| Charles Durning  Born: 28-Feb-1923
Birthplace: Highland Falls, NY
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Muppet Movie Military service: US Army (Ranger, WWII) Charles Durning joined the US Army when he was 17 years old, and during World War II he was seriously wounded by a mine and suffered severe bayonet wounds in hand-to-hand combat with Nazis. His unit was eventually defeated in Belgium by an SS Panzer unit, but Durning escaped and was spared the fate met by many of his friends -- the infamous Malmedy massacre, in which German officer Joachim Peiper had over 100 American prisoners shot dead without warning as they stood in a field. On 6 June 1944, Durning was with Allied troops for the invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings. For his military service, he was awarded three Purple Hearts and a Silver Star. He later had a long career as a movie actor. Wife: Carol (div. 1972, three children)
Wife: Mary Ann Amelio (childhood sweetheart, m. 1973)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6504 Hollywood Blvd.
Purple Heart
Silver Star
French Legion of Honor
Tony 1990 for Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Golden Globe 1991 for The Kennedys of Massachusetts
Taken Prisoner of War
Risk Factors: Obesity
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First Monday Justice Henry Hoskins (2002)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Deal (29-Jan-2008)
Desperation (23-May-2006)
Dirty Deeds (26-Aug-2005)
A Boyfriend for Christmas (27-Nov-2004)
Mr. St. Nick (16-Nov-2002)
Bleacher Bums (7-Apr-2002)
The Judge (6-May-2001)
Lakeboat (13-Apr-2001)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (22-Dec-2000)
State and Main (26-Aug-2000)
The Last Producer (22-Aug-2000)
Hard Time: Hostage Hotel (14-Nov-1999)
Justice (30-Apr-1999)
Hard Time (13-Dec-1998)
Hi-Life (27-Nov-1998)
Jerry and Tom (19-Jan-1998)
Shelter (16-Jan-1998)
One Fine Day (20-Dec-1996)
Mrs. Santa Claus (8-Dec-1996)
The Grass Harp (11-Oct-1996)
Spy Hard (24-May-1996)
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists (1996) [VOICE]
Home for the Holidays (3-Nov-1995)
The Last Supper (8-Sep-1995)
I.Q. (25-Dec-1994)
The Hudsucker Proxy (11-Mar-1994)
Cat Chaser (08-Sep-1993)
The Music of Chance (4-Jun-1993)
When a Stranger Calls Back (4-Apr-1993)
V.I. Warshawski (26-Jul-1991)
Dick Tracy (15-Jun-1990)
Brenda Starr (20-Jul-1989)
Far North (10-Sep-1988)
Cop (Mar-1988)
A Tiger's Tale (12-Feb-1988)
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains (31-Oct-1987)
Happy New Year (7-Aug-1987)
The Rosary Murders (1987)
Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III (1987)
Solarbabies (26-Nov-1986)
Tough Guys (3-Oct-1986)
Where the River Runs Black (11-Sep-1986)
Big Trouble (30-May-1986)
Death of a Salesman (14-Sep-1985)
Stick (25-Jul-1985)
The Man with One Red Shoe (19-Jul-1985)
Mass Appeal (06-Dec-1984)
Two of a Kind (16-Dec-1983)
To Be or Not To Be (1983)
Tootsie (17-Dec-1982)
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (23-Jul-1982)
Sharky's Machine (18-Dec-1981)
Dark Night of the Scarecrow (24-Oct-1981)
True Confessions (2-Oct-1981)
The Best Little Girl in the World (11-May-1981)
The Final Countdown (9-Jul-1980)
Die Laughing (Apr-1980)
Attica (2-Mar-1980)
Tilt (18-Jan-1980)
When a Stranger Calls (12-Oct-1979)
Starting Over (5-Oct-1979)
North Dallas Forty (3-Aug-1979)
The Muppet Movie (22-Jun-1979)
The Greek Tycoon (29-Jul-1978)
An Enemy of the People (17-Mar-1978)
The Fury (10-Mar-1978)
The Choirboys (23-Dec-1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (9-Feb-1977)
Harry and Walter Go to New York (17-Jun-1976)
Breakheart Pass (25-Dec-1975)
The Hindenberg (25-Dec-1975)
Dog Day Afternoon (21-Sep-1975)
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (13-Feb-1975)
The Front Page (17-Dec-1974)
The Sting (25-Dec-1973)
Sisters (27-Mar-1973)
Deadhead Miles (1972)
I Walk the Line (18-Nov-1970)
Hi, Mom! (27-Apr-1970)
Stiletto (30-Jul-1969)
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