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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."
2019
as Galileo (voice)
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2014
as Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
2002
as Self (archive footage)
1999
as Self (archive footage)
1991
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982
as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
1982
as Self (archive footage)
1979
as (archive footage)
1972
as Self (archive footage)
1969
as Claudius
1962
as Senator Seabright Cooley
1960
as Sempronius Gracchus
1960
as Admiral Russell
1959
1957
as Sir Wilfrid
1957
as Self
1956
as Self
1956
as Self - Guest
1954
as Self
1954
as Henry Horatio Hobson
1953
as King Henry VIII
1953
as King Herod
1953
as Edwin Kensington
1953
as Henry Denry
1953
as M. Hamel
1952
as Capt. William Kidd
1952
as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
1951
as Fred K. Begley
1951
as Sire Alain de Maletroit
1950
as Self
1950
as Self
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
1949
as Inspector Jules Maigret
1949
as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
as J.J. Bealer
1948
as The Bishop
1948
as Earl Janoth
1948
as Ivon Haake
1948
as Reverend
1947
as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
1947
as Galileo Galilei
1946
as John Sheridan
1945
as Captain Kidd
1945
as Philip Marshall
1944
as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
1943
as Jocko Wilson
1943
as Albert Lory
1943
as Bellamy
1942
as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
1942
as Charles Smith
1942
as Jonas
1941
as Jonathan Reynolds
1940
as Tony Patucci
1940
as Self
1939
as The Hunchback Quasimodo
1939
as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
1938
as Charles Staggers
1938
as Ginger Ted
1936
as Rembrandt van Rijn
1935
as Captaine Bligh
1935
as Inspector Emile Javert
1935
as Marmaduke Ruggles
1934
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
1933
as Horace H. Prin
1933
as Henry VIII
1933
as Phineas V. Lambert
1932
as Dr. Moreau
1932
as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
1932
as Phineas V. Lambert
1932
as William Marble
1932
as Sir William Porterhouse
1932
as Cmdr. Charles Sturm
1931
as Captain Grossman
1930
as Himself
1930
as Captain Job
1929
as A Continental Visitor
1928
as Burglar
1928
as Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence
1928
as Father of the Family