Charles Laughton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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 films of the era, including The Private Life of Henry VIII, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character. He portrayed everything from monsters and misfits to kings. Among Laughton's biggest film hits were The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Mutiny on the Bounty, Ruggles of Red Gap, Jamaica Inn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Big Clock. In his later career, he took up stage directing, notably in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, and George Bernard Shaw's Don Juan in Hell, in which he also starred. He directed one film, the thriller The Night of the Hunter. Daniel Day-Lewis cited Laughton as one of his inspirations, saying: "He was probably the greatest film actor who came from that period of time. He had something quite remarkable. His generosity as an actor, he fed himself into that work. As an actor, you cannot take your eyes off him."
Spartacus
(Sempronius Gracchus)
Island of Lost Souls
(Dr. Moreau)
O. Henry's Full House
(Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem"))
The Old Dark House
(Sir William Porterhouse)
The Paradine Case
(Judge Lord Thomas Horfield)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(The Hunchback Quasimodo)
Jamaica Inn
(Sir Humphrey Pengallan)
The Suspect
(Philip Marshall)
The Bribe
(J.J. Bealer)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
((in "The Bribe") (archive footage))
It Started with Eve
(Jonathan Reynolds)
Mutiny on the Bounty
(Captaine Bligh)
Tales of Manhattan
(Charles Smith)
The Horror Show
((archive footage))
Salome
(King Herod)
Arch of Triumph
(Ivon Haake)
Payment Deferred
(William Marble)
Ruggles of Red Gap
(Marmaduke Ruggles)
Witness for the Prosecution
(Sir Wilfrid)
The Private Life of Henry VIII
(Henry VIII)
Forever and a Day
(Bellamy)
Captain Kidd
(Captain Kidd)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
(Edward Moulton-Barrett)
Les Misérables
(Inspector Emile Javert)
Young Bess
(King Henry VIII)
This Land Is Mine
(Albert Lory)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
(Capt. William Kidd)
Because of Him
(John Sheridan)
Hobson's Choice
(Henry Horatio Hobson)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
(Inspector Jules Maigret)
Advise & Consent
(Senator Seabright Cooley)
The Strange Door
(Sire Alain de Maletroit)
The Canterville Ghost
(Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost)
Rembrandt
(Rembrandt van Rijn)
The Sign of the Cross
(Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar)
Piccadilly
(A Continental Visitor)
The Big Clock
(Earl Janoth)
Devil and the Deep
(Cmdr. Charles Sturm)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
They Knew What They Wanted
(Tony Patucci)
Stand by for Action
(Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas)
If I Had a Million
(Phineas V. Lambert)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
(Self (archive footage))
St. Martin's Lane
(Charles Staggers)
The Blue Veil
(Fred K. Begley)
Under Ten Flags
(Admiral Russell)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
(Self (archive footage))
The Tuttles of Tahiti
(Jonas)
The Girl from Manhattan
(The Bishop)
Vessel of Wrath
(Ginger Ted)
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
(Self (archive footage))
The Epic That Never Was
(Claudius)
White Woman
(Horace H. Prin)
The Man from Down Under
(Jocko Wilson)
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
(Dr. Moreau (archive footage))
Blue Bottles
(Burglar)
Charles Laughton Directs 'The Night of the Hunter'
(Self (archive footage))
Daydreams
(Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence)
The Tonic
(Father of the Family)
Wolves
(Captain Job)
Down River
(Captain Grossman)
Comets
(Himself)
Leben des Galilei
(Galileo Galilei)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
(Self)
The Clerk
(Phineas V. Lambert)
The Art Director
(Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited))
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited))
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
(Self (archive footage))
On Our Merry Way
(Reverend)
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
(Self (archive footage))
The Colgate Comedy Hour
(Self)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
General Electric Theater
(Edwin Kensington)
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
(Self)
The Steve Allen Show
(Self - Guest)
Star Time
(Self)
The Jimmy Durante Show
(Self)
Startime
General Electric Theater
(Henry Denry)
General Electric Theater
(M. Hamel)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self - Guest Host)
The Lux Show
(Self)
Brecht
(Galileo (voice))
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
