How old was Charles Bronson in the movie The Great Escape?

Charles Bronson was 40 in The Great Escape when he played the character 'Danny 'Tunnel King''.

That was over 61 years ago in 1963.

In 2003 he died aged 81, starring in 99 films in his career, 64 of those after The Great Escape was first released. If he were alive today he would be 102.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In The Great Escape, I think Charles Bronson looks:

Did you know?

  • Director John Sturges has worked with Charles Bronson a total of 5 times in his career.
  • Charles Bronson's first movie was as 'Wascylewski (uncredited)' in You're in the Navy Now, released in 1951 when he was 28
  • The Great Escape scores 7.95 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of The Great Escape

Charles Bronson's other movies