Charles Laughton

    Charles Laughton

    Acting

    June 30, 1899
    Died December 15, 1962 (63 years old)
    Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

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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...

    Known For

    Filmography

    Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

    Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

    2028

    as Self (archive footage)

    Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

    Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau

    2014

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.7
    Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film

    2014

    as Dr. Moreau (archive footage)

    7.5
    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    2009

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.5
    Charles Laughton Directs "The Night of The Hunter"

    Charles Laughton Directs "The Night of The Hunter"

    2002

    as Self (archive footage)

    Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

    Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

    1999

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.3
    Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

    Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

    1994

    as Self (archive footage)

    8.5
    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

    1991

    as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

    8
    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    1988

    as (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    1983

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

    7
    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

    1982

    as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)

    6.6
    Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!

    1982

    as Self (archive footage)

    6
    The Horror Show

    The Horror Show

    1979

    as (archive footage)

    3.4
    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    1972

    as Self (archive footage)

    7.2
    The Epic That Never Was

    The Epic That Never Was

    1969

    as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)

    6.9
    Advise & Consent

    Advise & Consent

    1962

    as Senator Seabright Cooley

    7.2
    Spartacus

    Spartacus

    1960

    as Sempronius Gracchus

    7.5
    Under Ten Flags

    Under Ten Flags

    1960

    as Admiral Russell

    5.7
    In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    In the Presence of Mine Enemies

    1960

    as Rabbi Adam Heller

    Startime

    Startime

    1959

    as Self – Co-Host

    6.8
    Witness for the Prosecution

    Witness for the Prosecution

    1957

    as Sir Wilfrid

    8.2

    The Lux Show

    1957

    as Self

    6
    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

    1956

    as Self

    6.4
    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    1956

    as Self - Guest

    6.2
    MGM Parade

    MGM Parade

    1955

    as Self

    7.5
    Hobson's Choice

    Hobson's Choice

    1954

    as Henry Horatio Hobson

    7.4

    The Jimmy Durante Show

    1954

    as Self

    10

    The George Gobel Show

    1954

    as Self

    7.8
    Salome

    Salome

    1953

    as King Herod

    5.8
    Young Bess

    Young Bess

    1953

    as King Henry VIII

    5.8
    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    1953

    as Edwin Kensington

    6.8
    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    1953

    as Henry Denry

    6.8
    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    1953

    as M. Hamel

    6.8
    O. Henry's Full House

    O. Henry's Full House

    1952

    as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

    6.9
    Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

    Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

    1952

    as Capt. William Kidd

    6
    The Strange Door

    The Strange Door

    1951

    as Sire Alain de Maletroit

    6.2
    The Blue Veil

    The Blue Veil

    1951

    as Fred K. Begley

    6.8
    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    1950

    as Self

    6.9
    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    1950

    as Self

    7
    The Bribe

    The Bribe

    1949

    as J.J. Bealer

    6.3
    The Man on the Eiffel Tower

    The Man on the Eiffel Tower

    1949

    as Inspector Jules Maigret

    5.2
    The Art Director

    The Art Director

    1949

    as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)

    6.7
    Arch of Triumph

    Arch of Triumph

    1948

    as Ivon Haake

    6
    The Big Clock

    The Big Clock

    1948

    as Earl Janoth

    7.3
    The Girl from Manhattan

    The Girl from Manhattan

    1948

    as The Bishop

    6.3
    On Our Merry Way

    On Our Merry Way

    1948

    as Reverend

    5.7
    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    1948

    as Self

    6.8
    The Paradine Case

    The Paradine Case

    1947

    as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield

    6.2
    Leben des Galilei

    Leben des Galilei

    1947

    as Galileo Galilei

    7
    Because of Him

    Because of Him

    1946

    as John Sheridan

    6.3
    The Suspect

    The Suspect

    1945

    as Philip Marshall

    6.8
    Captain Kidd

    Captain Kidd

    1945

    as Captain Kidd

    6.3
    The Canterville Ghost

    The Canterville Ghost

    1944

    as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost

    6.9
    Forever and a Day

    Forever and a Day

    1943

    as Bellamy

    7.5
    This Land Is Mine

    This Land Is Mine

    1943

    as Albert Lory

    7.1
    The Man from Down Under

    The Man from Down Under

    1943

    as Jocko Wilson

    7
    Tales of Manhattan

    Tales of Manhattan

    1942

    as Charles Smith

    6.4
    Stand by for Action

    Stand by for Action

    1942

    as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas

    7
    The Tuttles of Tahiti

    The Tuttles of Tahiti

    1942

    as Jonas

    5.7
    It Started with Eve

    It Started with Eve

    1941

    as Jonathan Reynolds

    7.2
    They Knew What They Wanted

    They Knew What They Wanted

    1940

    as Tony Patucci

    6
    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    1940

    as Self

    6.3
    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    1939

    as The Hunchback Quasimodo

    7.3
    Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn

    1939

    as Sir Humphrey Pengallan

    6.1
    St. Martin's Lane

    St. Martin's Lane

    1938

    as Charles Staggers

    7.4
    Vessel of Wrath

    Vessel of Wrath

    1938

    as Ginger Ted

    6.9
    I, Claudius

    I, Claudius

    1937

    as Claudius

    10
    Rembrandt

    Rembrandt

    1936

    as Rembrandt van Rijn

    6.8
    Mutiny on the Bounty

    Mutiny on the Bounty

    1935

    as Captaine Bligh

    7.4
    Ruggles of Red Gap

    Ruggles of Red Gap

    1935

    as Marmaduke Ruggles

    7.1
    Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

    1935

    as Inspector Emile Javert

    7.1
    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    1934

    as Edward Moulton-Barrett

    6.2
    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    The Private Life of Henry VIII

    1933

    as Henry VIII

    6.4
    White Woman

    White Woman

    1933

    as Horace H. Prin

    5.8
    The Clerk

    The Clerk

    1933

    as Phineas V. Lambert

    5
    Island of Lost Souls

    Island of Lost Souls

    1932

    as Dr. Moreau

    6.9
    The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

    1932

    as Sir William Porterhouse

    6.7
    Payment Deferred

    Payment Deferred

    1932

    as William Marble

    5.7
    The Sign of the Cross

    The Sign of the Cross

    1932

    as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar

    6.4
    Devil and the Deep

    Devil and the Deep

    1932

    as Cmdr. Charles Sturm

    5.1
    If I Had a Million

    If I Had a Million

    1932

    as Phineas V. Lambert

    6.5
    Down River

    Down River

    1931

    as Captain Grossman

    9
    Wolves

    Wolves

    1930

    as Captain Job

    8
    Comets

    Comets

    1930

    as Himself

    7
    Piccadilly

    Piccadilly

    1929

    as A Continental Visitor

    6.5
    Blue Bottles

    Blue Bottles

    1928

    as Burglar

    7.3
    Daydreams

    Daydreams

    1928

    as Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence

    9
    The Tonic

    The Tonic

    1928

    as Father of the Family

    8.5