Charles Durning
Acting
Biography
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).
Born: February 28, 1923
Place of Birth: Highland Falls, New York, USA
Known For
LA DA Story
Los Angeles District Attorney’s office professes to protect the residents of Los Angeles County by prosecuting violent and dangerous criminals and seeking justice for all. But there is a dark side to the LA DA’s operations, when it is utilized by powers-that-be to persecute whistleblowers, violate the civil rights of U.S. citizens and stop investigations of criminal elements.
A Woman of Independent Means
Bess Steed marries her childhood sweetheart in the early part of the 20th century and begins a life in the high society of Dallas, Texas. As time goes by, things do not work out as she expects. Her husband dies of influenza, and she finds that she must pick up and carry along with her life. She proves to be a strong, committed, and loving individual who attracts new loves into her life and finds that she can take good care of the old ones. Despite further tragedy in losing her oldest son, and a second marriage that is not all that she expects it to be she continues to survive as independently as she has discovered the courage to do so.
Studs Lonigan
Studs Lonigan is a three-part American television miniseries produced by Lorimar Television for NBC, based on the 1932–35 novel trilogy by American author James T. Farrell. Each story is represented in 100-minute episodes: Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment Day. From 1918 and 1930, Irish-American Bill 'Studs' Lonigan comes of age in Chicago, Illinois, a city full of temptations.
Unholy Matrimony
Drama based on the true story of a police detective's relentless investigation into an insurance fraud involving a woman's murder. He's soon convinced he's hot on the trail of those responsible - a doctor and a minister - but his attempts to prove his suspicions look set to be foiled.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Captains and the Kings
Rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant in late 1800s based on the novel by Taylor Caldwell.
Dinner for Five
Dinner for Five is a television program in which actor/filmmaker Jon Favreau and a revolving guest list of celebrities eat, drink and talk about life on and off the set and swap stories about projects past and present. The program seats screen legends next to a variety of personalities from film, television, music and comedy, resulting in an unpredictable free-for-all. The program aired on the Independent Film Channel with Favreau the co-Executive Producer with Peter Billingsley. The show format is a spontaneous, open forum for people in the entertainment community. The idea, originally conceived by Favreau, originated from a time when he went out to dinner with colleagues on a film location and exchanged filming anecdotes. Favreau said, "I thought it would be interesting to show people that side of the business". He did not want to present them in a "sensationalized way [that] they're presented in the press, but as normal people". The format featured Favreau and four guests from the entertainment industry in a restaurant with no other diners. They ordered actual food from real menus and were served by authentic waiters. There were no cue cards or previous research on the participants that would have allowed him to orchestrate the conversation and the guests were allowed to talk about whatever they wanted. The show used five cameras with the operators using long lenses so that they could be at least ten feet away from the table and not intrude on the conversation or make the guests self-conscious. The conversations lasted until the film ran out. A 25-minutes episode would be edited from the two-hour dinner.
Scarface
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
Homicide: Life on the Street
An American police procedural chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Santa Claus
as Dylan Frier
as James Wise
as Judge Frier
as Congressman Davenport
as Man in the White Suit
as Frank 'The Handler' Maro
as Kris Kringle
as Self
as The Wise Man
as Floyd
as John Bartlett
as Charlie Rosenberg
as Yammi
as Charlie
as Dr. Seamus St. Martin
as Charlie Adler
as Alexander Hathaway
as Eddie O'Brien
as Tom Billingsley
as Captain Pete Weaver
as Inkeeper #2
as Teddy
as Harold's Father
as Self
as Victor Rasdale
as The Lawyer
as Murray Blythe
as Self
as Ozzy Larson
as Santa Claus
as Michael Gavin
as Tommy's Dad
as Marshall Ledger
as Satan
as Ernie Yost
as Nicholas XX
as Eugene Brown
as George
as Hank Johansen
as Philly Russo
as Henry Hoskins
as Scorekeeper
as Stuart Steele
as Judge Harlan Radovich
as Judge Harlan Radovich
as Self
as Pappy O'Daniel
as Mayor George Bailey
as Syd Wolf
as Paddy Mulroney
as Skippy
as Reverend Hale
as Det. Charlie Duffy
as Narrator (voice; uncredited)
as Det. Charlie Duffy
as Francis Griffin (voice)
as Moe Ryan
as Det. Charlie Duffy
as Earl Pulmer
as Vic
as Fatty
as Capt. Robert Landis
as Norbie Hess
as Stephen Donnell
as Frank Vitelli
as Santa Claus
as Lew, Jack's boss
as Santa Claus
as Archie (voice)
as Reverend Buster
as Judge Steven Romick
as Father Hubley
as The Director
as Henry Larson
as Reverend Gerald Hutchens
as Andrew Alcott
as A.J. Sheridan
as Louis Bamberger
as Benjamin Franklin
as Doc Hopper (archive footage)
as Father Thomas Madden
as Barney
as Waring Hudsucker
as Bill Flower
as John Clifford
as Thomas Finnegan
as Charles F. Money
as Tour Guide
as Judge (uncredited)
as Roger Finn
as Charles F. Money
as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory
as Colonel Clancy
as Harlan Elldridge
as Chief Brandon
as John F. Fitzgerald
as Self (archive footage)
as Dan Packard
as Santa
as Grandfather (voice)
as Earl Mulcahaney
as Jiggs Scully
as Editor Francis I. Livright
as Uncle Joshua
as Bertrum
as Reverend Samuel Corey
as Les Kabowski
as Charlie Drumm
as Dutch Peltz
as Senator Henry Colton
as Warden Hardy
as Pope John XXIII
as Father Ted Nabors
as Charlie
as The Warden
as Deke Yablonski
as Father O'Reilly
as O'Mara
as Assistant to the Boss
as Earl
as Uncle Doffue
as Uncle Doffue
as Louis Thibadeau
as Charley
as Ross
as Harry Deegan
as Chucky
as Self
as Monsignor Thomas Burke
as The Captain
as Col. Erhardt
as Charlie
as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)
as Sam Crawford
as Les Nichols
as Governor of Texas
as Retired Man
as Lt. Friscoe
as Otis P. Hazelrigg
as Jack Amsterdam
as Frank Powell
as Casey Stengel
as Jess Matthews
as Bill Larson
as Arnold
as Commissioner Russell Oswald
as Senator Samuel Chapman
as Michael "Mickey" Potter
as John Clifford
as Coach Johnson
as Doc Hopper
as Self
as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens
as Paddy Lonigan
as Michael Russell
as Peter Stockmann
as Dr. Jim McKeever
as Spermwhale Whalen
as President David T. Stevens
as Ed Healey
as Rufus T. Crisp
as Captain Pruss
as Frank O'Brien
as Officer Frank Murphy
as Moretti
as Lt. Phil Beckman
as Al Green
as Budd Rogers
as Murphy
as Self
as McMahon
as Lt. Wm. Snyder
as District Attorney Horn
as Joseph Larch
as Frank Devlin
as Truck Driver in Cafe
as Jason's First Mate
as 2nd Guard
as McMahon
as Detective
as Wylie Hunnicutt
as Superintendent
as Football Player
as Cop (uncredited)
as Havens
as Hewitt
as Dooley
as American Solider (uncredited)
as Juror #11
as Stephen Douglas
as Casey Stengel
as (archive footage)