Charles Bronson

Nov 03, 1921 - Aug 30, 2003 (81 years old) in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA

Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, November 3, 1921 - August 30, 2003) was an American actor. Known for his granite features and brawny physique, he gained international fame for his starring roles in action, western, and war films; initially as a supporting player and later a leading man. A quintessential cinematic tough guy, Bronson was cast in various roles where the plot line hinged on the authenticity of the character's toughness and brawn. At the height of his fame in the early 1970s, he was the world's number one box office attraction.

Known For

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Have Gun, Will Travel

Manfred Holt

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The Twilight Zone

Man

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Bonanza

Harry Starr

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Studio One

Cal

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The F.B.I.

Earl Clayton

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Once Upon a Time in the West

'Harmonica'

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Combat!

Velasquez

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The Fugitive

Ralph Schuyler

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Four Star Playhouse

Frank Dana

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Treasury Men in Action

Frankie Ames

Credits

Stage 7 Future

Jerry Donn

★ 10
Rat Pack 2022

Self (archive footage)

★ 9
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity 2020

Self (archive footage)

★ 7.8
Spanish Western 2015

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.2
Operation Dirty Dozen 2006

Self

★ 6
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion 1999

Paul Fein

★ 6.7
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II 1997

Commissioner Paul Fein

★ 6.7
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way 1995

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

★ NR
Family of Cops 1995

Paul Fein

★ 6.6
The Sea Wolf 1994

Capt. Wolf Larsen

★ 6.2
Death Wish V: The Face of Death 1994

Paul Kersey

★ 5.5
La Classe américaine 1993

The Indian (archive footage)

★ 7.6
Donato and Daughter 1993

Sgt. Mike Donato

★ 5.7
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus 1991

Francis Church

★ 7
The Indian Runner 1991

Mr. Roberts

★ 6.5
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects 1989

Lieutenant Crowe

★ 5.5
Messenger of Death 1988

Garret Smith

★ 5.9
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown 1987

Paul Kersey

★ 5.7
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood 1987

Self

★ 7.5
Assassination 1987

Jay Killion

★ 5.5
Act of Vengeance 1986

Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski

★ 5.9
Murphy's Law 1986

Jack Murphy

★ 6
Death Wish 3 1985

Paul Kersey

★ 6.2
Night of 100 Stars II 1985

Self

★ 8
The Evil That Men Do 1984

Holland

★ 5.8
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra 1983

Himself

★ 6
10 to Midnight 1983

Leo Kessler

★ 6.2
Death Wish II 1982

Paul Kersey

★ 6.3
Death Hunt 1981

Albert Johnson

★ 6.6
Borderline 1980

Jeb Maynard

★ 6
Catastrophe: No Safe Place 1980

Self - Host

★ 8
Caboblanco 1980

Gifford Hoyt

★ 5.3
Love and Bullets 1979

Charlie Congers

★ 5.9
The Meanest Men in the West 1978

Harge Talbot Jr.

★ 4.1
Telefon 1977

Major Grigori Borzov

★ 6.6
The White Buffalo 1977

Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis

★ 5.9
Raid on Entebbe 1976

Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron

★ 6
From Noon Till Three 1976

Graham Dorsey

★ 6
St. Ives 1976

Raymond St. Ives

★ 5.7
Breakheart Pass 1975

John Deakin

★ 6.6
Hard Times 1975

Chaney

★ 6.8
Breakout 1975

Nick Colton

★ 6.3
Death Wish 1974

Paul Kersey

★ 6.9
Mr. Majestyk 1974

Vince Majestyk

★ 6.8
Chino 1973

Chino Valdez

★ 5.5
The Stone Killer 1973

Lou Torrey

★ 6.2
The American Film Institute Salute to ... 1973

Self

★ 6.3
The Mechanic 1972

Arthur Bishop

★ 6.7
Chato's Land 1972

Pardon Chato

★ 6.6
The Bull of the West 1972

Ben Justin

★ 5.4
The Valachi Papers 1972

Joe Valachi

★ 6.5
Valachi: The Violent Era 1972

Self

★ NR
Red Sun 1971

Link

★ 6.9
Someone Behind the Door 1971

The Stranger

★ 5.4
Mean Justice 1971

Moreno

★ 7
Cold Sweat 1970

Joe Martin

★ 5.7
Violent City 1970

Jeff Heston

★ 6
You Can't Win 'Em All 1970

Josh Corey

★ 5.8
Rider on the Rain 1970

Col. Harry Dobbs

★ 6.4
Twinky 1970

Scott Wardman

★ 4.8
Once Upon a Time in the West 1968

'Harmonica'

★ 8.3
Farewell, Friend 1968

Franz Propp

★ 6.3
Villa Rides 1968

Rodolfo Fierro

★ 6.3
Guns for San Sebastian 1968

Teclo

★ 7
The Dirty Dozen 1967

Joseph Wladislaw

★ 7.6
This Property Is Condemned 1966

J.J. Nichols

★ 6.3
Battle of the Bulge 1965

Maj. Wolenski

★ 6.9
The F.B.I. 1965

Earl Clayton

★ 5.5
The Big Valley 1965

Tate

★ 6.1
The Legend of Jesse James 1965

Cheyney

★ 4.8
The Sandpiper 1965

Cos Erickson

★ 6.4
The Big Sur 1965

Self (uncredited)

★ 6
Guns of Diablo 1964

Linc Murdock

★ 5.3
4 for Texas 1963

Matson

★ 5.1
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters 1963

Linc Murdock

★ 5.3
The Fugitive 1963

Ralph Schuyler

★ 7.2
Vacation Playhouse 1963

John Wesley Hardin

★ NR
The Great Escape 1963

Danny 'Tunnel King'

★ 7.9
Kid Galahad 1962

Lew Nyack

★ 6.1
Combat! 1962

Velasquez

★ 7.6
Empire 1962

Paul Moreno

★ 6.8
The Virginian 1962

Ben Justin

★ 6.5
X-15 1961

Lt. Col. Lee Brandon

★ 5.9
The New Breed 1961

Jerry Bergason

★ 7
Dr. Kildare 1961

Harry Gregg

★ 5.5
A Thunder of Drums 1961

Trooper Hanna

★ 5.4
Cain's Hundred 1961

Hank Conrad

★ 4.7
Master of the World 1961

John Strock

★ 5.8
The Magnificent Seven 1960

Bernardo O'Reilly

★ 7.5
The Islanders 1960

Dutch Malkin

★ 8
The Aquanauts 1960

Hector Morrison

★ 5.5
Never So Few 1959

Sgt. John Danforth

★ 5.4
Adventures in Paradise 1959

Dan Morton

★ 5.7
The Twilight Zone 1959

Man

★ 8.4
Riverboat 1959

Crowley

★ 6.2
Bonanza 1959

Harry Starr

★ 7.5
One Step Beyond 1959

Yank Dawson

★ 5.6
Rawhide 1959

Del Lingman

★ 7.2
When Hell Broke Loose 1958

Steve Boland

★ 5.8
Man with a Camera 1958

Mike Kovac

★ 4.6
Yancy Derringer 1958

Rogue Donovan

★ 5.6
Gang War 1958

Alan Avery

★ 6.4
Machine-Gun Kelly 1958

George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly

★ 5.7
Showdown at Boot Hill 1958

Luke Welsh

★ 6.5
No Time at All 1958

Wolf Hagan

★ NR
Colt .45 1957

Danny Gordon

★ 5
The Walter Winchell File 1957

Eggers

★ 5
Suspicion 1957

Cal

★ 5.9
M Squad 1957

Eddie Loder

★ 5.2
Sugarfoot 1957

Sandy Randall

★ 4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel 1957

Manfred Holt

★ 7.4
Run of the Arrow 1957

Blue Buffolo

★ 6.2
Richard Diamond, Private Detective 1957

Dan Rocco

★ 6.2
Tales of Wells Fargo 1957

Butch Cassidy

★ 6.3
Wire Service 1956

Sam Adams

★ NR
Playhouse 90 1956

Wolf Hagan

★ 7.6
U.S. Marshall 1956

Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid

★ 7.5
Hey, Jeannie! 1956

Rocky Harman

★ 5.5
Telephone Time 1956

Guest

★ 6.3
Jubal 1956

Reb

★ 6.8
Target Zero 1955

Sgt. Vince Gaspari

★ 5.3
Crusader 1955

Mike Brod

★ 4
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955

Det. Krovitch

★ 7.7
Gunsmoke 1955

Crego

★ 6.6
Those Whiting Girls 1955

Martin Carroll

★ NR
Big House, U.S.A 1955

Benny Kelly

★ 6.5
The Millionaire 1955

Jerry Bell

★ 5
Vera Cruz 1954

Pittsburgh

★ 6.6
Drum Beat 1954

Kintpuash

★ 6
Studio 57 1954

Dawson

★ NR
Medic 1954

Dr. John Bircher

★ 5.7
Apache 1954

Hondo

★ 6.1
Riding Shotgun 1954

Pinto

★ 6
Tennessee Champ 1954

Sixty Jubel

★ 5.8
The Joe Palooka Story 1954

Eddie Crane

★ NR
Torpedo Alley 1953

Submariner

★ NR
Miss Sadie Thompson 1953

Pvt. Edwards

★ 5.2
Crime Wave 1953

Ben Hastings

★ 7.1
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse 1953

Joe Krossen

★ NR
Letter to Loretta 1953

Eugene Walters

★ 6.5
House of Wax 1953

Igor

★ 6.9
General Electric Theater 1953

Pike

★ 6.3
The Clown 1953

Gambler (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Off Limits 1952

Russell (Uncredited)

★ 5.8
Bloodhounds of Broadway 1952

Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Biff Baker U.S.A. 1952

Czech spy

★ 7.5
Battle Zone 1952

Marine Private (uncredited)

★ 5
Cavalcade of America 1952

John Stanizewski

★ 3.5
Four Star Playhouse 1952

Frank Dana

★ 6.3
The Doctor 1952

Joe Langan

★ NR
Diplomatic Courier 1952

Russian Agent (uncredited)

★ 6
Pat and Mike 1952

Henry 'Hank' Tasling

★ 6.3
My Six Convicts 1952

Jocko

★ 6.3
The Marrying Kind 1952

Eddie

★ 6.7
Red Skies of Montana 1952

Neff (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Chevron Theatre 1952

(2 Episodes)

★ 10
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951

Sgt. Roy Smith

★ 7.3
The Mob 1951

Jack (uncredited)

★ 6.6
The People Against O'Hara 1951

Angelo Korvac (uncredited)

★ 5.7
You're in the Navy Now 1951

Wascylewski

★ 4.4
Lux Video Theatre 1950

Sergeant Borth

★ 6.3
Treasury Men in Action 1950

Frankie Ames

★ 5.5
Studio One 1948

Cal

★ 5

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