Charles Laughton
Known for Acting · 85 credits
- Born
- 1899-06-30
- Died
- 1962-12-15
- Place of birth
- Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Чарльз Лотон · 찰스 로턴 · 찰스 로튼 · Чарльз Лаутон · 查尔斯·劳顿
Biography
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
TV Shows (12)
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Startime
1959
as Self – Co-Host
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
General Electric Theater
1953
as Edwin Kensington / Henry Denry / M. Hamel
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954
as Self
The Lux Show
1957
as Self
Star Time
1950
as Self
Movies (73)
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
as Sir Wilfrid
Spartacus
1960
as Sempronius Gracchus
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as The Hunchback Quasimodo
Jamaica Inn
1939
as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Les Misérables
1935
as Inspector Emile Javert
The Suspect
1945
as Philip Marshall
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Captaine Bligh
Salome
1953
as King Herod
Captain Kidd
1945
as Captain Kidd
The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
Advise & Consent
1962
as Senator Seabright Cooley
Island of Lost Souls
1932
as Dr. Moreau
Young Bess
1953
as King Henry VIII
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
White Woman
1933
as Horace H. Prin
Payment Deferred
1932
as William Marble
Hobson's Choice
1954
as Henry Horatio Hobson
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Albert Lory
The Paradine Case
1947
as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
O. Henry's Full House
1952
as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
as Henry VIII
The Tonic
1928
as Father of the Family
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1949
as Inspector Jules Maigret
The Strange Door
1951
as Sire Alain de Maletroit
Arch of Triumph
1948
as Ivon Haake
If I Had a Million
1932
as Phineas V. Lambert
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
The Blue Veil
1951
as Fred K. Begley
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Old Dark House
1932
as Sir William Porterhouse
Piccadilly
1929
as A Continental Visitor
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Charles Smith
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
Devil and the Deep
1932
as Cmdr. Charles Sturm
Under Ten Flags
1960
as Admiral Russell
The Canterville Ghost
1944
as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Big Clock
1948
as Earl Janoth
It Started with Eve
1941
as Jonathan Reynolds
Forever and a Day
1943
as Bellamy
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Bribe
1949
as J.J. Bealer
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
as Capt. William Kidd
Rembrandt
1936
as Rembrandt van Rijn
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Stand by for Action
1942
as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
as Jonas
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
as Marmaduke Ruggles
St. Martin's Lane
1938
as Charles Staggers
On Our Merry Way
1948
as Reverend
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
as Tony Patucci
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
as Rabbi Adam Heller
Vessel of Wrath
1938
as Ginger Ted
The Man from Down Under
1943
as Jocko Wilson
Because of Him
1946
as John Sheridan
The Epic That Never Was
1969
as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
The Clerk
1933
as Phineas V. Lambert
The Girl from Manhattan
1948
as The Bishop
Comets
1930
as Himself
The Art Director
1949
as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Down River
1931
as Captain Grossman
Leben des Galilei
1947
as Galileo Galilei
Wolves
1930
as Captain Job
Daydreams
1928
as Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence
Blue Bottles
1928
as Burglar
I, Claudius
1937
as Claudius
About Charles Laughton
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 colla… With 85 credits spanning from 1928 to 2014, Charles Laughton has appeared in 73 films and 12 TV shows.
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- Witness for the Prosecution (1957) — as Sir Wilfrid
- Spartacus (1960) — as Sempronius Gracchus
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — as The Hunchback Quasimodo
- Jamaica Inn (1939) — as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) — as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
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