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CHARLES DURNING - MovieMonday.com
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Charles Durning in TOOTSIE
with Dustin Hofman.
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Charles Durning in STARTING
OVER with Burt Reynolds & Frances Sternhagen.
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Many first noticed Charles Durning as the crooked cop in the Oscar-winning smash hit The Sting (1973). Since then, he has had many memorable parts including: the President in Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977), a shady businessman in True Confessions (1981), a singing, dancing governor of Texas in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982, an Oscar-nominated turn), and a Nazi in To Be or Not to Be (1983, another Oscar nomination). His other notable credits include... O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) .... Governor Menelaus 'Pappy' O'Daniel The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) .... Waring Hudsucker V.I. Warshawski (1991) .... Lt. Bobby Mallory Dick Tracy (1990) .... Chief Brandon Tootsie (1982) .... Les The Final Countdown (1980) .... Senator Samuel Chapman Starting Over (1979) .... Michael Potter The Muppet Movie (1979) .... Doc Hopper Dog Day Afternoon (1975) .... Moretti The Sting (1973) .... Lieutenant William Snyder |
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