![]() In his career, During has received the following awards: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance for That Championship Season (1972) National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor for Dog Day Afternoon (1975) Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1990) Tony for Best Featured Actor in a play for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1990) Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture for The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990) Drama League Distinguished Performance Award for The Gin Game (1997). Durning continues to work onstage, winning a Tony for his portrayal of Big Daddy in the 1990 Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. With broad strokes, Durning portrayed the dim, blustery, small-town doctor Harlan Elldridge so vividly that the producers attempted to spin him off in an unsold 1993 pilot, Harlan & Merleen, directed by Reynolds. Durning joined his frequent feature collaborator Burt Reynolds (they co-starred in four films including Starting Over 1979 and Sharky's Machine 1981) to become a regular on the hit ensemble sitcom Evening Shade (CBS, 1990–94). He earned Emmy nominations for Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (CBS, 1975) with Maureen Stapleton, Captains and the Kings (NBC, 1976) and Attica (ABC, 1980). He was touching as Holly Hunter's father in Home for the Holidays (1995).ĭurning is also a prolific TV actor, especially notable in TV-movies, specials, and miniseries. Durning made a big splash with a small but critical role in The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), the Coen brothers' tribute to screwball comedies. ![]() Appearing in over 50 features covering a wide variety of genres, Durning's recent credits include Brenda Starr (1989), Dick Tracy (1990), and V.I. He also gave a full-bodied musical performance in The Muppet Movie (1979) as Doc Hooper, a nefarious frog legs restaurateur. Durning was a showstopper (and received an Oscar nomination) as the governor in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982). Previously, he had appeared in several films including his debut, Harvey Middleman, Fireman (1965), I Walk the Line (1970), and two early Brian De Palma films: Hi, Mom! (1970), as a surly building super, and Sisters (1973), as a tenacious detective. He appeared in 35 plays, including 22 of the Bard's, working with the likes of Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, and James Earl Jones.Īfter catching Durning in the Broadway production of That Championship Season, producer George Roy Hill cast him in his breakthrough role of the corrupt Police Lt. Durning shifted gears to become a prolific actor on the New York stage, notably as part of the New York Shakespeare Festival. After a heroic interlude overseas in WWII, Durning worked as a singer and dancer in nightclubs before becoming half of a ballroom dance act, hoofing his way through upstate New York for 11 years. With his bulbous nose and beady eyes, Durning brings rousing good cheer to venal authority figures, humanity to his rubes, and heft to small character parts. ![]() His highest grossing movie till date remains to be ‘Smoke and the Bandit’.Heavy-set and eternally middle-aged, Charles Durning is a character player of stage, film and television. His list of not so successful movies include ‘In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale’ (2008), ‘Driven’ (2001), ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ (2005), ‘End Game’ (2006), ‘Not Another Not Another Movie’ (2011), ‘Pocket Listing’ (2005) etc. He had won two Golden Globe awards for ‘Boogie Nights’ and ‘Evening Shade,’ and nine ‘People’s Choice Awards’ in his entire career. His successful TV series include ‘Dan August’ (1970-71), Out of This World’ (1987-91) and ‘Evening Shade’ (1990-94). He appeared in a number of successful films including ‘The Longest Yard’ (1974), ‘Smokey and the Bandit’ (1977), ‘The Man Who Loved Women’ (1983), ‘Striptease’ (1996), ‘Boogie Nights’ (1997), ‘Pups’ (1999), ‘Mystery, alska’ (1999) ‘Time of the Wolf’ (2002), ‘Dog Years’ (2017) etc. He made his movie debut with the 1961 movie, ‘Angel Baby,’ but his talent came to the fore with his tough boy performance in ‘Deliverance’ (1972), a thriller film. ![]() ![]() A career that began with television roles in ‘River Boat’ (1959-60), ‘Gunsmoke’ (1962-66) and ‘The Twilight Zone’ (1963) ended up making Burt Reynolds a Hollywood megastar. ![]()
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