Charles Durning
Actor
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).
Filmography
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
as Pappy O'Daniel 2000
Dog Day Afternoon
as Moretti 1975
The Sting
as Lt. Wm. Snyder 1973
Tootsie
as Les Nichols 1982
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Waring Hudsucker 1994
Dick Tracy
as Chief Brandon 1990
Spy Hard
as The Director 1996
One Fine Day
as Lew, Jack's boss 1996
The Muppet Movie
as Doc Hopper 1979
The Final Countdown
as Senator Samuel Chapman 1980
I.Q.
as Louis Bamberger 1994
Sisters
as Joseph Larch 1973
The Fury
as Dr. Jim McKeever 1978
The Front Page
as Murphy 1974
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
as Archie (voice) 1996
The Last Supper
as Reverend Gerald Hutchens 1995