Charles Bronson Charles Bronson Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky; ; November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor. He was often cast in the role of a police officer, gunfighter, or vigilante in revenge-oriented plot lines. He had long-term collaborations with film directors Michael Winner and J. Lee Thompson, and appeared in fifteen films alongside his second wife, Jill Ireland. Bronson was born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, the 11th of 15 children, in a Roman Catholic family of Lithuanian descent in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, in the coal region of the Allegheny Mountains north of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His father, Valteris P.
Charles Maxwell (actor) Charles Maxwell (actor) Charles Carlton Maxwell (December 28, 1913 – August 7, 1993) was an American character actor and producer who worked primarily in television. Maxwell frequently appeared as a guest star in western television series, including as "Bonanza", "Gunsmoke", "Lawman", "Rawhide", and "The Rifleman". In 1959, he was cast as General Phil Sheridan in the episode "One Bullet from Broken Bow" of the NBC western series, "Bat Masterson", starring Gene Barry in the title role. He appeared on NBC's "Bonanza" eight times as entirely different characters. By the 1960s Charles Maxwell began appearing in a variety of guest roles.