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Charles Laughton (1899–1962)

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Son of Robert Laughton and Elizabeth Conlon. Educated at Stonyhurst, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (received gold medal). First appearance on stage, 1926. Formed own film company, Mayflower Pictures Corp., with Erich Pommer in 1937. Became American citizen 1950. A consummate artist, Laughton achieved great success on stage and film... See full bio »

Born:

in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died:

(age 63) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester in Witness for the Prosecution Otto Preminger, Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Walter Pidgeon Still of Tyrone Power and Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution Still of Charles Laughton in Rembrandt
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1962 Advise & Consent
Senator Seabright Cooley
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
Reverend Wister
– Terror from the East (1961) … Reverend Wister
 
1960 Wagon Train (TV series)
Colonel Albert Farnsworth
– The Albert Farnsworth Story (1960) … Colonel Albert Farnsworth
 
1960 Spartacus
Gracchus
 
1960 Under Ten Flags
Admiral Russell
 
1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Rabbi Adam Heller
– In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1960) … Rabbi Adam Heller
 
1959 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV series)
– Eleanor (1959)
 
1957-1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Edwin Kensington / Henry Denry / M. Hamel
– The Last Lesson (1959) … M. Hamel
– A New York Knight (1958) … Henry Denry
– Mr. Kensington's Finest Hour (1957) … Edwin Kensington
 
1959 A Midsummer Night's Dream (TV movie)
Nick Bottom
 
1958 Studio 57 (TV series)
Charles Claxton
– Stopover in Bombay (1958) … Charles Claxton
 
1957 Witness for the Prosecution
Sir Wilfrid Robarts
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Narrator
– The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1956) … Narrator
 
1954 Hobson's Choice
Henry Horatio Hobson
 
1953 This Is Charles Laughton (TV series)
Host (1953)
 
1953 Young Bess
King Henry VIII
 
1953 Salome
King Herod
 
1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Capt. William Kidd
 
1952 Full House
Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
 
1951 The Strange Door
Sire Alain de Maletroit
 
1951 The Blue Veil
Fred K. Begley
 
1949 The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Inspector Jules Maigret
 
1949 The Bribe
J.J. Bealer
 
1948 The Girl from Manhattan
The Bishop
 
1948 The Big Clock
Earl Janoth
 
1948 Arch of Triumph
Ivon Haake
 
1948 On Our Merry Way
Reverend John B. Dunne (scenes deleted)
 
1947 The Paradine Case
Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
 
1947 Leben des Galilei (short)
Galileo Galilei
 
1946 Because of Him
John Sheridan
 
1945 Captain Kidd
Capt. William Kidd
 
1944 The Suspect
Philip
 
1944 The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
 
1944 Passport to Destiny
Photo of Sergeant Major Henry Albert Muggins (uncredited)
 
1943 The Man from Down Under
Jocko Wilson
 
1943 This Land Is Mine
Albert Lory
 
1943 Forever and a Day
Bellamy - Dexter's Butler
 
1942 Stand by for Action
Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
 
1942 Tales of Manhattan
Charles Smith
 
1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti
Jonas
 
1941 It Started with Eve
Jonathan Reynolds
 
1940 They Knew What They Wanted
Tony Patucci
 
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback / Quasimodo
 
1939 Jamaica Inn
Sir Humphrey Pengallan
 
1938 Sidewalks of London
Charles Staggers
 
1938 The Beachcomber
Ginger Ted' Wilson
 
1937 I, Claudius
Claudius
 
1936 Rembrandt
Rembrandt van Rijn
 
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty
Bligh
 
1935 Les Misérables
Inspector Javert
 
1935 Ruggles of Red Gap
Ruggles
 
1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Edward Moulton-Barrett
 
1933 White Woman
Horace H. Prin
 
1933 The Private Life of Henry VIII.
Henry VIII
 
1932 Island of Lost Souls
Dr. Moreau
 
1932 The Sign of the Cross
Nero
 
1932 If I Had a Million
Phineas V. Lambert
 
1932 Payment Deferred
William Marble
 
1932 The Old Dark House
Sir William Porterhouse
 
1932 Devil and the Deep
Cmdr. Charles Sturm
 
1931 Down River
Captain Grossman
 
1930 Wolves (short)
Captain Job
 
1929 Piccadilly
A Nightclub Diner
 
1928 The Tonic (short)
Father of the Family
 
1928 Daydreams (short)
Lecherous Boarder/Ram Das in Dream Sequence
 
1928 Blue Bottles (short)
Burglar
 
Show ShowWriter (5 titles)
1975 Galileo (English translation of play)
 
1961 Galileo (TV movie) (english adaptation)
 
1955 The Night of the Hunter (screenplay contributor - uncredited)
 
1947 Leben des Galilei (short) (translation)
 
1938 Sidewalks of London (writer)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
1960 Startime (TV series)
– Academy Award Songs (1960) (performer: "Sylvia" - uncredited, "The Last Time I Saw Paris" - uncredited, "Baby, It's Cold Outside" - uncredited)
 
1957 The Lux Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.10 (1957) (performer: "Gwine to Rune All Night" - uncredited, "Oh! Susanna" - uncredited, "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" - uncredited, "Moonlight Bay" - uncredited)
 
1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (performer: "Meet Captain Kidd")
 
1944 The Canterville Ghost ("Gertie from Bizerte" 1943 - uncredited)
 
1936 One in a Million ("Horror Boys of Hollywood" 1936)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
1939 Jamaica Inn (producer - uncredited)
 
1938 Sidewalks of London (producer - uncredited)
 
1938 The Beachcomber (producer)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1955 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series) (director: stage production - 1 episode)
– The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1955) (director: stage production)
 
Show ShowSelf (22 titles)
1959-1961 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.17 (1961) … Himself
– Episode #4.12 (1959) … Himself
 
1958-1960 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #5.26 (1960) … Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.18 (1958) … Himself - Guest
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Himself
– Academy Award Songs (1960) … Himself
 
1956-1960 What's My Line? (TV series)
Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 21 February 1960 (1960) … Himself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 25 November 1956 (1956) … Himself - Mystery Guest
 
1949-1960 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #13.21 (1960) … Himself
– Episode #9.51 (1956) … Himself - Guest Host
– Episode #9.1 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #3.16 (1950) … Himself
– Episode #2.35 (1949) … Himself
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1957-1958 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.10 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #2.9 (1957) … Himself
 
1957-1958 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #5.5 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #4.5 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The Eddie Fisher Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 December 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The Lux Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #1.10 (1957) … Himself - Singer
 
1957 Chelsea at Nine (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.2 (1957) … Himself
 
1956 Washington Square (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.4 (1956) … Himself
 
1956 The Jimmy Durante Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #2.17 (1956) … Himself - Actor
 
1956 Producers' Showcase (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Festival of Music (1956) … Himself - Host
 
1955 Christmas Eve with Charles Laughton (TV movie)
Himself
 
1953 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 6 May 1953 (1953) … Himself
 
1952 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #2.32 (1952) … Himself - Actor
 
1952 News of the Day (documentary short)
Himself
 
1950 The Ed Wynn Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #1.27 (1950) … Himself - Actor
 
1949 The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1949) … Himself
 
1940 Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 11 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1930 Comets
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (23 titles)
2010 Time to Remember (TV series documentary)
 
2009 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (TV documentary)
 
2008 The Naked Archaeologist (TV series)
 
2008 Strictly Courtroom (TV documentary)
Sir Wilfrid Robarts (uncredited)
 
2008 Spisok korabley (documentary)
 
2006 Ciclo Agatha Christie (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Universal Horror (TV documentary)
 
1995 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1994 Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (TV documentary)
 
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The Best of Gleason 3 (TV movie)
Himself
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1982 Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Bribe")
 
1979 The Horror Show (documentary)
 
1978 Hollywood Greats (TV series documentary)
 
1977 That's Action (documentary)
Himself
 
1971 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
 
1967 The Epic That Never Was (TV documentary)
Claudius
 
1958-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Himself
 
1955 MGM Parade (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1944) Spoken-Word Album: Narrated a 78-RPM version of Charles Dickens' "Mr. Pickwick's Christmas" (from the novel "The Pickwick Papers"), for Decca Records. This recording was subsequently issued on LP, on the reverse side of Ronald Colman's recording of "A Christmas Carol"... See more »

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Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Became an agnostic after his experiences as a soldier during World War I. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer