About
Iconic American tough-guy screen legend and international box office superstar of the 1960s and 1970s, celebrated for classic Western and vigilante action films The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen, Once Upon a Time in the West, and the Death Wish franchise.
Before Fame
Worked in the coal mines of Pennsylvania from age 16 after his father passed away, later serving as an aerial gunner in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, earning a Purple Heart.
Trivia
Voted the number-one box office star in the world in 1972, achieving immense global popularity across Europe, Asia, and North America.
Family Life
Born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, the eleventh of fifteen children of Lithuanian-American coal miners. Married actress Jill Ireland in 1968, starring together in 15 films.
Associated With
Collaborated with cinema giants Sergio Leone, Steve McQueen, and Henry Fonda in monumental Hollywood and spaghetti Western epics.
