Charles Durning

Acting · Born 1923-02-28 in Highland Falls, New York, USA

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
• Dog Day Afternoon as Moretti
• The Front Page as Murphy
• The Muppet Movie as Doc Hopper
• The Hudsucker Proxy as Waring Hudsucker
• The Sting as Lt. Wm. Snyder
• Tootsie as Les Nichols
• Scarface as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)
• Desperation as Tom Billingsley
• Spy Hard as The Director

TV

• Monk as Hank Johansen
• All in the Family as Detective
• The Practice as Stephen Donnell
• Rescue Me as Michael Gavin
• NCIS as Ernie Yost
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Thomas Finnegan
• Rescue Me as Tommy's Dad
• Dinner for Five
• Evening Shade as Harlan Elldridge
• Family Guy as Francis Griffin (voice)