Most Recent Role: Michael Gavin on Rescue Me
Alias Name(s): Charles Durnham
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Highland Falls, New York
Birthday: 2-23-1923
Birth Name: Charles Durning
Alias Name(s): Charles Durnham
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Highland Falls, New York
Birthday: 2-23-1923
Birth Name: Charles Durning
Add biographical information for Charles Durning.
Most Recent Appearance
Yaz
Wednesday 12 September 2007 on FX
In the fourth-season finale, Sheila learns that Jimmy's ghost has been spotted on several occasions, so she investigates. Meanwhile, Colleen blames Tommy for her failed relationship; Franco and Natalie come to an understanding, as do Lou, Cousin Mike and Latrina; and Tommy spends time with his...
News Headlines
- Carell, Baldwin top Emmy's comedy actor shortlist 2008-07-03 13:55:00
- external: King's 'Desperation' Fairly Decent 2006-05-23
- external: WWII Veteran Guests on 'NCIS' 2004-11-21
More: Charles Durning News »
Charles was played both the characters Dean Stewart and Maurice in the 1966 production Pousse-Café.
(edit)
Charles played the role of Pincer in the 1965 Broadway production Drat! The Cat!.
(edit)
Charles earned Oscar nominations for his performances in 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' (1982) and 'To Be Or Not To Be' (1983).
(edit)
Charles appeared in The Sting as a crooked cop in 1973. The show later won an Oscar.
(edit)
Charles won a Golden Globe in 1991 for his performance in The Kennedys of Massachusetts.
(edit)
Charles: (on performing) I've been obsessed with character acting, it was my dream.
(edit)
Charles: (on performing) It's the work, the opportunity to do good work, that's what inspires me.
(edit)
Charles: (on acting) There are many secrets in us, in the depths of our souls, that we don't want anyone to know about. There's terror and repulsion in us, horrifying things we keep secret. A lot of that is released through acting.
(edit)
Charles: (on his post war years) I dropped into a void for almost a decade. The physical injuries heal first. It's your mind that's hard to heal.
(edit)
Other Appearances
| Star | |
|---|---|
|
Another World
Gil McGowan [#2] (1972) |
Evening Shade
Dr. Harlan Elldridge |
|
Eye To Eye
Oscar Poole |
First Monday
Justice Henry Hoskins |
|
Stephen King's Desperation
Tom Billingsley |
Stephen King's Desperation
Tom Billingsley |
| Recurring Role | |
|---|---|
|
Everybody Loves Raymond
Father Hubley |
Rescue Me
Michael Gavin |
| Guest Star | |
|---|---|
|
All in the Family
Gloria, the Victim Detective |
Amazing Stories
Guilt Trip Assistant to the Boss |
|
Amazing Stories
You Gotta Believe Me Earl |
American Playhouse
Working Retired Man |
|
Arli$$
Fielding Offers |
Baretta
Set Up City Jake Hatch |
Tell the world what you think of Charles Durning, write a review for this person.
Write a Review
Write a Review
Person Vital Stats
Person
Score: 9.7 Superb 11 votes
Score: 9.7 Superb 11 votes
This content requires Macromedia Flash Player 7 or higher. Get Flash
| Track This Person | |
| Review This Person | Contribute |
Current Forum Topics
|
|
|
|
Top Contributors
|
daliloneScore: 54 points |
|
bbntom55 Score: 14 points |
|
HelloStuart Score: 6 points |
|
jakeboudville Score: 5 points |
Stars In
Another WorldFor thirty-five years, Another World was a much loved part of the NBC daytime lineup. Fans followed the Frame, Cory, Hudson, and many other families through trial and tribulation, pain and... more Evening Shade
This gentle rural sitcom, Evening Shade , starred Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton, an ex-pro football star who returned to his Arkansas home town of Evening Shade to coach the high school football... more Eye To Eye
Private Eye Oscar Poole (Charles Durning) is getting set for retirement when his partner gets killed. He is ready to start taking things easy and hanging out with pal at a local pub. That is until... more First Monday
In this short lived series First Monday hoped to utilize the Supreme Court in the same dramatic manner that West Wing utilized the White House. The CBS series First Monday focused on the nine... more Stephen King's Desperation
While on their way to Lake Tahoe for a vacation, the Carver family is arrested on a lonely stretch of highway after the tires blow out on their camper. The local sheriff throws them in jail in the... more Stephen King's Desperation
In this 2006 Stephen King adaptation, good faces off with evil in and small town atmosphere of the unusual in a place called Desperation. more
