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  Charles Bronson (prisoner) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles Bronson is the adopted name, by deed poll, after the actor Charles Bronson, of Michael Peterson, a Luton-born English criminal.
He has been in prison since the age of nineteen, the majority of his life.
He has served 27 years of his time in prison in solitary confinement for repeated attacks on prison staff and inmates, including a number of hostage situations and rooftop protests.
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 Charles Bronson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bronson was born as Charles Dennis Buchinsky in the notorious Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania coal mining neighborhood of Scooptown, one of 15 children born to a Lithuanian immigrant father of Tatar ancestry, and a Lithuanian-American mother.
Bronson was a descendant of the Lipka Tatars of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth which caused many people to think that he looked like a Chicano or Mexican-American who was a Mestizo (mixture of Spanish and Indian ancestry).
Bronson was married to British actress Jill Ireland from 1968 until her death from breast cancer at age 54 in 1990.
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 Prisoner Bronson 'held knife to throat of hostage teacher'
Bronson, who appeared in the dock with a distinctive handlebar moustache and wearing gold-rimmed spectacles, even booby-trapped the stairs by smearing them in soap and cooking oil, it was alleged.
Bronson said that he wanted to get out of prison so he could spend "a night of happiness" with his girlfriend and so he could apologise to his sister, who he had called a fat midget some years earlier.
Bronson later lifted him down and put him on a chair to be more comfortable but the teacher was still bound as Bronson smashed most of the lights in the room.
www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/2000/02/15/nbron15.html   (739 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Humber | Bronson fights for freedom
Charles Bronson has succeeded in obtaining leave to appeal against his conviction for taking teacher Phil Danielson hostage during a siege at Hull prison in January 1999.
Bronson, born Michael Peterson, changed his name in homage to the star of the Death Wish films and has earned himself a fearsome reputation during his years in prison.
Bronson, who is a Muslim, wed divorcee Saira Rehman in at Woodhill prison in Milton Keynes, Bucks in June 2001 and changed his name to Ali Ahmed.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/humber/3311953.stm   (345 words)

  
 BBC News | UK | Charles Bronson tells of prison 'hell'
Bronson is accused of taking teacher Phil Danielson hostage during a siege at Hull prison in January 1999.
Bronson told jurors that although he was entitled to be represented by a barrister, he had opted to defend himself because he did not "trust them."
Bronson said he was also suffering because his cell has a bullet-proof window, which he cannot open.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/645085.stm   (406 words)

  
 Charles Bronson @ Filmbug   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
He was born as Charles Dennis Buchinsky in the notorious Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania neighborhood of Scooptown, the 11th of 15 children of Lithuanian immigrants.
Bronson's most famous films include The Great Escape, in which he played Danny Velinski nicknamed The Tunnel King, a Polish prisoner of war, The Dirty Dozen, in which he played a death row convict conscripted into a World War II suicide mission.
Bronson was married to actress Jill Ireland from 1968 until her death in 1990.
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 Bronson Vitamins -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
He was born as Charles Dennis Buchinski in the notorious Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania neighborhood of Scooptown, the 11th of 15 children of Polish and Lithuanian immigrants.
Rick Bronson is a US truck driver who was fired from his job, by The Coca-Cola Company (in June 2003), because he was spotted drinking a Pepsi in the backroom of a store to which he had just delivered.
Bronson alleges that the corporation fired him because he tried to organise merchandise workers in his union, the Teamsters.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/24/bronson-vitamins.html   (2144 words)

  
 :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Breakout (xhtml)
It's a little unexpected to find Charles Bronson starring in a Ramparts magazine cover story, but here he is in "Breakout," a thriller inspired by the 1971 springing of Joel David Kaplan from a Mexican prison.
Before Bronson came on the scene, the prisoner (Robert Duvall) already had made one spectacularly unsuccessful jailbreak attempt: He bribed guards to smuggle him out in a coffin containing a corpse, and, after nailing him in, they proceeded with great hilarity to bury him.
Bronson is a first-rate action star with a catlike grace and a nice air of menace.
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 They Live retro t-shirts and baby tees   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Charles Bronson on the other hand would have kicked their teeth in.
Bronson is a melon farmer in Colorado who just wants to get his melon crop in before it spoils, but he runs into all kinds of rat bastards who just make things difficult.
Bronson demands, as we all should, a code of decency in all forms of social discourse.
www.theylive.com /edit_02_bronson.php   (1289 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Film | Features | Charles Bronson index
Bronson began his career working in Pennsylvania's coal mines along with other members of his Lithuanian immigrant family.
Bronson played Flight Lt Danny 'The Tunnel King' Velinski in the Christmas rerun favourite in which Allied prisoners plan a daring mass escape from a German prisoner of war camp.
Bronson's most famous role was in Michael Winner's Death Wish series, starting in 1974.
film.guardian.co.uk /gall/0,8544,1033646,00.html   (283 words)

  
 Find Keith Bennett - Articles - 05/01/01 - Bronson to sell his brain to help Moors victim's mum
Prisoner Charles Bronson is offering to sell his brain when he dies to help in the hunt for Moors murder victim Keith Bennett.
Bronson, who was jailed in 1974 for robbery, has already promised Keith's mum Winnie Johnson £10,000 to launch a new search on Saddleworth Moor, in Greater Manchester, for her son's body.
The prisoner has launched a charity called Bronson's Children, set up with the proceeds of three books, a video and paintings and announced that its first priority will be to find Keith's body.
www.bernardomahoney.com /keithbennett/articles/btshbthmvm.shtml   (321 words)

  
 Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson (November 3, 1921 - August 30, 2003) was an American actor of "tough guy" roles.
Bronson's most famous films include The Great Escape, (1963) in which he played Danny Welinski, a Polish prisoner of war nicknamed "The Tunnel King", and The Dirty Dozen, (1967) in which he played an Army death row convict conscripted into a World War II suicide mission.
At the time, Bronson (who shared the screen with McCallum in The Great Escape) bluntly told McCallum: "I'm going to marry your wife." Two years later, he made good on his boast and married Jill.
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 GreenCine Daily: Charles Bronson, 1921 - 2003.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Bronson was hugely popular in Europe; the French knew him as 'le sacre monstre' (the sacred monster), the Italians as 'Il Brutto' (the brute).
Bronson's hobby was painting and that he was a quiet, personable, gentle man....
Bronson is his usual stoic self through much of the film, though at one point he becomes nearly giddy with his power over criminals and even cracks a smile."
daily.greencine.com /archives/000158.html   (637 words)

  
 March 4 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1665 - English King Charles II declares war on The Netherlands which marked the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
1681 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania.
1931 - The British Viceroy of India, Governor-General Edward Frederick Lindley Wood and Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) meet to sign an agreement envisaging the release of political prisoners and allowing that salt is freely used by the poorest layers of the population.
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 Scotsman.com News - Scotland - Danger man Bronson in tune with hardcore city punk band
Bronson, 51, who became a fan of the band when they sent him a copy of their music, features heavily on their latest album All Dried Up, and performs an hour's worth of spoken lyrics, which he penned himself.
Although he has never killed, Bronson is classed as one of the most dangerous prisoners in the British penal system.
Bronson is due to appeal his conviction at the end of this year - and if he is successful could be released next year.
news.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=847942006   (924 words)

  
 Prisoner plays jail hijacker
CHARLES Bronson, reputedly one of the toughest prisoners in Britain, was in the segregation unit of a high security jail last night after holding hostage two men accused of the Stansted hijacking.
Bronson, 45, was persuaded to release the two Iraqis after a seven-hour stand-off at Belmarsh jail in south-east London.
The cause of the incident was unclear, but Bronson, who changed his name from Mickey Peterson because he admired the Death Wish film star, has a history of hostage-taking during more than 20 years behind bars.
www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/09/08/nirq08.html   (225 words)

  
 Rotten Tomatoes: The Vine: the best movie you will ever see!!!
Charles Bronson, dubbed the most dangerous man in Britain, has released the tape showing him taking education officer Philip Danielson hostage in Hull jail 18 months ago.
During Bronson's trial it emerged he had tied a leather skipping rope round the neck of Mr Danielson and carried a makeshift spear while holding him captive for 44 hours in January 1999.
Bronson, who was originally jailed in 1974 for armed robbery, has spent more than a quarter of a century in prison after committing a string of offences on the "inside".
www.rottentomatoes.com /vine/journal_view.php?username=roninmiah   (1460 words)

  
 AMCTV.com - Shows related to Resident Evil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Charles Bronson plays a tough cop on the trail of a kinky serial killer.
Sean Penn is masterful as a hoodlum who finds himself battling for power in the squalid world of a juvenile prison.
Bomb squad veteran is threatened by his past when an IRA bomber intent on revenge escapes from prison.
www.amctv.com /show/moremovieinterest/0,,61559-EST,00.html   (2674 words)

  
 TIME Asia Print Page: Milestones -- September 15, 2003 / Vol. 162 No. 10   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Charles Bronson, 81, macho movie actor whose steely glare might have relegated him to villain roles but instead helped make him the top action star of the 1970s; in Los Angeles.
Born Charles Buchinsky, the 11th of 15 siblings in a Lithuanian immigrant family, Bronson followed his father to work in the coal mines of South Pennsylvania before serving as a tail gunner in World War II.
The quintessential Bronson film was 1974's Death Wish, in which he played a liberal architect turned vigilante after his daughter was raped and his wife killed by street toughs—a role Bronson reprised in four more films.
www.time.com /time/asia/magazine/printout/0,13675,501030915-483339,00.html   (763 words)

  
  Apex Publishing Ltd : For unknown authors
During that time he learnt many important lessons in the ‘University of Life’ that would serve him well in the future, such as discipline, respect, pride and honour, but which, at the same time, would lead to insufferable stress as he constantly battled with his conscience and struggled to swim against the tide.
For this ex-squaddie, who believed in establishing good working relationships with inmates, including notorious long-termer, Charles Bronson, the cancerous environment of staff bully-boy tactics and prisoner victimization was sickening.
He wants the prison service to pull itself out of the Victorian mentality and give Charlie the chance he deserves to work towards his release and lead the normal life he yearns for.
www.apexpublishing.co.uk /pubDetails.asp?Num=87   (426 words)

  
 AudioRevolution.com DVD Review of The Great Escape   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Germans were plagued by escape attempts from their prisoner of war camps, particularly by the highly-motivated British, that they placed all their most troublesome escapees (mostly from the RAF) in one well-guarded camp.
Sturges cast a few of his stars from The Magnificent Seven -- Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn -- and James Garner was added for star value, but the rest of the cast is authentically British, and very good.
Aside from presenting the entire film uncut (thanks to dual-layer printing) in its full wide-screen glory, the best aspect of the DVD is the excellent documentary on the making of the film, prepared by Steve Rubin and others as a labor of sheer love.
www.avrev.com /dvd/revs/thegreatescape.html   (844 words)

  
 British Gangster Videos - It Would Be a Crime to Miss One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In 1963 he was sentenced to 18 years for his part in an Armed Robbery and was taken to Maidstone prison where he literally smashed his way out of his cell.
After being considered too violent for Prison he was sent to Broadmoor where he was subjected to experimental brain surgery and mind altering drugs.
In Roy’s own words BRUTE FORCE reveals the crimes, the stabbings, the Prison Years, the riots, the daily fights and the stories behind the Unlicensed boxing years up to the present day.
www.gangstervideos.co.uk /centreframeRoyShaw.html   (413 words)

  
 Find Keith Bennett - Articles - 19/03/01 - Moors murderers may face civil action
Bronson's Children has Bronson - who is considered Britain's most dangerous prisoner - as its patron, but is run by his legal representatives.
Mrs Johnson told the Manchester Evening News: "If the Charles Bronson Appeal for Children gets this prosecution off the ground, then perhaps it will help find Keith." She also hopes a private prosecution will rule out any chance of Myra Hindley getting parole.
Ananova reported in January how Bronson has offered to sell his brain to the highest bidder on his death to raise money for the charity.
www.bernardomahoney.com /keithbennett/articles/mmmfca.shtml   (203 words)

  
 Featuring Prisoner of War Preview at ActionTrip
Even though this is just the working title, Prisoner of War gives you rather an accurate idea of what the game is gonna be about.
This was announced to be an original project, but older moviegoer will surely remember Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson in the legendary "The Great Escape", just like older players probably already think of the wonderful moments they spent with their Commodore 64 or Amiga playing Escape from Colditz.
You won't be alone in the German prisons; there will be quite a lot of nazi soldiers and a couple of friendly NPCs there.
www.actiontrip.com /previews/prisonerofwar.phtml   (915 words)

  
 Phorum :: Bad Movies :: Charles Bronson Marathon (II)
Bronson plays Chato, an indian who is pursued by a posse of vigilantes after killing a man in a barfight.
Bronson is fine, but the script doesn't take much advantage of the materials (if Bronson was playing any anonimous cowboy I wouldn't have noticed the difference, and his relationship with Red Cloud is underused).
I mean, one thing is to film a bad puppet of a buffalo, another to include in almost every shot the rails on which is moving (!) or not even trying to conceal that its legs never touch tthe ground.
www.badmovies.org /bbs/read.php?2,102408   (418 words)

  
 Prisoner's son let off over rooftop protest - UK News Headlines
The son of Britain's most dangerous prisoner has been allowed to walk free despite being arrested after staging a four hour rooftop protest demanding his dad's release.
Charles Bronson's son Michael Peterson, 26, and another man were taken to the cells yesterday after scaling the walls of St Margaret's Church next door to Westminster Abbey in Parliament Square, central London, at dawn.
Bronson, 53, is one of Britain's most dangerous category 'A' prisoners.
www.lse.co.uk /ShowStory.asp?story=MK3012165E&news_headline=prisoner's_son_let_off_over_rooftop_protest   (248 words)

  
 dOc DVD Review: Breakheart Pass (1975)
Breakheart Pass was his second effort (the first being Breakout released earlier the same year) to star Charles Bronson, who at that time was probably most famous for his role as Paul Kerskey in Michael Winner's 1974 hit Death Wish.
When the train stops in a remote railroad town for wood and water, U.S. Marshall Nathan Pearce (Ben Johnson) requests to come on board, as he is to collect Levi Calhoun (Robert Tessier), a notorious criminal who is being held captive at the fort.
His request is denied until John Deakin (Bronson) comes to their attention in the local saloon.
www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=802   (917 words)

  
 Movie Database - tvguide.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
During an attempted jailbreak by Lettieri, Bronson foils the mafioso's attempts and offers to return the chieftain for his own freedom.
First, one of Bronson's workers has his legs pinned into a loading dock by a slow-moving car.
The rest of the film shows Bronson battling the hitmen of Lettieri from his Colorado ranch and, of course, emerging victorious.
online.tvguide.com /movies/database/showmovie.asp?MI=7283   (190 words)

  
 dOc DVD Review: The Evil That Men Do (1983)
Although I am not a big fan of Charles Bronson's work, I acknowledge that his acting capability is above that which he demonstrated in this film.
Bronson!!!" I may be contradicting my loathing for the film, but a few more extras would have been nice.
The only useful function of this DVD might be for Charles Bronson fans who feel that they absolutely need this title to complete their collection.
www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=3235   (1365 words)

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