
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, b…
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Filmography
Acting (211)
Movies (204)
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
2026as Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025as Self - Actor (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
2025as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025as Self (Archive Footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin et Les temps modernes, La voie du silence
2025as Self (archive footage)
High & Low – John Galliano
2024as Self (archive footage)
Smile!
2024as Archive footage
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
2023as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023as Self
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
2021as Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021as Self (archive footage)
This Is Francis X. Bushman
2021as Self (Archive Footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
2019as Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin vs the FBI
2019as Self (archive footage)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Chaplin in Bali
2017as Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
2017as Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2
2017
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
2016as (archive footage)
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Mabel Normand
2015as Self (archive footage)
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
2015as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy
2015as Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
2014as Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Cinema in 1914
2014as (archive footage)
Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917
2014
Birth of the Tramp
2013as Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012as (archive footage)
Chaplin at Keystone
2012as Self (archive footage)
Dancing Chaplin
2011as Self (archive footage)
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
2011as Self (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
2010as Himself (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Warner at War
2008as (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008as Self (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007as Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007as Self (archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007as Self (archive footage)
Bravo Charlot!
2007as Various characters (archive footage)
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007as (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: Modern Times
2003as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: Limelight
2003as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Circus
2003as Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
2003as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work
2003as (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: City Lights
2003as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
2003as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Kid
2003as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux
2003as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator
2003as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
2003as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003as Self (archive footage)
The Tramp and the Dictator
2002as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buñuel in Hollywood
2000as Self (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998as Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin's Goliath
1996as Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle
1992as Self / The Tramp (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988as Self - In Clip with Paulette Goddard (archive footage)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
1984as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood’s Children
1982as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
1980as Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
1979as (archive footage)
Hitler: A Career
1977as Self (archive footage)
ViennaFilm 1896-1976
1977as Self (archive footage)
The Gentleman Tramp
1976as Self
It's Showtime
1976as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975as Self (archive footage)
Visite de Charlie Chaplin à la Cinémathèque française
1973as Self
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970as Self (archive footage)
The Funniest Man in the World
1967as Self (archive footage)
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967as An Old Steward
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964as Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
30 Years of Fun
1963as (archive footage)
Crazy Days
1962as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961as Self (archive footage)
Lifetime of Comedy
1960as (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
1960as edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)
The Chaplin Revue
1959as Narrator / Various (archive footage)
A King in New York
1957as King Shahdov
All in Good Fun
1955as Archive Footage
German Giants
1954as Self
Yesterday and Today
1953as (archive footage)
Limelight
1952as Calvero
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
1951as Darn Hosiery
Life Begins Tomorrow
1950as Self (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
1950as (archive footage)
Monsieur Verdoux
1947as Henri Verdoux
The Way of the World
1947as The Tramp (Archive Footage)
Charlie's Triple Trouble
1944as Charlie - The Janitor (archive footage)
The Chaplin Cavalcade
1941as Various Roles (archive footage)
The Charlie Chaplin Festival
1941as Various Roles (archive footage)
The Great Dictator
1940as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
The Eternal Jew
1940as Self (1931) (archive footage)
Chaplin Carnival
1938as Various Roles (archive footage)
Modern Times
1936as The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
All at Sea
1933as Self
The Film Parade
1933as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
City Lights
1931as A Tramp
Charlie Chaplin in Wien
1931as Self (archive footage)
Show People
1928as Charlie Chaplin (uncredited)
The Circus
1928as A Tramp
The Movie City of Hollywood
1928as Self
The Circus: Premiere
1928as Self
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926as Mike
The Gold Rush
1925as The Lone Prospector
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923as Station Porter (uncredited)
Souls for Sale
1923as Self - Celebrity Director
Hollywood
1923as Charles Chaplin
The Pilgrim
1923as The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard
Seeing Stars
1922as Self
Pay Day
1922as Laborer
Nice and Friendly
1922as Tramp
The Kid
1921as A Tramp
The Idle Class
1921as Tramp / Husband
Charlie Butts In
1920
The Professor
1919as Professor Bosco
Sunnyside
1919as Farm Handyman
A Day's Pleasure
1919as Father
Shoulder Arms
1918as Doughboy
A Dog's Life
1918as Tramp
Triple Trouble
1918as The Janitor
The Bond
1918as Charlie
How to Make Movies
1918as Self (uncredited)
Chase Me Charlie
1918as Charlie
The Chaplin Essanay Project
1918
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
1917as Self
The Immigrant
1917as Immigrant
Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
1917as A Tramp
Easy Street
1917as The Derelict
The Adventurer
1917as The Eel / Commodore Slick
The Cure
1917as The Inebriate
Behind the Screen
1916as David - Property Man's Assistant
The Rink
1916as A Waiter
The Pawnshop
1916as Pawnbroker's Assistant
The Count
1916as Tailor's Apprentice
The Vagabond
1916as The Saloon Violinist
Police
1916as Charlie, Convict 999
The Fireman
1916as Fireman
The Floorwalker
1916as Impecunious Customer
One A.M.
1916as Le bourgeois alcoolisé
Zepped
1916as The Tramp
His Regeneration
1915as A Customer
The Champion
1915as Challenger
A Burlesque on Carmen
1915as Darn Hosiery
A Night Out
1915as Reveller
Shanghaied
1915as Tramp
The Bank
1915as Janitor
The Tramp
1915as The Tramp
Work
1915as Izzy A. Wake's assistant
A Jitney Elopement
1915as Suitor, the Fake Count
A Woman
1915as Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash'
By the Sea
1915as Stroller
His New Job
1915as Film Extra
In the Park
1915as Charlie
A Night in the Show
1915as Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy
Making a Living
1914as The Swindler (uncredited)
His Musical Career
1914as Charlie, Piano Mover
The Fatal Mallet
1914as Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited)
Mabel's Married Life
1914as Mabel's Husband
The Star Boarder
1914as The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited)
Getting Acquainted
1914as Mr. Sniffels
Tango Tangles
1914as Tipsy Dancer
A Film Johnnie
1914as The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp
Laughing Gas
1914as Dentist's assistant
The Rounders
1914as Mr. Full
Caught in a Cabaret
1914as Waiter
A Busy Day
1914as Wife
The Knockout
1914as Referee (uncredited)
Her Friend the Bandit
1914as Bandit
The Property Man
1914as Property Man (uncredited)
The Masquerader
1914as Film actor
His Trysting Places
1914as Clarence, the Husband
Dough and Dynamite
1914as Pierre
His Favorite Pastime
1914as Drunken Masher
Between Showers
1914as The Tramp, a Second Gallant
Those Love Pangs
1914as Masher
Cruel, Cruel Love
1914as Mr. Dovey
His New Profession
1914as Charlie
The New Janitor
1914as The Janitor
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914as The Tramp
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914as Pickpocket
His Prehistoric Past
1914as Weakchin
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1914as Artist
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914as Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic
Caught in the Rain
1914as Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited)
Recreation
1914as Tramp
A Thief Catcher
1914as Cop (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914as The City Guy
Mabel's Strange Predicament
1914as The Tramp (uncredited)
Mabel's Busy Day
1914as Tipsy Nuisance
Mabel at the Wheel
1914as Villain (uncredited)
Modern Times: A Closer Look
as Self (archival photos)
Television (7)
The Century of Icons
2022as Self (archive footage)
American Experience
1988as Self
Sacrée Soirée
1987as Self (archive footage)
Unknown Chaplin
1983as Self & in Out-Takes
Spécial cinéma
1974as Self (archive footage)
Omnibus
1967as Self
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961as Self (archive footage)
Crew (286)
Movies (285)
Training Day
2026Original Concept
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020Original Music Composer
Optimism
2018Music
A diktátor (színházi felvétel)
2018Writer
The Little Tramp
2015Music
Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917
2014Director
Charlie Chaplin - Frühe Meisterwerke 2
2010Director
Charlie Chaplin - Frühe Meisterwerke 2
2010Writer
Chaplin
1992Book
Stalin's Funeral
1990Music
Poor
1986Writer
Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
1984Director
En Büyük Şaban
1983Writer
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967Director
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967Original Music Composer
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967Producer
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967Screenplay
The Chaplin Revue
1959Director
The Chaplin Revue
1959Director of Operations
The Chaplin Revue
1959Music Director
The Chaplin Revue
1959Producer
The Chaplin Revue
1959Writer
A King in New York
1957Director
A King in New York
1957Original Music Composer
A King in New York
1957Producer
A King in New York
1957Writer
Limelight
1952Choreographer
Limelight
1952Director
Limelight
1952Original Music Composer
Limelight
1952Original Story
Limelight
1952Producer
Limelight
1952Screenplay
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
1951Co-Director
Monsieur Verdoux
1947Director
Monsieur Verdoux
1947Original Music Composer
Monsieur Verdoux
1947Producer
Monsieur Verdoux
1947Writer
The Chaplin Cavalcade
1941Director
The Chaplin Cavalcade
1941Producer
The Chaplin Cavalcade
1941Writer
The Charlie Chaplin Festival
1941Director
The Charlie Chaplin Festival
1941Writer
The Great Dictator
1940Director
The Great Dictator
1940Original Music Composer
The Great Dictator
1940Producer
The Great Dictator
1940Screenplay
Chaplin Carnival
1938Director
Chaplin Carnival
1938Producer
Chaplin Carnival
1938Writer
Modern Times
1936Director
Modern Times
1936Editor
Modern Times
1936Original Music Composer
Modern Times
1936Producer
Modern Times
1936Screenplay
City Lights
1931Director
City Lights
1931Editor
City Lights
1931Original Music Composer
City Lights
1931Producer
City Lights
1931Screenplay
The Circus
1928Director
The Circus
1928Editor
The Circus
1928Music
The Circus
1928Producer
The Circus
1928Theme Song Performance
The Circus
1928Writer
A Woman of the Sea
1926Producer
The Gold Rush
1925Director
The Gold Rush
1925Editor
The Gold Rush
1925Music
The Gold Rush
1925Producer
The Gold Rush
1925Writer
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923Director
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923Original Music Composer
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923Producer
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923Writer
The Pilgrim
1923Director
The Pilgrim
1923Editor
The Pilgrim
1923Producer
The Pilgrim
1923Songs
The Pilgrim
1923Writer
Seeing Stars
1922Producer
Pay Day
1922Director
Pay Day
1922Editor
Pay Day
1922Music
Pay Day
1922Producer
Pay Day
1922Writer
Nice and Friendly
1922Director
Nice and Friendly
1922Writer
The Kid
1921Director
The Kid
1921Editor
The Kid
1921Original Music Composer
The Kid
1921Producer
The Kid
1921Writer
The Idle Class
1921Director
The Idle Class
1921Editor
The Idle Class
1921Music
The Idle Class
1921Producer
The Idle Class
1921Writer
Charlie Butts In
1920Director
Charlie Butts In
1920Writer
The Professor
1919Director
Sunnyside
1919Director
Sunnyside
1919Editor
Sunnyside
1919Producer
Sunnyside
1919Writer
A Day's Pleasure
1919Director
A Day's Pleasure
1919Editor
A Day's Pleasure
1919Music
A Day's Pleasure
1919Producer
A Day's Pleasure
1919Writer
Shoulder Arms
1918Director
Shoulder Arms
1918Editor
Shoulder Arms
1918Original Music Composer
Shoulder Arms
1918Producer
Shoulder Arms
1918Screenplay
A Dog's Life
1918Director
A Dog's Life
1918Editor
A Dog's Life
1918Original Music Composer
A Dog's Life
1918Producer
A Dog's Life
1918Writer
Triple Trouble
1918Director
Triple Trouble
1918Screenplay
Triple Trouble
1918Story
The Bond
1918Director
The Bond
1918Writer
How to Make Movies
1918Director
How to Make Movies
1918Producer
How to Make Movies
1918Writer
Chase Me Charlie
1918Director
Chase Me Charlie
1918Writer
The Chaplin Essanay Project
1918Director
The Immigrant
1917Director
The Immigrant
1917Editor
The Immigrant
1917Producer
The Immigrant
1917Screenplay
Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
1917Director
Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
1917Producer
Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
1917Writer
Easy Street
1917Director
Easy Street
1917Editor
Easy Street
1917Producer
Easy Street
1917Screenplay
The Adventurer
1917Director
The Adventurer
1917Editor
The Adventurer
1917Producer
The Adventurer
1917Screenplay
The Cure
1917Director
The Cure
1917Editor
The Cure
1917Producer
The Cure
1917Screenplay
The Cure
1917Story
Behind the Screen
1916Director
Behind the Screen
1916Editor
Behind the Screen
1916Producer
Behind the Screen
1916Screenplay
The Rink
1916Director
The Rink
1916Editor
The Rink
1916Producer
The Rink
1916Screenplay
The Pawnshop
1916Director
The Pawnshop
1916Editor
The Pawnshop
1916Producer
The Pawnshop
1916Screenplay
The Count
1916Director
The Count
1916Editor
The Count
1916Producer
The Count
1916Screenplay
The Vagabond
1916Director
The Vagabond
1916Producer
The Vagabond
1916Supervising Film Editor
The Vagabond
1916Writer
Police
1916Director
Police
1916Writer
The Fireman
1916Director
The Fireman
1916Editor
The Fireman
1916Producer
The Fireman
1916Writer
The Floorwalker
1916Director
The Floorwalker
1916Editor
The Floorwalker
1916Producer
The Floorwalker
1916Screenplay
One A.M.
1916Director
One A.M.
1916Editor
One A.M.
1916Producer
One A.M.
1916Writer
The Champion
1915Director
The Champion
1915Editor
The Champion
1915Writer
A Burlesque on Carmen
1915Director
A Burlesque on Carmen
1915Writer
A Night Out
1915Director
A Night Out
1915Editor
A Night Out
1915Writer
Shanghaied
1915Director
Shanghaied
1915Editor
Shanghaied
1915Writer
The Bank
1915Director
The Bank
1915Editor
The Bank
1915Writer
The Tramp
1915Director
The Tramp
1915Editor
The Tramp
1915Writer
Work
1915Director
Work
1915Editor
Work
1915Writer
A Jitney Elopement
1915Director
A Jitney Elopement
1915Editor
A Jitney Elopement
1915Writer
A Woman
1915Director
A Woman
1915Editor
A Woman
1915Writer
By the Sea
1915Director
By the Sea
1915Editor
By the Sea
1915Writer
His New Job
1915Director
His New Job
1915Editor
His New Job
1915Writer
In the Park
1915Director
In the Park
1915Editor
In the Park
1915Screenplay
A Night in the Show
1915Director
A Night in the Show
1915Editor
A Night in the Show
1915Writer
His Musical Career
1914Director
His Musical Career
1914Editor
His Musical Career
1914Writer
Mabel's Married Life
1914Editor
Mabel's Married Life
1914Writer
Getting Acquainted
1914Director
Getting Acquainted
1914Editor
Getting Acquainted
1914Writer
Tango Tangles
1914Writer
A Film Johnnie
1914Writer
Laughing Gas
1914Director
Laughing Gas
1914Editor
The Rounders
1914Director
The Rounders
1914Editor
The Rounders
1914Writer
Caught in a Cabaret
1914Writer
A Busy Day
1914Editor
A Busy Day
1914Screenplay
The Knockout
1914Writer
Her Friend the Bandit
1914Writer
The Property Man
1914Director
The Property Man
1914Editor
The Property Man
1914Writer
The Masquerader
1914Director
The Masquerader
1914Editor
The Masquerader
1914Writer
His Trysting Places
1914Director
His Trysting Places
1914Editor
His Trysting Places
1914Writer
Dough and Dynamite
1914Director
Dough and Dynamite
1914Editor
Dough and Dynamite
1914Writer
His Favorite Pastime
1914Writer
Between Showers
1914Screenplay
Those Love Pangs
1914Director
Those Love Pangs
1914Editor
Those Love Pangs
1914Writer
His New Profession
1914Director
His New Profession
1914Editor
His New Profession
1914Writer
The New Janitor
1914Director
The New Janitor
1914Editor
The New Janitor
1914Writer
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914Screenplay
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914Director
His Prehistoric Past
1914Director
His Prehistoric Past
1914Editor
His Prehistoric Past
1914Writer
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1914Director
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1914Editor
The Face on the Barroom Floor
1914Writer
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914Director
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914Editor
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914Writer
Caught in the Rain
1914Director
Caught in the Rain
1914Editor
Recreation
1914Director
Recreation
1914Editor
Recreation
1914Writer
Mabel's Strange Predicament
1914Screenplay
Mabel's Busy Day
1914Writer
Mabel at the Wheel
1914Writer
Television (1)
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