Charles Laughton
Age: 63 | From: Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1899-07-01 10:09:21
Death: 1962-12-15 10:09:21
Aliases: Чарльз Лотон
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Homepage: http://charleslaughton.freeservers.com/main.htm
Movie Involvements: 58
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
Biography
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."
Most Famous Work
What's My Line?
(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Spartacus
(1960) Sempronius Gracchus
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(1956) Self
Witness for the Prosecution
(1957) Sir Wilfrid Robarts
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939) The Hunchback Quasimodo
Les Misérables
(1935) Inspector Emile Javert
The Lux Show
(1957) Self
Advise & Consent
(1962) Senator Seabright CooleyActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Galileo (voice) | |
| 2014 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Dr. Moreau (archive footage) | ||
| 2009 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2002 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1999 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1991 | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1983 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1982 | (in "The Bribe") (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1979 | (archive footage) | |
| 1972 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1969 | Claudius | |
| 1962 | Senator Seabright Cooley | |
| 1960 | Sempronius Gracchus | |
| Admiral Russell | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| 1957 | Sir Wilfrid Robarts | |
| Self | ||
| 1956 | Self | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1954 | Self | |
| Henry Horatio Hobson | ||
| 1953 | King Henry VIII | |
| King Herod | ||
| Edwin Kensington | ||
| Henry Denry | ||
| M. Hamel | ||
| 1952 | Capt. William Kidd | |
| Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") | ||
| 1951 | Fred K. Begley | |
| Sire Alain de Maletroit | ||
| 1950 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Mystery Guest | ||
| 1949 | Inspector Jules Maigret | |
| Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| J.J. Bealer | ||
| 1948 | The Bishop | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Guest Host | ||
| Earl Janoth | ||
| Ivon Haake | ||
| Reverend | ||
| 1947 | Judge Lord Thomas Horfield | |
| Galileo Galilei | ||
| 1946 | John Sheridan | |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd | |
| Philip Marshall | ||
| 1944 | Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost | |
| 1943 | Jocko Wilson | |
| Albert Lory | ||
| Bellamy | ||
| 1942 | Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas | |
| Charles Smith | ||
| Jonas | ||
| 1941 | Jonathan Reynolds | |
| 1940 | Tony Patucci | |
| Self | ||
| 1939 | The Hunchback Quasimodo | |
| Sir Humphrey Pengallan | ||
| 1938 | Charles Staggers | |
| Ginger Ted | ||
| 1936 | Rembrandt van Rijn | |
| 1935 | Captaine Bligh | |
| Inspector Emile Javert | ||
| Marmaduke Ruggles | ||
| 1934 | Edward Moulton-Barrett | |
| 1933 | Horace H. Prin | |
| Henry VIII | ||
| Phineas V. Lambert | ||
| 1932 | Dr. Moreau | |
| Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar | ||
| Phineas V. Lambert | ||
| William Marble | ||
| Sir William Porterhouse | ||
| Cmdr. Charles Sturm | ||
| 1931 | Captain Grossman | |
| 1930 | Himself | |
| Captain Job | ||
| 1929 | A Continental Visitor | |
| 1928 | Burglar | |
| Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence | ||
| Father of the Family | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Screenplay | |
| 1947 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Producer | |
| 1938 | Producer | |
| Producer | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Additional Writing | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |