Charles Bronson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, a coal mining town in the Allegheny Mountains. Bronson's father, a miner, died when Bronson was young. Bronson himself worked in the mines as well until joining the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 to fight in World War II. Bronson had sizeable co-starring roles in The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Great Escape (1963), This Property Is Condemned (1966), and The Dirty Dozen (1967). Bronson also performed in many major television shows, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his supporting role in an episode of General Electric Theater. Actor Alain Delon (who was a fan of Bronson) hired him to co-star with him in the French film Adieu l'ami (1968). That year, he also played one of the leads in the Italian spaghetti Western, Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Bronson continued playing leads in various action, Western, and war films made in Europe, including Rider on the Rain (1970), which won a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. During this time Bronson was the most popular American actor in Europe. Early life and war service Bronson was born November 3, 1921, in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, a coal mining region in the Allegheny Mountains, north of Johnstown. He was the 11th of 15 children born into a Roman Catholic family of Lithuanian descent. The very large family slept in shifts in their cold-water shack. The coal car tracks that ran out of the mine's mouth passed just a few yards away. His father, Walter Buchinsky (né Vladislavas Valteris Paulius Bučinskas/Bučinskis), was a Lipka Tatar from Druskininkai in southern Lithuania. Bronson's mother, Mary (née Valinsky), whose parents were from Lithuania, was born in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, in the Anthracite Coal Region. Bronson said English was not spoken at home during his childhood, like many other first-generation American children he grew up with. He once recounted that even as a soldier, his accent was strong enough to make his comrades think he was a foreigner. Besides English, he could speak Lithuanian and Russian. Marriages His first marriage was to Harriet Tendler, whom he met when both were fledgling actors in Philadelphia. They had two children, Suzanne and Tony, before divorcing in 1965. Bronson died at age 81 on August 30, 2003, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Bronson was married to English actress Jill Ireland from October 5, 1968, until her death in 1990. Death Bronson died at age 81 on August 30, 2003, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Although pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease have been cited as his cause of death, neither appears on his death certificate, which cites "respiratory failure", "metastatic lung cancer", with, secondarily, "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" and "congestive cardiomyopathy" as the causes of death. He was interred at Brownsville Cemetery in West Windsor, Vermont. CLR
The Magnificent Seven
(Bernardo O'Reilly)
The Dirty Dozen
(Joseph Wladislaw)
Someone Behind the Door
(The Stranger)
Diplomatic Courier
(Russian Agent (uncredited))
Never So Few
(Sgt. John Danforth)
Farewell, Friend
(Franz Propp)
The Great Escape
(Danny 'Tunnel King')
From Noon Till Three
(Graham Dorsey)
Telefon
(Major Grigori Borzov)
Hard Times
(Chaney)
Caboblanco
(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)
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
(Paul Kersey)
Murphy's Law
(Jack Murphy)
Death Hunt
(Albert Johnson)
Pat and Mike
(Henry 'Hank' Tasling)
The Valachi Papers
(Joe Valachi)
Chato's Land
(Pardon Chato)
Mr. Majestyk
(Vince Majestyk)
Messenger of Death
(Garret Smith)
The Stone Killer
(Lou Torrey)
Vera Cruz
(Pittsburgh)
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)
The People Against O'Hara
(Angelo Korvac (uncredited))
Cold Sweat
(Joe Martin)
Death Wish II
(Paul Kersey)
Jubal
(Reb)
Apache
(Hondo)
Machine-Gun Kelly
(George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly)
Big House, U.S.A
(Benny Kelly)
St. Ives
(Raymond St. Ives)
Love and Bullets
(Charlie Congers)
My Six Convicts
(Jocko)
Miss Sadie Thompson
(Pvt. Edwards)
This Property Is Condemned
(J.J. Nichols)
The White Buffalo
(Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis)
4 for Texas
(Matson)
House of Wax
(Igor)
10 to Midnight
(Leo Kessler)
Kid Galahad
(Lew Nyack)
Villa Rides
(Rodolfo Fierro)
Guns for San Sebastian
(Teclo)
Assassination
(Jay Killion)
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)
The Valdez Horses
(Chino Valdez)
Family of Cops
(Paul Fein)
Guns of Diablo
(Linc Murdock)
Gang War
(Alan Avery)
The Sandpiper
(Cos Erickson)
Twinky
(Scott Wardman)
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
(Lieutenant Crowe)
A Thunder of Drums
(Trooper Hanna)
When Hell Broke Loose
(Steve Boland)
Off Limits
(Russell (Uncredited))
Donato and Daughter
(Sgt. Mike Donato)
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
(Paul Fein)
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
(Commissioner Paul Fein)
Drum Beat
(Kintpuash)
The Bull of the West
(Ben Justin)
Riding Shotgun
(Pinto)
You Can't Win 'Em All
(Josh Corey)
The Meanest Men in the West
(Harge Talbot Jr.)
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))
Rat Pack
(Self (archive footage))
Operation Dirty Dozen
(Self)
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
(Self)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
(Self - Audience Member (uncredited))
No Time at All
(Wolf Hagan)
Act of Vengeance
(Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski)
Night of 100 Stars II
(Self)
Catastrophe: No Safe Place
(Self - Host)
Red Skies of Montana
(Neff (uncredited))
Torpedo Alley
(Submariner)
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))
Once Upon a Time in the West
('Harmonica')
Spanish Western
(Self (archive footage))
Valachi: The Violent Era
(Self)
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
(Self)
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
(Self)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
(Self - Actor (archive footage))
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
(Self (archive footage))
Breakdown: 1975
(Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage))
Elvis: A Life in Music
(Self (archive footage))
Cain's Hundred
(Hank Conrad)
The F.B.I.
(Earl Clayton)
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
(Linc Murdock)
Gunsmoke
(Crego)
Studio One
(Cal)
Combat!
(Velasquez)
General Electric Theater
(Pike)
The Islanders
(Dutch Malkin)
Man with a Camera
(Mike Kovac)
The Twilight Zone
(Man)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Det. Krovitch)
Rawhide
(Del Lingman)
Have Gun, Will Travel
(Manfred Holt)
The Fugitive
(Ralph Schuyler)
The Millionaire
(Jerry Bell)
The Virginian
(Ben Justin)
Yancy Derringer
(Rogue Donovan)
The Aquanauts
(Hector Morrison)
Lux Video Theatre
(Sergeant Borth)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
(Sgt. Roy Smith)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
(Dan Rocco)
One Step Beyond
(Yank Dawson)
The Big Valley
(Tate)
M Squad
(Eddie Loder)
Adventures in Paradise
(Dan Morton)
Medic
(Dr. John Bircher)
Sugarfoot
(Sandy Randall)
Riverboat
(Crowley)
Wire Service
(Sam Adams)
The New Breed
(Jerry Bergason)
Cavalcade of America
(John Stanizewski)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(Self)
The Legend of Jesse James
(Cheyney)
Vacation Playhouse
(John Wesley Hardin)
Dr. Kildare
(Harry Gregg)
Treasury Men in Action
(Frankie Ames)
Letter to Loretta
(Eugene Walters)
Biff Baker U.S.A.
(Czech spy)
Hey, Jeannie!
(Rocky Harman)
Sugarfoot
(Cliff Raven)
Gunsmoke
(Ben Tiple)
The Virginian
(Harge Talbot)
General Electric Theater
(Henry)
General Electric Theater
(Soldier Conlon)
Biff Baker U.S.A.
(Wilhelm)
Four Star Playhouse
(Frank Dana)
Stage 7
(Jerry Donn)
The Doctor
(Joe Langan)
Empire
(Paul Moreno)
Those Whiting Girls
(Martin Carroll)
U.S. Marshall
(Pvt. 'Guardhouse' Ravenal)
Stage 7
(Murray Forman)
U.S. Marshall
(Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid)
Chevron Theatre
((2 Episodes))
Chevron Theatre
Bonanza
(Harry Starr)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Frank Bramwell)
V.I.P. Schaukel
(Self)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Ray Bardon)
Colt .45
(Danny Gordon)
The Walter Winchell File
(Eggers)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
Tales of Wells Fargo
(Butch Cassidy)
Telephone Time
(Guest)
Playhouse 90
(Wolf Hagan)
Empire
(Moreno)
Empire
(Paul)
Suspicion
(Cal)
Crusader
(Mike Brod)
The Joe Palooka Story
(Eddie Crane)
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
(Joe Krossen)
Playhouse 90
(Andy Kovaric)
Playhouse 90
(Sgt Meras)
Studio 57
(Dawson)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Presenter)