Charles Durning

WWII veteran, dance instructor and diversely talented stage & screen actor were all inclusions on the resume of this perpetually busy US actor who didn't get in front of the cameras until around the time of his fortieth birthday. The stockily built Charles Durning was one of Hollywood's most dependable and sought after supporting actors. Durning was born in Highland Falls, New York, to Louise Marie (Leonard), a laundress, and James Gerald Durnin...