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The son of a Lithuanian coal miner, American actor "Charles Bronson" claimed to have spoken no English at home during his childhood in Pennsylvania. Though he managed to complete high school, it was expected that Bronson would go into the mines like his father and many brothers. Experiencing the world outside Pennsylvania during World War II service... Bronson came back to America determined to pursue an art career. While working as a set designer for a Philadelphia theater troupe, Bronson played a few small roles and almost immediately switched his allegiance from the production end of theater to acting.
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Born March 1920, November - The son of a Lithuanian coal miner, American actor Charles Bronson claimed to have spoken no English at home during his childhood in Pennsylvania. Though he managed to complete high school, it was expected that Bronson would go into the mines like his father and many brothers. Experiencing the world outside Pennsylvania during World War II service,...
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Bronson was born Charles Bunchinsky in 1921 in Ehrenfeld, Pa., the 11th of 15 children. As a teenager, he joined his brothers in the coal mines, earning $1 for every ton of coal he dug. He was drafted into the service during World War II, and served as a B29 tail gunner in the Pacific.
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Born Charles Buchinsky in the mining town of Ehrenfeld, Pa., Bronson spent his early years excavating coal, before World War II pulled him out of the mines. After his service, he used the GI Bill to study, discovered acting, and was in turn discovered by Hollywood, making his film debut in 1951's ''You're in the Navy Now.'' In 1954, at the height of the McCarthy era, he changed his name to the less Russian-sounding Bronson, inspired by the Bronson Avenue gate at the Paramount studio lot. Dozens of bit parts and B-movies followed before stardom finally found him as one of the title gunmen in 1960's ''The Magnificent Seven.''
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