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Charles Bronson
Actor
Born November 3, 1921Died August 30, 2003 (81 years)
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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
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
Known For
Filmography
| 2014 | I Am Steve McQueen · as Danny 'tunnel King' (in 'the Great Escape') |
| 2008 | How the West Was Lost · as Bernardo O'reilly |
| 1999 | Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion · as Paul Fein |
| 1997 | Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II · as Commissioner Paul Fein |
| 1995 | Family of Cops · as Paul Fein |
| 1994 | Death Wish: The Face of Death · as Paul Kersey |
| 1993 | La classe américaine · as The Indian (archive Footage) |
| 1993 | Donato and Daughter · as Sgt. Mike Donato |
| 1993 | The Sea Wolf · as Capt. Wolf Larsen |
| 1991 | Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus · as Francis Church |
| 1991 | The Indian Runner · as Mr. Roberts |
| 1989 | Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects · as Lieutenant Crowe |
| 1988 | Messenger of Death · as Garret Smith |
| 1987 | Death Wish 4: The Crackdown · as Paul Kersey |
| 1987 | Assassination · as Jay Killion |
| 1986 | Act of Vengeance · as Joseph 'jock' Yablonski |
| 1986 | Murphy's Law · as Jack Murphy |
| 1985 | Death Wish 3 · as Paul Kersey |
| 1984 | The Evil That Men Do · as Holland |
| 1983 | 10 to Midnight · as Leo Kessler |
| 1982 | Death Wish II · as Paul Kersey |
| 1981 | Death Hunt · as Albert Johnson |
| 1980 | Borderline · as Jeb Maynard |
| 1980 | Cabo Blanco · as Gifford Hoyt |
| 1979 | Love and Bullets · as Charlie Congers |
| 1979 | The Wild West · as Luke Welsh |
| 1977 | Telefon · as Major Grigori Borzov |
| 1977 | The White Buffalo · as Wild Bill Hickok/james Otis |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe · as Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron |
| 1976 | From Noon Till Three · as Graham Dorsey |
| 1976 | St. Ives · as Raymond St. Ives |
| 1975 | Breakheart Pass · as John Deakin |
| 1975 | Hard Times · as Chaney |
| 1975 | Breakout · as Nick Colton |
| 1974 | Bad Men of the West · as Harge Talbot Jr. |
| 1974 | Death Wish · as Paul Kersey |
| 1974 | Mr. Majestyk · as Vince Majestyk |
| 1973 | Chino · as Chino Valdez |
| 1973 | The Stone Killer · as Lou Torrey |
| 1972 | The Mechanic · as Arthur Bishop |
| 1972 | The Bull of the West · as Ben Justin |
| 1972 | The Valachi Papers · as Joe Valachi |
| 1972 | Chato's Land · as Pardon Chato |
| 1971 | Red Sun · as Link |
| 1971 | Someone Behind the Door · as The Stranger |
| 1971 | Mean Justice · as Moreno |
| 1970 | Cold Sweat · as Joe Martin |
| 1970 | The Family · as Jeff Heston |
| 1970 | You Can't Win 'Em All · as Josh Corey |
| 1970 | London Affair · as Scott Wardman |
| 1970 | Rider on the Rain · as Col. Harry Dobbs |
| 1968 | Once Upon a Time in the West · as 'harmonica' |
| 1968 | Villa Rides · as Rodolfo Fierro |
| 1968 | Farewell, Friend · as Franz Propp |
| 1968 | Guns for San Sebastian · as Teclo |
| 1967 | Dundee and the Culhane (TV Series) · as Horton Reagen |
| 1967 | The Dirty Dozen · as Joseph Wladislaw |
| 1966 | This Property Is Condemned · as J.j. Nichols |
| 1965 | Battle of the Bulge · as Maj. Wolenski |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Earl Clayton |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Tate |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James (TV Series) · as Cheyney |
| 1965 | The Sandpiper · as Cos Erickson |
| 1964 | Guns of Diablo · as Linc Murdock |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas · as Matson |
| 1963 | The Fugitive (TV Series) · as Ralph Schuyler |
| 1963 | The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (TV Series) · as Linc Murdock |
| 1963 | Vacation Playhouse (TV Series) · as John Wesley Hardin |
| 1963 | The Great Escape · as Danny 'tunnel King' |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Velasquez |
| 1962 | Empire (TV Series) · as Paul Moreno |
| 1962 | The Virginian (TV Series) · as Harge Talbot |
| 1962 | Kid Galahad · as Lew Nyack |
| 1961 | X-15 · as Lt. Col. Lee Brandon |
| 1961 | A Thunder of Drums · as Trooper Hanna |
| 1961 | The New Breed (TV Series) · as Jerry Bergason |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Harry Gregg |
| 1961 | Cain's Hundred (TV Series) · as Hank Conrad |
| 1961 | Master of the World · as John Strock |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven · as Bernardo O'reilly |
| 1960 | The Islanders (TV Series) · as Dutch Malkin |
| 1960 | The Aquanauts (TV Series) · as Hector Morrison |
| 1959 | Never So Few · as Sgt. John Danforth |
| 1959 | Adventures in Paradise (TV Series) · as Dan Morton |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Man |
| 1959 | Hennesey (TV Series) · as Lt. Cmdr. Steve Ogrodowski |
| 1959 | Laramie (TV Series) · as Cory Lake |
| 1959 | Riverboat (TV Series) · as Crowley |
| 1959 | Bonanza (TV Series) · as Harry Starr |
| 1959 | The Untouchables (TV Series) · as Janos Colescou |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Yank Dawson |
| 1959 | Rawhide (TV Series) · as Del Lingman |
| 1958 | When Hell Broke Loose · as Steve Boland |
| 1958 | U.S. Marshal (TV Series) · as Pvt. 'guardhouse' Ravenal |
| 1958 | Man with a Camera (TV Series) · as Mike Kovac |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer (TV Series) · as Rogue Donovan |
| 1958 | Gang War · as Alan Avery |
| 1958 | Machine-Gun Kelly · as George R. 'machine Gun' Kelly |
| 1958 | Showdown at Boot Hill · as Luke Welsh |
| 1957 | Colt .45 (TV Series) · as Danny Gordon |
| 1957 | The Court of Last Resort (TV Series) · as Steve Hrdilka |
| 1957 | The Walter Winchell File (TV Series) · as Eggers |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Cal |
| 1957 | M Squad (TV Series) · as Eddie Loder |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Sandy Randall |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel (TV Series) · as Manfred Holt |
| 1957 | Run of the Arrow · as Blue Buffolo |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo (TV Series) · as Butch Cassidy |
| 1957 | O. Henry Playhouse (TV Series) · as Barney O'keefe |
| 1956 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective (TV Series) · as Dan Rocco |
| 1956 | Wire Service (TV Series) · as Sam Adams |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Sgt Meras |
| 1956 | The Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series) · as Zenogalache A.k.a. Apache Kid |
| 1956 | Hey Jeannie! (TV Series) · as Rocky Harman |
| 1956 | Telephone Time (TV Series) · as Guest |
| 1956 | Jubal · as Reb |
| 1955 | Big House, U.S.A. · as Benny Kelly |
| 1955 | Target Zero · as Sgt. Vince Gaspari |
| 1955 | Crusader (TV Series) · as Mike Brod |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Ray Bardon |
| 1955 | Warner Brothers Presents (TV Series) · as Brodsky |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Ben Tiple |
| 1955 | Stage 7 (TV Series) · as Jerry Donn |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Jerry Bell |
| 1954 | Vera Cruz · as Pittsburgh |
| 1954 | Drum Beat · as Kintpuash |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Dawson |
| 1954 | Medic (TV Series) · as Dr. John Bircher |
| 1954 | Apache · as Hondo |
| 1954 | The Joe Palooka Story (TV Series) · as Eddie Crane |
| 1954 | Riding Shotgun · as Pinto |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Nobby Bullaid |
| 1954 | Tennessee Champ · as Sixty Jubel |
| 1954 | Waterfront (TV Series) · as Danny Cook Aka Bob Hayden |
| 1953 | Miss Sadie Thompson · as Pvt. Edwards |
| 1953 | Crime Wave · as Ben Hastings |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Badge (TV Series) · as Ralph |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) · as Joe Krossen |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Eugene Walters |
| 1953 | House of Wax · as Igor |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Soldier Conlon |
| 1953 | The Clown · as Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Torpedo Alley · as Submariner |
| 1952 | Off Limits · as Russell (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Bloodhounds of Broadway · as Phil Green, Aka 'pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Biff Baker USA (TV Series) · as Wilhelm |
| 1952 | Battle Zone · as Marine Private (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as John Stanizewski |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Frank Dana |
| 1952 | The Doctor (1952) (TV Series) · as Joe Langan |
| 1952 | The Doctor (TV Series) · as Joe Langan |
| 1952 | Diplomatic Courier · as Russian Agent (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Pat and Mike · as Henry 'hank' Tasling |
| 1952 | My Six Convicts · as Jocko |
| 1952 | The Marrying Kind · as Eddie |
| 1952 | Red Skies of Montana · as Neff (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Roy Rogers Show (TV Series) · as Willie Killer Conley |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (TV Series) · as Sgt. Roy Smith |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Perky - Boxer In Mcpugg Skit |
| 1951 | The Mob · as Jack (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The People Against O'Hara · as Angelo Korvac (uncredited) |
| 1951 | You're in the Navy Now · as Wascylewski |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Sergeant Borth |
| 1950 | Treasury Men in Action (TV Series) · as Frankie Ames |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cooper |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Cal |