Durning Library, Kennington

* State and Main ( 2000 ) A house on Abbott Street at Monument Square was used as the home of the Mayor ( Charles Durning ) and his wife ( Patti Lupone ).

The proposed route would have followed the railway into Liverpool as far as Edge Hill, with junctions with Rathbone Road and Durning Road, dropping two lanes at the latter, before terminating on the Islington Radial.

Durning his time out of Parliament, Doran was appointed by the Trade Unions to run the statutory political fund ballot campaign for the majority of Trade Unions who had political funds, until he was re-elected at the 1997 general election for the new constituency of Aberdeen Central.

His mother, Louise M. ( 1894 – 1982 ), was a laundress at West Point, and his father was James Durning. Charles came from an Irish American Catholic family.

Durning participated in the Normandy Invasion of France on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and was among the first troops to land at Omaha Beach.

Durning was wounded by a German “ S ” Mine on June 15, 1944, at Les Mare des Mares, France.

Durning was honored with the Life Achievement Award at the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award Ceremony on January 27, 2008.

From 1986 to 1993, Durning worked as a researcher at the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D. C ..

Durning has been a commentator on National Public Radio, and has lectured at universities, conferences, and at the White House.

The library was a gift to the people of Kennington from Jemina Durning Smith.

Durning was born in Highland Falls, New York, the second youngest of five children, James G. ( 1915 – 2000 ), Clifford John ( 1916 – 1994 ), Frances ( born 1919 ) and Gerald J. Durning ( born 1926 ).

For his valor and the wounds he received during the war, Durning was awarded the Silver Star and three Purple Heart medals.

Although severely wounded by shrapnel in the left and right thighs, the right hand, the frontal region of the head, and the anterior left chest wall, Durning recovered quickly and was determined to be fit for duty on December 6, 1944.

After being wounded again, this time in the chest, Durning was repatriated to the United States.

In 1977, The Choirboys was adapted into a film starring Charles Durning, Perry King, James Woods, Louis Gossett, Jr. and Randy Quaid.

In 1979 Studs Lonigan was produced as a television miniseries starring Harry Hamlin, Colleen Dewhurst, Brad Dourif, Dan Shor, and Charles Durning.

In the 1975 film, Pruss was portrayed by Charles Durning.

There was an animated TV special in 1989 by animator and filmmaker Ralph Bakshi, narrated by Charles Durning and produced by and aired on TNT.

He was the son of Michael Logue, a blacksmith, and Catherine Durning.

One strict rule that Durning enforced was no fraternization with screen femme fatales, which almost immediately Wellman broke, leading to a confrontation and a thrashing from the director.

* Justice Henry Hoskins ( Charles Durning ) was Brankin's best friend and a conservative justice, who often spouted limericks during conversation.

It originally starred Sam Shepard as Peter ( after Christopher Walken shot a few scenes, but was determined not to be right for the role ), Maureen O ' Sullivan as Diane, and Charles Durning as Howard.

* 1985: Starring Dustin Hoffman, Kate Reid, John Malkovich, Stephen Lang and Charles Durning and directed by Volker Schlöndorff.

Produced by Peter Vincent Douglas and directed by Don Taylor, the film stars Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen, James Farentino, Katharine Ross and Charles Durning.

In 1993, Durning guest starred in the Sean Penn-directed music video for " Dance with the One That Brought You " by Shania Twain.

The typescript of the essay is headed by an epigraph, attributed to The Upbringing of Daughters by Catherine Durning Whethem.

The book " If You're A Wee Bit Irish: a chart of old Irish families collected from folk tradition " by William Durning ( 1978 ) recounts an alleged ancestry of Caoilte back to Adam.

Steele is talked out of retirement by an old friend, agent Steven Bishop, and given his new assignment by The Director ( Charles Durning ), who also is testing out a new variety of disguises.

" In the episode and his subsequent appearances he is voiced by Charles Durning.

Durning served in the U. S. Army during World War II.

Alan Durning ( born 1964 as Alan Bresler Durning, then Alan Thein Durning from 1991 to 2008 ) is the founder and executive director of the Sightline Institute, ( formerly Northwest Environment Watch ), a non-profit organization based in Seattle, Washington, U. S ..

They then make direct contact with the US government ( avoiding any media attention ) and demand both ten million dollars ransom and, more importantly, that the President ( Charles Durning ) go on national television and make public the contents of a top-secret document.

* Lou Grant ( TV series )-Dr. Sorenson ; Jim Bronsky ; Frank Durning episodes ( 1979 – 81 )

Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, De Palma worked repeatedly with actors Jennifer Salt, Amy Irving, Nancy Allen ( his wife from 1979 to 1983 ), Gary Sinise, John Lithgow, William Finley, Charles Durning, Gerrit Graham, cinematographers Stephen H. Burum and Vilmos Zsigmond ( see List of noted film director and cinematographer collaborations ), set designer Jack Fisk, and composers Bernard Herrmann, John Williams and Pino Donaggio.

Other actors that De Palma has worked with on more than one occasion include Jennifer Salt ( The Wedding Party, Hi, Mom !, and Sisters ), Charles Durning ( Hi, Mom !, Sisters, and The Fury ), Al Pacino ( Scarface and Carlito's Way ), John Lithgow ( Obsession, Blow Out and Raising Cain ), Sean Penn ( Casualties of War and Carlito's Way ), Amy Irving ( Carrie, The Fury and Casualties of War ( uncredited voice-over )), and John Travolta ( Carrie, Blow Out ).

The Nimitzs CAG ( Commander, Air Group ), Commander Owens ( James Farentino ), an amateur historian, recognizes one survivor as Samuel Chapman ( Charles Durning ), a prominent United States senator who could have been Franklin Roosevelt's running mate during his final re-election bid and his eventual successor.

Other prime suspects include card sharks Emilio Pajetta ( Burgess Meredith ) and Major Napier ( Rene Auberjonois ), Edward Douglas ( Gig Young ), a suspicious German-American ad executive, as well as several crew members and even the Hindenburg captains Pruss ( Charles Durning ) and Lehmann ( Richard A. Dysart ).

Grace hires a private detective, Joseph Larch ( Charles Durning ), telling him that the women in the apt are twins.

* In the Coen Brothers ' O Brother, Where Art Thou ?, which is loosely based on Homer's Odyssey, Academy Award nominated actor Charles Durning plays Governor Menelaus ' Pappy ' O ' Daniel.

" Also, veteran television and film actor Charles Durning is a native of Highland Falls.

Charles Durning ( born February 28, 1923 ) is an American actor.

Durning is well known for participating in various functions to honor American veterans.

His daughter, Jeanine Durning, is a well-known New York-based modern dance performer and choreographer.

Tough Guys is a 1986 comedy starring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Eli Wallach, Charles Durning, Dana Carvey and Darlanne Fluegel.

Durning is the author or coauthor of dozens of books and articles.