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[h3]The son of a Lithuanian coal miner, American actor Charles Bronson (born Buchinski) was expected to follow his father into the industry. [/h3]

However, he served abroad during World War II, and returned determined to pursue a career in the arts. He began working backstage for a Philadelphia theatre company and, after a few small roles, fell in love with acting.

After a few scattered acting jobs in New York, Bronson enrolled in the Pasadena Playhouse. By 1951, he was playing bit parts in films such as ‘You're in the Navy Now’ and ‘The Clown’. His first role of importance was as Igor in ‘House of Wax’.

He was billed as Charles Bronson for the first time in ‘Drum Beat’, although he was still often stereotyped as a hoodlum or a convict. His first starring role was in 1958's ‘Gang War’, but he first achieved major recognition for ‘Machine Gun Kelly’ the same year.

Bronson achieved his first fan-following with the TV series, ‘Man With a Camera’, and appeared as one of 'The Magnificent Seven' in 1960. However, his next few roles tend tended to fit the mould of ‘supporting villain’ and, in 1968, he moved to Europe, hoping to find bigger and better opportunities.

After success in such films as ‘Guns for San Sebastian’, ‘Once Upon a Time in the West’, and ‘Cold Sweat’, Bronson returned to Hollywood, a full-fledged star at last. His most successful films of the 1970s were ‘Death Wish’ and its sequels, a series of brutal "vigilante" pictures.

In many of his 1970s films, Bronson co-starred with his second wife, Jill Ireland. Unfortunately she lost her fight against cancer in 1990.

He appeared in ‘The Indian Runner’ in 1991 and ‘Death Wish 5: The Face of Death’ in 1994, but has since done mostly television work.

He died from pneumonia at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on 30 August 2003.
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- For 16 years actor Dick Van Dyke would receive a lemon cake every Christmas from Bronson, who lived nearby in Malibu.

- He was a very quiet and introspective collaborator, often sitting in a corner for much of a shoot, and listening to a director's instructions, not saying a word until the cameras started rolling.

- His father died when he was 10, and at 16 he followed his brothers into the mines to support his family. He got paid $1 per ton of coal and volunteered for perilous jobs because the pay was better.

- When responding to critics' complaints, he said: "We don't make movies for critics, since they don't pay to see them anyhow."

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Death Wish V: The Face of Death (1994)

The Indian Runner(1991)

Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)

Messenger of Death (1988)

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)

Assassination (1987)

Murphy's Law (1986)

Death Wish 3 (1985)

The Evil That Men Do (1984)

10 to Midnight (1983)

Death Wish II (1982)

Death Hunt (1981)

Borderline (1980)

Caboblanco (1980)

Love and Bullets (1979)

Telefon (1977)

The White Buffalo (1977)

St. Ives (1976)

From Noon Till Three (1976)

Breakheart Pass (1975)

Hard Times (1975)

Breakout (1975)

Death Wish (1974)

Mr. Majestyk (1974)

Valdez, il mezzosangue (1973)

The Stone Killer (1973)

The Mechanic (1972)

Chato's Land (1972)

The Valachi Papers (1972)

Quelqu'un derrière la porte (1971)

Soleil rouge (1971)

De la part des copains (1970)

Città violenta (1970)

You Can't Win 'Em All (1970)

La Passager de la pluie (1969)

Twinky (1969)

C'era una volta il West (1968)

Adieu l'ami (1968)

Villa Rides (1968)

La Bataille de San Sebastian (1968)

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

This Property Is Condemned (1966)

Battle of the Bulge (1965)

The Sandpiper (1965)

4 for Texas (1963)

The Great Escape (1963)

This Rugged Land (1962)

Kid Galahad (1962)

X-15 (1961)

Thunder of Drums, A (1961)

Master of the World (1961)

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

Never So Few (1959)

Machine-Gun Kelly (1958)

When Hell Broke Loose (1958)

Gang War (1958)

Ten North Frederick (1958)

Showdown at Boot Hill (1958)

Run of the Arrow (1957)

Jubal (1956)

Target Zero (1955)

Big House, U.S.A. (1955)

Vera Cruz (1954)

Drum Beat (1954/I)

Apache (1954)

Riding Shotgun (1954)

Tennessee Champ (1954)

Crime Wave (1954)

Miss Sadie Thompson (1953)

House of Wax (1953)

Torpedo Alley (1953)

The Clown (1953)

Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)

Battle Zone (1952)

Diplomatic Courier (1952)

Pat and Mike (1952)

My Six Convicts (1952)

The Marrying Kind (1952)

Red Skies of Montana (1952)

The Mob (1951)

The People Against O'Hara (1951)

You're in the Navy Now (1951)
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