Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson (November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was a Purple Heart recipient.

Charles Bronson
Bronson at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
Born	Charles Dennis Buchinsky (1921-11-03)November 3, 1921 Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
Died	August 30, 2003(2003-08-30) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, USA
Cause of death	Respiratory and congestive heart failure complicated by COPD and lung cancer
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951–1999
Spouses	Harriett Tendler (m. 1949–1965)​ Jill Ireland ​(m. 1968; died 1990)​ Kim Weeks ​(m. 1998)
Children	4

Background

He was born in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania. Bronson was married to Jill Ireland (his second marriage, 1968–1990) until her death from breast cancer. He died of pneumonia and Alzheimer's disease. He is of Tatar origin. He died in Los Angeles.

He played Paul Kersey in the Death Wish movie series. He was 5'9". He was 81 years old when he died. His real full name was Charles Dennis Buchinsky Rectified - Karolis was the 1st name, his parents being from Litva, a Balto-Slavic nation, not Tartar.

Born Charles Buchinsky, Bronson changed his last name during his early career in the 1950s during the rise of McCarthyism. This was suggested by his agent in order to save his career from potentially being blacklisted as a communist.

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1951	You're in the Navy Now	Wascylewski	Uncredited
1951	The People Against O'Hara	Angelo Korvac	Uncredited
1951	The Mob	Jack - Longshoreman	Uncredited
1952	Red Skies of Montana	Neff	Uncredited
1952	My Six Convicts	Jocko	Credited as Charles Buchinsky
1952	The Marrying Kind	Eddie	Uncredited
1952	Pat and Mike	Hank Tasling	Credited as Charles Buchinsky
1952	Diplomatic Courier	Russian Agent	Uncredited
1952	Battle Zone	Private	Uncredited
1952	Bloodhounds of Broadway	Phil Green - aka "Pittsburgh Philo"	Uncredited
1952	Torpedo Alley	Submariner	Uncredited
1952	Off Limits	Russell	Uncredited
1953	The Clown	Eddie - Dice Player	Uncredited
1953	House of Wax	Igor	Credited as Charles Buchinsky
1953	Crime Wave	Ben Hastings	Credited as Charles Buchinsky
1953	Miss Sadie Thompson	Private Edwards	Credited as Charles Buchinsky
1954	Tennessee Champ	Sixty Jubel	Credited as Charles Buchinsky
1954	Riding Shotgun	Pinto	Credited as Charles Buchinsky
1954	Apache	Hondo	Credited as Charles Buchinsky
1954	Drum Beat	Kintpuash - aka Captain Jack
1954	Vera Cruz	Pittsburgh	Credited as Charles Buchinsky
1955	Big House, U.S.A.	Benny Kelly
1955	Target Zero	Sergeant Vince Gaspari
1956	Jubal	Reb Haislipp
1957	Run of the Arrow	Blue Buffalo
1958	Showdown at Boot Hill	Luke Welsh
1958	Machine-Gun Kelly	George R. "Machine Gun" Kelly
1958	Gang War	Alan Avery
1958	When Hell Broke Loose	Steve Boland
1959	Never So Few	Sergeant John Danforth
1960	The Magnificent Seven	Bernardo O'Reilly
1961	Master of the World	John Strock
1961	A Thunder of Drums	Trooper Hanna
1961	X-15	Lieutenant Colonel Lee Brandon
1962	Kid Galahad	Lew Nyack
1963	The Great Escape	Lieutenant Danny "Tunnel King" Welinski
1963	4 for Texas	Matson
1964	Guns of Diablo	Linc Murdock
1965	The Sandpiper	Cos Erickson
1965	Battle of the Bulge	Major Wolenski
1966	This Property Is Condemned	J.J. Nichols
1967	The Dirty Dozen	Joseph Wladislaw
1968	Guns for San Sebastian	Teclo
1968	Villa Rides	Rodolfo Fierro
1968	Adieu l'ami	Franz Propp
1968	Once Upon a Time in the West	"Harmonica"
1970	Lola	Scott Wardman
1970	Rider on the Rain	Colonel Harry Dobbs
1970	You Can't Win 'Em All	Josh Corey
1970	Violent City	Jeff Heston
1970	Cold Sweat	Joe Moran / Joe Martin
1971	Someone Behind the Door	"The Stranger"
1971	Red Sun	Link Stuart
1972	The Valachi Papers	Joseph "Joe" Valachi
1972	Chato's Land	Pardon Chato
1972	The Mechanic	Arthur Bishop
1973	The Stone Killer	Detective Lou Torrey
1973	Chino	Chino Valdez
1974	Mr. Majestyk	Vince Majestyk
1974	Death Wish	Dr. Paul Kersey
1975	Breakout	Nick Colton
1975	Hard Times	Chaney
1975	Breakheart Pass	Agent John Deakin / John Murray
1976	From Noon till Three	Graham
1976	St. Ives	Raymond St Ives
1977	The White Buffalo	Bill Hickok / James Otis
1977	Telefon	Major Grigori Borzov
1979	Love and Bullets	Detective Charlie Congers
1980	Caboblanco	Gifford "Giff" Hoyt
1980	Borderline	Agent Jeb Maynard
1981	Death Hunt	Albert Johnson
1982	Death Wish II	Dr. Paul Kersey / Mr. Kimble
1983	10 to Midnight	Detective Leo Kessler
1984	The Evil That Men Do	Holland
1985	Death Wish 3	Dr. Paul Kersey
1986	Murphy's Law	Detective Jack Murphy
1987	Assassination	Jay Killion
1987	Death Wish 4: The Crackdown	Dr. Paul Kersey
1988	Messenger of Death	Garret Smith
1989	Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects	Lieutenant Crowe
1991	The Indian Runner	Mr. Roberts
1994	Death Wish V: The Face of Death	Dr. Paul Kersey / Professor Paul Stewart

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1956	Have Camera Will Travel	Reese	Television short film
1976	Raid on Entebbe	General Dan Shomron	Television film
1986	Act of Vengeance	Joseph "Jock" Yablonski	Television film
1991	Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus	Francis Church	Television film
1993	The Sea Wolf	Captain Wolf Larsen	Television film
1993	Donato and Daughter	Sergeant Mike Donato	Television film
1995	Family of Cops	Commissioner Paul Fein	Television film
1997	Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops 2	Commissioner Paul Fein	Television film
1999	Family of Cops 3	Commissioner Paul Fein	Television film

Other websites

Media related to Charles Bronson at Wikimedia Commons

• Charles Bronson on IMDb
• Charles Bronson at AllMovie
• Japanese fansite Archived 2010-04-28 at the Wayback Machine