Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson | |
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 at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | Charles Dennis Buchinsky November 3, 1921 |
| Died | August 30, 2003 (aged 81) |
| Cause of death | Respiratory and congestive heart failure complicated by COPD and lung cancer |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1950–1999 |
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Tendler (1949–67; divorced) Jill Ireland (1968–90; her death) Kim Weeks (1998–2003; his death) |
Charles Bronson (Charles Dennis Buchinsky; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was a Purple Heart recipient.
Background[change | change source]
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.[1] This was suggested by his agent in order to save his career from potentially being blacklisted as a communist.[1]
Movies[change | change source]
- House of Wax (1953)
- Never So Few (1959)
- The Magnificent Seven (1960)
- The Great Escape (1963)
- The Dirty Dozen (1967)
- Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
- Chato's Land (1972)
- The Mechanic (1972)
- Death Wish (1974-1994)
- Mr. Majestyk (1974)
- Borderline (1980)
- The Evil That Men Do (1984)
- Murphy's Law (1986)
- Muddling Through (1994)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT ONE OF THE GREATS: CHARLES BRONSON". Atomica. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
Other websites[change | change source]
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
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