Charles Bronson
Acting
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
TV Shows(60)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The F.B.I.
Earl Clayton
1965
The Big Valley
Tate
1965
The Legend of Jesse James
Cheyney
1965
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Linc Murdock
1963
The Fugitive
Ralph Schuyler
1963
Vacation Playhouse
John Wesley Hardin
1963
Combat!
Velasquez
1962
Empire
Paul Moreno
1962
The Virginian
Ben Justin
1962
The New Breed
Jerry Bergason
1961
Dr. Kildare
Harry Gregg
1961
Cain's Hundred
Hank Conrad
1961
The Islanders
Dutch Malkin
1960
The Aquanauts
Hector Morrison
1960
Adventures in Paradise
Dan Morton
1959
The Twilight Zone
Man
1959
Riverboat
Crowley
1959
Bonanza
Harry Starr
1959
One Step Beyond
Yank Dawson
1959
Rawhide
Del Lingman
1959
Man with a Camera
Mike Kovac
1958
Yancy Derringer
Rogue Donovan
1958
Colt .45
Danny Gordon
1957
The Walter Winchell File
Eggers
1957
Suspicion
Cal
1957
M Squad
Eddie Loder
1957
Sugarfoot
Sandy Randall
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Manfred Holt
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Dan Rocco
1957
Tales of Wells Fargo
Butch Cassidy
1957
Wire Service
Sam Adams
1956
Playhouse 90
Wolf Hagan
1956
U.S. Marshall
Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid
1956
Hey, Jeannie!
Rocky Harman
1956
Telephone Time
Guest
1956
Crusader
Mike Brod
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Det. Krovitch
1955
Gunsmoke
Crego
1955
Those Whiting Girls
Martin Carroll
1955
The Millionaire
Jerry Bell
1955
Studio 57
Dawson
1954
Medic
Dr. John Bircher
1954
The Joe Palooka Story
Eddie Crane
1954
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Joe Krossen
1953
Letter to Loretta
Eugene Walters
1953
General Electric Theater
Pike
1953
Biff Baker U.S.A.
Czech spy
1952
Cavalcade of America
John Stanizewski
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Frank Dana
1952
The Doctor
Joe Langan
1952
Chevron Theatre
(2 Episodes)
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Sgt. Roy Smith
1951
Lux Video Theatre
Sergeant Borth
1950
Treasury Men in Action
Frankie Ames
1950
Studio One
Cal
1948
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Stage 7
Jerry Donn
Movies(110)
Elvis: A Life in Music
Self (archive footage)
2026
Breakdown: 1975
Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage)
2025
Rat Pack
Self (archive footage)
2022
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
Self (archive footage)
2020
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
2015
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2014
Operation Dirty Dozen
Self
2006
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
Paul Fein
1999
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
Commissioner Paul Fein
1997
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1995
Family of Cops
Paul Fein
1995
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
Paul Kersey
1994
La Classe américaine
The Indian (archive footage)
1993
Donato and Daughter
Sgt. Mike Donato
1993
The Sea Wolf
Capt. Wolf Larsen
1993
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
Francis Church
1991
The Indian Runner
Mr. Roberts
1991
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Lieutenant Crowe
1989
Messenger of Death
Garret Smith
1988
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
Paul Kersey
1987
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
Self
1987
Assassination
Jay Killion
1987
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self
1986
Act of Vengeance
Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
1986
Murphy's Law
Jack Murphy
1986
Death Wish 3
Paul Kersey
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
The Evil That Men Do
Holland
1984
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
Self
1983
10 to Midnight
Leo Kessler
1983
Death Wish II
Paul Kersey
1982
Death Hunt
Albert Johnson
1981
Borderline
Jeb Maynard
1980
Catastrophe: No Safe Place
Self - Host
1980
Caboblanco
Gifford Hoyt
1980
Love and Bullets
Charlie Congers
1979
The Meanest Men in the West
Harge Talbot Jr.
1978
Telefon
Major Grigori Borzov
1977
The White Buffalo
Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis
1977
Raid on Entebbe
Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
1976
From Noon Till Three
Graham Dorsey
1976
St. Ives
Raymond St. Ives
1976
Breakheart Pass
John Deakin
1975
Hard Times
Chaney
1975
Breakout
Nick Colton
1975
Death Wish
Paul Kersey
1974
Mr. Majestyk
Vince Majestyk
1974
The Valdez Horses
Chino Valdez
1973
The Stone Killer
Lou Torrey
1973
The Mechanic
Arthur Bishop
1972
Chato's Land
Pardon Chato
1972
The Bull of the West
Ben Justin
1972
The Valachi Papers
Joe Valachi
1972
Valachi: The Violent Era
Self
1972
Red Sun
Link
1971
Someone Behind the Door
The Stranger
1971
Mean Justice
Moreno
1971
Cold Sweat
Joe Martin
1970
Violent City
Jeff Heston
1970
You Can't Win 'Em All
Josh Corey
1970
Rider on the Rain
Col. Harry Dobbs
1970
Twinky
Scott Wardman
1970
Once Upon a Time in the West
'Harmonica'
1968
Farewell, Friend
Franz Propp
1968
Villa Rides
Rodolfo Fierro
1968
The Dirty Dozen
Joseph Wladislaw
1967
Guns for San Sebastian
Teclo
1967
This Property Is Condemned
J.J. Nichols
1966
Battle of the Bulge
Maj. Wolenski
1965
The Sandpiper
Cos Erickson
1965
The Big Sur
Self (uncredited)
1965
Guns of Diablo
Linc Murdock
1964
4 for Texas
Matson
1963
The Great Escape
Danny 'Tunnel King'
1963
Kid Galahad
Lew Nyack
1962
X-15
Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
1961
A Thunder of Drums
Trooper Hanna
1961
Master of the World
John Strock
1961
The Magnificent Seven
Bernardo O'Reilly
1960
Never So Few
Sgt. John Danforth
1959
When Hell Broke Loose
Steve Boland
1958
Gang War
Alan Avery
1958
Machine-Gun Kelly
George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly
1958
Showdown at Boot Hill
Luke Welsh
1958
No Time at All
Wolf Hagan
1958
Run of the Arrow
Blue Buffolo
1957
Jubal
Reb
1956
Target Zero
Sgt. Vince Gaspari
1955
Big House, U.S.A
Benny Kelly
1955
Vera Cruz
Pittsburgh
1954
Drum Beat
Kintpuash
1954
Apache
Hondo
1954
Riding Shotgun
Pinto
1954
Tennessee Champ
Sixty Jubel
1954
Torpedo Alley
Submariner
1953
Miss Sadie Thompson
Pvt. Edwards
1953
Crime Wave
Ben Hastings
1953
House of Wax
Igor
1953
The Clown
Gambler (uncredited)
1953
Off Limits
Russell (Uncredited)
1952
Bloodhounds of Broadway
Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
1952
Battle Zone
Marine Private (uncredited)
1952
Diplomatic Courier
Russian Agent (uncredited)
1952
Pat and Mike
Henry 'Hank' Tasling
1952
My Six Convicts
Jocko
1952
The Marrying Kind
Eddie
1952
Red Skies of Montana
Neff (uncredited)
1952
The Mob
Jack (uncredited)
1951
The People Against O'Hara
Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
1951
You're in the Navy Now
Wascylewski
1951