Acting violently: Charles Bronson and his 'tough guy' film career (Charles Bronson's 95th birth anniversary is on Nov 3)

Bronson, whose 95th birthday would have been on Wednesday, can be seen in iconic films of all these genres - be it war: "The Great Escape" (1963), "The Dirty Dozen" (1967), Westerns: "The Magnificent Seven" (1960), "Once Upon a Time in the West" (1968), crime/vigilante movies: the "Death Wish" series (1974-94), thrillers: "Breakheart Pass" (1975) and those based on real events: "Raid on Entebbe" (1977). With his minimalist but intense performance, he more than held his own besides more established stars - including the no less tough-looking guys like Yul Brynner, Lee Marvin, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, and Telly Savalas, as well as Henry Fonda, Alain Delon, Toshiro Mifune and even Elvis Presley. Described as one critic by "a Clark Gable who had been left out in the sun too long" and by director John Huston as "a grenade with the pin pulled", Bronson could also employ a devastating stare - remember the scene in "The Dirty Dozen" where the 'dozen' recognise two soldiers who assaulted Wladyslaw (Bronson's character) and whisper it to each other till one tries to tell Bronson, who only has to look at him to cut him off.

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