Charles Laughton
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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."
Acted in
Brecht
2019
as Galileo (voice)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
2002
as Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
as Self (archive footage)
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Epic That Never Was
1969
as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Advise & Consent
1962
as Senator Seabright Cooley
Spartacus
1960
as Sempronius Gracchus
Under Ten Flags
1960
as Admiral Russell
Startime
1959
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
as Sir Wilfrid
The Lux Show
1957
as Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954
as Self
Hobson's Choice
1954
as Henry Horatio Hobson
Young Bess
1953
as King Henry VIII
Salome
1953
as King Herod
General Electric Theater
1953
as Edwin Kensington
General Electric Theater
1953
as Henry Denry
General Electric Theater
1953
as M. Hamel
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
as Capt. William Kidd
O. Henry's Full House
1952
as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
The Blue Veil
1951
as Fred K. Begley
The Strange Door
1951
as Sire Alain de Maletroit
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Star Time
1950
as Self
What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1949
as Inspector Jules Maigret
The Art Director
1949
as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bribe
1949
as J.J. Bealer
The Girl from Manhattan
1948
as The Bishop
The Big Clock
1948
as Earl Janoth
Arch of Triumph
1948
as Ivon Haake
On Our Merry Way
1948
as Reverend
The Paradine Case
1947
as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
Leben des Galilei
1947
as Galileo Galilei
Because of Him
1946
as John Sheridan
Captain Kidd
1945
as Captain Kidd
The Suspect
1945
as Philip Marshall
The Canterville Ghost
1944
as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
The Man from Down Under
1943
as Jocko Wilson
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Albert Lory
Forever and a Day
1943
as Bellamy
Stand by for Action
1942
as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Charles Smith
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
as Jonas
It Started with Eve
1941
as Jonathan Reynolds
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
as Tony Patucci
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as The Hunchback Quasimodo
Jamaica Inn
1939
as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
St. Martin's Lane
1938
as Charles Staggers
Vessel of Wrath
1938
as Ginger Ted
Rembrandt
1936
as Rembrandt van Rijn
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Captaine Bligh
Les Misérables
1935
as Inspector Emile Javert
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
as Marmaduke Ruggles
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
White Woman
1933
as Horace H. Prin
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
as Henry VIII
The Clerk
1933
as Phineas V. Lambert
Island of Lost Souls
1932
as Dr. Moreau
The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
If I Had a Million
1932
as Phineas V. Lambert
Payment Deferred
1932
as William Marble
The Old Dark House
1932
as Sir William Porterhouse
Devil and the Deep
1932
as Cmdr. Charles Sturm
Down River
1931
as Captain Grossman
Comets
1930
as Himself
Wolves
1930
as Captain Job
Piccadilly
1929
as A Continental Visitor
Blue Bottles
1928
as Burglar
Daydreams
1928
as Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence
The Tonic
1928
as Father of the Family