Charles Laughton
ActingBorn
June 30, 1899
Died
December 15, 1962
Place of Birth
Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Biography
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 …
Known For
Filmography
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
1982
The Horror Show
1979
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
The Epic That Never Was
1969
Advise & Consent
1962
Spartacus
1960
Under Ten Flags
1960
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
Hobson's Choice
1954
Young Bess
1953
Salome
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
O. Henry's Full House
1952
The Strange Door
1951
The Blue Veil
1951
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1949
The Art Director
1949
The Bribe
1949
The Girl from Manhattan
1948
The Big Clock
1948
Arch of Triumph
1948
On Our Merry Way
1948
The Paradine Case
1947
Leben des Galilei
1947
Because of Him
1946
Captain Kidd
1945
The Suspect
1945
The Canterville Ghost
1944
The Man from Down Under
1943
This Land Is Mine
1943
Forever and a Day
1943
Stand by for Action
1942
Tales of Manhattan
1942
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
It Started with Eve
1941
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
Jamaica Inn
1939
St. Martin's Lane
1938
Vessel of Wrath
1938
I, Claudius
1937
Rembrandt
1936
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
Les Misérables
1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
White Woman
1933
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
The Clerk
1933
The Sign of the Cross
1932
Island of Lost Souls
1932
If I Had a Million
1932
Payment Deferred
1932
The Old Dark House
1932
Devil and the Deep
1932
Down River
1931
Comets
1930
Wolves
1930
Piccadilly
1929
Blue Bottles
1928
Daydreams
1928
The Tonic
1928
Startime
1959
The Lux Show
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
The Steve Allen Show
1956
MGM Parade
1955
The Jimmy Durante Show
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954
General Electric Theater
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
General Electric Theater
1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
Star Time
1950
What's My Line?
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948