
Charles Laughton
Actor
- Born
- June 30, 1899
- Died
- December 15, 1962 (age 63)
- From
- 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…
Filmography (74)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)Self (archive footage)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film (2014)Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)Self (archive footage)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' (1999)Self (archive footage)
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld (1994)Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! (1982)Self (archive footage)
The Horror Show (1979)(archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)Self (archive footage)
The Epic That Never Was (1969)Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Advise & Consent (1962)Senator Seabright Cooley
Spartacus (1960)Sempronius Gracchus
Under Ten Flags (1960)Admiral Russell
In the Presence of Mine Enemies (1960)Rabbi Adam Heller
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)Sir Wilfrid
The Night of the Hunter (1955)Director
Hobson's Choice (1954)Henry Horatio Hobson
Young Bess (1953)King Henry VIII
Salome (1953)King Herod
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)Capt. William Kidd
O. Henry's Full House (1952)Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
The Strange Door (1951)Sire Alain de Maletroit
The Blue Veil (1951)Fred K. Begley
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)Inspector Jules Maigret
The Art Director (1949)Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Bribe (1949)J.J. Bealer
The Girl from Manhattan (1948)The Bishop