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 Murray (American actor) Charles Murray (American actor) Charles Albert Murray (June 22, 1872 – July 29, 1941), was an American film actor of the silent era. Born in Laurel, Indiana, in 1872 to Isaac Murray (1838 - 1920) & Martha Ellen "Mollie" Murray (née Sullenburger; 1842 - 1911), Murray appeared in 283 films between 1912 and 1938. He also directed 5 films. He was married to Nellie Bae Hamilton. He died in Los Angeles, California, from pneumonia. For his contribution to motion pictures, decades after his death, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1725 Vine Street.