Charles Bronson

Acteur

3 novembre 1921 — 30 août 2003 (81 ans)
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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.

Marriages

His first marriage was to Harriet Tendler, whom he met when both were fledgling actors in Philadelphia. They had two children, Suzanne and Tony, before divorcing in 1965. Bronson died at age 81 on August 30, 2003, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Bronson was married to English actress Jill Ireland from October 5, 1968, until her death in 1990. Death

Bronson died at age 81 on August 30, 2003, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Although pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease have been cited as his cause of death, neither appears on his death certificate, which cites "respiratory failure", "metastatic lung cancer", with, secondarily, "chronic obstructive pulmonary disease" and "congestive cardiomyopathy" as the causes of death. He was interred at Brownsville Cemetery in West Windsor, Vermont. CLR

Films & Séries sur Plex

  • Les Sept Mercenaires
    Les Sept Mercenaires1960
  • Soleil Rouge
    Soleil Rouge1971
  • Bonanza
    Bonanza2 saisons
  • Le Solitaire de Fort Humboldt
    Le Solitaire de Fort Humboldt1975
  • Bronco Apache
    Bronco Apache1954
  • L'Enfer de la violence
    L'Enfer de la violence1984
  • L'évadé
    L'évadé1975
  • Adieu l'ami
    Adieu l'ami1968
  • Le Passager de la pluie
    Le Passager de la pluie1970
  • La Cité de la violence
    La Cité de la violence1970
  • De la part des copains
    De la part des copains1970
  • Chicanos, chasseur de têtes
    Chicanos, chasseur de têtes1980
  • Avec les compliments de Charlie
    Avec les compliments de Charlie1979
  • Mitraillette Kelly
    Mitraillette Kelly1958
  • One Step Beyond
    One Step Beyond3 saisons
  • Les Baroudeurs
    Les Baroudeurs1970
  • Quelqu'un derrière la porte
    Quelqu'un derrière la porte1971
  • Le Messager de l'espoir
    Le Messager de l'espoir1991
  • L'Ange et le Démon
    L'Ange et le Démon1970
  • Le Californien
    Le Californien1964

Connue pour

  • La Grande Évasion
    La Grande Évasion1963
  • Un justicier dans la ville
    Un justicier dans la ville1974
  • Les Sept Mercenaires
    Les Sept Mercenaires1960
  • Un justicier dans la ville n°2
    Un justicier dans la ville n°21982
  • Le justicier de New York
    Le justicier de New York1985
  • Le Flingueur
    Le Flingueur1972
  • Le Bagarreur
    Le Bagarreur1975
  • Soleil Rouge
    Soleil Rouge1971
  • Le justicier braque les dealers
    Le justicier braque les dealers1987
  • Monsieur Majestyk
    Monsieur Majestyk1974
  • Le Justicier de minuit
    Le Justicier de minuit1983
  • Le Solitaire de Fort Humboldt
    Le Solitaire de Fort Humboldt1975
  • Le justicier : L'ultime combat
    Le justicier : L'ultime combat1994
  • Chasse à mort
    Chasse à mort1981
  • La Loi de Murphy
    La Loi de Murphy1986
  • Les Collines de la terreur
    Les Collines de la terreur1972
  • Un espion de trop
    Un espion de trop1977
  • L'Enfer de la violence
    L'Enfer de la violence1984
  • L'évadé
    L'évadé1975
  • Kinjite, sujet tabou
    Kinjite, sujet tabou1989

Filmographie

2014
I Am Steve McQueen · as Danny 'tunnel King' (in 'the Great Escape')Sur Plex
2008
How the West Was Lost · as Bernardo O'reilly
1999
1997
Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II · as Commissioner Paul Fein
1995
Family of Cops · as Paul Fein
1994
1993
La classe américaine · as The Indian (archive Footage)
1993
Donato and Daughter · as Sgt. Mike Donato
1993
The Sea Wolf · as Capt. Wolf Larsen
1991
Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus · as Francis ChurchSur Plex
1991
The Indian Runner · as Mr. Roberts
1989
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects · as Lieutenant Crowe
1988
Messenger of Death · as Garret Smith
1987
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown · as Paul Kersey
1987
Assassination · as Jay Killion
1986
Act of Vengeance · as Joseph 'jock' Yablonski
1986
Murphy's Law · as Jack Murphy
1985
Death Wish 3 · as Paul Kersey
1984
The Evil That Men Do · as HollandSur Plex
1983
10 to Midnight · as Leo Kessler
1982
Death Wish II · as Paul Kersey
1981
Death Hunt · as Albert Johnson
1980
Borderline · as Jeb MaynardSur Plex
1980
Cabo Blanco · as Gifford Hoyt
1979
Love and Bullets · as Charlie CongersSur Plex
1979
The Wild West · as Luke Welsh
1977
Telefon · as Major Grigori Borzov
1977
The White Buffalo · as Wild Bill Hickok/james Otis
1976
Raid on Entebbe · as Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
1976
From Noon Till Three · as Graham Dorsey
1976
St. Ives · as Raymond St. Ives
1975
Breakheart Pass · as John DeakinSur Plex
1975
Hard Times · as Chaney
1975
Breakout · as Nick ColtonSur Plex
1974
Bad Men of the West · as Harge Talbot Jr.
1974
Death Wish · as Paul Kersey
1974
Mr. Majestyk · as Vince Majestyk
1973
Chino · as Chino Valdez
1973
The Stone Killer · as Lou Torrey
1972
The Mechanic · as Arthur Bishop
1972
The Bull of the West · as Ben Justin
1972
The Valachi Papers · as Joe Valachi
1972
Chato's Land · as Pardon Chato
1971
Red Sun · as LinkSur Plex
1971
Someone Behind the Door · as The StrangerSur Plex
1971
Mean Justice · as Moreno
1970
Cold Sweat · as Joe MartinSur Plex
1970
The Family · as Jeff HestonSur Plex
1970
You Can't Win 'Em All · as Josh CoreySur Plex
1970
London Affair · as Scott WardmanSur Plex
1970
Rider on the Rain · as Col. Harry DobbsSur Plex
1968
1968
Villa Rides · as Rodolfo Fierro
1968
Farewell, Friend · as Franz ProppSur Plex
1968
1967
Dundee and the Culhane · as Horton Reagen
1967
The Dirty Dozen · as Joseph Wladislaw
1966
This Property Is Condemned · as J.j. Nichols
1965
Battle of the Bulge · as Maj. Wolenski
1965
The F.B.I. · as Earl Clayton
1965
The Big Valley · as Tate
1965
1965
The Sandpiper · as Cos Erickson
1964
Guns of Diablo · as Linc MurdockSur Plex
1963
4 for Texas · as Matson
1963
The Fugitive · as Ralph Schuyler
1963
1963
Vacation Playhouse · as John Wesley Hardin
1963
The Great Escape · as Danny 'tunnel King'
1962
Combat! · as Velasquez
1962
Empire · as Paul Moreno
1962
The Virginian · as Harge Talbot
1962
Kid Galahad · as Lew Nyack
1961
X-15 · as Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
1961
A Thunder of Drums · as Trooper Hanna
1961
The New Breed · as Jerry Bergason
1961
Dr. Kildare · as Harry Gregg
1961
Cain's Hundred · as Hank Conrad
1961
Master of the World · as John Strock
1960
The Magnificent Seven · as Bernardo O'reillySur Plex
1960
The Islanders · as Dutch Malkin
1960
The Aquanauts · as Hector Morrison
1959
Never So Few · as Sgt. John Danforth
1959
Adventures in Paradise · as Dan Morton
1959
1959
Hennesey · as Lt. Cmdr. Steve Ogrodowski
1959
Laramie · as Cory Lake
1959
Riverboat · as Crowley
1959
Bonanza · as Harry StarrSur Plex
1959
The Untouchables · as Janos Colescou
1959
One Step Beyond · as Yank DawsonSur Plex
1959
Rawhide · as Del Lingman
1958
When Hell Broke Loose · as Steve Boland
1958
U.S. Marshal · as Pvt. 'guardhouse' Ravenal
1958
Man with a Camera · as Mike KovacSur Plex
1958
Yancy Derringer · as Rogue Donovan
1958
Gang War · as Alan Avery
1958
Machine-Gun Kelly · as George R. 'machine Gun' KellySur Plex
1958
Showdown at Boot Hill · as Luke Welsh
1957
Colt .45 · as Danny Gordon
1957
The Court of Last Resort · as Steve Hrdilka
1957
1957
Suspicion · as Cal
1957
M Squad · as Eddie Loder
1957
Sugarfoot · as Cliff Raven
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel · as Manfred Holt
1957
Run of the Arrow · as Blue Buffolo
1957
Tales of Wells Fargo · as Butch Cassidy
1957
O. Henry Playhouse · as Barney O'keefe
1956
1956
Wire Service · as Sam Adams
1956
Playhouse 90 · as Wolf Hagan
1956
The Sheriff of Cochise · as Zenogalache A.k.a. Apache Kid
1956
Hey Jeannie! · as Rocky Harman
1956
Telephone Time · as Guest
1956
Jubal · as Reb
1955
Big House, U.S.A. · as Benny Kelly
1955
Target Zero · as Sgt. Vince Gaspari
1955
Crusader · as Mike Brod
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents · as Ray Bardon
1955
Gunsmoke · as Crego
1955
Stage 7 · as Jerry Donn
1955
The Millionaire · as Jerry Bell
1954
Vera Cruz · as Pittsburgh
1954
Drum Beat · as Kintpuash
1954
Studio 57 · as Dawson
1954
Medic · as Dr. John Bircher
1954
Apache · as HondoSur Plex
1954
The Joe Palooka Story · as Eddie Crane
1954
Riding Shotgun · as Pinto
1954
Public Defender · as Nobby Bullaid
1954
Tennessee Champ · as Sixty Jubel
1954
Waterfront · as Danny Cook Aka Bob Hayden
1953
Miss Sadie Thompson · as Pvt. Edwards
1953
Crime Wave · as Ben Hastings
1953
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse · as Joe Krossen
1953
The Loretta Young Show · as Eugene Walters
1953
House of Wax · as Igor
1953
1953
The Clown · as Gambler (uncredited)
1952
Torpedo Alley · as Submariner
1952
Off Limits · as Russell (uncredited)
1952
Bloodhounds of Broadway · as Phil Green, Aka 'pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
1952
Biff Baker USA · as Wilhelm
1952
Battle Zone · as Marine Private (uncredited)
1952
Cavalcade of America · as John Stanizewski
1952
Four Star Playhouse · as Frank DanaSur Plex
1952
The Doctor (1952) · as Joe Langan
1952
Diplomatic Courier · as Russian Agent (uncredited)
1952
Pat and Mike · as Henry 'hank' Tasling
1952
My Six Convicts · as Jocko
1952
The Marrying Kind · as Eddie
1952
Red Skies of Montana · as Neff (uncredited)
1951
The Roy Rogers Show · as Willie Killer Conley
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · as Sgt. Roy Smith
1951
The Red Skelton Show · as Perky - Boxer In Mcpugg Skit
1951
The Mob · as Jack (uncredited)
1951
The People Against O'Hara · as Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
1951
You're in the Navy Now · as Wascylewski
1950
The Lux Video Theatre · as Sergeant Borth
1950
Treasury Men in Action · as Frankie Ames
1949
Fireside Theatre · as Cooper
1948
Studio One · as Cal