Charles Durning

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).

Known For

NCIS

Family Guy

Monk

Everwood

The Practice

Hawaii Five-O

Great Performances

Everybody Loves Raymond

All Movies (173)

• Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age2021 · as Self
• LA DA Story2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bleeding Hearts2015 · as Santa Claus
• Scavenger Killers2013 · as Dylan Frier
• Rogue Assassin2012
• The Life Zone2011 · as James Wise
• The Great Fight2011 · as Judge Frier
• Naked Run2011 · as Congressman Davenport
• An Affirmative Act2010 · as Man in the White Suit
• The Waiter2010 · as Frank 'The Handler' Maro
• Three Chris's2010 · as Kris Kringle
• According to Dom2009 · as Self
• Break2009 · as The Wise Man
• Amazing Racer2009 · as Floyd
• The Golden Boys2008 · as John Bartlett
• A Bunch of Amateurs2008 · as Charlie Rosenberg
• Local Color2008 · as Yammi
• Good Dick2008 · as Charlie
• iMurders2008 · as Dr. Seamus St. Martin
• Deal2008 · as Charlie Adler
• Kinky Killers2007 · as Alexander Hathaway
• Forget About It2006 · as Eddie O'Brien
• Desperation2006 · as Tom Billingsley
• Miracle Dogs Too2006 · as Captain Pete Weaver
• The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'2006 · as Self
• Descansos2006 · as Inkeeper #2
• Jesus, Mary and Joey2006 · as Teddy
• Unbeatable Harold2006 · as Harold's Father
• The Art of 'The Sting'2005 · as Self
• Dirty Deeds2005 · as Victor Rasdale
• The L.A. Riot Spectacular2005 · as The Lawyer
• River's End2005 · as Murray Blythe
• The Autopsy2004 · as Self
• A Very Married Christmas2004 · as Ozzy Larson
• A Boyfriend for Christmas2004 · as Santa Claus
• Death and Texas2004 · as Marshall Ledger
• The Drum Beats Twice2004 · as Satan
• Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There2003 · as Self
• Dead Canaries2003
• Mr. St. Nick2002 · as Nicholas XX
• Mother Ghost2002 · as George
• Turn of Faith2002 · as Philly Russo
• Bleacher Bums2001 · as Scorekeeper
• L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve2001 · as Stuart Steele
• The Judge2001 · as Judge Harlan Radovich
• A Constant Forge2000 · as Self
• O Brother, Where Art Thou?2000 · as Pappy O'Daniel
• State and Main2000 · as Mayor George Bailey
• The Last Producer2000 · as Syd Wolf
• Very Mean Men2000 · as Paddy Mulroney
• Lakeboat2000 · as Skippy
• Never Look Back2000 · as Reverend Hale
• Hard Time: Hostage Hotel1999 · as Det. Charlie Duffy
• Hard Time: The Premonition1999 · as Det. Charlie Duffy
• Justice1999 · as Moe Ryan
• Hard Time1998 · as Det. Charlie Duffy
• A Chance of Snow1998 · as Earl Pulmer
• Jerry and Tom1998 · as Vic
• Hi-Life1998 · as Fatty
• Shelter1998 · as Capt. Robert Landis
• The Secret Life of Algernon1997 · as Norbie Hess
• Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas1996 · as Santa Claus
• One Fine Day1996 · as Lew, Jack's boss
• Mrs. Santa Claus1996 · as Santa Claus
• Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman1996 · as Self
• The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists1996 · as Archie (voice)
• The Grass Harp1996 · as Reverend Buster
• Recon1996 · as Chief
• Spy Hard1996 · as The Director
• Home for the Holidays1995 · as Henry Larson
• The Last Supper1995 · as Reverend Gerald Hutchens
• I.Q.1994 · as Louis Bamberger
• The World of Jim Henson1994 · as Doc Hopper (archive footage)
• Roommates1994 · as Barney
• The Hudsucker Proxy1994 · as Waring Hudsucker
• The Music of Chance1993 · as Bill Flower
• When a Stranger Calls Back1993 · as John Clifford
• Tales from Hollywood1992 · as Charles F. Money
• The Water Engine1992 · as Tour Guide
• The Story Lady1991 · as Judge (uncredited)
• The Return of Eliot Ness1991 · as Roger Finn
• V.I. Warshawski1991 · as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory
• Project Alien1990 · as Colonel Clancy
• The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson1990 · as Self
• Dick Tracy1990 · as Chief Brandon
• Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge1990 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dinner at Eight1989 · as Dan Packard
• It Nearly Wasn't Christmas1989 · as Santa
• The Butter Battle Book1989 · as Grandfather (voice)
• Prime Target1989 · as Earl Mulcahaney
• Cat Chaser1989 · as Jiggs Scully
• Brenda Starr1989 · as Editor Francis I. Livright
• Etoile1989 · as Uncle Joshua
• Far North1988 · as Bertrum
• Unholy Matrimony1988 · as Reverend Samuel Corey
• Case Closed1988 · as Les Kabowski
• A Tiger's Tale1988 · as Charlie Drumm
• Cop1988 · as Dutch Peltz
• The Gambler: The Legend Continues1987 · as Senator Henry Colton
• The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains1987 · as Warden Hardy
• I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII1987 · as Pope John XXIII
• The Rosary Murders1987 · as Father Ted Nabors
• Happy New Year1987 · as Charlie
• Solarbabies1986 · as The Warden
• Tough Guys1986 · as Deke Yablonski
• Where the River Runs Black1986 · as Father O'Reilly
• Big Trouble1986 · as O'Mara
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow1985 · as Uncle Doffue
• Stand Alone1985 · as Louis Thibadeau
• Death of a Salesman1985 · as Charley
• The Man with One Red Shoe1985 · as Ross
• Stick1985 · as Chucky
• Night of 100 Stars II1985 · as Self
• Mass Appeal1984 · as Monsignor Thomas Burke
• P.O.P.1984 · as P. Oliver Pendergast
• Mister Roberts1984 · as The Captain
• To Be or Not to Be1983 · as Col. Erhardt
• Two of a Kind1983 · as Charlie
• Scarface1983 · as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)
• Hadley's Rebellion1983 · as Sam Crawford
• Tootsie1982 · as Les Nichols
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas1982 · as Governor of Texas
• The Best Little Special In Texas1982
• The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories1982 · as McMahon
• Working1982 · as Retired Man
• Sharky's Machine1981 · as Lt. Friscoe
• Dark Night of the Scarecrow1981 · as Otis P. Hazelrigg
• True Confessions1981 · as Jack Amsterdam
• The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories1981 · as McMahon
• The Best Little Girl in the World1981 · as Frank Powell
• Casey Stengel1981 · as Casey Stengel
• Crisis at Central High1981 · as Jess Matthews
• A Perfect Match1980 · as Bill Larson
• Die Laughing1980 · as Arnold
• Attica1980 · as Commissioner Russell Oswald
• The Final Countdown1980 · as Senator Samuel Chapman
• Starting Over1979 · as Michael "Mickey" Potter
• When a Stranger Calls1979 · as John Clifford
• North Dallas Forty1979 · as Coach Johnson
• The Muppet Movie1979 · as Doc Hopper
• The Muppets Go Hollywood1979 · as Self
• Tilt1979 · as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens
• The Greek Tycoon1978 · as Michael Russell
• An Enemy of the People1978 · as Peter Stockmann
• The Fury1978 · as Dr. Jim McKeever
• Special Olympics1978 · as Carl Gallitzin
• The Choirboys1977 · as Spermwhale Whalen
• Twilight's Last Gleaming1977 · as President David T. Stevens
• Harry and Walter Go to New York1976 · as Rufus T. Crisp
• The Hindenburg1975 · as Captain Pruss
• The Rivalry1975 · as Stephen Douglas
• Breakheart Pass1975 · as Frank O'Brien
• Dog Day Afternoon1975 · as Moretti
• Switch1975 · as Lt. Phil Beckman
• Queen of the Stardust Ballroom1975 · as Al Green
• The Trial of Chaplain Jensen1975 · as Budd Rogers
• The Front Page1974 · as Murphy
• The Sting1973 · as Lt. Wm. Snyder
• Rx for the Defense1973 · as District Attorney Horn
• Sisters1973 · as Joseph Larch
• The Connection1973 · as Frank Devlin
• Deadhead Miles1972 · as Truck Driver in Cafe
• Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues1972 · as Murphy
• Look Homeward, Angel1972 · as Will Pentland
• Doomsday Voyage1972 · as Jason's First Mate
• The Pursuit of Happiness1971 · as 2nd Guard
• I Walk the Line1970 · as Wylie Hunnicutt
• Hi, Mom!1970 · as Superintendent
• Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet1970 · as Football Player
• Stiletto1969 · as Cop (uncredited)
• Harvey Middleman, Fireman1965 · as Dooley
• The Password Is Courage1962 · as American Solider (uncredited)
• Amazing Stories: The Movie III— · as (archive footage)

All TV Shows (46)

• Rescue Me2004 · as Michael Gavin
• Rescue Me2004 · as Tommy's Dad
• NCIS2003 · as Ernie Yost
• Everwood2002 · as Eugene Brown
• Monk2002 · as Hank Johansen
• First Monday2002 · as Henry Hoskins
• Citizen Baines2001
• Dinner for Five2001
• The Judge2001 · as Judge Harlan Radovich
• Now and Again1999 · as Narrator (voice; uncredited)
• Family Guy1999 · as Francis Griffin (voice)
• The Practice1997 · as Stephen Donnell
• Orleans1997 · as Frank Vitelli
• Early Edition1996 · as Judge Steven Romick
• Everybody Loves Raymond1996 · as Father Hubley
• Arli$$1996 · as W.S. Walcott
• A Woman of Independent Means1995 · as Andrew Alcott
• Cybill1995
• Cybill1995 · as A.J. Sheridan
• The American Revolution1994 · as Benjamin Franklin
• Touched by an Angel1994 · as Father Thomas Madden
• Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Thomas Finnegan
• Performance1991 · as Charles F. Money
• Evening Shade1990 · as Harlan Elldridge
• The Kennedys of Massachusetts1990 · as John F. Fitzgerald
• Amazing Stories1985 · as Assistant to the Boss
• Amazing Stories1985 · as Earl
• Tall Tales & Legends1985 · as Uncle Doffue
• The Comedy Factory1985 · as Harry Deegan
• Eye to Eye1985
• Studs Lonigan1979 · as Paddy Lonigan
• Captains and the Kings1976 · as Ed Healey
• The Cop and the Kid1975 · as Officer Frank Murphy
• Baretta1975
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Playhouse1974 · as McMahon
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Cannon1971
• Great Performances1971 · as McMahon
• All in the Family1971 · as Detective
• Hawaii Five-O1968 · as Havens
• The High Chaparral1967 · as Hewitt
• Another World1964
• The Defenders1961 · as Juror #11
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Stephen Douglas
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Casey Stengel