{"id":25588,"date":"2012-12-25T10:18:07","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T15:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=25588"},"modified":"2012-12-25T10:18:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T15:18:07","slug":"charles-durning-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/25\/charles-durning-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Charles Durning, 89"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"charles-durning\"<\/a>Charles Durning, the twice Oscar-nominated character actor who appeared in over 200 roles in television and film, died yesterday at his home in Manhatttan. He was 89.<\/p>\n

The breadth of Durning’s career is fairly wide. In the span of six decades he played characters that ranged from a Nazi to the Pope and included a variety of detectives, judges, doctors and military men. Some of his most notable roles were in The Sting<\/strong> (1973), Dog Day Afternoon <\/strong>(1975), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, The Muppet Movie<\/strong> (1979), Tootsie<\/strong> (1982) and his two collaborations with the Coen Brothers – The Hudsucker Proxy<\/strong> (1984) and Oh Brother Where Art Though? <\/strong>(2000).<\/p>\n

Durning’s first Academy Award nomination came in 1982 for his portrayal of the comically corrupt governor in the musical The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas<\/strong>. A portly man, Durning surprised critics with his skill and dexterity as a dancer in the film’s musical set pieces. (Durning had previously been an instructor at a dance academy.) His second Oscar nom came for playing a bumbling Nazi officer in Mel Brooks’ remake of Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be Or Not To Be<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The twice Oscar-nominated character actor died yesterday.<\/div>\n

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