Charles Laughton
🎂 Jun 30, 1899 — 🕯️ Dec 15, 1962 (63 years)
Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Charles Laughton is an actor whose career stretches back to the 1920s. Their performance in Spartacus as Sempronius Gracchus remains one of the most memorable of their filmography. They have also starred in Witness for the Prosecution and Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. They have 73 films and 14 TV productions to their name, working mainly across genres like drama, crime, adventure.
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Witness for the Prosecution
1957
Spartacus
1960
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
The Sign of the Cross
1932
Jamaica Inn
1939
Salome
1953
This Land Is Mine
1943
Les Misérables
1935
O. Henry's Full House
1952
Advise & Consent
1962
Captain Kidd
1945
The Old Dark House
1932
Arch of Triumph
1948
Island of Lost Souls
1932
The Canterville Ghost
1944
The Bribe
1949
Tales of Manhattan
1942
The Big Clock
1948
Hobson's Choice
1954
Young Bess
1953
The Suspect
1945
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
It Started with Eve
1941
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
On Our Merry Way
1948
If I Had a Million
1932
Piccadilly
1929
Under Ten Flags
1960
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1949
The Strange Door
1951
Stand by for Action
1942
The Blue Veil
1951
St. Martin's Lane
1938
Forever and a Day
1943
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
White Woman
1933
Rembrandt
1936
The Girl from Manhattan
1948
Devil and the Deep
1932
Vessel of Wrath
1938
The Man from Down Under
1943
Because of Him
1946
Payment Deferred
1932
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
Blue Bottles
1928
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
1982
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Advise & Consent
Senator Seabright Cooley
1962
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Spartacus
Sempronius Gracchus
1960
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Under Ten Flags
Admiral Russell
1960
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Witness for the Prosecution
Sir Wilfrid
1957
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Hobson's Choice
Henry Horatio Hobson
1954
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Young Bess
King Henry VIII
1953
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Salome
King Herod
1953
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General Electric Theater
Edwin Kensington
1953–
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Charles Laughton still alive?
Charles Laughton passed away on December 15, 1962 at age 63.
What are the most famous roles of Charles Laughton?
Charles Laughton is best known for roles in Spartacus, Witness for the Prosecution, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid.
How many movies has Charles Laughton been in?
Over a 34-year career (since 1928), Charles Laughton has appeared in 73 movies and 12 TV shows.
What was Charles Laughton's first movie?
The career of Charles Laughton began with Daydreams (1928).
What is Charles Laughton's most recent movie or series?
Charles Laughton's most recent release is Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau, which premiered on August 24, 2014.
What TV shows has Charles Laughton appeared in?
On television, Charles Laughton has appeared in What's My Line?, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Colgate Comedy Hour, General Electric Theater.
Charles Laughton
1899-06-30 · Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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."