Charles Laughton
British-American actor (1899-1962) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 63
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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1962Died15 December 1962Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling RecordingAward1960
SpartacusFilm, Sempronius Gracchus1959
StartimeSeries1957The Lux ShowSeries1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeries
The Steve Allen ShowSeries, 19561955
MGM ParadeSeries
The Night of the HunterFilm, 1955Director, Writer1954The George Gobel ShowSeries1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Edwin Kensington
SalomeFilm, 1953King Herod1951
The Strange DoorFilm, Sire Alain de Maletroit1950
The Colgate Comedy HourSeries
What's My Line?Series, 19501948
The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries
Arch of TriumphFilm, 1948Ivon Haake1945
Captain KiddFilm, Captain Kidd1943
This Land Is MineFilm, Albert Lory1941
It Started with EveFilm, Jonathan Reynolds1938
St. Martin's LaneFilm, Producer1935
Les MisérablesFilm, Inspector Emile Javert1934Academy Award for Best ActorAward1933
The Private Life of Henry VIIIFilm, Henry VIII1929
PiccadillyFilm, A Continental Visitor1899Born1 July 1899
SpartacusFilm, Sempronius Gracchus1959StartimeSeries1957The Lux ShowSeries1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSeriesThe Steve Allen ShowSeries, 19561955MGM ParadeSeriesThe Night of the HunterFilm, 1955Director, Writer1954The George Gobel ShowSeries1953General Electric TheaterSeries, Edwin KensingtonSalomeFilm, 1953King Herod1951The Strange DoorFilm, Sire Alain de Maletroit1950The Colgate Comedy HourSeriesWhat's My Line?Series, 19501948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesArch of TriumphFilm, 1948Ivon Haake1945Captain KiddFilm, Captain Kidd1943This Land Is MineFilm, Albert Lory1941It Started with EveFilm, Jonathan Reynolds1938St. Martin's LaneFilm, Producer1935Les MisérablesFilm, Inspector Emile Javert1934Academy Award for Best ActorAward1933The Private Life of Henry VIIIFilm, Henry VIII1929PiccadillyFilm, A Continental Visitor1899Born1 July 1899Known for
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Witness for the Prosecution 1957
The Night of the Hunter 1955
Spartacus 1960
Hobson's Choice 1954
Mutiny on the Bounty 1935
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Erich Pommer Produced Jamaica Inn (1939)
Claude Rains Taught Charles
Alexander Korda Directed The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)
Robert Z. Leonard Directed The Bribe and Stand By for Action
Theodore Komisarjevsky Taught Charles
Cedric Hardwicke Directed Forever and a Day (1943)
Alfred Hitchcock Directed The Paradine Case and Jamaica Inn
Maureen O'Hara Charles produced Jamaica Inn (1939)
Frank Lloyd Directed Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Irving Thalberg Produced Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Franchot Tone Produced The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950)
William Dieterle Directed The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Salome
Henry Koster Directed O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Una O'Connor Also in Witness for the Prosecution (1958)
Sidney Franklin Directed The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)- Norman Z. McLeod Directed If I Had a Million (1932)
Lothar Mendes Directed If I Had a Million and Payment Deferred
Herbert Wilcox Directed Forever and a Day (1943)
Pandro S. Berman Produced The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Produced Witness for the Prosecution (1958)
Helen Haye Charles produced Sidewalks of London (1940)
Lumsden Hare Also in The Paradine Case (1948)- Dudley Nichols Produced This Land Is Mine (1943)
Tim Whelan Directed Sidewalks of London (1940)
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1962 · aged 63
