Personal Info
Birth date
1921-11-03 (103 Years)
Day of death
2003-08-30
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as
Charles Dennis Buchinsky
Le Sacre Monstre
Karolis Bučinskis
Karolis Dionyzas Bučinskis
چارلز برانسون
Charles Bronson
Biography
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky) 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.
Filmography
Dr. Kildare
5.5
Overview:
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.The Dick Cavett Show
6.8
Overview:
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.Bonanza
7.512
Overview:
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.The Big Valley
6.074
Overview:
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.Have Gun, Will Travel
7.4
Overview:
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.The F.B.I.
5.455
Overview:
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.The Twilight Zone
8.451
Overview:
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.Telephone Time
6.3
Overview:
Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.Studio One
5
Overview:
An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher Markle, who came to CBS from the CBC. Studio One, presented by Westinghouse, was one of the first of the anthology TV programs. The episodes were often abridged remakes of movies from years gone by and many future well-known television and movie actors appeared in the productions.Adventures in Paradise
5.7
Overview:
Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.Combat!
7.655
Overview:
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.Richard Diamond, Private Detective
6.2
Overview:
Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949 to 1953, and on television from 1957 to 1960.One Step Beyond
5.6
Overview:
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
NYR
Overview:
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted by Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, and, finally, Polly BergenStudio 57
NYR
Overview:
Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and in syndication from 1955 to 1956.Cain's Hundred
4.7
Overview:
A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top criminals to justice.Rawhide
7.1
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.M Squad
5.2
Overview:
Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.Wire Service
NYR
Overview:
Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.The Legend of Jesse James
4.8
Overview:
The Legend of Jesse James is an American western series starring Christopher Jones in the tile role of notorious outlaw Jesse James. The series aired on ABC from September 13, 1965, to May 9, 1966. Allen Case joined Jones as Jesse's brother, Frank James.The Millionaire
5
Overview:
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.The New Breed
7
Overview:
The New Breed is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from October 3, 1961 to June 5, 1962, with thirty-six episodes.The Aquanauts
5.5
Overview:
The Aquanauts is an American adventure/drama series that aired on CBS in the 1960-1961 season. The series stars Keith Larsen, Jeremy Slate and Ron Ely.The Islanders
8
Overview:
The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane Brewster. At the beginning of the series, Sandy Wade and Zack Malloy, co-owners of a Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft, start their one-plane airline in the Moluccas or Spice Islands of the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Throughout the series they experience a variety of adventures where seemingly harmless charter flights put them into danger. They are frequently aided in their endeavours by the unusually-named Wilhelmina ”Steamboat Willy” Vanderveer and Shipwreck Callighan. The Islanders, primarily sponsored by Liggett & Myers' Chesterfield cigarettes, aired at 9:30 Eastern time on Sunday evenings opposite The Jack Benny Program and Candid Camera on CBS and the second half of The Dinah Shore Show and the last season of The Loretta Young Show on NBC. William Reynolds stated in an interview, "The series went from being sort of like a Terry and the Pirates or a Maverick type of concept to becoming just a bunch of people skulking around. It wasn't very good." After The Islanders, Philbrook co-starred in the 1962-1963 season as a magazine publisher and the love interest of Loretta Young in her short-lived The New Loretta Young Show, which aired Mondays on CBS. Reynolds went on to star in two other ABC series,The Gallant Men, a World War II series, and The FBI with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr..The Walter Winchell File
5
Overview:
The Walter Winchell File is the title of a television crime drama series that initially aired from 1957 to 1958, dramatizing cases from the New York City Police Department that were covered in the New York Daily Mirror. The series featured columnist and announcer Walter Winchell, John Larch, George Cisar, Robert Anderson, Robert Brubaker, Dolores Donlon, and Gene Barry, a year before he was cast in the lead of NBC's Bat Masterson. Thirty-nine episodes were produced; the first twenty-six aired on ABC during the 1957-1958 season, and the final thirteen were seen in syndication in 1959. Among the guest stars was the child actor Dennis Holmes, who played 7-year-old Allie Marisch in the 1957 episode "Thou Shalt Not Kill."Playhouse 90
7.6
Overview:
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.Four Star Playhouse
6.333
Overview:
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.Hey, Jeannie!
5.5
Overview:
Hey, Jeannie! is an American situation comedy starring Jeannie Carson as a young Scottish woman living in New York City. Twenty-six episodes aired on CBS from September 8, 1956 to May 4, 1957 in the Saturday slot following The Gale Storm Show and preceding the western series Gunsmoke. Six additional episodes aired in 1958 in syndication. Reruns of Hey, Jeannie! aired during the summer of 1960 under the title The Jeannie Carson Show.Acting
TBAStage 7 (1, 3 Episode) as Murray Forman, Jerry Donn
2022Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)
2020Charles Bronson: The Spirit of Masculinity as Self (archive footage)
2015Spanish Western as Self (archive footage)
2006Operation Dirty Dozen as Self
1999Family of Cops III: Under Suspicion as Paul Fein
1997Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops II as Commissioner Paul Fein
1995Sinatra: 80 Years My Way as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1995Family of Cops as Paul Fein
1994Death Wish V: The Face of Death as Paul Kersey
1993La Classe américaine as The Indian (archive footage)
1993Donato and Daughter as Sgt. Mike Donato
1993The Sea Wolf as Capt. Wolf Larsen
1991Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus as Francis Church
1991The Indian Runner as Mr. Roberts
1989Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects as Lieutenant Crowe
1988Messenger of Death as Garret Smith
1987Death Wish 4: The Crackdown as Paul Kersey
1987Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood as Self
1987Assassination as Jay Killion
1986Act of Vengeance as Joseph 'Jock' Yablonski
1986Murphy's Law as Jack Murphy
1985Death Wish 3 as Paul Kersey
1985Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1984The Evil That Men Do as Holland
1983All-Star Party for Frank Sinatra as Self
198310 to Midnight as Leo Kessler
1982Death Wish II as Paul Kersey
1981Death Hunt as Albert Johnson
1980Borderline as Jeb Maynard
1980Catastrophe: No Safe Place as Self - Host
1980Caboblanco as Gifford Hoyt
1979Love and Bullets as Charlie Congers
1978The Meanest Men in the West as Harge Talbot Jr.
1977Telefon as Major Grigori Borzov
1977The White Buffalo as Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis
1976Raid on Entebbe as Brig. Gen. Dan Shomron
1976From Noon Till Three as Graham Dorsey
1976St. Ives as Raymond St. Ives
1975Breakheart Pass as John Deakin
1975Hard Times as Chaney
1975Breakout as Nick Colton
1974Death Wish as Paul Kersey
1974Mr. Majestyk as Vince Majestyk
1973Chino as Chino Valdez
1973The Stone Killer as Lou Torrey
1973The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1 Episode) as Self
1972The Mechanic as Arthur Bishop
1972Chato's Land as Pardon Chato
1972The Bull of the West as Ben Justin
1972The Valachi Papers as Joe Valachi
1972Valachi: The Violent Era as Self
1971Red Sun as Link
1971Someone Behind the Door as The Stranger
1971V.I.P. Schaukel (1 Episode) as Self
1971Mean Justice as Moreno
1970Cold Sweat as Joe Martin
1970Violent City as Jeff Heston
1970You Can't Win 'Em All as Josh Corey
1970Rider on the Rain as Col. Harry Dobbs
1970Twinky as Scott Wardman
1968Once Upon a Time in the West as 'Harmonica'
1968Farewell, Friend as Franz Propp
1968The Dick Cavett Show (1 Episode) as Self - Guest
1968Villa Rides as Rodolfo Fierro
1968Guns for San Sebastian as Teclo
1967The Dirty Dozen as Joseph Wladislaw
1966This Property Is Condemned as J.J. Nichols
1965Battle of the Bulge as Maj. Wolenski
1965The F.B.I. (1 Episode) as Earl Clayton
1965The Big Valley (1 Episode) as Tate
1965The Legend of Jesse James (1 Episode) as Cheyney
1965The Sandpiper as Cos Erickson
1965The Big Sur as Self (uncredited)
1964Guns of Diablo as Linc Murdock
19634 for Texas as Matson
1963The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (26 Episodes) as Linc Murdock
1963The Fugitive (1 Episode) as Ralph Schuyler
1963Vacation Playhouse (2 Episodes) as John Wesley Hardin
1963The Great Escape as Danny 'Tunnel King'
1962Kid Galahad as Lew Nyack
1962Combat! (1 Episode) as Velasquez
1962Empire (32, 1, 1 Episode) as Paul Moreno, Moreno, Paul
1962The Virginian (1, 1 Episode) as Ben Justin, Harge Talbot
1961X-15 as Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
1961The New Breed (1 Episode) as Jerry Bergason
1961Dr. Kildare (1 Episode) as Harry Gregg
1961A Thunder of Drums as Trooper Hanna
1961Cain's Hundred (1 Episode) as Hank Conrad
1961Master of the World as John Strock
1960The Magnificent Seven as Bernardo O'Reilly
1960The Islanders (1 Episode) as Dutch Malkin
1960The Aquanauts (1 Episode) as Hector Morrison
1959Never So Few as Sgt. John Danforth
1959Adventures in Paradise (1 Episode) as Dan Morton
1959The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Man
1959Riverboat (1 Episode) as Crowley
1959Bonanza (1 Episode) as Harry Starr
1959One Step Beyond (1 Episode) as Yank Dawson
1959Rawhide (1 Episode) as Del Lingman
1958When Hell Broke Loose as Steve Boland
1958Man with a Camera (29 Episodes) as Mike Kovac
1958Yancy Derringer (1 Episode) as Rogue Donovan
1958Gang War as Alan Avery
1958Machine-Gun Kelly as George R. 'Machine Gun' Kelly
1958Showdown at Boot Hill as Luke Welsh
1958No Time at All as Wolf Hagan
1957Colt .45 (1 Episode) as Danny Gordon
1957The Walter Winchell File (1 Episode) as Eggers
1957Suspicion (1 Episode) as Cal
1957M Squad (1 Episode) as Eddie Loder
1957Sugarfoot (1, 1 Episode) as Sandy Randall, Cliff Raven
1957Have Gun, Will Travel (5 Episodes) as Manfred Holt
1957Run of the Arrow as Blue Buffolo
1957Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1 Episode) as Dan Rocco
1957Tales of Wells Fargo (1 Episode) as Butch Cassidy
1956Wire Service (1 Episode) as Sam Adams
1956Playhouse 90 (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Wolf Hagan, Andy Kovaric, Sgt Meras
1956U.S. Marshall (3, 1 Episode) as Zenogalache a.k.a. Apache Kid, Pvt. 'Guardhouse' Ravenal
1956Hey, Jeannie! (1 Episode) as Rocky Harman
1956Telephone Time (1 Episode) as Guest
1956Jubal as Reb
1955Target Zero as Sgt. Vince Gaspari
1955Crusader (2 Episodes) as Mike Brod
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Det. Krovitch, Frank Bramwell, Ray Bardon
1955Gunsmoke (1, 1 Episode) as Crego, Ben Tiple
1955Those Whiting Girls (1 Episode) as Martin Carroll
1955Big House, U.S.A as Benny Kelly
1955The Millionaire (1 Episode) as Jerry Bell
1954Vera Cruz as Pittsburgh
1954Drum Beat as Kintpuash
1954Studio 57 (1 Episode) as Dawson
1954Medic (1 Episode) as Dr. John Bircher
1954Apache as Hondo
1954Riding Shotgun as Pinto
1954Tennessee Champ as Sixty Jubel
1954The Joe Palooka Story (2 Episodes) as Eddie Crane
1953Torpedo Alley as Submariner
1953Miss Sadie Thompson as Pvt. Edwards
1953Crime Wave as Ben Hastings
1953The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1 Episode) as Joe Krossen
1953Letter to Loretta (1 Episode) as Eugene Walters
1953House of Wax as Igor
1953General Electric Theater (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Pike, Henry, Soldier Conlon
1953The Clown as Gambler (uncredited)
1952Off Limits as Russell (Uncredited)
1952Bloodhounds of Broadway as Phil Green, aka 'Pittsburgh Philo' (uncredited)
1952Biff Baker U.S.A. (1, 6 Episode) as Czech spy, Wilhelm
1952Battle Zone as Marine Private (uncredited)
1952Cavalcade of America (1 Episode) as John Stanizewski
1952Four Star Playhouse (1 Episode) as Frank Dana
1952The Doctor (1 Episode) as Joe Langan
1952Diplomatic Courier as Russian Agent (uncredited)
1952Pat and Mike as Henry 'Hank' Tasling
1952My Six Convicts as Jocko
1952The Marrying Kind as Eddie
1952Red Skies of Montana as Neff (uncredited)
1952Chevron Theatre (16, 1 Episode) as (2 Episodes), Unknown
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 Episode) as Sgt. Roy Smith
1951The Mob as Jack (uncredited)
1951The People Against O'Hara as Angelo Korvac (uncredited)
1951You're in the Navy Now as Wascylewski
1950Lux Video Theatre (1 Episode) as Sergeant Borth
1950Treasury Men in Action (1 Episode) as Frankie Ames
1948Studio One (2 Episodes) as Cal