Charles Laughton
Acting
Born June 30, 1899 · 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 classical and modern parts, making an impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic. His film career took him to Broadway and then Hollywood, but he also collaborated with Alexander Korda on notable British fi…
Known For · 40 titles
What's My Line?
The Steve Allen Show
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Witness for the Prosecution
MGM Parade
The George Gobel Show
Spartacus
Startime
The Jimmy Durante Show
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Lux Show
General Electric Theater
Mutiny on the Bounty
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
Island of Lost Souls
Jamaica Inn
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
O. Henry's Full House
The Paradine Case
The Big Clock
Les Misérables
Advise & Consent
The Old Dark House
Under Ten Flags
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
The Sign of the Cross
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
This Land Is Mine
If I Had a Million
Tales of Manhattan
Hobson's Choice
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
On Our Merry Way
The Tonic
Blue Bottles
Captain Kidd