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).
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Acted in
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
as Self
Family of Cops III
1999
as Paul Fein
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
1997
as Commissioner Paul Fein
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Family of Cops
1995
as Paul Fein
The Sea Wolf
1994
as Capt. Wolf Larsen
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
1994
as Paul Kersey
La Classe américaine
1993
as The Indian (archive footage)
Donato and Daughter
1993
as Sgt. Mike Donato
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
as Francis Church
The Indian Runner
1991
as Mr. Roberts
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989
as Lieutenant Crowe
Messenger of Death
1988
as Garret Smith
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987
as Paul Kersey
Assassination
1987
as Jay Killion
Act of Vengeance
1986
as Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
Murphy's Law
1986
as Jack Murphy
Death Wish 3
1985
as Paul Kersey
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
The Evil That Men Do
1984
as Holland
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
as Himself
10 to Midnight
1983
as Leo Kessler
Death Wish II
1982
as Paul Kersey
Death Hunt
1981
as Albert Johnson
Borderline
1980
as Jeb Maynard
Catastrophe: No Safe Place
1980
as Self - Host
Cabo Blanco
1980
as Gifford Hoyt
Love and Bullets
1979
as Charlie Congers
The Meanest Men in the West
1978
as Harge Talbot Jr.
Telefon
1977
as Major Grigori Borzov
The White Buffalo
1977
as Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
From Noon Till Three
1976
as Graham Dorsey
St. Ives
1976
as Raymond St. Ives
Breakheart Pass
1975
as John Deakin
Hard Times
1975
as Chaney
Breakout
1975
as Nick Colton
Death Wish
1974
as Paul Kersey
Mr. Majestyk
1974
as Vince Majestyk
Chino
1973
as Chino Valdez
The Stone Killer
1973
as Lou Torrey
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Mechanic
1972
as Arthur Bishop
Chato's Land
1972
as Pardon Chato
The Bull of the West
1972
as Ben Justin
The Valachi Papers
1972
as Joe Valachi
Valachi: The Violent Era
1972
as Self
Red Sun
1971
as Link
Someone Behind the Door
1971
as The Stranger
Mean Justice
1971
as Moreno
Cold Sweat
1970
as Joe Martin
Violent City
1970
as Jeff Heston
You Can't Win 'Em All
1970
as Josh Corey
Rider on the Rain
1970
as Col. Harry Dobbs
Twinky
1970
as Scott Wardman
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
as 'Harmonica'
Farewell, Friend
1968
as Franz Propp
Villa Rides
1968
as Rodolfo Fierro
Guns for San Sebastian
1968
as Teclo
The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Joseph Wladislaw
This Property Is Condemned
1966
as J.J. Nichols
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Maj. Wolenski
The F.B.I.
1965
as Earl Clayton
The Big Valley
1965
as Tate
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Cheyney
The Sandpiper
1965
as Cos Erickson
The Big Sur
1965
as Self (uncredited)
Guns of Diablo
1964
as Linc Murdock
4 for Texas
1963
as Matson
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
as Linc Murdock
The Fugitive
1963
as Ralph Schuyler
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as John Wesley Hardin
The Great Escape
1963
as Danny 'Tunnel King'
Kid Galahad
1962
as Lew Nyack
Combat!
1962
as Velasquez
Empire
1962
as Paul Moreno
Empire
1962
as Moreno
Empire
1962
as Paul
The Virginian
1962
as Ben Justin
The Virginian
1962
as Harge Talbot
X-15
1961
as Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
The New Breed
1961
as Jerry Bergason
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Harry Gregg
A Thunder of Drums
1961
as Trooper Hanna
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Hank Conrad
Master of the World
1961
as John Strock
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Bernardo O'Reilly
The Islanders
1960
as Dutch Malkin
The Aquanauts
1960
as Hector Morrison
Never So Few
1959
as Sgt. John Danforth
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Dan Morton
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Man
Riverboat
1959
as Crowley
Bonanza
1959
as Harry Starr
One Step Beyond
1959
as Yank Dawson
Rawhide
1959
as Del Lingman
When Hell Broke Loose
1958
as Steve Boland
Man with a Camera
1958
as Mike Kovac
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Rogue Donovan
Gang War
1958
as Alan Avery
Machine-Gun Kelly
1958
as George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly
Showdown at Boot Hill
1958
as Luke Welsh
No Time at All
1958
as Wolf Hagan
Colt .45
1957
as Danny Gordon
The Walter Winchell File
1957
as Eggers
Suspicion
1957
as Cal
M Squad
1957
as Eddie Loder
Sugarfoot
1957
as Sandy Randall
Sugarfoot
1957
as Cliff Raven
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Manfred Holt
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Blue Buffolo
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Dan Rocco
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
as Butch Cassidy
Wire Service
1956
as Sam Adams
Playhouse 90
1956
as Wolf Hagan
U.S. Marshall
1956
as Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid
U.S. Marshall
1956
as Pvt. 'Guardhouse' Ravenal
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Rocky Harman
Telephone Time
1956
as Guest
Jubal
1956
as Reb
Target Zero
1955
as Sgt. Vince Gaspari
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Det. Krovitch
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Frank Bramwell
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Ray Bardon
Gunsmoke
1955
as Crego
Gunsmoke
1955
as Ben Tiple
Those Whiting Girls
1955
as Martin Carroll
Big House, U.S.A
1955
as Benny Kelly
The Millionaire
1955
as Jerry Bell
Vera Cruz
1954
as Pittsburgh
Drum Beat
1954
as Kintpuash
Medic
1954
as Dr. John Bircher
Apache
1954
as Hondo
Riding Shotgun
1954
as Pinto
Tennessee Champ
1954
as Sixty Jubel
Torpedo Alley
1953
as Submariner
Miss Sadie Thompson
1953
as Pvt. Edwards
Crime Wave
1953
as Ben Hastings
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Eugene Walters
House of Wax
1953
as Igor
General Electric Theater
1953
as Pike
General Electric Theater
1953
as Henry
General Electric Theater
1953
as Soldier Conlon
The Clown
1953
as Gambler (uncredited)
Off Limits
1952
as Russell (Uncredited)
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1952
as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
Biff Baker U.S.A.
1952
as Czech spy
Biff Baker U.S.A.
1952
as Wilhelm
Battle Zone
1952
as Marine Private (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America
1952
as John Stanizewski
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Frank Dana
The Doctor
1952
as Joe Langan
Diplomatic Courier
1952
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
Pat and Mike
1952
as Henry 'Hank' Tasling
My Six Convicts
1952
as Jocko
The Marrying Kind
1952
as Eddie
Red Skies of Montana
1952
as Neff (uncredited)
Chevron Theatre
1952
as (2 Episodes)
Chevron Theatre
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Sgt. Roy Smith
The Mob
1951
as Jack (uncredited)
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
You're in the Navy Now
1951
as Wascylewski
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Sergeant Borth
Treasury Men in Action
1950
as Frankie Ames
Studio One
1948
as Cal
Stage 7
as Jerry Donn
Stage 7
as Murray Forman