Charles Bronson

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

## 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.

## Film

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_You're in the Navy Now_|Wascylewski|Uncredited||||||||
|_The People Against O'Hara_|Angelo Korvac|Uncredited||||||||
|_The Mob_|Jack - Longshoreman|Uncredited||||||||
|_Red Skies of Montana_|Neff|Uncredited||||||||
|_My Six Convicts_|Jocko|Credited as Charles Buchinsky||||||||
|_The Marrying Kind_|Eddie|Uncredited||||||||
|_Pat and Mike_|Hank Tasling|Credited as Charles Buchinsky||||||||
|_Diplomatic Courier_|Russian Agent|Uncredited||||||||
|_Battle Zone_|Private|Uncredited||||||||
|_Bloodhounds of Broadway_|Phil Green - aka "Pittsburgh Philo"|Uncredited||||||||
|_Torpedo Alley_|Submariner|Uncredited||||||||
|_Off Limits_|Russell|Uncredited||||||||
|_The Clown_|Eddie - Dice Player|Uncredited||||||||
|_House of Wax_|Igor|Credited as Charles Buchinsky||||||||
|_Crime Wave_|Ben Hastings|Credited as Charles Buchinsky||||||||
|_Miss Sadie Thompson_|Private Edwards|Credited as Charles Buchinsky||||||||
|_Tennessee Champ_|Sixty Jubel|Credited as Charles Buchinsky||||||||
|_Riding Shotgun_|Pinto|Credited as Charles Buchinsky||||||||
|_Apache_|Hondo|Credited as Charles Buchinsky||||||||
|_Drum Beat_|Kintpuash - aka Captain Jack|||||||||
|_Vera Cruz_|Pittsburgh|Credited as Charles Buchinsky||||||||
|_Big House, U.S.A._|Benny Kelly|||||||||
|_Target Zero_|Sergeant Vince Gaspari|||||||||
|_Jubal_|Reb Haislipp|||||||||
|_Run of the Arrow_|Blue Buffalo|||||||||
|_Showdown at Boot Hill_|Luke Welsh|||||||||
|_Machine-Gun Kelly_|George Kelly "Machine Gun Kelly" Barnes|||||||||
|_Gang War_|Alan Avery|||||||||
|_When Hell Broke Loose_|Steve Boland|||||||||
|_Never So Few_|Sergeant John Danforth|||||||||
|_The Magnificent Seven_|Bernardo O'Reilly|||||||||
|_Master of the World_|John Strock|||||||||
|_A Thunder of Drums_|Trooper Hanna|||||||||
|_X-15_|Lieutenant Colonel Lee Brandon|||||||||
|_Kid Galahad_|Lew Nyack|||||||||
|_The Great Escape_|Lieutenant Danny "Tunnel King" Welinski|||||||||
|_4 for Texas_|Matson|||||||||
|_Guns of Diablo_|Linc Murdock|||||||||
|_The Sandpiper_|Cos Erickson|||||||||
|_Battle of the Bulge_|Major Wolenski|||||||||
|_This Property Is Condemned_|J.J. Nichols|||||||||
|_The Dirty Dozen_|Joseph Wladislaw|||||||||
|_Guns for San Sebastian_|Teclo|||||||||
|_Villa Rides_|General Rodolfo Fierro|||||||||
|_Adieu l'ami_|Franz Propp|||||||||
|_Once Upon a Time in the West_|"Harmonica"|||||||||
|_Lola_|Scott Wardman|||||||||
|_Rider on the Rain_|Colonel Harry Dobbs|||||||||
|_You Can't Win 'Em All_|Josh Corey|||||||||
|_Violent City_|Jeff Heston|||||||||
|_Cold Sweat_|Joe Moran / Joe Martin|||||||||
|_Someone Behind the Door_|"The Stranger"|||||||||
|_Red Sun_|Link Stuart|||||||||
|_The Valachi Papers_|Joseph "Joe" Valachi|||||||||
|_Chato's Land_|Pardon Chato|||||||||
|_The Mechanic_|Arthur Bishop|||||||||
|_The Stone Killer_|Detective Lou Torrey|||||||||
|_Chino_|Chino Valdez|||||||||
|_Mr. Majestyk_|Vincent "Vince" Majestyk|||||||||
|_Death Wish_|Paul Kersey|||||||||
|_Breakout_|Nick Colton|||||||||
|_Hard Times_|Chaney|||||||||
|_Breakheart Pass_|Agent John Deakin / John Murray|||||||||
|_From Noon till Three_|Graham Dorsey|||||||||
|_St. Ives_|Raymond St Ives|||||||||
|_The White Buffalo_|James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok|||||||||
|_Telefon_|Major Grigori Borzov|||||||||
|_Love and Bullets_|Detective Charlie Congers|||||||||
|_Caboblanco_|Gifford "Giff" Hoyt|||||||||
|_Borderline_|Agent Jeb Maynard|||||||||
|_Death Hunt_|Albert Johnson|||||||||
|_Death Wish II_|Paul Kersey / Mr. Kimble|||||||||
|_10 to Midnight_|Detective Leo Kessler|||||||||
|_The Evil That Men Do_|Holland / Bart Smith|||||||||
|_Death Wish 3_|Paul Kersey|||||||||
|_Murphy's Law_|Detective Jack Murphy|||||||||
|_Assassination_|Agent Jay Killion|||||||||
|_Death Wish 4: The Crackdown_|Paul Kersey / Mr. Vigilante|||||||||
|_Messenger of Death_|Garret Smith|||||||||
|_Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects_|Lieutenant Crowe|||||||||
|_The Indian Runner_|Mr. Roberts|||||||||
|_Death Wish V: The Face of Death_|Paul Kersey / Professor Paul Stewart|||||||||

## Television

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Have Camera Will Travel_|Reese|Television short film||||||||
|_Raid on Entebbe_|General Dan Shomron|Television film||||||||
|_Act of Vengeance_|Joseph "Jock" Yablonski|Television film||||||||
|_Yes Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus_|Francis Church|Television film||||||||
|_The Sea Wolf_|Captain Wolf Larsen|Television film||||||||
|_Donato and Daughter_|Sergeant Mike Donato|Television film||||||||
|_Family of Cops_|Commissioner Paul Fein|Television film||||||||
|_Breach of Faith: A Family of Cops 2_|Commissioner Paul Fein|Television film||||||||
|_Family of Cops 3_|Commissioner Paul Fein|Television film||||||||

## Other websites

- Japanese fansite

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Charles Bronson
- **image**: Charles Bronson Cannes.jpg
- **caption**: Bronson at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival
- **birth name**: Charles Dennis Buchinsky
- **birth place**: Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA
- **death place**: Los Angeles, California, USA
- **death cause**: Respiratory failure, Respiratory and congestive heart failure complicated by COPD and lung cancer
- **occupation**: Actor
- **years active**: 1949–1999
- **spouse**: *Harriett Tendler (m. 1949–1965)
*Jill Ireland (m. 1968; died 1990)
*Kim Weeks (m. 1998)
- **children**: 4