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Charles Laughton
Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born June 30, 1899Died December 15, 1962 (63 years)
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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."
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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Filmography
| 2019 | Brecht (TV Series) · as Galileo (voice) |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film · as Dr. Moreau (archive Footage) |
| 2008 | Strictly Courtroom · as Sir Wilfrid Robarts |
| 2005 | Irving Thalberg: Prince of Hollywood · as Cast |
| 1998 | Universal Horror · as Cast |
| 1994 | Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld · as Cast |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · as Actor 'advise And 'consent' (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid · as (in "the Bribe") (archive Footage) |
| 1979 | The Horror Show · as (archive Footage) |
| 1965 | The Epic That Never Was · as Claudius |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent · as Senator Seabright Cooley |
| 1960 | Spartacus · as Sempronius Gracchus |
| 1960 | Checkmate (TV Series) · as Reverend Wister |
| 1960 | Under Ten Flags · as Admiral Russell |
| 1959 | Ford Startime (TV Series) |
| 1959 | A Midsummer Night's Dream · as Nick Bottom |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution · as Sir Wilfrid |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Colonel Albert Farnsworth |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 (TV Series) · as Rabbi Adam Heller |
| 1955 | Ford Star Jubilee (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1955 | The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Charles Claxton |
| 1954 | Hobson's Choice · as Henry Horatio Hobson |
| 1953 | Young Bess · as King Henry Viii |
| 1953 | Salome · as King Herod |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Edwin Kensington |
| 1952 | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd · as Capt. William Kidd |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House · as Soapy (segment "the Cop And The Anthem") |
| 1951 | The Strange Door · as Sire Alain De Maletroit |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil · as Fred K. Begley |
| 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower · as Inspector Jules Maigret |
| 1949 | The Bribe · as J.j. Bealer |
| 1948 | The Girl from Manhattan · as The Bishop |
| 1948 | The Big Clock · as Earl Janoth |
| 1948 | Arch of Triumph · as Ivon Haake |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way · as Reverend |
| 1947 | The Paradine Case · as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield |
| 1946 | Because of Him · as John Sheridan |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd · as Captain Kidd |
| 1944 | The Suspect · as Philip Marshall |
| 1944 | The Canterville Ghost · as Sir Simon De Canterville / The Ghost |
| 1944 | Some of the Best · as Bligh In Mutiny On The Bounty |
| 1943 | The Man from Down Under · as Jocko Wilson |
| 1943 | This Land Is Mine · as Albert Lory |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day · as Bellamy |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action · as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan · as Charles Smith |
| 1942 | The Tuttles of Tahiti · as Jonas |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve · as Jonathan Reynolds |
| 1940 | They Knew What They Wanted · as Tony Patucci |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as The Hunchback Quasimodo |
| 1939 | Jamaica Inn · as Sir Humphrey Pengallan |
| 1938 | The Beachcomber · as Ginger Ted |
| 1938 | The Sidewalks of London · as Charles Staggers |
| 1936 | Rembrandt · as Rembrandt Van Rijn |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty · as Captaine Bligh |
| 1935 | Les Misérables · as Inspector Emile Javert |
| 1935 | Ruggles of Red Gap · as Marmaduke Ruggles |
| 1934 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street · as Edward Moulton-Barrett |
| 1933 | White Woman · as Horace H. Prin |
| 1933 | The Private Life of Henry VIII · as Henry Viii |
| 1932 | Island of Lost Souls · as Dr. Moreau |
| 1932 | The Sign of the Cross · as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million · as Phineas V. Lambert |
| 1932 | Payment Deferred · as William Marble |
| 1932 | The Old Dark House · as Sir William Porterhouse |
| 1932 | Devil and the Deep · as Cmdr. Charles Sturm |
| 1931 | Down River · as Captain Grossman |
| 1929 | Piccadilly · as A Continental Visitor |
| 1928 | Blue Bottles · as Burglar |
| 1928 | Day-Dreams · as Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das In Dream Sequence |
| 1928 | The Tonic · as Father Of The Family |