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Acting

Charles Durning

Career: Active from 1965 to 2015, busiest in 1975 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles: 73
top three billing

Average score: 54/100

Highest rated: The Music of Chance
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 127 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Charles Durning Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.9, average 3.0
Wonder
2.6, average 3.4
Fantasy
1.0, average 1.7
Melancholy
4.0, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 12
Character-Driven 9
Mystery 7
Political Intrigue 7
Crime Drama 6
Lighthearted 6
Psychological Thriller 5
Moral Dilemma 5
Moral Ambiguity 4
Psychological Tension 4
Heartwarming 4
Character Study 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

198

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

8 titles · average score 30

Bleeding Hearts

30

as Santa Claus

Scavenger Killers

32

as Dylan Frier

The Life Zone

17

as James Wise

The Great Fight

as Judge Frier

Naked Run

as Congressman Davenport

An Affirmative Act

as Man in the White Suit

Three Chris's

as Kris Kringle

The Waiter

44

as Frank 'The Handler' Maro

2000s

42 titles · average score 51

Kinky Killers

20

as Alexander Hathaway

Desperation

47

as Tom Billingsley

Forget About It

39

as Eddie O'Brien

Dirty Deeds

36

as Victor Rasdale

A Boyfriend for Christmas

63

as Santa Claus

Death and Texas

as Marshall Ledger

NCIS

64

TV show · as Ernie Yost

First Monday

45

TV show · as Henry Hoskins

Monk

82

TV show · as Hank Johansen

State and Main

72

as Mayor George Bailey

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

76

as Pappy O'Daniel

Lakeboat

66

as Skippy

1990s

47 titles · average score 61

Family Guy

64

TV show · as Francis Griffin (voice)

Hard Time: Hostage Hotel

46

as Det. Charlie Duffy

Justice

36

as Moe Ryan

Spy Hard

32

as The Director

One Fine Day

59

as Lew, Jack's boss

Home for the Holidays

64

as Henry Larson

The Hudsucker Proxy

65

as Waring Hudsucker

The American Revolution

TV show · as Benjamin Franklin

When a Stranger Calls Back

61

as John Clifford

The Water Engine

62

as Tour Guide

V.I. Warshawski

32

as Det. Lt. Bobby Mallory

Evening Shade

42

TV show · as Harlan Elldridge

1980s

53 titles · average score 56

Etoile

61

as Uncle Joshua

Cat Chaser

38

as Jiggs Scully

Cop

71

as Dutch Peltz

Case Closed

as Les Kabowski

The Rosary Murders

51

as Father Ted Nabors

Tough Guys

47

as Deke Yablonski

The Man with One Red Shoe

44

as Ross

Two of a Kind

31

as Charlie

Tootsie

82

as Les Nichols

Dark Night of the Scarecrow

64

as Otis P. Hazelrigg

True Confessions

64

as Jack Amsterdam

The Final Countdown

57

as Senator Samuel Chapman

1970s

40 titles · average score 63

When a Stranger Calls

53

as John Clifford

The Muppet Movie

80

as Doc Hopper

North Dallas Forty

76

as Coach Johnson

Starting Over

60

as Michael "Mickey" Potter

An Enemy of the People

62

as Peter Stockmann

The Fury

66

as Dr. Jim McKeever

Twilight's Last Gleaming

73

as President David T. Stevens

The Choirboys

35

as Spermwhale Whalen

Dog Day Afternoon

84

as Moretti

Breakheart Pass

66

as Frank O'Brien

Sisters

73

as Joseph Larch

The Sting

86

as Lt. Wm. Snyder

1960s

7 titles · average score 58

Hawaii Five-O

48

TV show · as Havens

Stiletto

52

as Cop (uncredited)

The High Chaparral

71

TV show · as Hewitt

Harvey Middleman, Fireman

as Dooley

Another World

42

TV show

The Password Is Courage

64

as American Solider (uncredited)

The Defenders

71

TV show · as Juror #11

1950s

1 title · average score 84

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Stephen Douglas / Casey Stengel