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).
Awards & recognition
- Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Featured Actor · 2006
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actor in a Play · 1990
- Bronze Star Medal
- Drama League Award
- Legion of Honour
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- Purple Heart
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
- Silver Star
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1984 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1983 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
A Woman of Independent Means
Scarface
Homicide: Life on the Street
Monk
The Return of Eliot Ness
The Sting
Dog Day Afternoon
All in the Family
The Practice
Rescue Me
NCIS
Everwood
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
Amazing Stories
Family Guy
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Front Page
Touched by an Angel
Tootsie
The Muppet Movie
Hawaii Five-O
The Hudsucker Proxy
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
Death of a Salesman
Everybody Loves Raymond
Arli$$
An Enemy of the People
The High Chaparral
Hi-Life
To Be or Not to Be
North Dallas Forty
Sisters
The Final Countdown
Breakheart Pass
One Fine Day
The Last Supper
Far North
Where the River Runs Black
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
The Password Is Courage
Local Color
Starting Over
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Death and Texas
State and Main
Jerry and Tom
Cop
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Fury