Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. Known for his "granite features and brawny physique,"[2] he gained international fame for his starring roles in action, western, and war films; initially as a supporting player and later a leading man. A quintessential cinematic "tough guy", Bronson was cast in various roles where the plot line hinged on the authenticity of the character's toughness and brawn.[3] At the height of his fame in the early 1970s, he was the world's No. 1 box office attraction, commanding $1 million per film.[4] Born to a Lithuanian-American coal mining family in rural Pennsylvania, Bronson served in the United States Army Air Forces as a bomber tail gunner during World War II. He worked several odd jobs before entering the film industry in the early 1950s, playing bit and supporting roles as henchmen, thugs, and other "heavies". After playing a villain in the Western film Drum Beat, he was cast in his first leading role by B-movie auteur Roger Corman, playing the title character in the gangster picture Machine-Gun Kelly (1958). The role brought him to the attention of mainstream critics, and led to sizable co-lead parts as an Irish-Mexican gunslinger in The Magnificent Seven (1960), a claustrophobic tunneling expert in The Great Escape (1963), a small-town Southern louche in This Property Is Condemned (1966), and a prisoner-turned-commando in The Dirty Dozen (1967). Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Bronson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2020 · Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 · Family of Cops III as Paul Fein
- 1995 · Sinatra: 80 Years My Way as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1995 · Family of Cops as Paul Fein
- 1993 · La Classe américaine as The Indian (archive footage)
- 1989 · Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects as Lieutenant Crowe
- 1988 · Messenger of Death as Garret Smith
- 1986 · Murphy's Law as Jack Murphy
- 1977 · Telefon as Major Grigori Borzov
- 1976 · From Noon Till Three as Graham Dorsey
- 1976 · St. Ives as Raymond St. Ives
- 1974 · Mr. Majestyk as Vince Majestyk
- 1973 · Chino as Chino Valdez
- 1971 · Someone Behind the Door as The Stranger
- 1970 · Cold Sweat as Joe Martin
- 1970 · Rider on the Rain as Col. Harry Dobbs
- 1968 · Villa Rides as Rodolfo Fierro
- 1966 · This Property Is Condemned as J.J. Nichols
- 1965 · The Sandpiper as Cos Erickson
- 1964 · Guns of Diablo as Linc Murdock
- 1963 · 4 for Texas as Matson
- 1962 · Kid Galahad as Lew Nyack
- 1961 · A Thunder of Drums as Trooper Hanna
- 1961 · Master of the World as John Strock
- 1959 · Never So Few as Sgt. John Danforth
- 1958 · Machine-Gun Kelly as George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly
- 1957 · Colt .45 as Danny Gordon
- 1955 · Crusader as Mike Brod
- 1955 · Those Whiting Girls as Martin Carroll
- 1954 · Drum Beat as Kintpuash
- 1953 · Miss Sadie Thompson as Pvt. Edwards
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Pike
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Henry
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Soldier Conlon
- 1952 · Off Limits as Russell (Uncredited)
- 1952 · Biff Baker U.S.A. as Czech spy
- 1952 · Biff Baker U.S.A. as Wilhelm
- 1952 · Pat and Mike as Henry 'Hank' Tasling
- 1952 · Chevron Theatre as (2 Episodes)
- 1952 · Chevron Theatre as
- 1951 · Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Sgt. Roy Smith
- 1951 · The Mob as Jack (uncredited)
- Future · Stage 7 as Jerry Donn
- Future · Stage 7 as Murray Forman
- 2022 · Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
- 2015 · Spanish Western as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Operation Dirty Dozen as Self
- 1997 · Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II as Commissioner Paul Fein
- 1994 · The Sea Wolf as Capt. Wolf Larsen
- 1994 · Death Wish V: The Face of Death as Paul Kersey
- 1993 · Donato and Daughter as Sgt. Mike Donato
- 1991 · Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Francis Church
- 1991 · The Indian Runner as Mr. Roberts
- 1987 · Death Wish 4: The Crackdown as Paul Kersey
- 1987 · Assassination as Jay Killion
- 1986 · Act of Vengeance as Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
- 1985 · Death Wish 3 as Paul Kersey
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984 · The Evil That Men Do as Holland
- 1983 · All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra as Himself
- 1983 · 10 to Midnight as Leo Kessler
- 1982 · Death Wish II as Paul Kersey
- 1981 · Death Hunt as Albert Johnson
- 1980 · Borderline as Jeb Maynard
- 1980 · Catastrophe: No Safe Place as Self - Host
- 1980 · Cabo Blanco as Gifford Hoyt
- 1979 · Love and Bullets as Charlie Congers
- 1978 · The Meanest Men in the West as Harge Talbot Jr.
- 1977 · The White Buffalo as Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis
- 1976 · Raid on Entebbe as Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
- 1975 · Breakheart Pass as John Deakin
- 1975 · Hard Times as Chaney
- 1975 · Breakout as Nick Colton
- 1974 · Death Wish as Paul Kersey
- 1973 · The Stone Killer as Lou Torrey
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1972 · The Mechanic as Arthur Bishop
- 1972 · Chato's Land as Pardon Chato
- 1972 · The Bull of the West as Ben Justin
- 1972 · The Valachi Papers as Joe Valachi
- 1972 · Valachi: The Violent Era as Self
- 1971 · Red Sun as Link
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 1971 · Mean Justice as Moreno
- 1970 · Violent City as Jeff Heston
- 1970 · You Can't Win 'Em All as Josh Corey
- 1970 · Twinky as Scott Wardman
- 1968 · Once Upon a Time in the West as 'Harmonica'
- 1968 · Farewell, Friend as Franz Propp
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1968 · Guns for San Sebastian as Teclo
- 1967 · The Dirty Dozen as Joseph Wladislaw
- 1965 · Battle of the Bulge as Maj. Wolenski
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Earl Clayton
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Tate
- 1965 · The Legend of Jesse James as Cheyney
- 1965 · The Big Sur as Self (uncredited)
- 1963 · The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters as Linc Murdock
- 1963 · The Fugitive as Ralph Schuyler
- 1963 · Vacation Playhouse as John Wesley Hardin
- 1963 · The Great Escape as Danny 'Tunnel King'
- 1962 · Combat! as Velasquez
- 1962 · Empire as Paul Moreno
- 1962 · Empire as Moreno
- 1962 · Empire as Paul
- 1962 · The Virginian as Ben Justin
- 1962 · The Virginian as Harge Talbot
- 1961 · X-15 as Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
- 1961 · The New Breed as Jerry Bergason
- 1961 · Dr. Kildare as Harry Gregg
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Hank Conrad
- 1960 · The Magnificent Seven as Bernardo O'Reilly
- 1960 · The Islanders as Dutch Malkin
- 1960 · The Aquanauts as Hector Morrison
- 1959 · Adventures in Paradise as Dan Morton
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Man
- 1959 · Riverboat as Crowley
- 1959 · Bonanza as Harry Starr
- 1959 · One Step Beyond as Yank Dawson
- 1959 · Rawhide as Del Lingman
- 1958 · When Hell Broke Loose as Steve Boland
- 1958 · Man with a Camera as Mike Kovac
- 1958 · Yancy Derringer as Rogue Donovan
- 1958 · Gang War as Alan Avery
- 1958 · Showdown at Boot Hill as Luke Welsh
- 1958 · No Time at All as Wolf Hagan
- 1957 · The Walter Winchell File as Eggers
- 1957 · Suspicion as Cal
- 1957 · M Squad as Eddie Loder
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Sandy Randall
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Cliff Raven
- 1957 · Have Gun, Will Travel as Manfred Holt
- 1957 · Run of the Arrow as Blue Buffolo
- 1957 · Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Dan Rocco
- 1957 · Tales of Wells Fargo as Butch Cassidy
- 1956 · Playhouse 90 as Wolf Hagan
- 1956 · Wire Service as Sam Adams
- 1956 · U.S. Marshall as Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid
- 1956 · U.S. Marshall as Pvt. 'Guardhouse' Ravenal
- 1956 · Hey, Jeannie! as Rocky Harman
- 1956 · Telephone Time as Guest
- 1956 · Jubal as Reb
- 1955 · Target Zero as Sgt. Vince Gaspari
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Det. Krovitch
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Frank Bramwell
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Ray Bardon
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Crego
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Ben Tiple
- 1955 · Big House, U.S.A as Benny Kelly
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Jerry Bell
- 1954 · Vera Cruz as Pittsburgh
- 1954 · Medic as Dr. John Bircher
- 1954 · Apache as Hondo
- 1954 · Riding Shotgun as Pinto
- 1954 · Tennessee Champ as Sixty Jubel
- 1954 · The Joe Palooka Story as Eddie Crane
- 1953 · Torpedo Alley as Submariner
- 1953 · Crime Wave as Ben Hastings
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Eugene Walters
- 1953 · House of Wax as Igor
- 1953 · The Clown as Gambler (uncredited)
- 1952 · Bloodhounds of Broadway as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
- 1952 · Battle Zone as Marine Private (uncredited)
- 1952 · Cavalcade of America as John Stanizewski
- 1952 · Four Star Playhouse as Frank Dana
- 1952 · The Doctor as Joe Langan
- 1952 · Diplomatic Courier as Russian Agent (uncredited)
- 1952 · My Six Convicts as Jocko
- 1952 · The Marrying Kind as Eddie
- 1952 · Red Skies of Montana as Neff (uncredited)
- 1951 · The People Against O'Hara as Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
- 1951 · You're in the Navy Now as Wascylewski
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Sergeant Borth
- 1950 · Treasury Men in Action as Frankie Ames
- 1948 · Studio One as Cal