Charles Dennis Buchinsky was an Ehrenfeld, Cambria County, Pennsylvania-born American actor best known for his performance in movies like “Once Upon A Time In The West”. Born on 3 November, 1921, Charles belonged to Lithuanian-American ancestry. A well-known actor in Hollywood, Charles was active in the field of acting from 1950 to 1999 and died of Alzheimer’s disease and Pneumonia on 3 August, 2003.
One of the legendary actors in Hollywood whose timeless work reflects in each of their performance, one may wonder how rich was Charles Bronson at the time of his death? Sources estimate that Charles counted his net worth at the amount of $12.5 million as of 2003. Needless to say, most of his wealth was amassed due to his involvement as a Hollywood actor while his service at US Army Air Force also added to his net worth.
Charles Bronson Net Worth $12.5 Million
Charles was raised in Ehrenfeld by a Lithuanian-American mother along with his fourteen siblings. The first person in his family to graduate high school, Charles worked in mines to provide for himself and his family as his father died when he was only ten years old. After completing his high school education, he enlisted at US Army Air Force and served as a gunner in the Pacific during the World War II, awarded a Purple Heart after being wounded.
After the war, Charles worked in various jobs before starting his career as an actor, as he joined theatres in Pennsylvania. He then moved to Hollywood, and debuted with a small and uncredited role in the movie “You’re In The Navy Now” in 1951, but then went on to perform in several successful movies during his career. Some of the notable movies that Charles has been a part of include “Pat And Mike”, “My Six Convicts”, “Apache”, “Pinto”, “Jubal”, “The Great Escape” and several others. Needless to say, all of these movies were very significant in making Charles a multi-millionaire actor as of his death.
Other of his most noted movies include “The Mechanic”, “Breakheart Pass”, “From Noon Till Three”, “Murphy’s Law”, “Assassination” and “Family of Cops” series among many others. He has also had parts in several dramas including “Raid on Entebbe”, “Borderline”, “Caboblanco” and more. During his career spanning almost 100 films, Charles worked with highly regarded directors like George Cukor, Robert Aldrich, Roger Corman, Vincente Minnelli and others,. Obviously, all of these projects and personalities had a great hand in making Charles a legendary actor of Hollywood, and securing his net worth.
As for his personal life, Charles was married three times, firstly in 1949 to Harriet Tendler who became the mother of Charles’s two children before they divorced in 1965. His second marriage was with British actress Jill Ireland in 1968 until her death from breast cancer in 1990: they had two children. Charles’s third marriage was with Kim Weeks, and the couple was married for only five years as Charles died in 2003 of Alzheimer’s disease and pneumonia.
As of now, Charles rests in Brownsville Cemetery in West Windsor, Vermont while he is survived by his four children and his movies.
