Charles Bronson - Danny the Tunnel King - actually had severe claustrophobia from his days as a kid working in the mines in Pennsylvania. His family was Lithuanian. He spoke four languages.
He was great in the “Twilight Zone” episode, “Two”. Also worth watching to see a young, hot Elizabeth Montgomery.
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky) was the son of a Lithuanian immigrant father and the 11th of 15 children. He started working in the mines at age 10 when his father died. He earned $1 for every ton of coal mined. He did not speak English growing up. Besides English, he could also speak Lithuanian, Russian and Greek.
In 1943, Buchinsky joined the US Army Air Forces. He flew 25 missions as a B-29 gunner in combat missions over Japan with the 61st Bombardment Squadron in Guam.