Charles Durning

Charles Durning

1923-02-28 Highland Falls, New York, USA 168 Credits

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 for both The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) and To Be or Not to Be (1983). Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Durning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full lis...

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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Acting

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who ...

LA DA Story

LA DA Story

2018

as Self (archive footage)

10.0
Acting

Los Angeles District Attorney’s office professes to protect the residents of Los Angeles County by prosecuting violent and dangerous criminals and see...

Bleeding Hearts

Bleeding Hearts

2015

as Santa Claus

2.9
Acting

An undercover journalist travels to small-town Mansionville attempting to expose its dark secrets. He quickly discovers the town is home to a cult of ...

Scavenger Killers

Scavenger Killers

2013

as Dylan Frier

1.8
Acting

Bonnie and Clyde are reinvented in SCAVENGER KILLERS, where a charming judge and a hot criminal defense attorney go on a maniacal killing rampage.

Rogue Assassin

2012

5.0
Acting

A band of black water operatives get wiped out while in Northern Iraq. The sole survivor is left alone to fend for his life. While trying to fend for ...

The Life Zone

The Life Zone

2011

as James Wise

2.0
Acting

Kidnapped by a mysterious figure, three women find themselves trapped in an abandoned hospital. Held against their will for months, the prisoners are ...

The Great Fight

The Great Fight

2011

as Judge Frier

2.0
Acting

A disgraced police man is sent to work security at a local high school and ends up training an autistic boy with talents for mixed martial arts.

Naked Run

Naked Run

2011

as Congressman Davenport

2.7
Acting

Eve Malone runs against a crooked Congressman...but does it in the nude! Starring Academy Award nominees Charles Durning, Eileen Brennan, and Richard ...

An Affirmative Act

An Affirmative Act

2010

as Man in the White Suit

2.9
Acting

"An Affirmative Act" is pro-gay marriage film, starring Charles Durning, Eric Etebari, Costas Mandylor, Rachael Robbins, and Blanche Baker, about a le...

The Waiter

The Waiter

2010

as Frank 'The Handler' Maro

Acting

A man travels through corporate corruption and his own sin to find his soul.

Three Chris's

Three Chris's

2010

as Kris Kringle

Acting

A film about Jesus, Santa Claus and a guy named Chris, all living together.

Break

Break

2009

as The Wise Man

4.2
Acting

A terminally ill crime boss, known only as "The Man", hires a hit man named Frank to carry out his own assassination as well as the assassination of "...

Amazing Racer

Amazing Racer

2009

as Floyd

6.0
Acting

After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her own anger and sadness. Her family doctor informs ...

The Golden Boys

The Golden Boys

2008

as John Bartlett

5.5
Acting

Three retired sea captains living together in genteel squalor. They scheme to improve their fortunes by having one of them solicit a bride through an ...

A Bunch of Amateurs

A Bunch of Amateurs

2008

as Charlie Rosenberg

5.4
Acting

Jefferson Steel, a washed-up Hollywood action star, is desperate to revive his flagging career. When his sleazy agent signs him up for what he believe...

Local Color

Local Color

2008

as Yammi

6.5
Acting

A successful artist looks back with loving memories on the summer of his defining year, 1974. A talented but troubled 18-year-old aspiring artist befr...

Good Dick

Good Dick

2008

as Charlie

5.9
Acting

A fidgety, wisecracking video store clerk develops a fixation on a particularly reclusive customer, a frequent visitor to the pornography section of C...

iMurders

iMurders

2008

as Dr. Seamus St. Martin

3.5
Acting

A mysterious love triangle leads to a tragic shooting. Months later, eight members of a MySpace-esque chat room are being gruesomely murdered in the p...

Deal

Deal

2008

as Charlie Adler

5.3
Acting

As an ex-gambler teaches a hot-shot college kid some things about playing cards, he finds himself pulled into the world series of poker, where his pro...

Kinky Killers

Kinky Killers

2007

as Alexander Hathaway

2.8
Acting

Patients of sexy psychiatrist Dr. Jill Kessey and eccentric attorney Alexander Hathaway are being murdered in bloody, satanic rituals. Law enforcement...

Forget About It

Forget About It

2006

as Eddie O'Brien

4.8
Acting

Welcome to Sunrise Village, a little piece of trailer park heaven where retired war vets Sam, Carl and Eddie are enjoying their golden Years while vyi...

Desperation

Desperation

2006

as Tom Billingsley

5.5
Acting

When a sheriff arrests a writer, a family, a couple, and a hitchiker and throws them in a jail cell in the deserted town of Desperation, they must fig...

Miracle Dogs Too

Miracle Dogs Too

2006

as Captain Pete Weaver

4.8
Acting

Zack, a young boy, finds two Cocker Spaniels caged in the woods and takes them home. The animals, Sissy and Buddy, have magical healing powers that ch...

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon'

2006

as Self

7.8
Acting

A documentary chronicling the making of the 1975 film "Dog Day Afternoon."

Descansos

Descansos

2006

as Inkeeper #2

2.0
Acting

A highly controversial film about a man who tears down roadside memorials in his quest to bury a dark secret from his past

Jesus, Mary and Joey

Jesus, Mary and Joey

2006

as Teddy

4.0
Acting

Twenty-something and aimless, Joey Vitello still lives at home with his colorful Italian-American family when he is reunited with a childhood schoolma...

Unbeatable Harold

Unbeatable Harold

2006

as Harold's Father

3.0
Acting

A wannabe Elvis meets his true love, the best waitress in the West..

The Art of 'The Sting'

The Art of 'The Sting'

2005

as Self

6.0
Acting

An inside look into how a great original screenplay was turned into a classic film that still has an important legacy in film culture. Newman, Redford...

Dirty Deeds

Dirty Deeds

2005

as Victor Rasdale

5.6
Acting

According to a high school's lore, the "Dirty Deeds" are a daunting list of dares almost no student has ever completed. To win the student body's resp...

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

The L.A. Riot Spectacular

2005

as The Lawyer

2.6
Acting

The controversial satire The LA Riot Spectacular plays for mordent laughs the events that consumed L.A. in 1992, after the police officers on trial fo...

River's End

River's End

2005

as Murray Blythe

4.0
Acting

Corbin plays a fictional Menard County sheriff who uses country savvy and cowboy logic to straighten out his angry teen-aged grandson, Clay, a high sc...

The Autopsy

The Autopsy

2004

as Self

Acting

A documentary about the making of Brian De Palma's 1973 film "Sisters" including interviews with the cast and crew.

A Very Married Christmas

A Very Married Christmas

2004

as Ozzy Larson

4.8
Acting

Lighthearted Christmas TV Movie about a man whose quiet, boring life begins to unravel when he finds out that his wife is having an affair and wants a...

A Boyfriend for Christmas

A Boyfriend for Christmas

2004

as Santa Claus

5.6
Acting

Holly Grant has learned a long time ago not to rely on Santa Claus leaving Mr. Right in her Christmas stocking. But Holly is in for a surprise when a ...

Death and Texas

Death and Texas

2004

as Marshall Ledger

6.0
Acting

Barefoot Bobby Briggs, the legendary running back for the Austin Steers was today sentenced to die for his role in the armed robbery/murder at a downt...

The Drum Beats Twice

The Drum Beats Twice

2004

as Satan

2.0
Acting

Left helpless after a vicious attack, Vietnam veteran and cop John Carreck suffers another blow when his wife deserts him. But hope arrives in the for...

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0
Acting

Broadway: The Golden Age is the most important, ambitious and comprehensive film ever made about America's most celebrated indigenous art form. Award...

Mr. St. Nick

Mr. St. Nick

2002

as Nicholas XX

5.6
Acting

King Nicholas XX is ready to retire and pass the throne to his son, Nick St. Nicholas. But he is a no-show, preferring his lavish seaside lifestyle an...

Mother Ghost

Mother Ghost

2002

as George

6.4
Acting

Keith Bennets mother passed away a year ago, and he feels like he has moved on with his life, until one morning his mothers jewelry shows up on Keiths...

Turn of Faith

Turn of Faith

2002

as Philly Russo

2.8
Acting

The story of three friends who grew up in the same tough neighborhood and chose three very different paths. Joey became a cop, Frank became a priest, ...

Bleacher Bums

Bleacher Bums

2001

as Scorekeeper

6.5
Acting

They're known as the Bleacher Bums, a loud and proud group of fans who watch their team's games from the stadium's cheap seats. Most of them have been...

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

2001

as Stuart Steele

6.0
Acting

LA's finest have crossed the thin blue line between Cop and Criminal. Based on a true story.

The Judge

The Judge

2001

as Judge Harlan Radovich

4.5
Acting

When a key witness in a case of corruption is killed in courts all suspicion falls on Judge Armando Acosta. Now the judge Madiani will defend his inno...

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

2000

as Pappy O'Daniel

7.3
Acting

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

State and Main

State and Main

2000

as Mayor George Bailey

6.3
Acting

A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.

The Last Producer

The Last Producer

2000

as Syd Wolf

4.2
Acting

An old-time mogul struggles to reenter the club where power and money make the rules.

Very Mean Men

Very Mean Men

2000

as Paddy Mulroney

5.8
Acting

A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, t...

Lakeboat

Lakeboat

2000

as Skippy

4.7
Acting

A college student befriends various crew members while working a summer internship at sea.

Never Look Back

Never Look Back

2000

as Reverend Hale

2.5
Acting

Jailed ex-fighter Donavan Wallace strikes a deal with the prison warden for early parole - he is to go into a town to pick up a mysterious crate. He f...

A Constant Forge

A Constant Forge

2000

as Self

6.6
Acting

One of the great mavericks of cinema, John Cassavetes has earned a reputation as the godfather of American independent movies. The actor-turned-filmma...

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

1999

as Det. Charlie Duffy

6.7
Acting

A California congressman's wife and daughter are abducted and held hostage in a historic hotel. Logan McQueen is rushed to the scene to assist his for...

Hard Time: The Premonition

Hard Time: The Premonition

1999

as Det. Charlie Duffy

4.8
Acting

Logan McQueen is an ex-cop serving a prison term for a bust that had gone awry. During his stint, he learns of a death row inmate that claims he can p...

Justice

Justice

1999

as Moe Ryan

4.8
Acting

A lawyer and her partner run from the Colombian Mafia and the corrupt U.S. marshals and attorneys assigned to protect them.

Hard Time

Hard Time

1998

as Det. Charlie Duffy

5.3
Acting

Burt Reynolds plays Logan McQueen, a veteran, tough cop who likes to see justice done by his own ways. Things go bad after McQueen is framed for murde...

A Chance of Snow

A Chance of Snow

1998

as Earl Pulmer

5.6
Acting

After signing her divorce papers, a woman heads out to her Minnesota airport with her sister and daughters for a flight to her mother's home. At the a...

Jerry and Tom

Jerry and Tom

1998

as Vic

6.1
Acting

Tom and Jerry are two hit men, they work by day at a third-rate second-hand car dealership. Tom is a veteran and Jerry is a novice in their business, ...

Hi-Life

Hi-Life

1998

as Fatty

6.7
Acting

Jimmy needs $900 to clear a gambling debt but a series of lies leads to Ray trying to raise the cash from friends who owe him money.

Shelter

Shelter

1998

as Capt. Robert Landis

3.8
Acting

A US Treasury Agent finds himself in opposition with his fellow agents who are involved in gun running.

The Secret Life of Algernon

The Secret Life of Algernon

1997

as Norbie Hess

4.0
Acting

Algernon is an old man who lives alone, having conversations with a porcelain cat and enjoys making things out of bones... he boils a neighbor's dead ...

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996

as Santa Claus

5.9
Acting

Can there be such a thing as too much Christmas? Find out... when a magical Christmas wish is granted and Elmo gets to see what the world would be lik...

One Fine Day

One Fine Day

1996

as Lew, Jack's boss

6.4
Acting

Melanie Parker, an architect and mother of Sammy, and Jack Taylor, a newspaper columnist and father of Maggie, are both divorced. They meet one mornin...

Mrs. Santa Claus

Mrs. Santa Claus

1996

as Santa Claus

5.8
Acting

Neglected by her husband during the pre-Christmas rush, Mrs. Claus takes the reindeer and sleigh out for a drive, only to end up stranded in the neigh...

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman

1996

as Self

7.5
Acting

Jack Lemmon made over 60 films and received numerous awards, including eight Academy Award Nominations and two Oscars. Later in life, his achievement ...

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

1996

as Archie (voice)

6.2
Acting

When Littlefoot grandfather falls ill, The dinosaurs only way to cure him is a flower in the forbidding land of mist which hold unexpecting perils and...

The Grass Harp

The Grass Harp

1996

as Reverend Buster

5.8
Acting

Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in ...

Recon

1996

as Chief

Acting

A troubled detective enters a simulation of the last few minutes of a woman's life in order to catch a spree-killer.

Spy Hard

Spy Hard

1996

as The Director

5.4
Acting

The evil Gen. Rancor has his sights set on world domination, and only one man can stop him: Dick Steele, also known as Agent WD-40. Rancor needs to ob...

Home for the Holidays

Home for the Holidays

1995

as Henry Larson

6.3
Acting

After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Cl...

The Last Supper

The Last Supper

1995

as Reverend Gerald Hutchens

6.5
Acting

A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.

I.Q.

I.Q.

1994

as Louis Bamberger

6.0
Acting

Albert Einstein helps a young man who's in love with Einstein's niece to catch her attention by pretending temporarily to be a great physicist.

The World of Jim Henson

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as Doc Hopper (archive footage)

7.3
Acting

In this episode of PBS' Great Performances, the history and legacy of puppeteer Jim Henson is explored, from his six-second commercial beginnings to a...

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

Charlie Sheen's Stunts Spectacular

1994

as Self (archive footage)

9.5
Acting

The first behind the scenes look revealing the movie magic of the men and women of the stunt profession, Hollywood's unsung heroes. Charlie Sheen and...

Roommates

Roommates

1994

as Barney

4.4
Acting

The story of a macho straight and a well-educated gay man who have to share an apartment at a half-way house for aids-patients. Slowly they become fri...

The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy

1994

as Waring Hudsucker

7.1
Acting

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

The Music of Chance

The Music of Chance

1993

as Bill Flower

6.5
Acting

Two men face the consequences of gambling after playing with men beyond their league.

When a Stranger Calls Back

When a Stranger Calls Back

1993

as John Clifford

5.7
Acting

Julia Jenz is babysitting two sleeping children when a stranger arrives at the house, claiming his car has broken down and asking to use the phone. Wh...

Tales from Hollywood

Tales from Hollywood

1992

as Charles F. Money

1.0
Acting

A slightly ironical description of the colony of German artists in Los Angeles, who had to leave their country during the Nazi-regime. A young playwri...

The Water Engine

The Water Engine

1992

as Tour Guide

5.2
Acting

In the 1930s, Charles Lang invents an engine that runs using water for fuel. But when he tries to get it patented, he is first offered a ridiculously ...

The Story Lady

The Story Lady

1991

as Judge (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

When Grace comes to live with her daughter and son-in-law, she is eager to find a way to be useful in the community. She loves to read stories to chil...

The Return of Eliot Ness

The Return of Eliot Ness

1991

as Roger Finn

6.0
Acting

Detective Eliot Ness comes back to town to fight corruption and avenge a former partner's murder with the help of the son.

V.I. Warshawski

V.I. Warshawski

1991

as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory

4.7
Acting

Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective t...

Project Alien

Project Alien

1990

as Colonel Clancy

3.2
Acting

In Norway a military plane crashes under mysterious circumstances: in his last message the pilot reported many lights falling from the sky. NATO wants...

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

1990

as Self

6.8
Acting

While the Muppets prepare a tribute to the late Jim Henson, they learn about the life and career of the renowned puppeteer/film maker.

Dick Tracy

Dick Tracy

1990

as Chief Brandon

6.2
Acting

The comic strip detective finds his life vastly complicated when Breathless Mahoney makes advances towards him while he is trying to battle Big Boy Ca...

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

1990

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never staye...

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

1989

as Dan Packard

3.0
Acting

Society matron Millicent Jordan arranges a dinner party to honor some visiting aristocrat oblivious to the health and financial problems of her husban...

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

It Nearly Wasn't Christmas

1989

as Santa

2.5
Acting

Feeling unneeded, a disillusioned Santa Claus (Charles Durning) quits Christmas. Through the selflessness of a little girl looking to reunite her pare...

The Butter Battle Book

The Butter Battle Book

1989

as Grandfather (voice)

6.3
Acting

The Zooks and the Yooks are at war over the butter and bread - on which side should one spread?

Prime Target

Prime Target

1989

as Earl Mulcahaney

4.7
Acting

A homicide detective assigned to investigate the serial killings of New York policewomen begins to suspect that the serial killer might be a fellow po...

Cat Chaser

Cat Chaser

1989

as Jiggs Scully

4.9
Acting

A Miami hotel owner finds danger when he becomes romantically involved with the wife of a deposed general from the Dominican Republic where he fought ...

Brenda Starr

Brenda Starr

1989

as Editor Francis I. Livright

4.6
Acting

Fearless reporter Brenda Starr needs a big scoop if she wishes to retain her lofty status within the world of journalism, so she ventures deep into th...

Etoile

Etoile

1989

as Uncle Joshua

5.7
Acting

An American ballerina arrives in Hungary to enroll in a ballet school and it soon becomes apparent that things are not what they seem.

Far North

Far North

1988

as Bertrum

6.3
Acting

After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.

Unholy Matrimony

Unholy Matrimony

1988

as Reverend Samuel Corey

8.7
Acting

He's after a man who married for money. Insurance money.

Case Closed

Case Closed

1988

as Les Kabowski

Acting

As an action packed thriller, it has it's own good moments. Best of all is Charles Durning, a man who knows a lot about acting. He steals the movie as...

A Tiger's Tale

A Tiger's Tale

1988

as Charlie Drumm

4.4
Acting

A young man falls for his girlfriend's mother.

Cop

Cop

1988

as Dutch Peltz

6.3
Acting

An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

1987

as Senator Henry Colton

5.9
Acting

Brady Hawkes and Billy Montana join forces once again in this new adventure. This time around their goal is to help the Sioux fight the government and...

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

1987

as Warden Hardy

6.6
Acting

The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.

The Rosary Murders

The Rosary Murders

1987

as Father Ted Nabors

5.5
Acting

A priest is put in a dilemma when the serial killer who has been murdering priests and nuns confesses to him.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year

1987

as Charlie

5.5
Acting

Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using a variety of disguises and posing as rich old ...

Solarbabies

Solarbabies

1986

as The Warden

5.3
Acting

In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by ...

Tough Guys

Tough Guys

1986

as Deke Yablonski

6.0
Acting

Harry Doyle and Archie Lang are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving the...

Where the River Runs Black

Where the River Runs Black

1986

as Father O'Reilly

6.4
Acting

An orphaned boy who was raised in the Amazon jungle is brought back to civilization by a priest who knows his father.

Big Trouble

Big Trouble

1986

as O'Mara

5.3
Acting

Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn't making thing...

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

1985

as Uncle Doffue

5.3
Acting

Ichabod Crane becomes the headmaster at a schoolhouse. He falls for Katrina Van Tassel but she has a lover: Brom Bones. Brom scares him off acting as ...

Stand Alone

Stand Alone

1985

as Louis Thibadeau

5.2
Acting

A World War II vet is pushed to the limit when gang members and drug dealers take over his neighborhood.

Death of a Salesman

Death of a Salesman

1985

as Charley

6.9
Acting

Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's ...

The Man with One Red Shoe

The Man with One Red Shoe

1985

as Ross

5.7
Acting

A man is mistaken as a spy by the CIA when he arrives at the airport with one red shoe.

Stick

Stick

1985

as Chucky

5.3
Acting

After getting out of jail, car thief Ernest "Stick" Stickley witnesses the murder of his friend Rainy during a drug deal. To avoid getting killed by t...

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0
Acting

This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was t...

Mass Appeal

Mass Appeal

1984

as Monsignor Thomas Burke

6.2
Acting

A young seminarian rattles the established order at a Catholic parish run by an older pastor.

P.O.P.

1984

as P. Oliver Pendergast

Acting

A magazine editor battles her ex-con husband when he returns to the scene after a 21-year absence.

Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

1984

as The Captain

6.8
Acting

Set aboard a navy cargo ship during World War II, this comedic drama follows Lt. Doug Roberts (Robert Hays, Airplane!), who battles boredom and a tyra...

To Be or Not to Be

To Be or Not to Be

1983

as Col. Erhardt

6.7
Acting

A bad Polish actor is just trying to make a living when Poland is invaded by the Germans in World War II. His wife has the habit of entertaining young...

Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

1983

as Charlie

5.9
Acting

God has had enough of the bad behavior and attitude of humankind, and has decided to start it all over. It is up to a struggling inventor and a bank t...

Scarface

Scarface

1983

as Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited)

8.2
Acting

After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciousl...

Hadley's Rebellion

Hadley's Rebellion

1983

as Sam Crawford

4.0
Acting

After he transfers to a new school, Hadley is victimized and ostracized by his too-cool classmates. To prove his worth, our hero takes up wrestling, a...

Tootsie

Tootsie

1982

as Les Nichols

7.2
Acting

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, ...

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

1982

as Governor of Texas

6.2
Acting

When a big TV crusader Melvin P. Thorpe threatens to expose the Chicken Ranch to public scandal and close it down, Miss Mona doesn't go down without a...

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories

The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories

1982

as McMahon

Acting

Tom Beauchurch , a successful New England lawyer, takes his wife Ginette to Paris for a second honeymoon. It is a Paris in the throes of the Algerian ...

Working

Working

1982

as Retired Man

4.3
Acting

This musical adaptation of the Studs Terkel book examines the average worker's viewpoint--showing that he or she is anything but average. Based on a s...

Sharky's Machine

Sharky's Machine

1981

as Lt. Friscoe

6.1
Acting

Police officer Tom Sharky gets busted back to working vice, where he happens upon a scandalous conspiracy involving a local politician. Sharky's new '...

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

1981

as Otis P. Hazelrigg

6.5
Acting

Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hun...

True Confessions

True Confessions

1981

as Jack Amsterdam

6.1
Acting

A cop clashes with his priest brother while investigating the brutal murder of a young prostitute.

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories

1981

as McMahon

Acting

Three Irwin Shaw short stories are dramatized. In "The Girls in Their Summer Dresses" a young married couple stop for a drink on a Sunday morning in M...

The Best Little Girl in the World

The Best Little Girl in the World

1981

as Frank Powell

5.1
Acting

Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self...

Casey Stengel

Casey Stengel

1981

as Casey Stengel

Acting

Charles Durning appears as the legendary baseball manager Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel in this one-man show presented before a live studio audience.

Crisis at Central High

Crisis at Central High

1981

as Jess Matthews

6.0
Acting

The historic federal-state controversy over the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth Huc...

A Perfect Match

A Perfect Match

1980

as Bill Larson

Acting

A successful fashion designer who learns that she has a mysterious illness that threatens her life searches frantically for the one suitable donor for...

Die Laughing

Die Laughing

1980

as Arnold

4.7
Acting

A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds ...

Attica

Attica

1980

as Commissioner Russell Oswald

5.7
Acting

Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in...

The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

1980

as Senator Samuel Chapman

6.6
Acting

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in tim...

Starting Over

Starting Over

1979

as Michael "Mickey" Potter

6.4
Acting

After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.

When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls

1979

as John Clifford

6.1
Acting

A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to ...

North Dallas Forty

North Dallas Forty

1979

as Coach Johnson

6.7
Acting

A semi-fictional account of life as a professional football player. Loosely based on the Dallas Cowboys team of the early 1970s.

The Muppet Movie

The Muppet Movie

1979

as Doc Hopper

7.2
Acting

The Muppets gather to watch their newly-finished big-budget rich-and-famous feature film: a talent agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp ...

The Muppets Go Hollywood

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979

as Self

6.3
Acting

Kermit the Frog throws a glamorous party at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub to celebrate the premiere of the Muppets' first feature film, The Muppet Movi...

Tilt

Tilt

1979

as Harold 'The Whale' Remmens

5.0
Acting

Tilt is the story of a precocious young girl who is a pinball wizard. Because she does not get on with her parents, Tilt is contemplating running away...

The Greek Tycoon

The Greek Tycoon

1978

as Michael Russell

5.5
Acting

A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president.

An Enemy of the People

An Enemy of the People

1978

as Peter Stockmann

6.5
Acting

A small forest town is trying to promote itself as a place for tourists to come enjoy the therapeutic hot springs and unspoiled nature. Dr. Stockmann,...

The Fury

The Fury

1978

as Dr. Jim McKeever

6.3
Acting

When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his ...

Special Olympics

1978

as Carl Gallitzin

6.0
Acting

A widowed father struggles to hold together his family of three teenagers, one of whom is intellectually challenged and enrolled in a state school for...

The Choirboys

The Choirboys

1977

as Spermwhale Whalen

5.3
Acting

A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.

Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977

as President David T. Stevens

6.4
Acting

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 u...

Harry and Walter Go to New York

Harry and Walter Go to New York

1976

as Rufus T. Crisp

5.6
Acting

Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century—by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank ...

The Hindenburg

The Hindenburg

1975

as Captain Pruss

6.3
Acting

Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security....

Breakheart Pass

Breakheart Pass

1975

as Frank O'Brien

6.6
Acting

At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passeng...

Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

1975

as Moretti

7.8
Acting

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turn...

Switch [Pilot]

Switch [Pilot]

1975

as Lt. Phil Beckman

Acting

In this pilot film that led to the series, an ex-con and a retired cop, partners in a private investigation agency, try to prove that a safecracker ha...

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

Queen of the Stardust Ballroom

1975

as Al Green

6.6
Acting

A middle-aged woman finds herself simply a widow, a grandmother and a person when a friend takes her to the Stardust Ballroom, a dance hall which recr...

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

The Trial of Chaplain Jensen

1975

as Budd Rogers

5.5
Acting

Based on a true story, this film tells the story of Chaplain Andrew Jensen, the only U.S. navy chaplain ever court-martialed on charges of adultery.

The Front Page

The Front Page

1974

as Murphy

7.3
Acting

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

The Sting

The Sting

1973

as Lt. Wm. Snyder

8.0
Acting

A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fort...

Sisters

Sisters

1973

as Joseph Larch

6.7
Acting

Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, s...

The Connection

The Connection

1973

as Frank Devlin

Acting

An out-of-work newspaperman in need of money becomes the go-between for a jewel thief and an insurance company that wants to settle.

Deadhead Miles

Deadhead Miles

1972

as Truck Driver in Cafe

5.5
Acting

A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non seq...

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues

1972

as Murphy

4.0
Acting

A Harvard graduate transports a load of marijuana from Boston to Berkeley, California.

Doomsday Voyage

Doomsday Voyage

1972

as Jason's First Mate

Acting

A political extremist on the run after assassinating a corrupt politician, poses as a French sailor in hopes of fleeing the country.

Look Homeward, Angel

1972

as Will Pentland

Acting

The life of a young man growing up in a small town in the mountains of North Carolina during the early part of the 20th century, based on Thomas Wolfe...

The Pursuit of Happiness

The Pursuit of Happiness

1971

as 2nd Guard

6.3
Acting

William Popper is the son of a stockbroker and is thoroughly disenchanted with "the system." So much so that even though he can prove that he ran over...

I Walk the Line

I Walk the Line

1970

as Wylie Hunnicutt

5.8
Acting

Henry Tawes, a middle-aged sheriff in a rural Tennessee town, is usually the first man to criticize others for their bad behavior. Miserable in his ma...

Hi, Mom!

Hi, Mom!

1970

as Superintendent

6.3
Acting

Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' styl...

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet

1970

as Football Player

5.8
Acting

Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet is a 1970 short film directed by John D. Hancock. It follows a group of Madison Avenue touch football buffs who ar...

Stiletto

Stiletto

1969

as Cop (uncredited)

5.2
Acting

A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds tha...

Harvey Middleman, Fireman

Harvey Middleman, Fireman

1965

as Dooley

3.0
Acting

Harvey Middleman (Eugene Troobnick), a New York fireman, lives a very ordinary life with his wife (Arlene Golonka) and children. After he rescues a be...

The Password Is Courage

The Password Is Courage

1962

as American Solider (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp,...

Amazing Stories: The Movie III

Amazing Stories: The Movie III

N/A

as (archive footage)

Acting

Culled from Steven Spielberg's Emmy-winning series are four wacky tales full of adventure and laughter. In one, an actor (Tom Harrison) in a mummy's c...