Charlie Chaplin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

203

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-04-16

Day of death

1977-12-25 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Walworth, London, England, UK

Charlie Chaplin

Biography

Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency by the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in Kid Auto Races (1914). From 1914 onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was producing them, and by 1918 he was also composing the music for them. In 1919 he co-founded United Artists. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.

Known For

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Sacrée Soirée

    Sacrée Soirée

  • Spécial cinéma

    Spécial cinéma

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • The Kid

    The Kid

  • A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

    A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate

  • When Comedy Was King

    When Comedy Was King

  • City Lights

    City Lights

  • The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy

    The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy

  • The Big Parade of Comedy

    The Big Parade of Comedy

  • The Circus: Premiere

    The Circus: Premiere

  • The Face on the Barroom Floor

    The Face on the Barroom Floor

  • The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

    The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet

  • The Chaplin Revue

    The Chaplin Revue

  • A Night in the Show

    A Night in the Show

  • Days of Thrills and Laughter

    Days of Thrills and Laughter

  • His Favorite Pastime

    His Favorite Pastime

  • Chaplin vs the FBI

    Chaplin vs the FBI

  • Hollywood’s Children

    Hollywood’s Children

  • Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

    Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

  • Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century

    Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century

  • The Pilgrim

    The Pilgrim

  • Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

    Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'

  • The Gold Rush

    The Gold Rush

  • Modern Times

    Modern Times

  • Mabel's Busy Day

    Mabel's Busy Day

  • The Charlie Chaplin Festival

    The Charlie Chaplin Festival

  • Hollywood

    Hollywood

  • Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  • Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

    Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood

  • Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

    Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema

  • His Musical Career

    His Musical Career

  • Sigrid Holmquist

    Sigrid Holmquist

  • Police

    Police

  • The Adventurer

    The Adventurer

  • Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre

    Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre

  • Mabel's Strange Predicament

    Mabel's Strange Predicament

  • The Great Dictator

    The Great Dictator

  • Recreation

    Recreation

  • Mabel's Married Life

    Mabel's Married Life

  • The Pawnshop

    The Pawnshop

  • Hitler: The Comedy Years

    Hitler: The Comedy Years

  • Propaganda: Engineering Consent

    Propaganda: Engineering Consent

  • The Rounders

    The Rounders

  • His New Profession

    His New Profession

  • A Burlesque on Carmen

    A Burlesque on Carmen

  • The Circus

    The Circus

  • Kid Auto Races at Venice

    Kid Auto Races at Venice

  • It's Showtime

    It's Showtime

  • The New Janitor

    The New Janitor

  • The Golden Twenties

    The Golden Twenties

  • The Idle Class

    The Idle Class

  • The Fatal Mallet

    The Fatal Mallet

  • Pay Day

    Pay Day

  • Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'

    Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'

  • The Property Man

    The Property Man

  • All in Good Fun

    All in Good Fun

  • The Professor

    The Professor

  • A Countess from Hong Kong

    A Countess from Hong Kong

  • A King in New York

    A King in New York

  • Hitler: A Career

    Hitler: A Career

  • Dancing Chaplin

    Dancing Chaplin

  • Sports on the Silver Screen

    Sports on the Silver Screen

  • One to One: John & Yoko

    One to One: John & Yoko

  • Tango Tangles

    Tango Tangles

  • Mabel at the Wheel

    Mabel at the Wheel

  • Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin

    Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin

  • The Floorwalker

    The Floorwalker

  • Easy Street

    Easy Street

  • The Vagabond

    The Vagabond

  • Between Showers

    Between Showers

  • Chaplin at Keystone

    Chaplin at Keystone

  • Behind the Screen

    Behind the Screen

  • The Cure

    The Cure

  • Limelight

    Limelight

  • Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

    Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse

  • His Trysting Places

    His Trysting Places

  • Work

    Work

  • Chaplin Carnival

    Chaplin Carnival

  • Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay

    Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay

  • Making a Living

    Making a Living

  • The Knockout

    The Knockout

  • The Count

    The Count

  • The Hollywood Clowns

    The Hollywood Clowns

  • Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Going Hollywood: The '30s

  • Chaplin Today: 'Limelight'

    Chaplin Today: 'Limelight'

  • Monsieur Verdoux

    Monsieur Verdoux

  • Gentlemen of Nerve

    Gentlemen of Nerve

  • Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

    Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

  • 30 Years of Fun

    30 Years of Fun

  • The Star Boarder

    The Star Boarder

  • Life and Deaths of Max Linder

    Life and Deaths of Max Linder

  • Cruel, Cruel Love

    Cruel, Cruel Love

  • Buñuel in Hollywood

    Buñuel in Hollywood

  • Life Begins Tomorrow

    Life Begins Tomorrow

  • His Prehistoric Past

    His Prehistoric Past

  • Seeing Stars

    Seeing Stars

  • The Masquerader

    The Masquerader

  • A Busy Day

    A Busy Day

  • His Regeneration

    His Regeneration

  • The Century of Icons

    The Century of Icons

  • The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

    The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

  • A Dog's Life

    A Dog's Life

  • Dough and Dynamite

    Dough and Dynamite

  • The Champion

    The Champion

  • The Rink

    The Rink

  • The Eternal Jew

    The Eternal Jew

  • Shoulder Arms

    Shoulder Arms

  • Sunnyside

    Sunnyside

  • Laughing Gas

    Laughing Gas

  • Chaplin et "Les temps modernes": La voie du silence

    Chaplin et "Les temps modernes": La voie du silence

  • The Chaplin Cavalcade

    The Chaplin Cavalcade

  • Sophia Loren, a special destiny

    Sophia Loren, a special destiny

  • A Day's Pleasure

    A Day's Pleasure

  • Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'

    Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'

  • Crazy Days

    Crazy Days

  • Getting Acquainted

    Getting Acquainted

  • Hollywood's Second World War

    Hollywood's Second World War

  • One A.M.

    One A.M.

  • Tillie's Punctured Romance

    Tillie's Punctured Romance

  • Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

    Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty

  • The Immigrant

    The Immigrant

  • The DuPont Show of the Week

    The DuPont Show of the Week

  • Twenty Minutes of Love

    Twenty Minutes of Love

  • Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died

    Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died

  • Chaplin's Goliath

    Chaplin's Goliath

  • The Fireman

    The Fireman

  • Her Friend the Bandit

    Her Friend the Bandit

  • The Funniest Man in the World

    The Funniest Man in the World

  • Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

    Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

  • Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'

    Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'

  • A Film Johnnie

    A Film Johnnie

  • Unknown Chaplin

    Unknown Chaplin

  • A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen

    A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen

  • Shanghaied

    Shanghaied

  • Birth of the Tramp

    Birth of the Tramp

  • Chaplin in Bali

    Chaplin in Bali

  • Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-5

  • The Gentleman Tramp

    The Gentleman Tramp

  • Triple Trouble

    Triple Trouble

  • A Thief Catcher

    A Thief Catcher

  • The Real Charlie Chaplin

    The Real Charlie Chaplin

  • The Tramp and the Dictator

    The Tramp and the Dictator

  • How to Make Movies

    How to Make Movies

  • The Film Parade

    The Film Parade

  • Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

    Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

  • Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy

    Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy

  • The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

  • Show People

    Show People

  • Warner at War

    Warner at War

  • German Giants

    German Giants

  • Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

    Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life

  • Lifetime of Comedy

    Lifetime of Comedy

  • Looking for Mabel Normand

    Looking for Mabel Normand

  • Caught in the Rain

    Caught in the Rain

  • Caught in a Cabaret

    Caught in a Cabaret

  • The Chaplin Puzzle

    The Chaplin Puzzle

  • A Jitney Elopement

    A Jitney Elopement

  • The Tramp

    The Tramp

  • His New Job

    His New Job

  • Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

  • Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

  • Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

    Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler

  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

  • Souls for Sale

    Souls for Sale

  • ViennaFilm 1896-1976

    ViennaFilm 1896-1976

  • Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times'

    Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times'

  • The Bond

    The Bond

  • In the Park

    In the Park

  • Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

    Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts

  • A Night Out

    A Night Out

  • Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'

    Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'

  • All at Sea

    All at Sea

  • A Woman

    A Woman

  • Nice and Friendly

    Nice and Friendly

  • The Bank

    The Bank

  • Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'

    Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'

  • Charlie Butts In

    Charlie Butts In

  • By the Sea

    By the Sea

  • Charlie's Triple Trouble

    Charlie's Triple Trouble

  • The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2

    The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2

  • Murders of Hollywood

    Murders of Hollywood

  • Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'

    Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'

  • Bravo Charlot!

    Bravo Charlot!

  • Yesterday and Today

    Yesterday and Today

  • Those Love Pangs

    Those Love Pangs

  • Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work

    Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work

  • The Movie City of Hollywood

    The Movie City of Hollywood

  • Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends

    Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends

  • Smile!

    Smile!

  • A Night at the Cinema in 1914

    A Night at the Cinema in 1914

  • Chase Me Charlie

    Chase Me Charlie

  • Visite de Charlie Chaplin à la Cinémathèque française

    Visite de Charlie Chaplin à la Cinémathèque française

  • Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

    Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen

  • Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder

    Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder

  • Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

    Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star

  • Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp

    Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp

  • Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'

    Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'

  • Charlie Chaplin in Wien

    Charlie Chaplin in Wien

  • Modern Times: A Closer Look

    Modern Times: A Closer Look

  • Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I

    Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I

  • Zepped

    Zepped