Charles Bronson
Age: N/A | From: Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
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Aliases: Charles Dennis Buchinsky , Le Sacre Monstre , Karolis Bučinskis , Karolis Dionyzas Bučinskis , چارلز برانسون
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
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Movie Involvements: 91
TV Involvements: 51
Most Famous Work
Biography
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
Most Famous Work
Have Gun, Will Travel
(1957) Manfred Holt
The Big Valley
(1965) Tate
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
(1957) Dan Rocco
Bonanza
(1959) Harry Starr
Studio One
(1948) Cal
Treasury Men in Action
(1950) Frankie Ames
Adventures in Paradise
(1959) Dan Morton
Cavalcade of America
(1952) John StanizewskiActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Self | |
| 1999 | Paul Fein | |
| 1997 | Commissioner Paul Fein | |
| 1995 | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | |
| Paul Fein | ||
| 1994 | Capt. Wolf Larsen | |
| Paul Kersey | ||
| 1993 | The Indian (archive footage) | |
| Sgt. Mike Donato | ||
| 1991 | Francis Church | |
| Mr. Roberts | ||
| 1989 | Lieutenant Crowe | |
| 1988 | Garret Smith | |
| 1987 | Paul Kersey | |
| Jay Killion | ||
| 1986 | Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski | |
| Jack Murphy | ||
| 1985 | Paul Kersey | |
| Self | ||
| 1984 | Holland | |
| 1983 | Himself | |
| Leo Kessler | ||
| 1982 | Paul Kersey | |
| 1981 | Albert Johnson | |
| 1980 | Jeb Maynard | |
| Self - Host | ||
| Gifford Hoyt | ||
| 1979 | Charlie Congers | |
| 1978 | Harge Talbot Jr. | |
| 1977 | Major Grigori Borzov | |
| Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis | ||
| 1976 | Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron | |
| Graham Dorsey | ||
| Raymond St. Ives | ||
| 1975 | John Deakin | |
| Chaney | ||
| Nick Colton | ||
| 1974 | Paul Kersey | |
| Vince Majestyk | ||
| 1973 | Chino Valdez | |
| Lou Torrey | ||
| Self | ||
| 1972 | Arthur Bishop | |
| Pardon Chato | ||
| Ben Justin | ||
| Joe Valachi | ||
| Self | ||
| 1971 | Link | |
| The Stranger | ||
| Self | ||
| Moreno | ||
| 1970 | Joe Martin | |
| Jeff Heston | ||
| Josh Corey | ||
| Col. Harry Dobbs | ||
| Scott Wardman | ||
| 1968 | 'Harmonica' | |
| Franz Propp | ||
| Self - Guest | ||
| Rodolfo Fierro | ||
| Teclo | ||
| 1967 | Joseph Wladislaw | |
| 1966 | J.J. Nichols | |
| 1965 | Maj. Wolenski | |
| Earl Clayton | ||
| Tate | ||
| Cheyney | ||
| Cos Erickson | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| 1964 | Linc Murdock | |
| 1963 | Matson | |
| Linc Murdock | ||
| Ralph Schuyler | ||
| John Wesley Hardin | ||
| Danny 'Tunnel King' | ||
| 1962 | Lew Nyack | |
| Velasquez | ||
| Paul Moreno | ||
| Ben Justin | ||
| Harge Talbot | ||
| 1961 | Lt. Col. Lee Brandon | |
| Jerry Bergason | ||
| Harry Gregg | ||
| Trooper Hanna | ||
| Hank Conrad | ||
| John Strock | ||
| 1960 | Bernardo O'Reilly | |
| Dutch Malkin | ||
| Hector Morrison | ||
| 1959 | Sgt. John Danforth | |
| Dan Morton | ||
| Man | ||
| Crowley | ||
| Harry Starr | ||
| Yank Dawson | ||
| Del Lingman | ||
| 1958 | Steve Boland | |
| Mike Kovac | ||
| Rogue Donovan | ||
| Alan Avery | ||
| George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly | ||
| Luke Welsh | ||
| Wolf Hagan | ||
| 1957 | Danny Gordon | |
| Eggers | ||
| Cal | ||
| Eddie Loder | ||
| Sandy Randall | ||
| Cliff Raven | ||
| Manfred Holt | ||
| Blue Buffolo | ||
| Dan Rocco | ||
| 1956 | Sam Adams | |
| Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid | ||
| Pvt. 'Guardhouse' Ravenal | ||
| Rocky Harman | ||
| Reb | ||
| 1955 | Sgt. Vince Gaspari | |
| Det. Krovitch | ||
| Frank Bramwell | ||
| Ray Bardon | ||
| Crego | ||
| Ben Tiple | ||
| Martin Carroll | ||
| Benny Kelly | ||
| Jerry Bell | ||
| 1954 | Pittsburgh | |
| Kintpuash | ||
| Dr. John Bircher | ||
| Hondo | ||
| Pinto | ||
| Sixty Jubel | ||
| 1953 | Submariner | |
| Pvt. Edwards | ||
| Ben Hastings | ||
| Eugene Walters | ||
| Igor | ||
| Pike | ||
| Henry | ||
| Soldier Conlon | ||
| Gambler (uncredited) | ||
| 1952 | Russell (Uncredited) | |
| Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited) | ||
| Czech spy | ||
| Wilhelm | ||
| Marine Private (uncredited) | ||
| John Stanizewski | ||
| Frank Dana | ||
| Joe Langan | ||
| Russian Agent (uncredited) | ||
| Henry 'Hank' Tasling | ||
| Jocko | ||
| Eddie | ||
| Neff (uncredited) | ||
| (2 Episodes) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1951 | Sgt. Roy Smith | |
| Jack (uncredited) | ||
| Angelo Korvac (uncredited) | ||
| Wascylewski | ||
| 1950 | Sergeant Borth | |
| Frankie Ames | ||
| 1948 | Cal | |
| Jerry Donn | ||
| Murray Forman | ||
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