Charles Durning. (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/movies/charles-durning-prolific-character-actor-dies-at-89.html?pagewanted=all)
Well played on the thread title.
Agreed. Thanks to Chuck and Fork for not being online this morning.
Quote from: PenPho on December 25, 2012, 12:36:46 PM
Agreed. Thanks to Chuck and Fork for not being online this morning.
Dennehy would have been my play too, for what it's worth.
I would say that Brian Dennehy is the poor man's Charles Durning, but that's no way to treat the poor.
Quote from: CT III on December 25, 2012, 04:39:15 PM
I would say that Brian Dennehy is the poor man's Charles Durning, but that's no way to treat the poor.
Let's remember Durning fondly for his recurring role on The Family Guy.
Quote from: Bort on December 25, 2012, 05:11:44 PM
Quote from: CT III on December 25, 2012, 04:39:15 PM
I would say that Brian Dennehy is the poor man's Charles Durning, but that's no way to treat the poor.
Let's remember Durning fondly for his recurring role on The Family Guy.
Just like we'll fondly remember Bea Arthur for her recurring role on Dave's World.
Quote from: CT III on December 25, 2012, 08:37:39 PM
Quote from: Bort on December 25, 2012, 05:11:44 PM
Quote from: CT III on December 25, 2012, 04:39:15 PM
I would say that Brian Dennehy is the poor man's Charles Durning, but that's no way to treat the poor.
Let's remember Durning fondly for his recurring role on The Family Guy.
Just like we'll fondly remember Bea Arthur for her recurring role on Dave's World.
SHE WAS PROBABLY DELIGHTFUL ON THAT.
Quote from: Bort on December 25, 2012, 05:11:44 PM
Quote from: CT III on December 25, 2012, 04:39:15 PM
I would say that Brian Dennehy is the poor man's Charles Durning, but that's no way to treat the poor.
Let's remember Durning fondly for his recurring role on The Family Guy.
No, Chort.
*fist pump*
Quote from: PANK! on December 26, 2012, 12:00:10 PM
*fist pump*
Bah.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2012/12/rip-charles-durning-character-actor-who-killed-nazi-with-a-rock#more-80599
Quote from: CT III on December 27, 2012, 05:41:43 PM
Quote from: PANK! on December 26, 2012, 12:00:10 PM
*fist pump*
Bah.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2012/12/rip-charles-durning-character-actor-who-killed-nazi-with-a-rock#more-80599
Sounds like Fork's favorite actor.
Quote•Despite being a fat guy, he had worked as a dance instructor, and even met his first wife at a dance studio.
Quote from: CT III on December 27, 2012, 05:41:43 PM
Quote from: PANK! on December 26, 2012, 12:00:10 PM
*fist pump*
Bah.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2012/12/rip-charles-durning-character-actor-who-killed-nazi-with-a-rock#more-80599
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- Durning fought in the first wave of the Normandy invasion and was the only member of his army unit to survive. He killed several Germans and was wounded in the leg by an enemy mine.
- After recuperating, Durning returned to active service in 1944, at one point getting bayoneted by a German in hand-to-hand combat, eventually overwhelming him and killing him with a rock. Yes, "once killed a Nazi with a rock" was an actual true thing you could say about Charles Durning.
- Durning was captured by the Nazis at the Battle of the Bulge, and narrowly survived a prisoner massacre. He was eventually awarded the Silver Star, three Purple Hearts, and the Légion d'honneur from the French consul in Los Angeles.
Sure... But what about Dennehy's heroic five-year tour in Nam, CT?