Charles Bronson

(1921 -     )

Biography from Baseline

 

AKA:   Charles Buchinski, Charles Buchinsky

Occupation:            Actor

Born As:            Charles Bunchinsky

Born:            November 3, 1921, Ehrenfield, PA

Education:            Pasadena Playhouse

Leathery, stoical leading man, often in action pictures directed by J. Lee Thompson. Bronson was memorable as the taciturn gunslinger in Sergio Leone's epic ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968), although he is best known as the vengeance-seeking vigilante in the "DEATH WISH" series. Married to actress Jill Ireland until her death in May 1990.

 

 

Charles Bronson

(1921 -     )

Filmography from Microsoft Cinemania

 

1951    THE MOB            performer

1951    THE PEOPLE AGAINST O'HARA            performer

1951            YOU'RE IN THE NAVY NOW/U.S.S. TEA KETTLE            performer

1952            BLOODHOUNDS OF BROADWAY            performer

1952            DIPLOMATIC COURIER            performer

1952    THE MARRYING KIND            performer

1952    MY SIX CONVICTS            performer

1952    PAT AND MIKE            performer

1952    RED SKIES OF MONTANA/SMOKE JUMPERS            performer

1953    THE CLOWN            performer

1953            HOUSE OF WAX            performer

1953    MISS SADIE THOMPSON            performer

1954            APACHE            performer

1954    CRIME WAVE            performer

1954    DRUM BEAT            performer

1954            RIDING SHOTGUN            performer

1954            TENNESSEE CHAMP            performer

1954    VERA CRUZ            performer

1955    BIG HOUSE, U.S.A.            performer

1955            TARGET ZERO            performer

1956    JUBAL            performer

1957    RUN OF THE ARROW/HOT LEAD            performer

1958    GANG WAR            performer

1958            MACHINE-GUN KELLY            performer

1958            SHOWDOWN AT BOOT HILL            performer

1958    TEN NORTH FREDERICK            performer

1958    WHEN HELL BROKE LOOSE            performer

1959            NEVER SO FEW            performer

1960    THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN            performer

1961            MASTER OF THE WORLD            performer

1961    A THUNDER OF DRUMS            performer

1961    X-15            performer

1962    KID GALAHAD            performer

1963    FOUR FOR TEXAS            performer

1963    THE GREAT ESCAPE            performer

1965            BATTLE OF THE BULGE            performer

1965    THE SANDPIPER            performer

1966    THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMNED            performer

1967    THE DIRTY DOZEN            performer

1968            FAREWELL, FRIEND/ADIEU L'AMI            performer

1968    GUNS FOR SAN SEBASTIAN/LA BATAILLE DE SAN SEBASTIAN            performer

1968    ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST/C'ERA UNA VOLTA IL WEST            performer

1968    VILLA RIDES            performer

1969            LOLA/TWINKY/STATUTORY AFFAIR            performer

1970    THE FAMILY/VIOLENT CITY            performer

1970    RIDER ON THE RAIN/LE PASSAGER DE LA PLUIE            performer

1970    YOU CAN'T WIN 'EM ALL            performer

1971    COLD SWEAT/DE LA PART DES COPAINS            performer

1971            SOMEONE BEHIND THE DOOR/QUELQ'UN DERRIÈRE LA PORTE            performer

1972            CHATO'S LAND            performer

1972    THE MECHANIC            performer

1972    RED SUN/SOLEIL ROUGE            performer

1972    THE VALACHI PAPERS/LE DOSSIER VALACHI            performer

1973            CHINO/VALDEZ IL MEZZOSANGUE/VALDEZ HORSES            performer

1973    THE STONE KILLER            performer

1974            DEATH WISH            performer

1974    MR. MAJESTYK            performer

1975            BREAKOUT            performer

1975    HARD TIMES            performer

1976            BREAKHEART PASS            performer

1976    FROM NOON TILL THREE            performer

1976    ST. IVES            performer

1977    RAID ON ENTEBBE            performer

1977            TELEFON            performer

1977    THE WHITE BUFFALO/HUNT TO KILL            performer

1979    LOVE AND BULLETS            performer

1980            BORDERLINE            performer

1980            CABOBLANCO            performer

1981            DEATH HUNT            performer

1982            DEATH WISH II            performer

1983    TEN TO MIDNIGHT            performer

1984    THE EVIL THAT MEN DO            performer

1985            DEATH WISH 3            performer

1986    ACT OF VENGEANCE            performer

1986            MURPHY'S LAW            performer

1987            ASSASSINATION            performer

1987            DEATH WISH 4: THE CRACKDOWN            performer

1988            MESSENGER OF DEATH            performer

1989            KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SUBJECTS            performer

1991    THE INDIAN RUNNER            performer

1993    THE SEA WOLF            performer

1994            DEATH WISH V: THE FACE OF DEATH            performer