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