Charles Bronson/Filmography

This is a partial list of film and television productions that featured Charles Bronson during his acting career from 1951 to 1998.

release	title	role	notes
1951	The Mob	Jack, a longshoreman	Debut role. Bronson (uncredited) is in two waterfront scenes. In the first, he speaks briefly to Broderick Crawford about the labour situation. Later, he is seen unloading cargo onto the wharf.
1954	Apache	Hondo	Bronson's first Western. Credited as Charles Buchinsky, he plays an Apache who is Burt Lancaster's love rival for Jean Peters.
	Vera Cruz	"Pittsburgh"	In his last movie as Charles Buchinsky, Bronson is part of an ensemble cast as a violent American mercenary involved in the Second Franco-Mexican War of the 1860s.
	Drum Beat	Kintpuash (aka Captain Jack)	In his first film as Charles Bronson, he plays the real life Modoc chief Kintpuash as a murderous renegade. This was Bronson's first movie with director Delmer Daves. Bronson made a real impact in this film.
1956	Jubal	Reb Haislipp	Bronson's second film with Delmer Daves. He had a strong part as the close friend of Glenn Ford who played the title character.
1957	Run of the Arrow	Blue Buffalo
1958	Machine-Gun Kelly	Machine Gun Kelly	A B-movie but the first in which Bronson played the lead role.
1958–1960	Man with a Camera	Mike Kovac	Television crime drama which ran for 29 episodes. Bronson played the lead as a photographer whose images assist the police in crime solution.
1960	The Magnificent Seven	Bernardo O'Reilly	A significant role for Bronson as one of the "Seven". The film is among the most famous of the Western genre.
1962	Kid Galahad	Lew Nyack	An Elvis Presley movie with "The King of R&R" as a singing boxer and Bronson as his trainer.
1963	The Great Escape	Flt. Lt. Danny ("Tunnel King") Velinski	The claustrophobic tunneller was another significant role. Bronson, James Coburn and John Leyton are the three who achieve "home runs" following the escape.
1963–64	The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters	Linc Murdock	TV Western series in which Bronson played a wagon master.
1965	Guns of Diablo	Linc Murdock	Feature-length cinema spinoff from The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters.
	The Sandpiper	Cos Erickson	Bronson had fourth billing behind Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Eva Marie Saint.
1967	The Dirty Dozen	Joseph Wladislaw	A strong part as the only member of the actual dozen to survive the mission.
1968	Guns for San Sebastian	Teclo	Bronson was unusually cast as a villain.
	Once Upon a Time in the West	Harmonica	Bronson's most powerful role as the enigmatic gunfighter on a quest for revenge. The film is widely rated the greatest-ever Western and director Sergio Leone praised Bronson as the best actor he ever worked with.
1969	Twinky	Scott Wardman
1970	Rider on the Rain	Col. Harry Dobbs
1971	Cold Sweat	Joe Martin
	Someone Behind the Door	The Stranger
	Red Sun	Link Stuart	A Western with a multinational cast. Bronson, a member of the Magnificent Seven, teams up with Toshiro Mifune of the Seven Samurai.
1972	The Valachi Papers	Joe Valachi
	Chato's Land	Pardon Chato
	The Mechanic	Arthur Bishop	Bronson as an experienced hitman teaches a novice the tricks of his trade.
1973	The Stone Killer	Lou Torrey
1974	Mr. Majestyk	Vince Majestyk
	Death Wish	Paul Kersey	First in the series of Michael Winner's films about a vigilante.
1975	Hard Times	Chaney
	Breakheart Pass	John Deakin	Based on the Alistair MacLean novel of the same title. As undercover agent Deakin, Bronson famously states: "I am not a man of violence".
1976	St Ives	Raymond St Ives
1978	Telefon	Major Grigori Bortsov
1979	Love and Bullets	Charlie Congers
1982	Death Wish II	Paul Kersey
1983	10 to Midnight	Leo Kessler
1987	Assassination	Jay Killion
1991	Yes Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus	Francis Pharcellus Church	TV family film in which Bronson is cast against type as the real life writer of the famous Santa Claus editorial.
1999	Family of Cops 3	Paul Fein	TV crime drama. Bronson's final role.