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Charles Laughton

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British-American actor (1899-1962)

United KingdomActorsLived 1899 to 1962 · aged 63
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Fame60.5
Momentum3.4
Languages32
Peak1950s
In century#1,737

Charles Laughton was an English actor and director. Over his career he received an Academy Award and a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two BAFTAs and a Golden Globe. He earned a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

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From the trailer for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)From the trailer for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)Charles Laughton in 1940Charles Laughton in 1940With Tennessee Ernie Ford in a guest appearance on The Ford Show (1961)With Tennessee Ernie Ford in a guest appearance on The Ford Show (1961)English Heritage blue plaque erected in 1992 at 15 Percy Street, London W1T 1DS, England, commemorating Charles LaughtonEnglish Heritage blue plaque erected in 1992 at 15 Percy Street, London W1T 1DS, England, commemorating Charles Laughton

Filmography 40

Witness for the Prosecution1957 · ★ 8.2
Spartacus1960 · ★ 7.5
The Night of the Hunter1955 · ★ 7.9
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid1982 · ★ 6.7
Mutiny on the Bounty1935 · ★ 7.4
The Hunchback of Notre Dame1939 · ★ 7.3
The Old Dark House1932 · ★ 6.7
The Paradine Case1947 · ★ 6.3
Jamaica Inn1939 · ★ 6.1
Island of Lost Souls1932 · ★ 6.9
The Big Clock1948 · ★ 7.3
Hobson's Choice1954 · ★ 7.4
Advise & Consent1962 · ★ 7.2
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau2014 · ★ 6.7
The Private Life of Henry VIII1933 · ★ 6.4
This Land Is Mine1943 · ★ 7.2
Ruggles of Red Gap1935 · ★ 7.1
Les Misérables1935 · ★ 7.1
The Suspect1945 · ★ 6.8
The Sign of the Cross1932 · ★ 6.4
Salome1953
O. Henry's Full House1952
The Canterville Ghost1944
If I Had a Million1932
Arch of Triumph1948
Tales of Manhattan1942
Captain Kidd1945
Rembrandt1936
Piccadilly1929
The Bribe1949
It Started with Eve1941
The Strange Door1951
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd1952
Young Bess1953
St. Martin's Lane1938
The Man on the Eiffel Tower1949
The Barretts of Wimpole Street1934
Under Ten Flags1960
On Our Merry Way1948
Payment Deferred1932

95 credits on file

Television 12

What's My Line?1950
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour1950
The Steve Allen Show1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show1956
Startime1959
The George Gobel Show1954
MGM Parade1955
General Electric Theater1953
The Jimmy Durante Show1954
The Lux Show1957
Star Time1950

Awards 4

1962Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
1934Academy Award for Best Actor
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor

In their orbit 1

Connected to Charles 6

H. G. WellsAlso in Island of Lost Souls (1932)Vivien LeighAlso in St. Martin's Lane (1938)Georges SimenonAlso in The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)Billy WilderAlso in Witness for the Prosecution (1957)Ava GardnerAlso in The Bribe (1949)Cecil B. DeMilleAlso in The Sign of the Cross (1932)

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1962 · aged 63
Written about in
32 languages

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