1899-06-30 Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English-American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter. Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future wife Elsa Lanchester, with whom he lived and worked until his death. He played a wide range of classical and modern parts, making an impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic. His film career took him to Broadway and then Hollywood, but he also collaborated with Alexander Korda on notable British films of the era, including The Private Life of Henry VIII, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character. He portrayed everything from monsters and misfits to kings. Among Laughton's biggest film hits were The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Mutiny on the Bounty, Ruggles of Red Gap, Jamaica Inn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Big Clock. In his later career, he took up stage directing, notably in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, and George Bernard Shaw's Don Juan in Hell, in which he also starred. He directed one film, the thriller The Night of the Hunter. Daniel Day-Lewis cited Laughton as one of his inspirations, saying: "He was probably the greatest film actor who came from that period of time. He had something quite remarkable. His generosity as an actor, he fed himself into that work. As an actor, you cannot take your eyes off him."
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau” | Self (archive footage) | 2014-08-24 |
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Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Dr. Moreau (archive footage) | 2014-08-01 |
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 2009-07-02 |
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Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter' | Self (archive footage) | 2002-08-15 |
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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage) | 1999-01-01 |
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1991-10-28 |
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
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Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 1982-01-01 |
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Bribe") (archive footage) | 1982-05-21 |
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The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 1979-02-06 |
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Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 1972-01-10 |
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The Epic That Never Was | Claudius | 1969-09-19 |
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Advise & Consent | Senator Seabright Cooley | 1962-06-06 |
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Spartacus | Sempronius Gracchus | 1960-10-13 |
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Sotto dieci bandiere | Admiral Russell | 1960-09-15 |
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Witness for the Prosecution | Sir Wilfrid Robarts | 1957-12-17 |
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Hobson's Choice | Henry Horatio Hobson | 1954-04-19 |
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Young Bess | King Henry VIII | 1953-05-29 |
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Salome | King Herod | 1953-03-24 |
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | Capt. William Kidd | 1952-12-27 |
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O. Henry's Full House | Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") | 1952-08-07 |
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The Strange Door | Sire Alain de Maletroit | 1951-06-21 |
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The Blue Veil | Fred K. Begley | 1951-10-26 |
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The Art Director | Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1949-11-12 |
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The Bribe | J.J. Bealer | 1949-02-03 |
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The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Inspector Jules Maigret | 1949-12-12 |
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The Big Clock | Earl Janoth | 1948-03-18 |
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The Girl from Manhattan | The Bishop | 1948-10-01 |
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Arch of Triumph | Ivon Haake | 1948-02-17 |
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On Our Merry Way | Reverend | 1948-02-03 |
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The Paradine Case | Judge Lord Thomas Horfield | 1947-12-31 |
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Leben des Galilei | Galileo Galilei | 1947-10-19 |
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Because of Him | John Sheridan | 1946-01-18 |
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Captain Kidd | Captain Kidd | 1945-11-22 |
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The Suspect | Philip Marshall | 1945-01-31 |
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The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost | 1944-07-20 |
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Forever and a Day | Bellamy | 1943-01-21 |
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The Man from Down Under | Jocko Wilson | 1943-08-04 |
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This Land Is Mine | Albert Lory | 1943-05-07 |
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The Tuttles of Tahiti | Jonas | 1942-05-01 |
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Tales of Manhattan | Charles Smith | 1942-08-05 |
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Stand by for Action | Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas | 1942-12-31 |
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It Started with Eve | Jonathan Reynolds | 1941-09-26 |
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 1940-07-31 |
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They Knew What They Wanted | Tony Patucci | 1940-10-19 |
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame | The Hunchback Quasimodo | 1939-12-29 |
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Jamaica Inn | Sir Humphrey Pengallan | 1939-05-11 |
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St. Martin's Lane | Charles Staggers | 1938-10-18 |
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Vessel of Wrath | Ginger Ted | 1938-03-04 |
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Rembrandt | Rembrandt van Rijn | 1936-11-06 |
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Les Misérables | Inspector Emile Javert | 1935-04-20 |
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Mutiny on the Bounty | Captaine Bligh | 1935-11-22 |
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Ruggles of Red Gap | Marmaduke Ruggles | 1935-03-08 |
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Edward Moulton-Barrett | 1934-09-21 |
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White Woman | Horace H. Prin | 1933-11-10 |
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The Private Life of Henry VIII | Henry VIII | 1933-08-17 |
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The Clerk | Phineas V. Lambert | 1933-02-22 |
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The Old Dark House | Sir William Porterhouse | 1932-10-20 |
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Payment Deferred | William Marble | 1932-11-01 |
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The Sign of the Cross | Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar | 1932-11-30 |
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If I Had a Million | Phineas V. Lambert | 1932-11-18 |
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Island of Lost Souls | Dr. Moreau | 1932-12-24 |
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Devil and the Deep | Cmdr. Charles Sturm | 1932-08-12 |
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Down River | Captain Grossman | 1931-05-08 |
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Comets | Himself | 1930-09-19 |
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Wolves | Captain Job | 1930-05-19 |
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Piccadilly | A Continental Visitor | 1929-02-01 |
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Daydreams | Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence | 1928-05-01 |
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The Tonic | Father of the Family | 1928-05-01 |
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Blue Bottles | Burglar | 1928-05-05 |
