Charles Laughton
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."
Known For
Sempronius Gracchus
Spartacus
Dr. Moreau
Island of Lost Souls
Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
O. Henry's Full House
Sir William Porterhouse
The Old Dark House
Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
The Paradine Case
The Hunchback Quasimodo
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Jamaica Inn
Philip Marshall
The Suspect
J.J. Bealer
The Bribe
(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Jonathan Reynolds
It Started with Eve
Captaine Bligh
Mutiny on the Bounty
Charles Smith
Tales of Manhattan
(archive footage)
The Horror Show
King Herod
Salome
Ivon Haake
Arch of Triumph
William Marble
Payment Deferred
Marmaduke Ruggles
Ruggles of Red Gap
Sir Wilfrid
Witness for the Prosecution
Henry VIII
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Bellamy
Forever and a Day
Captain Kidd
Captain Kidd
Edward Moulton-Barrett
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Inspector Emile Javert
Les Misérables
King Henry VIII
Young Bess
Albert Lory
This Land Is Mine
Capt. William Kidd
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
John Sheridan
Because of Him
Henry Horatio Hobson
Hobson's Choice
Inspector Jules Maigret
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Senator Seabright Cooley
Advise & Consent
Sire Alain de Maletroit
The Strange Door
Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
The Canterville Ghost
Rembrandt van Rijn
Rembrandt
Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
The Sign of the Cross
A Continental Visitor
Piccadilly
Earl Janoth
The Big Clock
Cmdr. Charles Sturm
Devil and the Deep
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Tony Patucci
They Knew What They Wanted
Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
Stand by for Action
Phineas V. Lambert
If I Had a Million
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Charles Staggers
St. Martin's Lane
Fred K. Begley
The Blue Veil
Admiral Russell
Sotto dieci bandiere
Self (archive footage)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Jonas
The Tuttles of Tahiti
The Bishop
The Girl from Manhattan
Ginger Ted
Vessel of Wrath
Self (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
The Epic That Never Was
Horace H. Prin
White Woman
Jocko Wilson
The Man from Down Under
Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Burglar
Blue Bottles
Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence
Daydreams
Father of the Family
The Tonic
Captain Job
Wolves
Captain Grossman
Down River
Himself
Comets
Galileo Galilei
Leben des Galilei
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Phineas V. Lambert
The Clerk
Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Art Director
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Reverend
On Our Merry Way
Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
The Moon
Friar's Rubbing Wood - Fall Of Nottingham
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
72
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-06-30
Place of Birth
Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Чарльз Лотон