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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 30, 1899
Died
December 15, 1962
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
Charles Laughton
1.2 Popularity
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
5.3
Galileo (voice)
Brecht
2019
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
7.5
Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
7.5
Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
6.9
Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
7.7
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
0.0
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.6
(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Credits
Brecht
as Galileo (voice)
2019
5.3
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
as Self (archive footage)
2014
6.7
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
as Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
2014
7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self (archive footage)
2009
7.5
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
as Self (archive footage)
1999
6.9
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
as Self (archive footage)
1994
7.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
7.7
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
0.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
1982
6.6
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.0
The Horror Show
as (archive footage)
1979
3.8
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1972
6.0
The Epic That Never Was
as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
1969
6.7
Advise & Consent
as Senator Seabright Cooley
1962
7.2
Spartacus
as Sempronius Gracchus
1960
7.5
Under Ten Flags
as Admiral Russell
1960
5.4
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Rabbi Adam Heller
1960
0.0
Startime
1959
6.0
Witness for the Prosecution
as Sir Wilfrid
1957
8.2
🎬
The Lux Show
as Self
1957
6.0
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956
5.6
🎬
The George Gobel Show
as Self
1954
7.3
🎬
The Jimmy Durante Show
as Self
1954
0.0
Hobson's Choice
as Henry Horatio Hobson
1954
7.4
Young Bess
as King Henry VIII
1953
5.7
Salome
as King Herod
1953
5.7
General Electric Theater
as Edwin Kensington
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Henry Denry
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as M. Hamel
1953
6.4
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Capt. William Kidd
1952
5.9
O. Henry's Full House
as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
1952
6.7
The Blue Veil
as Fred K. Begley
1951
6.6
The Strange Door
as Sire Alain de Maletroit
1951
6.1
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
🎬
Star Time
as Self
1950
0.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as Inspector Jules Maigret
1949
5.1
The Art Director
as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
6.0
The Bribe
as J.J. Bealer
1949
6.2
The Girl from Manhattan
as The Bishop
1948
5.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
The Big Clock
as Earl Janoth
1948
7.3
Arch of Triumph
as Ivon Haake
1948
5.8
On Our Merry Way
as Reverend
1948
5.6
The Paradine Case
as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
1947
6.2
Leben des Galilei
as Galileo Galilei
1947
0.0
Because of Him
as John Sheridan
1946
6.2
Captain Kidd
as Captain Kidd
1945
6.2
The Suspect
as Philip Marshall
1944
6.7
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
1944
6.7
The Man from Down Under
as Jocko Wilson
1943
6.5
This Land Is Mine
as Albert Lory
1943
7.2
Forever and a Day
as Bellamy
1943
7.4
Stand by for Action
as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
1942
6.8
Tales of Manhattan
as Charles Smith
1942
6.2
The Tuttles of Tahiti
as Jonas
1942
5.5
It Started with Eve
as Jonathan Reynolds
1941
7.2
They Knew What They Wanted
as Tony Patucci
1940
5.8
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1940
6.5
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as The Hunchback Quasimodo
1939
7.3
Jamaica Inn
as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
1939
6.1
St. Martin's Lane
as Charles Staggers
1938
7.2
Vessel of Wrath
as Ginger Ted
1938
6.7
Rembrandt
as Rembrandt van Rijn
1936
6.8
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Captaine Bligh
1935
7.3
Les Misérables
as Inspector Emile Javert
1935
7.2
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Marmaduke Ruggles
1935
7.1
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
1934
6.0
White Woman
as Horace H. Prin
1933
5.7
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Henry VIII
1933
6.4
The Clerk
as Phineas V. Lambert
1933
5.0
The Sign of the Cross
as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
1932
6.1
Island of Lost Souls
as Dr. Moreau
1932
6.9
If I Had a Million
as Phineas V. Lambert
1932
6.6
Payment Deferred
as William Marble
1932
5.6
The Old Dark House
as Sir William Porterhouse
1932
6.7
Devil and the Deep
as Cmdr. Charles Sturm
1932
4.8
Down River
as Captain Grossman
1931
0.0
Comets
as Himself
1930
0.0
Wolves
as Captain Job
1930
0.0
Piccadilly
as A Continental Visitor
1929
6.4
Blue Bottles
as Burglar
1928
6.5
Daydreams
as Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence
1928
0.0
The Tonic
as Father of the Family
1928
7.0