Members Ann_SS Posted December 25, 2012 Members Share Posted December 25, 2012 Great character actor. I have enjoyed his work in so many movies and tv shows over the years. I had no idea that he was a World War II war hero and had experienced so much trauma and horror during the war. Rest in peace, Charles. http://www.nytimes.c...9.html?hpw&_r=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MissLlanviewPA Posted December 25, 2012 Members Share Posted December 25, 2012 I LOVED him in Tootsie, and he had a great role in the movie Mass Appeal with Jack Lemmon. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ReddFoxx Posted December 25, 2012 Members Share Posted December 25, 2012 He played Santa Claus a lot, I remember seeing him in a few films playing the role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bright Eyes Posted December 25, 2012 Members Share Posted December 25, 2012 I loved him on Rescue Me. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members applcin Posted December 25, 2012 Members Share Posted December 25, 2012 He used to do the Memorial Day Concert every year in Washington, DC (the one that airs on PBS) but he hadn't been the last few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted December 25, 2012 Members Share Posted December 25, 2012 I never knew about his WWII experiences. They sound unimaginable. He was on soaps, briefly - he was the first Gil McGowan on AW, in the early 70s. He was a wonderful actor, a true character actor but also good in leading, complex roles. I remember him from Evening Shade. I also remember him for his wonderful work in a TV-movie with Maureen Stapleton, called Queen of the Stardust Ballroom. Stapleton played a widow who was living her life for her not overly grateful children, and Durning wooed her, taking her to a dance hall. They fell in love - they even sang. These were very vulnerable performances, and while the movie made me cry, I still have fond memories of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BKuzak Posted December 26, 2012 Members Share Posted December 26, 2012 anyone else remember him as "doc harper" on the original 1979 Muppet Movie? he was selling frog legs and wanted Kermit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members VirginiaHamilton Posted December 26, 2012 Members Share Posted December 26, 2012 That's probably why I never warmed to him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted December 26, 2012 Members Share Posted December 26, 2012 I think that became the Broadway musical, Ballroom. This is the first role I ever saw him in and the one I associate with him the most. Especially when he's singing that ditty about frog leg burgers and in his accent it sounds like "frog leg boogers". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted December 26, 2012 Members Share Posted December 26, 2012 I never knew they made that into a Broadway musical. Apparently it didn't run very long. I saw the TV-movie on Encore a long time ago, back when I watched Encore for something beyond taping Western reruns for some of my family. It's very good. Sad, but good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 RIP I had forgotten he was in a Shania Twain vid before she hit it big http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcBplbfXgSY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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