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