Charles Bronson passes........

[venray]

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(CNN) -- Actor Charles Bronson, perhaps best known for his "Death Wish" films, has died in Los Angeles, California, following a four-week bout with pneumonia, his publicist said. He was 81.

Born Charles Buchinsky in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, in 1921, he broke into movies following Army service in World War II. As a youth he worked as a coal miner.

Among his other notable films are "The Magnificent Seven," "The Great Escape" and the "Dirty Dozen." He won a Golden Globe for his role in "Rider on the Rain."

"Acting is the easiest thing I've done. I guess that's why I'm stuck with it," he once said.




Ven

 

[phatteus]

he's with his wife now...

 

[Prime]

I did'nt even know he was that old. Once upon a time in the west is one of my favorite westerns. You always wonder who will be the next celebrity to go next, but this one was a bit of a surprise. Thanks for posting Ven.

 

[Moses25]

Guess he finally got his death wish (ouch!)

81...wow.

I still remember feeling the discomfort of my first exposure to "brutal violence" upon watching the first Death Wish film many, many moons ago. It's too bad, though, that Bronson achieved his 15 minutes of mainstream fame through that dreaded series instead of some of his earlier work, like his westerns or the incredibly made "The Mechanic", which is still one of my all-time fav Bronson films today.

Yeah, it is sad when someone like that passes, but he had an astonishing 5 decade run or sumpin' to that effect.

They don't make 'em like that anymore, eh?

A true professional; he will be missed.

Thanks fer posting, Ray.

A solemn Cheers.🙁

 

[Neutron]

How Sad

🙁

 

[tkrexx]

It's 11:00 pm...I'm ready for work, sitting down at the computer with a cup of coffee for my daily TMF check...I see another of my childhood heroes has passed. I won't get much work done tonight.

Rxx

 

[sole seeker]

I'm very sorry to read this. I enjoyed his work. Like Moses, I liked Bronson's work in THE MECHANIC. I kind of always thought of it as the precursor to the Death Wish series.

Until I read Phat's post I didn't know Jill Ireland was dead. I didn't think either of these people were that old. 🙁

 

[dskodj]

Shit, I didnt know he was that old either, he will be missed.

 

[ShiningIce]

God, whatsup with all theese famous people dying?? 🙁

 

[grippedchimp]

A bad-ass dude of cinema, was our Charles. We'll miss him.

On a side note, my dad is actually a spitting image of him, especially when he had a moustache.

 

[Deleted member 2452]

too many of the greats are leaving us...

his passing has made me very sad.
his best line was in the dirty dozen "killing officers could get to be a habit".

steve

 

[TickledToDeath]

Just heard about it early this morning.
Saddend that he and his talents are no longer with us. My condolences to all who knew him.
He is with his wife now and is free from the suffering he was in.

"Death is but a furlough for the soul"
Ed D.

TTD😎

 

[Knox The Hatter]

Not long ago, while channel surfing, I settled on AMC, then showing some Spence and Kate romantic comedy. I don't remember which one, Spence and Kate made many. Anyway, in the film was a very, very young, familiar face. I was even more surprised when, while reading the closing credits on the film, the name of said familiar actor was the one on his birth certificate, "Charles Buchinski". Apparently, he hadn't settled on the stage name 'Charles Bronson' yet. I think the film was from around 1953 or so.
This guy in the late '70s and early '80s was BIG TIME 'A' list for action movies, like the guy who'd like to be known as "The Governator" became later on. Unfortunately, he starred in a lot of duds, too. Of the good ones though, one of my favorites was 'Telefon', where he played a KGB agent trying to stop a group of programmed human time bombs from detonating themselves in America...

 

[BigBrownEyes]

Charles Bronson was one of the great bad-asses of all time. You start to believe that a guy like that will never die. As others in the thread have already said, he's together with Jill Ireland again.

Trivia question - who was a member of both the "Magnificant Seven" and "The Dirty Dozen?" That's an actual trivia question from an early edition of Trivial Pursuit.

 

[TklDuo-Drew]

I was introduced to Charles Bronson mainly thru the "Death Wish" movies and followed his career from there. He had a couple of interesting things after that like "Kinjete" and "The Evil That Men Do".In one of these, he made one of the bad guys swallow his own watch!
In a related topic, we just watched the latest Steven Seagal straight-to-video release: "Out For a Kill". What happened to THIS guy? Not only is he really portly, he fights like Kevin Nash wrestles today.

Drew

 

[BigBrownEyes]

If anyone feels like checking out a Bronson flick, I'd recommend one most of you probably never heard of called "Act Of Vengance." At least, I think that was the title.

This isn't the usual blood-and-guts/everybody-dies type of Bronson film. He plays a guy who organizes a union and it's based on a real-life story. You get to see Bronson really act in that one instead of just wiping out all the evil-doers.

 

[mykal]

Another good one Bronson film is "Hard Times". He plays a drifter turned street fighter during the Great Depression. The film alongside James Coburn and I believe his wife had a part in the film as well.

 

[Mitchell]

The major movies of Bronson that I've seen are the Death Wish movies. My favorite one of those was the first one, where the guy completely took on muggers singlehandedly throughout the whole movie. Although he killed a lot of people in that movie, it was almost impossible not to root for him as a hero in that film for being a one man clean up crew of criminal scum on the streets of New York. I had read recently he was very sick, and suffering from a deteriorating mental condition. If he was suffering so much, it is probably most humane that he is at peace. He was a fine actor with a long list of excellent cinematic work. He has definitely left his mark on the entertainment world with a long list of credits that will continue to be viewed for generations to come.

Mitch

 

[BigBrownEyes]

Another good one Bronson film is "Hard Times". He plays a drifter turned street fighter during the Great Depression. The film alongside James Coburn and I believe his wife had a part in the film as well.

Hard Times is one of my father's favorite movies. We were just talking about it earlier this evening. That was that movie where he knocked the guy out with one punch early in the film.

 

[TickledToDeath]

Damn fine movies mentioned here. While the Death Wish movies were HIS "Staple film(s)" of his career, this little flick I think was definatly one of his best. How many of ya remember "The Mechanic".
Charles plays a "Hitman" aka Professional Asassin with his co star Jan Michael Vincent who was his Apprentice.

TTD

 

[R. Davis]

He will be missed but not forgotten.

Charles Bronson always played a good tough guy in his movies.