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STEFANO FRESI

Charles Durning in the 2000s

The new millennium saw almost no slowdown in Durning's career, despite his advancing age.

Notable film appearances during this time included the unctuous Southern governor Pappy O'Daniel in the Coen Brothers' "O Brother Where Art Thou?" (2000) - in which he did a memorably jolly jig in the film's final concert scene

- and David Mamet's comedy "State and Main" (2000), which brought him and the rest of its stellar cast a National Board of Review Award in 2001.

Television remained a constant as well, with Emmy nods coming for the aforementioned episode of "NCIS" in 2005, and regular appearances on "Family Guy" (Fox, 1999-2002, 2005- ) as Peter Griffin's hard-boiled adoptive dad, and "Rescue Me," as Denis Leary's ex-firefighter dad.

In 2007, Durning was recognized as a "Legend" by the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and in 2008, the 84-year-old actor was awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Screen Actors Guild. Upon receiving a thunderous standing ovation from the star-filled audience, Durning approached the podium, and with the same mix of twinkling charm and streetwise bravado he brought to all his roles, quipped, "Is that it?"

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He has to be one of the hottest bears on TV

#Phil Margera

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Happy Birthday to Oliver Hardy! 🥰🌺 In Should Sailors Marry? (1925) he plays a doctor examining the slightly alarmed Cyril (Clyde Cook) for insurance purposes.

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Love Ollie!