#BOTD 1921 – 2003 Charles Bronson, (b. Buchinsky), 81, US actor.
At the height of his fame, early 1970s, he was world #1 box office, at $1m per film. When he worked as a coal miner he earned $1 a ton of coal. In WW2 with #USArmy he served in Pacific and received a Purple Heart.
#BOTD 1921 – 2003 Charles Bronson, (b. Buchinsky), 81, US actor.
After WW2, with the help of GI Bill, he joined a theatre group in Philadelphia. Later moving to NYC, then Hollywood. He made his film debut, uncredited, in The Mob (1951), and The People Against O'Hara (both 1951)
#BOTD 1921 – 2003 Charles Bronson, 81, US actor.
Bloodhounds of Broadway * Battle Zone * Pat and Mike * Marrying Kind * Miss Sadie Thompson * House of Wax * Crime Wave * Vera Cruz * Big House, USA * Jubal * Run of the Arrow * Roger Corman's Machine-Gun Kelly (lead role 1958)
#BOTD 1921 – 2003 Charles Bronson, 81, US actor.
Never So Few * Magnificent Seven * Master of World * Kid Galahad * Great Escape * 4 for Texas * The Guns of Diablo * Battle of Bulge * This Property Is Condemned * Dirty Dozen * Guns for San Sebastian * Once Upon a Time in West
#BOTD 1921 – 2003 Charles Bronson, 81, US actor.
"Looks like we’re shy one horse .... No, you brought two too many."
Once Upon a Time in West (1968)
#BOTD 1921 – 2003 Charles Bronson, 81, US actor.
Violent City * Valachi Papers * Mechanic * Stone Killer * Chino * Mr Majestyk * Death Wish (1974 -95) * Hard Times * Breakheart Pass * St Ives * Raid on Entebbe * Kinjite * The Indian Runner * Sea Wolf * Family of Cops (1995-99)
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