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 Bennett (actor) "Inquirer" party sequence in "Citizen Kane" (1941), who performs the song "Oh, Mr. Kane!". He appeared in over 100 films between 1912 until his death in 1943. Bennett was married to actress Boots Mallory. Charles Bennett (actor) Charles Bennett (11 March 1889 – 15 February 1943) was a New Zealand-born American actor who was successful in silent films. Bennett was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, and died in Hollywood, California. He started his film career in Keystone comedies like "Tillie's Punctured Romance" and "The Property Man". He also appeared in the Broadway musical "Of Thee I Sing" between 1931 and