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Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

ActorCrewDirectorWriterProducer Jun 30 (died age 63) Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK 1928–2019 (91 year career)
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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…

Known For

Witness for the Prosecution
Film

Witness for the Prosecution

Sir Wilfrid
The Night of the Hunter
Film

The Night of the Hunter

Director
Spartacus
Film

Spartacus

Sempronius Gracchus
Mutiny on the Bounty
Film

Mutiny on the Bounty

Captaine Bligh
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Film

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Film

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback Quasimodo
Island of Lost Souls
Film

Island of Lost Souls

Dr. Moreau
The Old Dark House
Film

The Old Dark House

Sir William Porterhouse

Filmography

Acting (87)

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Movies (73)

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

2014

as Self (archive footage)

6.7
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

2014

as Dr. Moreau (archive footage)

7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999

as Self (archive footage)

6.9
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

1991

as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.7
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

1982

as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)

6.7
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

1982

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
The Horror Show

The Horror Show

1979

as (archive footage)

3.8
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
The Epic That Never Was

The Epic That Never Was

1969

as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

6.7
Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent

1962

as Senator Seabright Cooley

7.1
Spartacus

Spartacus

1960

as Sempronius Gracchus

7.5
Under Ten Flags

Under Ten Flags

1960

as Admiral Russell

5.4
In the Presence of Mine Enemies

In the Presence of Mine Enemies

1960

as Rabbi Adam Heller

Witness for the Prosecution

Witness for the Prosecution

1957

as Sir Wilfrid

8.2
Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice

1954

as Henry Horatio Hobson

7.4
Salome

Salome

1953

as King Herod

5.7
Young Bess

Young Bess

1953

as King Henry VIII

5.7
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

1952

as Capt. William Kidd

5.9
O. Henry's Full House

O. Henry's Full House

1952

as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

6.8
The Strange Door

The Strange Door

1951

as Sire Alain de Maletroit

6.1
The Blue Veil

The Blue Veil

1951

as Fred K. Begley

6.6
The Man on the Eiffel Tower

The Man on the Eiffel Tower

1949

as Inspector Jules Maigret

5.1
The Bribe

The Bribe

1949

as J.J. Bealer

6.2
The Art Director

The Art Director

1949

as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0
The Girl from Manhattan

The Girl from Manhattan

1948

as The Bishop

5.0
On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way

1948

as Reverend

5.6
The Big Clock

The Big Clock

1948

as Earl Janoth

7.3
Arch of Triumph

Arch of Triumph

1948

as Ivon Haake

5.8
Leben des Galilei

Leben des Galilei

1947

as Galileo Galilei

The Paradine Case

The Paradine Case

1947

as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield

6.2
Because of Him

Because of Him

1946

as John Sheridan

6.2
Captain Kidd

Captain Kidd

1945

as Captain Kidd

6.2
The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

1944

as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost

6.7
The Suspect

The Suspect

1944

as Philip Marshall

6.7
This Land Is Mine

This Land Is Mine

1943

as Albert Lory

7.2
Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

1943

as Bellamy

7.4
The Man from Down Under

The Man from Down Under

1943

as Jocko Wilson

6.5
Tales of Manhattan

Tales of Manhattan

1942

as Charles Smith

6.3
The Tuttles of Tahiti

The Tuttles of Tahiti

1942

as Jonas

5.5
Stand by for Action

Stand by for Action

1942

as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas

6.8
It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve

1941

as Jonathan Reynolds

7.2
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self

6.5
They Knew What They Wanted

They Knew What They Wanted

1940

as Tony Patucci

5.8
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

as The Hunchback Quasimodo

7.3
Jamaica Inn

Jamaica Inn

1939

as Sir Humphrey Pengallan

6.1
St. Martin's Lane

St. Martin's Lane

1938

as Charles Staggers

7.3
Vessel of Wrath

Vessel of Wrath

1938

as Ginger Ted

6.7
I, Claudius

I, Claudius

1937

as Claudius

Rembrandt

Rembrandt

1936

as Rembrandt van Rijn

6.8
Mutiny on the Bounty

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

as Captaine Bligh

7.4
Les Misérables

Les Misérables

1935

as Inspector Emile Javert

7.1
Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935

as Marmaduke Ruggles

7.0
The Barretts of Wimpole Street

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

1934

as Edward Moulton-Barrett

6.0
The Private Life of Henry VIII

The Private Life of Henry VIII

1933

as Henry VIII

6.4
The Clerk

The Clerk

1933

as Phineas V. Lambert

5.0
White Woman

White Woman

1933

as Horace H. Prin

5.7
Island of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls

1932

as Dr. Moreau

6.9
The Old Dark House

The Old Dark House

1932

as Sir William Porterhouse

6.7
Payment Deferred

Payment Deferred

1932

as William Marble

5.6
The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross

1932

as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar

6.1
If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

1932

as Phineas V. Lambert

6.6
Devil and the Deep

Devil and the Deep

1932

as Cmdr. Charles Sturm

4.8
Down River

Down River

1931

as Captain Grossman

Wolves

Wolves

1930

as Captain Job

Comets

Comets

1930

as Himself

Piccadilly

Piccadilly

1929

as A Continental Visitor

6.4
Blue Bottles

Blue Bottles

1928

as Burglar

6.5
The Tonic

The Tonic

1928

as Father of the Family

7.0
Daydreams

Daydreams

1928

as Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence