Charles Durning: movies and TV shows
Charles Durning has 221 credits in the archive: 173 films and 48 TV series, from 1951 to 2021. Highest rated: Captains and the Kings (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2021 · busiest year: 1985 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | Film | — | 98 |
| 2018 | LA DA Story | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 95 |
| 2015 | Bleeding Hearts | Santa Claus | Film | 2.8 | 92 |
| 2013 | Scavenger Killers | Dylan Frier | Film | 1.7 | 90 |
| 2012 | Rogue Assassin | Film | 5.0 | 89 | |
| 2011 | The Life Zone | James Wise | Film | 2.1 | 88 |
| 2011 | The Great Fight | Judge Frier | Film | 2.0 | 88 |
| 2011 | Naked Run | Congressman Davenport | Film | 2.0 | 88 |
| 2010 | An Affirmative Act | Man in the White Suit | Film | 2.6 | 87 |
| 2010 | Three Chris's | Kris Kringle | Film | — | 87 |
| 2010 | The Waiter | Frank 'The Handler' Maro | Film | — | 87 |
| 2009 | Amazing Racer | Floyd | Film | 6.2 | 86 |
| 2009 | According to Dom | Self | Film | — | 86 |
| 2009 | Break | The Wise Man | Film | 4.0 | 86 |
| 2008 | Local Color | Yammi | Film | 6.2 | 85 |
| 2008 | A Bunch of Amateurs | Charlie Rosenberg | Film | 5.7 | 85 |
| 2008 | Deal | Charlie Adler | Film | 5.4 | 85 |
| 2008 | Good Dick | Charlie | Film | 5.9 | 85 |
| 2008 | The Golden Boys | John Bartlett | Film | 5.5 | 85 |
| 2008 | iMurders | Dr. Seamus St. Martin | Film | 3.4 | 85 |
| 2007 | Kinky Killers | Alexander Hathaway | Film | 2.6 | 84 |
| 2006 | Desperation | Tom Billingsley | Film | 5.5 | 83 |
| 2006 | Unbeatable Harold | Harold's Father | Film | 5.0 | 83 |
| 2006 | Miracle Dogs Too | Captain Pete Weaver | Film | 5.5 | 83 |
| 2006 | Descansos | Inkeeper #2 | Film | 3.7 | 83 |
| 2006 | Jesus, Mary and Joey | Teddy | Film | 4.4 | 83 |
| 2006 | Forget About It | Eddie O'Brien | Film | 5.1 | 83 |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' | Self | Film | 7.8 | 83 |
| 2005 | Dirty Deeds | Victor Rasdale | Film | 5.5 | 82 |
| 2005 | The Art of 'The Sting' | Self | Film | 6.0 | 82 |
| 2005 | The L.A. Riot Spectacular | The Lawyer | Film | 3.3 | 82 |
| 2005 | River's End | Murray Blythe | Film | 5.0 | 82 |
| 2004 | Rescue Me | Michael Gavin | TV | 7.6 | 81 |
| 2004 | Rescue Me | Tommy's Dad | TV | 7.6 | 81 |
| 2004 | Death and Texas | Marshall Ledger | Film | 6.3 | 81 |
| 2004 | A Very Married Christmas | Ozzy Larson | Film | 5.6 | 81 |
| 2004 | The Autopsy | Self | Film | 10.0 | 81 |
| 2004 | A Boyfriend for Christmas | Santa Claus | Film | 5.6 | 81 |
| 2004 | The Drum Beats Twice | Satan | Film | 4.3 | 81 |
| 2003 | NCIS | Ernie Yost | TV | 7.6 | 80 |
| 2003 | Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There | Self | Film | 7.0 | 80 |
| 2003 | Dead Canaries | Film | — | 80 | |
| 2002 | Monk | Hank Johansen | TV | 8.0 | 79 |
| 2002 | Everwood | Eugene Brown | TV | 7.6 | 79 |
| 2002 | First Monday | Henry Hoskins | TV | 6.5 | 79 |
| 2002 | Mother Ghost | George | Film | 6.8 | 79 |
| 2002 | Mr. St. Nick | Nicholas XX | Film | 5.9 | 79 |
| 2002 | Turn of Faith | Philly Russo | Film | 3.7 | 79 |
| 2001 | Citizen Baines | TV | 7.0 | 78 | |
| 2001 | Dinner for Five | TV | 8.3 | 78 | |
| 2001 | Bleacher Bums | Scorekeeper | Film | 6.8 | 78 |
| 2001 | The Judge | Judge Harlan Radovich | Film | 5.3 | 78 |
| 2001 | L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve | Stuart Steele | Film | 5.9 | 78 |
| 2001 | The Judge | Judge Harlan Radovich | TV | 4.5 | 78 |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Pappy O'Daniel | Film | 7.3 | 77 |
| 2000 | Lakeboat | Skippy | Film | 4.7 | 77 |
| 2000 | The Last Producer | Syd Wolf | Film | 4.7 | 77 |
| 2000 | State and Main | Mayor George Bailey | Film | 6.3 | 77 |
| 2000 | Very Mean Men | Paddy Mulroney | Film | 5.3 | 77 |
| 2000 | A Constant Forge | Self | Film | 6.8 | 77 |
| 2000 | Never Look Back | Reverend Hale | Film | 4.0 | 77 |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Francis Griffin (voice) | TV | 7.4 | 76 |
| 1999 | Now and Again | Narrator (voice; uncredited) | TV | 6.8 | 76 |
| 1999 | Hard Time: Hostage Hotel | Det. Charlie Duffy | Film | 6.9 | 76 |
| 1999 | Justice | Moe Ryan | Film | 4.8 | 76 |
| 1999 | Hard Time: The Premonition | Det. Charlie Duffy | Film | 5.7 | 76 |
| 1998 | Shelter | Capt. Robert Landis | Film | 4.4 | 75 |
| 1998 | Jerry and Tom | Vic | Film | 6.3 | 75 |
| 1998 | Hi-Life | Fatty | Film | 6.7 | 75 |
| 1998 | Hard Time | Det. Charlie Duffy | Film | 5.9 | 75 |
| 1998 | A Chance of Snow | Earl Pulmer | Film | 5.9 | 75 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Stephen Donnell | TV | 7.7 | 74 |
| 1997 | Orleans | Frank Vitelli | TV | 9.0 | 74 |
| 1997 | The Secret Life of Algernon | Norbie Hess | Film | 6.5 | 74 |
| 1996 | Everybody Loves Raymond | Father Hubley | TV | 6.8 | 73 |
| 1996 | Early Edition | Judge Steven Romick | TV | 7.3 | 73 |
| 1996 | Arli$$ | W.S. Walcott | TV | 6.8 | 73 |
| 1996 | Spy Hard | The Director | Film | 5.4 | 73 |
| 1996 | One Fine Day | Lew, Jack's boss | Film | 6.5 | 73 |
| 1996 | Mrs. Santa Claus | Santa Claus | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 1996 | The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists | Archie (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 1996 | Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas | Santa Claus | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 1996 | The Grass Harp | Reverend Buster | Film | 5.9 | 73 |
| 1996 | Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman | Self | Film | 7.5 | 73 |
| 1996 | Recon | Chief | Film | 9.0 | 73 |
| 1995 | Cybill | TV | 5.9 | 72 | |
| 1995 | Cybill | A.J. Sheridan | TV | 5.9 | 72 |
| 1995 | Home for the Holidays | Henry Larson | Film | 6.3 | 72 |
| 1995 | The Last Supper | Reverend Gerald Hutchens | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 1995 | A Woman of Independent Means | Andrew Alcott | TV | 10.0 | 72 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Father Thomas Madden | TV | 7.2 | 71 |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson | Doc Hopper (archive footage) | Film | 7.4 | 71 |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Waring Hudsucker | Film | 7.1 | 71 |
| 1994 | I.Q. | Louis Bamberger | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 1994 | Roommates | Barney | Film | 4.5 | 71 |
| 1994 | The American Revolution | Benjamin Franklin | TV | 8.0 | 71 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Thomas Finnegan | TV | 8.1 | 70 |
| 1993 | When a Stranger Calls Back | John Clifford | Film | 5.9 | 70 |
| 1993 | The Music of Chance | Bill Flower | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 1992 | The Water Engine | Tour Guide | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 1992 | Tales from Hollywood | Charles F. Money | Film | 3.0 | 69 |
| 1991 | Performance | Charles F. Money | TV | 6.3 | 68 |
| 1991 | The Story Lady | Judge (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 1991 | V.I. Warshawski | Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory | Film | 4.8 | 68 |
| 1991 | The Return of Eliot Ness | Roger Finn | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Chief Brandon | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 1990 | Evening Shade | Harlan Elldridge | TV | 5.8 | 67 |
| 1990 | Project Alien | Colonel Clancy | Film | 3.5 | 67 |
| 1990 | The Kennedys of Massachusetts | John F. Fitzgerald | TV | 7.8 | 67 |
| 1990 | Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1990 | The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | Self | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1989 | It Nearly Wasn't Christmas | Santa | Film | 3.8 | 66 |
| 1989 | Brenda Starr | Editor Francis I. Livright | Film | 4.7 | 66 |
| 1989 | Etoile | Uncle Joshua | Film | 5.8 | 66 |
| 1989 | The Butter Battle Book | Grandfather (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 1989 | Prime Target | Earl Mulcahaney | Film | 5.2 | 66 |
| 1989 | Dinner at Eight | Dan Packard | Film | 5.5 | 66 |
| 1989 | Cat Chaser | Jiggs Scully | Film | 5.0 | 66 |
| 1988 | Case Closed | Les Kabowski | Film | 9.0 | 65 |
| 1988 | Unholy Matrimony | Reverend Samuel Corey | Film | 8.3 | 65 |
| 1988 | Far North | Bertrum | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1988 | Cop | Dutch Peltz | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1988 | A Tiger's Tale | Charlie Drumm | Film | 4.4 | 65 |
| 1987 | The Rosary Murders | Father Ted Nabors | Film | 5.6 | 64 |
| 1987 | The Gambler: The Legend Continues | Senator Henry Colton | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1987 | Happy New Year | Charlie | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1987 | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Warden Hardy | Film | 6.7 | 64 |
| 1987 | I Would Be Called John: Pope John XXIII | Pope John XXIII | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 1986 | Big Trouble | O'Mara | Film | 5.4 | 63 |
| 1986 | Tough Guys | Deke Yablonski | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1986 | Solarbabies | The Warden | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 1986 | Where the River Runs Black | Father O'Reilly | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Assistant to the Boss | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Earl | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1985 | The Comedy Factory | Harry Deegan | TV | — | 62 |
| 1985 | Tall Tales & Legends | Uncle Doffue | TV | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1985 | Stick | Chucky | Film | 5.5 | 62 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1985 | Death of a Salesman | Charley | Film | 6.9 | 62 |
| 1985 | The Man with One Red Shoe | Ross | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1985 | Stand Alone | Louis Thibadeau | Film | 5.4 | 62 |
| 1985 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Uncle Doffue | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 1985 | Eye to Eye | TV | 7.0 | 62 | |
| 1984 | Mister Roberts | The Captain | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1984 | Mass Appeal | Monsignor Thomas Burke | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 1984 | P.O.P. | P. Oliver Pendergast | Film | — | 61 |
| 1983 | Scarface | Immigration Officer (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 8.2 | 60 |
| 1983 | To Be or Not to Be | Col. Erhardt | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Charlie | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 1983 | Hadley's Rebellion | Sam Crawford | Film | 4.8 | 60 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Retired Man | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Charles F. Money | TV | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1982 | The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas | Governor of Texas | Film | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1982 | Tootsie | Les Nichols | Film | 7.2 | 59 |
| 1982 | The Best Little Special In Texas | Film | — | 59 | |
| 1982 | Working | Retired Man | Film | 4.8 | 59 |
| 1982 | The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories | McMahon | Film | — | 59 |
| 1981 | Casey Stengel | Casey Stengel | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1981 | Dark Night of the Scarecrow | Otis P. Hazelrigg | Film | 6.5 | 58 |
| 1981 | Sharky's Machine | Lt. Friscoe | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1981 | True Confessions | Jack Amsterdam | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 1981 | Crisis at Central High | Jess Matthews | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1981 | The Best Little Girl in the World | Frank Powell | Film | 5.6 | 58 |
| 1981 | The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories | McMahon | Film | — | 58 |
| 1980 | The Final Countdown | Senator Samuel Chapman | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1980 | A Perfect Match | Bill Larson | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1980 | Die Laughing | Arnold | Film | 4.9 | 57 |
| 1980 | Attica | Commissioner Russell Oswald | Film | 5.7 | 57 |
| 1979 | Starting Over | Michael "Mickey" Potter | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Doc Hopper | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Self | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1979 | When a Stranger Calls | John Clifford | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1979 | North Dallas Forty | Coach Johnson | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1979 | Studs Lonigan | Paddy Lonigan | TV | 8.8 | 56 |
| 1979 | Tilt | Harold 'The Whale' Remmens | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1978 | The Greek Tycoon | Michael Russell | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1978 | The Fury | Dr. Jim McKeever | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 1978 | An Enemy of the People | Peter Stockmann | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1978 | Special Olympics | Carl Gallitzin | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | President David T. Stevens | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1977 | The Choirboys | Spermwhale Whalen | Film | 5.5 | 54 |
| 1976 | Captains and the Kings | Ed Healey | TV | 8.8 | 53 |
| 1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York | Rufus T. Crisp | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1975 | Baretta | TV | 6.5 | 52 | |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Moretti | Film | 7.8 | 52 |
| 1975 | The Rivalry | Stephen Douglas | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1975 | Breakheart Pass | Frank O'Brien | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1975 | Switch | Lt. Phil Beckman | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1975 | The Hindenburg | Captain Pruss | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1975 | The Cop and the Kid | Officer Frank Murphy | TV | — | 52 |
| 1975 | The Trial of Chaplain Jensen | Budd Rogers | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1975 | Queen of the Stardust Ballroom | Al Green | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | McMahon | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1974 | The Front Page | Murphy | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1973 | The Sting | Lt. Wm. Snyder | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1973 | Sisters | Joseph Larch | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1973 | The Connection | Frank Devlin | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1973 | Rx for the Defense | District Attorney Horn | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1972 | Look Homeward, Angel | Will Pentland | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1972 | Deadhead Miles | Truck Driver in Cafe | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1972 | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | Murphy | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1972 | Doomsday Voyage | Jason's First Mate | Film | 10.0 | 49 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | McMahon | TV | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1971 | Cannon | TV | 6.7 | 48 | |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Detective | TV | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1971 | The Pursuit of Happiness | 2nd Guard | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1970 | I Walk the Line | Wylie Hunnicutt | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1970 | Hi, Mom! | Superintendent | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1970 | Sticky My Fingers ... Fleet My Feet | Football Player | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1969 | Stiletto | Cop (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 46 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Havens | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Hewitt | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1965 | Harvey Middleman, Fireman | Dooley | Film | 5.0 | 42 |
| 1964 | Another World | TV | 5.5 | 41 | |
| 1962 | The Password Is Courage | American Solider (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Juror #11 | TV | 6.3 | 38 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Stephen Douglas | TV | 8.8 | 28 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Casey Stengel | TV | 8.8 | 28 |
| Amazing Stories: The Movie III | (archive footage) | Film | — | — |