Charles Bronson
Known for Acting · 171 credits
- Born
- 1921-11-03
- Died
- 2003-08-30
- Place of birth
- Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
- Also known as
- Charles Dennis Buchinsky · Le Sacre Monstre · Karolis Bučinskis · Karolis Dionyzas Bučinskis · چارلز برانسون
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (61)
Bonanza
1959
as Harry Starr
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
The Fugitive
1963
as Ralph Schuyler
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Man
The Virginian
1962
as Ben Justin / Harge Talbot
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Manfred Holt
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Harry Gregg
The F.B.I.
1965
as Earl Clayton
Combat!
1962
as Velasquez
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Frank Dana
The Big Valley
1965
as Tate
Studio One
1948
as Cal
Rawhide
1959
as Del Lingman
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Gunsmoke
1955
as Crego / Ben Tiple
Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Dan Morton
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Det. Krovitch / Frank Bramwell / Ray Bardon
One Step Beyond
1959
as Yank Dawson
Sugarfoot
1957
as Sandy Randall / Cliff Raven
M Squad
1957
as Eddie Loder
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Dan Rocco
Studio 57
1954
as Dawson
Playhouse 90
1956
as Wolf Hagan / Andy Kovaric / Sgt Meras
The Millionaire
1955
as Jerry Bell
Film '72
1971
as Self
Riverboat
1959
as Crowley
Cavalcade of America
1952
as John Stanizewski
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
as Butch Cassidy
Cain's Hundred
1961
as Hank Conrad
Telephone Time
1956
as Guest
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Sergeant Borth
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Rogue Donovan
The Islanders
1960
as Dutch Malkin
Suspicion
1957
as Cal
The New Breed
1961
as Jerry Bergason
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
as Joe Krossen
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Cheyney
Wire Service
1956
as Sam Adams
Man with a Camera
1958
as Mike Kovac
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as John Wesley Hardin
Chevron Theatre
1952
as (2 Episodes)
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Rocky Harman
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Eugene Walters
Medic
1954
as Dr. John Bircher
The Aquanauts
1960
as Hector Morrison
The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters
1963
as Linc Murdock
Treasury Men in Action
1950
as Frankie Ames
The Walter Winchell File
1957
as Eggers
Biff Baker U.S.A.
1952
as Czech spy / Wilhelm
General Electric Theater
1953
as Pike / Henry / Soldier Conlon
Colt .45
1957
as Danny Gordon
Empire
1962
as Paul Moreno
Crusader
1955
as Mike Brod
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Sgt. Roy Smith
U.S. Marshall
1956
as Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid / Pvt. 'Guardhouse' Ravenal
Those Whiting Girls
1955
as Martin Carroll
The Joe Palooka Story
1954
as Eddie Crane
Stage 7
as Jerry Donn / Murray Forman
Movies (110)
Once Upon a Time in the West
1968
as 'Harmonica'
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Bernardo O'Reilly
The Great Escape
1963
as Danny 'Tunnel King'
The Dirty Dozen
1967
as Joseph Wladislaw
Death Wish
1974
as Paul Kersey
Red Sun
1971
as Link
Death Wish 3
1985
as Paul Kersey
The Mechanic
1972
as Arthur Bishop
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Villa Rides
1968
as Rodolfo Fierro
Death Wish II
1982
as Paul Kersey
House of Wax
1953
as Igor
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown
1987
as Paul Kersey
Chato's Land
1972
as Pardon Chato
Death Wish V: The Face of Death
1994
as Paul Kersey
Death Hunt
1981
as Albert Johnson
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self - Actor in Death Wish (archive footage)
Riding Shotgun
1954
as Pinto
Battle of the Bulge
1965
as Maj. Wolenski
Breakheart Pass
1975
as John Deakin
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
10 to Midnight
1983
as Leo Kessler
Hard Times
1975
as Chaney
Never So Few
1959
as Sgt. John Danforth
Breakout
1975
as Nick Colton
Murphy's Law
1986
as Jack Murphy
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
as Self
The Evil That Men Do
1984
as Holland
St. Ives
1976
as Raymond St. Ives
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
Mr. Majestyk
1974
as Vince Majestyk
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
1989
as Lieutenant Crowe
Violent City
1970
as Jeff Heston
Crime Wave
1953
as Ben Hastings
The White Buffalo
1977
as Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis
Cold Sweat
1970
as Joe Martin
Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Vera Cruz
1954
as Pittsburgh
This Property Is Condemned
1966
as J.J. Nichols
Jubal
1956
as Reb
X-15
1961
as Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
Kid Galahad
1962
as Lew Nyack
The Clown
1953
as Gambler (uncredited)
Love and Bullets
1979
as Charlie Congers
Rat Pack
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Borderline
1980
as Jeb Maynard
The Stone Killer
1973
as Lou Torrey
You Can't Win 'Em All
1970
as Josh Corey
Act of Vengeance
1986
as Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
Telefon
1977
as Major Grigori Borzov
Twinky
1970
as Scott Wardman
Assassination
1987
as Jay Killion
The Indian Runner
1991
as Mr. Roberts
Apache
1954
as Hondo
You're in the Navy Now
1951
as Wascylewski
4 for Texas
1963
as Matson
Drum Beat
1954
as Kintpuash
The Valachi Papers
1972
as Joe Valachi
Guns for San Sebastian
1967
as Teclo
Caboblanco
1980
as Gifford Hoyt
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
La Classe américaine
1993
as The Indian (archive footage)
From Noon Till Three
1976
as Graham Dorsey
Master of the World
1961
as John Strock
Rider on the Rain
1970
as Col. Harry Dobbs
The Valdez Horses
1973
as Chino Valdez
Farewell, Friend
1968
as Franz Propp
The Mob
1951
as Jack (uncredited)
Pat and Mike
1952
as Henry 'Hank' Tasling
Mean Justice
1971
as Moreno
The Meanest Men in the West
1978
as Harge Talbot Jr.
Messenger of Death
1988
as Garret Smith
Guns of Diablo
1964
as Linc Murdock
The Sea Wolf
1993
as Capt. Wolf Larsen
Donato and Daughter
1993
as Sgt. Mike Donato
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
1991
as Francis Church
The Sandpiper
1965
as Cos Erickson
Miss Sadie Thompson
1953
as Pvt. Edwards
Run of the Arrow
1957
as Blue Buffolo
Family of Cops
1995
as Paul Fein
My Six Convicts
1952
as Jocko
Diplomatic Courier
1952
as Russian Agent (uncredited)
A Thunder of Drums
1961
as Trooper Hanna
Machine-Gun Kelly
1958
as George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
Someone Behind the Door
1971
as The Stranger
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II
1997
as Commissioner Paul Fein
Showdown at Boot Hill
1958
as Luke Welsh
Spanish Western
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Red Skies of Montana
1952
as Neff (uncredited)
Bloodhounds of Broadway
1952
as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
Off Limits
1952
as Russell (Uncredited)
The Marrying Kind
1952
as Eddie
The Bull of the West
1972
as Ben Justin
All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra
1983
as Self
Gang War
1958
as Alan Avery
Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion
1999
as Paul Fein
Operation Dirty Dozen
2006
as Self
No Time at All
1958
as Wolf Hagan
The Big Sur
1965
as Self (uncredited)
Big House, U.S.A
1955
as Benny Kelly
Battle Zone
1952
as Marine Private (uncredited)
Target Zero
1955
as Sgt. Vince Gaspari
Torpedo Alley
1953
as Submariner
When Hell Broke Loose
1958
as Steve Boland
Catastrophe: No Safe Place
1980
as Self - Host
All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
1986
as Self (uncredited)
Tennessee Champ
1954
as Sixty Jubel
Valachi: The Violent Era
1972
as Self
Elvis: A Life in Music
2026
as Self (archive footage)
About Charles Bronson
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 sizeab… With 171 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Charles Bronson has appeared in 110 films and 61 TV shows.
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Most Popular Charles Bronson Movies
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) — as 'Harmonica'
- The Magnificent Seven (1960) — as Bernardo O'Reilly
- The Great Escape (1963) — as Danny 'Tunnel King'
- The Dirty Dozen (1967) — as Joseph Wladislaw
- Death Wish (1974) — as Paul Kersey
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