Charles Laughton
65 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 30, 1899
- Died
- Dec 15, 1962 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Чарльз Лотон · 찰스 로턴 · 찰스 로튼 · Чарльз Лаутон
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.
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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."
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Known for
Charles Laughton: movies and TV shows
Acting (64)
- 2014 Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
- 1991 Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1988 Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
- 1979 The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
- 1969 The Epic That Never Was
as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
- 1962 Advise & Consent
as Senator Seabright Cooley
- 1960 Spartacus
as Sempronius Gracchus
- 1960 Under Ten Flags
as Admiral Russell
- 1960 In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Rabbi Adam Heller
- 1957 Witness for the Prosecution
as Sir Wilfrid
- 1954 Hobson's Choice
as Henry Horatio Hobson
- 1953 Young Bess
as King Henry VIII
- 1953 Salome
as King Herod
- 1953
- 1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Capt. William Kidd
- 1952 O. Henry's Full House
as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
- 1951 The Strange Door
as Sire Alain de Maletroit
- 1951 The Blue Veil
as Fred K. Begley
- 1949 The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as Inspector Jules Maigret
- 1949 The Bribe
as J.J. Bealer
- 1948 The Girl from Manhattan
as The Bishop
- 1948 The Big Clock
as Earl Janoth
- 1948 Arch of Triumph
as Ivon Haake
- 1948 On Our Merry Way
as Reverend
- 1947 The Paradine Case
as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
- 1947 Leben des Galilei
as Galileo Galilei
- 1946 Because of Him
as John Sheridan
- 1945 Captain Kidd
as Captain Kidd
- 1945 The Suspect
as Philip Marshall
- 1944 The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
- 1943 The Man from Down Under
as Jocko Wilson
- 1943 This Land Is Mine
as Albert Lory
- 1943 Forever and a Day
as Bellamy
- 1942 Stand by for Action
as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
- 1942 Tales of Manhattan
as Charles Smith
- 1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Jonas
- 1941 It Started with Eve
as Jonathan Reynolds
- 1940 They Knew What They Wanted
as Tony Patucci
- 1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as The Hunchback Quasimodo
- 1939 Jamaica Inn
as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
- 1938 St. Martin's Lane
as Charles Staggers
- 1938 Vessel of Wrath
as Ginger Ted
- 1937 I, Claudius
as Claudius
- 1936 Rembrandt
as Rembrandt van Rijn
- 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty
as Captaine Bligh
- 1935 Les Misérables
as Inspector Emile Javert
- 1935 Ruggles of Red Gap
as Marmaduke Ruggles
- 1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
- 1933 White Woman
as Horace H. Prin
- 1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Henry VIII
- 1933 The Clerk
as Phineas V. Lambert
- 1932 Island of Lost Souls
as Dr. Moreau
- 1932 The Sign of the Cross
as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
- 1932 If I Had a Million
as Phineas V. Lambert
- 1932 Payment Deferred
as William Marble
- 1932 The Old Dark House
as Sir William Porterhouse
- 1932 Devil and the Deep
as Cmdr. Charles Sturm
- 1931 Down River
as Captain Grossman
- 1930 Wolves
as Captain Job
- 1929 Piccadilly
as A Continental Visitor
- 1928 Blue Bottles
as Burglar
- 1928 Daydreams
as Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence
- 1928 The Tonic
as Father of the Family
Behind the camera (6)
- 1964 The Life of Galileo
Translator
- 1955 The Night of the Hunter
Director, Screenplay
- 1947 Leben des Galilei
Writer
- 1939 Jamaica Inn
Producer
- 1938 St. Martin's Lane
Additional Writing, Producer
- 1938 Vessel of Wrath
Producer
Talk shows and appearances (22)
- Upcoming
- 2014
- 2009
- 2002
- 1999
- 1994
- 1983
- 1982
- 1972
- 1959 Startime
1 episode
- 1957 The Lux Show
1 episode
- 1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
2 episodes
- 1956 The Steve Allen Show
2 episodes
- 1955 MGM Parade
1 episode
- 1954 The Jimmy Durante Show
1 episode
- 1954 The George Gobel Show
1 episode
- 1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour
1 episode
- 1950 What's My Line?
2 episodes
- 1949
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
5 episodes
- 1940
- 1930