Charles Durning
28 February 1923 - 24 December 2012
Actor
A redoubtable American character actor equally adept at comedy or drama, Durning came to prominence in The Sting (1973) and Dog Day Afternoon (1975). Later films include Tootsie (1982), The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas (1982), To Be or Not To Be (1983) and O, Brother Where Art Thou? (2000).
- Read Charles Durning's Guardian obituary here