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 Taylor (actor) as a bouncer at Studio 54, Regine's, and other nightclubs. After a dangerous encounter with an unruly clubgoer, Taylor moved to California to break into television and motion pictures. Aside from his starring role in "Code of Vengeance", Taylor's other television roles include the movie "A Quiet Little Neighborhood, a Perfect Little Murder" and appearances in episodes of "Knight Rider", "Murder, She Wrote", "Days of Our Lives", and "Starting from Scratch". Taylor has appeared in the films "Mask", "The Natural History of Parking Lots", "Shout", "", and "Saving Grace B. Jones". Charles Taylor (actor) Charles Taylor (a.k.a. L. Charles Taylor)