Charles Laughton
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
86
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-06-30
Day of death
1962-12-15 (63 years old)
Place of Birth
Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Charles Laughton
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
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
What's My Line?
The Steve Allen Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Spartacus
If I Had a Million
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Witness for the Prosecution
White Woman
The Private Life of Henry VIII
O. Henry's Full House
Young Bess
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Rembrandt
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Salome
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
The George Gobel Show
Down River
The Suspect
Startime
Les Misérables
Daydreams
The Sign of the Cross
Wolves
Island of Lost Souls
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Lux Show
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
The Old Dark House
Piccadilly
The Paradine Case
Payment Deferred
Arch of Triumph
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Hobson's Choice
This Land Is Mine
Devil and the Deep
The Blue Veil
Ruggles of Red Gap
The Jimmy Durante Show
The Epic That Never Was
Forever and a Day
The Canterville Ghost
Under Ten Flags
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
The Man from Down Under
The Strange Door
The Big Clock
Jamaica Inn
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Because of Him
The Tuttles of Tahiti
They Knew What They Wanted
It Started with Eve
Tales of Manhattan
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
On Our Merry Way
The Girl from Manhattan
Brecht
Vessel of Wrath
The Art Director
Advise & Consent
Leben des Galilei
The Horror Show
Star Time
Stand by for Action
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Comets
Captain Kidd
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
St. Martin's Lane
The Clerk
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
The Tonic
The Bribe
Blue Bottles
