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  1. Charles Edward Durning (February 28, 1923 – December 24, 2012) was an American actor who appeared in over 200 movies, television shows and plays. [2] Durning's best-known films include The Sting (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), The Muppet Movie (1979), True Confessions (1981), Tootsie (1982), Dick Tracy (1990), and O Brother, Where Art Thou ...

  2. Dec 27, 2012 · Charles Durning: Tootsie star dies at 89. 27 December 2012. Durning's films included The Sting and The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. US actor Charles Durning, who starred in the 1980s film ...

  3. Dec 25, 2012 · Charles Edward Durning was born into poverty on Feb. 28, 1923, in Highland Falls, N.Y., a Hudson River village. His father, James, an Irish immigrant, had been sickened by mustard gas and lost a ...

  4. Dec 25, 2012 · Durning, who died Monday at age 89 in New York, got his start as an usher at a burlesque theater in Buffalo, N.Y. When one of the comedians showed up too drunk to go on, Durning took his place.

  5. Dec 26, 2012 · Charley Gallay/Getty Images. Remembering Charles Durning —. Character actor Charles Durning died on Christmas Eve at the age of 89, according to his family. Durning attends the opening night of ...

  6. Dec 25, 2012 · ROBERT BERKVIST. Charles Durning, who overcame poverty, battlefield trauma and nagging self-doubt to become an acclaimed character actor, whether on stage as Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ...

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  8. Dec 25, 2012 · The Tootsie and Best Little Whorehouse actor was 89. Charles Durning, the versatile character actor whose friendly face and full form was recognizable to movie audiences since the mid-’70s, died ...