More About Charles
Bronson...
He describes himself: "I guess
I look like a rock quarry that someone has dynamited."
Charles Bronson was born Charles
Buchinsky on November 3, 1921, in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, to
Lithuanian immigrant parents.
He was only one in family to finish
high school. Bronson worked in coal mines and served in WW 2
as a tail gunner, and a stateside truck driver.
Used money from GI Bill to study
art in Philadelphia. Enrolled in Pasadena Playhouse in Calif.,
when the acting bug bit him.
First roles in films Charles Bronson
was used as tough-looking window dressing in bit parts. YOU'RE
IN THE NAVY NOW, THE MOB, RED SKIES IN MONTANA.
In 1954, began to play Indians
in such films as APACHE, DRUMBEAT. Good, supporting roles became
his in JUBAL and RUN OF THE ARROW.
Through 1968-1972, Charles Bronson
became a worldwide star in Europe, much loved in such films
as: GUNS FOR SAN SEBASTIAN, ADIEU L'AMI, RIDER IN THE RAIN,
COLD SWEAT and RED SUN.
In America, he steadily worked
toward super stardom in such films as THE MECHANIC, THE VALACHI
PAPERS, MR. MAJESTYK.
In the 1990's, Charles Bronson
has been in a flurry of TV movies, giving his fans more great
performances in such films as: THE INDIAN RUNNER, THE SEA WOLF,
and THE FAMILY OF COPS series.
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