Brion James ]
The Ashes of Mrs. Reasoner	(1976)
[ Herb Edelman ]
The Hindenburg	(1975)
[ George C Scott ][ George C. Scott ][ Rene Auberjonois ][ Burgess Meredith ][ William Atherton ]
Breakheart Pass	(1975)
[ Charles Bronson ][ Richard Crenna ][ Ben Johnson ][ Bill McKinney ]
Dog Day Afternoon	(1975)
[ Al Pacino ][ Lance Henriksen ][ Chris Sarandon ][ John Cazale ][ Sidney Lumet ]
Switch	(1975)
[ Robert Wagner ][ Edward Albert ][ Eddie Albert ]
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom	(1975)
The Trial of Chaplain Jensen	(1975)
[ Harris Yulin ]
The Front Page	(1974)
[ Jack Lemmon ][ Walter Matthau ][ Billy Wilder ][ Austin Pendleton ][ Harold Gould ]
The Sting	(1973)
[ Robert Redford ][ Paul Newman ][ Robert Shaw ][ Ray Walston ][ Harold Gould ]
Rx for the Defense	(1973)
Sisters	(1973)
[ Brian De Palma ]
The Connection	(1973)
[ Dennis Cole ]
Doomsday Voyage	(1972)
[ Joseph Cotten ]
Look Homeward, Angel	(1972)
[ Timothy Bottoms ]
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues	(1972)
[ John Lithgow ][ Paul Sorvino ][ Michael Crichton ][ Buzzy Linhart ]
Deadhead Miles	(1972)
[ Alan Arkin ][ Terrence Malick ][ Richard Kiel ][ Hector Elizondo ]
The Pursuit of Happiness	(1971)
[ William Devane ]
I Walk the Line	(1970)
[ Gregory Peck ]
Hi, Mom!	(1970)
[ Robert De Niro ][ Brian De Palma ]
Stiletto	(1969)
[ Roy Scheider ][ Raul Julia ][ M. Emmet Walsh ][ James Tolkan ]
Harvey Middleman, Fireman	(1965)

Trivia

• Was trained in classical dance and was for a time in his early career, a dance instructor.
• His wife, Mary Ann, was his childhood sweetheart. He won a Tony in 1990 for "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof."
• Has played Santa Claus five times to date, in It Nearly Wasn't Christmas (1989) (TV), Mrs. Santa Claus (1996) (TV), Elmo Saves Christmas (1996) (V), Mr. St. Nick (2002) (TV), and A Boyfriend for Christmas (2004) (TV). Ironically, none of these films was released in theaters and two of them begin with titles of a man or woman. His St. Nick is rarely the main character and is portrayed as somewhat grumpier than most depictions.
• Was one of a few survivors to the infamous attack on American POWs at Malmedy, Belgium. The surrendering engineering battalion, caught behind enemy lines when the main American Forces retreated, were gathered together and brought to a large field when German machine guns which had been hidden in trucks, were brought to bear upon them. Only a few men survived this attack and were witnesses to the event. More than 100 US Servicemen died. The scene was re-created in the movie, Battle of the Bulge, starring Henry Fonda.
• Fought on the same card as Jack Warden in Madison Square Garden.
• Studied the Martial Arts earlier in his career
• Won Broadway's 1990 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for portraying Big Daddy in a revival of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."
• His wife, Mary Ann, was his childhood sweetheart.
• Served with the 1st Infantry Division in World War II. He landed at Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944 during the Normandy invasion. He was awarded several decorations, including the Combat Infantryman's Badge, Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and three Purple Hearts.
• Former professional boxer.
• Survived the bloody D-Day assault on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Took him 50 years to talk about his experiences of that day.

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