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Charles Durning
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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).
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
LA DA Story
Bleeding Hearts
Scavenger Killers
Rogue Assassin
The Great Fight
Naked Run
The Life Zone
Three Chris's
The Waiter
An Affirmative Act
According to Dom
Amazing Racer
Local Color
Good Dick
Deal
The Golden Boys
Break
A Bunch of Amateurs
iMurders
Polycarp
Forget About It
Desperation
Miracle Dogs Too
The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'
Descansos
Unbeatable Harold
The Art of 'The Sting'
Dirty Deeds
Molding Clay
The L.A. Riot Spectacular
The Autopsy
A Very Married Christmas
A Boyfriend for Christmas
Death and Texas
The Drum Beats Twice
Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There- DEDead Canaries
Mr. St. Nick
Mother Ghost
Turn of Faith
Bleacher Bums
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
The Judge
A Constant Forge
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
State and Main
The Last Producer
Very Mean Men
Lakeboat
Never Look Back
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel
Hard Time: The Premonition
Justice
Hard Time
A Chance of Snow
Shelter
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Jerry and Tom
Hi-Life
The Secret Life of Algernon
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
One Fine Day
Mrs. Santa Claus
Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists- RERecon
Spy Hard
Home for the Holidays
The Last Supper
The Grass Harp
I.Q.
The World of Jim Henson
Roommates
The Hudsucker Proxy
When a Stranger Calls Back
The Music of Chance
Tales from Hollywood
The Water Engine
The Return of Eliot Ness
V.I. Warshawski
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Dick Tracy
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Fatal Sky
Dinner at Eight
It Nearly Wasn't Christmas
The Butter Battle Book
Prime Target
Etoile
Cat Chaser
Brenda Starr
Far North
Unholy Matrimony
Case Closed
Cop
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII
The Rosary Murders
Happy New Year
A Tiger's Tale
Solarbabies
Tough Guys
Big Trouble
Where the River Runs Black
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Stand Alone
Death of a Salesman
The Man with One Red Shoe
Stick
Night of 100 Stars II
Mass Appeal- P.P.O.P.
Mister Roberts
To Be or Not to Be
Two of a Kind
Scarface
Hadley's Rebellion
Tootsie
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Special In Texas
The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories
Working
Sharky's Machine
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
True Confessions
The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories
The Best Little Girl in the World
Casey Stengel
Crisis at Central High
A Perfect Match
Die Laughing
Attica
The Final Countdown
Starting Over
When a Stranger Calls
North Dallas Forty
The Muppet Movie
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Tilt
The Greek Tycoon
An Enemy of the People
The Fury- SPSpecial Olympics
The Choirboys
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Harry and Walter Go to New York
The Hindenburg
The Rivalry
Breakheart Pass
Dog Day Afternoon
Switch
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom
The Trial of Chaplain Jensen
The Front Page
The Sting
Rx for the Defense
Sisters
The Connection
Deadhead Miles
Look Homeward, Angel
Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues
Doomsday Voyage
The Pursuit of Happiness
I Walk the Line
Hi, Mom!
Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet
Stiletto
Harvey Middleman, Fireman
The Password Is Courage