2008 | Received star on Hollywood Walk of Fame next to the one of his idols, James Cagney |
2006 | Co-starred with Burt Reynolds and Robert Loggia in "Forget About It" |
2005 | Starred in teen comedy "Dirty Deeds" with Lacey Chabert |
2004 | Landed Emmy nominated guest role as a Marine veteran on CBS drama "NCIS" |
2004 | Played Mike Gavin, the retired firefighter father of Denis Leary's character on FX drama "Rescue Me"; character died on season 4 finale; earned Emmy nomination in 2008 for Guest Actor in a Drama Series |
2002 | Co-starred on CBS midseason series "First Monday" as a U.S. Supreme Court Justice |
2000 | Appeared in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" directed by Joel and Ethan Coen |
2000 | Returned to Broadway, co-starring in a revival of "The Best Man" |
2000 | Acted in New Jersey revival of David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross" |
1999 | Provided voice of recurring character Francis Griffin on Fox animated comedy "Family Guy" |
1997 | Returned to Broadway starring opposite Julie Harris in a revival of "The Gin Game"; later toured with Harris |
1995 | Cast as Holly Hunter's father in "Home for the Holidays," directed by Jodie Foster |
1993 | Starred in "Harlan & Merleen," an unsold pilot spun off from "Evening Shade" |
1990 | Portrayed John 'Honey Fitz' Fitzgerald in ABC miniseries "The Kennedys of Massachusetts" |
1990 | Received acclaim for his portrayal of Big Daddy in Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" |
1990 | Played town doctor Harlan Elldridge on popular CBS ensemble sitcom "Evening Shade" |
1985 | Supported Hoffman in revival of "Death of a Salesman"; recreated role of Charley in CBS television adaptation |
1983 | Earned second Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for the remake of "To Be or Not to Be" |
1982 | Played a suitor to a cross-dressing Dustin Hoffman in "Tootsie" |
1982 | Received Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" |
1975 | First starring TV role, as Officer Frank Murphy on short-lived "The Cop and the Kid" (NBC); series resurfaced as "Diff'rent Strokes" without Durning |
1975 | Starred opposite Maureen Stapleton in the CBS TV-movie "Queen of the Stardust Ballroom" |
1975 | Won plaudits for his turn in "Dog Day Afternoon" |
1973 | Appeared opposite Julie Harris in Broadway production "The Au Pair Man" |
1972 | Appeared on NBC soap "Another World" |
1973 | Landed breakthrough feature supporting role in Hill's "The Sting" as corrupt policeman Lt. Snyder |
1972 | Discovered by producer George Roy Hill in New York production of Jason Miller's "That Championship Season"; played Mayor George Sitkowski |
1970 | Acted in Brian De Palma's "Hi, Mom!" (credited as Charles Durnham) |
1965 | Made screen acting debut in "Harvey Middleman, Fireman" |
1962 | Appeared in 35 plays as part of the New York Shakespeare Festival |
| Appeared somewhere between 40-50 plays in Brooklyn stock companies; also acted off-Broadway |
| Reportedly worked with Alvin Ailey Dance Company for three years |
| Worked as half of a ballroom dancing act for 11 years |
1944 | Served as Ranger in U.S. Army during WWII; landed in Normandy on D-Day |
| Was working as an usher in a Buffalo, NY burlesque house when hired to replace a drunken "second banana" on stage |
