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.
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 (Movies)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/08/2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Character:Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
Release Date:01/08/2014
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2009
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1999
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/11/1994
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Character:actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:28/10/1991
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Character:
Release Date:19/09/1988
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Character:(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Release Date:21/05/1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1982
The Horror Show
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:06/02/1979
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:10/01/1972
The Epic That Never Was
Character:Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Release Date:19/09/1969
Advise & Consent
Character:Senator Seabright Cooley
Release Date:06/06/1962
Spartacus
Character:Sempronius Gracchus
Release Date:13/10/1960
Under Ten Flags
Character:Admiral Russell
Release Date:15/09/1960
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Character:Rabbi Adam Heller
Release Date:18/05/1960
Witness for the Prosecution
Character:Sir Wilfrid
Release Date:17/12/1957
Hobson's Choice
Character:Henry Horatio Hobson
Release Date:19/04/1954
Young Bess
Character:King Henry VIII
Release Date:29/05/1953
Salome
Character:King Herod
Release Date:24/03/1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Character:Capt. William Kidd
Release Date:27/12/1952
O. Henry's Full House
Character:Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Release Date:07/08/1952
The Strange Door
Character:Sire Alain de Maletroit
Release Date:31/10/1951
The Blue Veil
Character:Fred K. Begley
Release Date:26/10/1951
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Character:Inspector Jules Maigret
Release Date:12/12/1949
The Art Director
Character:Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:12/11/1949
The Bribe
Character:J.J. Bealer
Release Date:03/02/1949
The Girl from Manhattan
Character:The Bishop
Release Date:01/10/1948
The Big Clock
Character:Earl Janoth
Release Date:18/03/1948
Arch of Triumph
Character:Ivon Haake
Release Date:17/02/1948
On Our Merry Way
Character:Reverend
Release Date:03/02/1948
The Paradine Case
Character:Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
Release Date:29/12/1947
Leben des Galilei
Character:Galileo Galilei
Release Date:19/10/1947
Because of Him
Character:John Sheridan
Release Date:18/01/1946
Captain Kidd
Character:Captain Kidd
Release Date:22/11/1945
The Suspect
Character:Philip Marshall
Release Date:31/01/1945
The Canterville Ghost
Character:Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
Release Date:20/07/1944
The Man from Down Under
Character:Jocko Wilson
Release Date:04/08/1943
This Land Is Mine
Character:Albert Lory
Release Date:07/05/1943
Forever and a Day
Character:Bellamy
Release Date:21/01/1943
Stand by for Action
Character:Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
Release Date:31/12/1942
Tales of Manhattan
Character:Charles Smith
Release Date:05/08/1942
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Character:Jonas
Release Date:01/05/1942
It Started with Eve
Character:Jonathan Reynolds
Release Date:26/09/1941
They Knew What They Wanted
Character:Tony Patucci
Release Date:19/10/1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/1940
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Character:The Hunchback Quasimodo
Release Date:31/08/1939
Jamaica Inn
Character:Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Release Date:11/05/1939
St. Martin's Lane
Character:Charles Staggers
Release Date:18/10/1938
Vessel of Wrath
Character:Ginger Ted
Release Date:04/03/1938
Rembrandt
Character:Rembrandt van Rijn
Release Date:06/11/1936
Mutiny on the Bounty
Character:Captaine Bligh
Release Date:22/11/1935
Les Misérables
Character:Inspector Emile Javert
Release Date:20/04/1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
Character:Marmaduke Ruggles
Release Date:08/03/1935
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Character:Edward Moulton-Barrett
Release Date:21/09/1934
White Woman
Character:Horace H. Prin
Release Date:10/11/1933
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Character:Henry VIII
Release Date:17/08/1933
The Clerk
Character:Phineas V. Lambert
Release Date:22/02/1933
The Sign of the Cross
Character:Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
Release Date:25/12/1932
Island of Lost Souls
Character:Dr. Moreau
Release Date:23/12/1932
If I Had a Million
Character:Phineas V. Lambert
Release Date:18/11/1932
Payment Deferred
Character:William Marble
Release Date:01/11/1932
The Old Dark House
Character:Sir William Porterhouse
Release Date:20/10/1932
Devil and the Deep
Character:Cmdr. Charles Sturm
Release Date:12/08/1932
Down River
Character:Captain Grossman
Release Date:08/05/1931
Comets
Character:Himself
Release Date:19/09/1930
Wolves
Character:Captain Job
Release Date:19/05/1930
Piccadilly
Character:A Continental Visitor
Release Date:01/02/1929
Blue Bottles
Character:Burglar
Release Date:05/05/1928
Daydreams
Character:Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence
Release Date:01/05/1928
The Tonic
Character:Father of the Family
Release Date:01/05/1928
Television Appearances
Brecht
Character:Galileo (voice)
Startime
Character:
The Lux Show
Character:Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Character:Self
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Guest
MGM Parade
Character:Self
The Jimmy Durante Show
Character:Self
The George Gobel Show
Character:Self
General Electric Theater
Character:Edwin Kensington
General Electric Theater
Character:Henry Denry
General Electric Theater
Character:M. Hamel
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
Star Time
Character:Self
What's My Line?
Character:Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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