Charles Laughton
Acting
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."
TV Shows(12)
Startime
Self – Co-Host
1959
The Lux Show
Self
1957
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
MGM Parade
Self
1955
The Jimmy Durante Show
Self
1954
The George Gobel Show
Self
1954
General Electric Theater
Edwin Kensington
1953
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Star Time
Self
1950
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Movies(73)
Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau
Self (archive footage)
2014
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
2014
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
2009
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
Self (archive footage)
1999
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
Self (archive footage)
1994
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
1982
Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers!
Self (archive footage)
1982
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
1979
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
The Epic That Never Was
Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
1969
Advise & Consent
Senator Seabright Cooley
1962
Spartacus
Sempronius Gracchus
1960
Under Ten Flags
Admiral Russell
1960
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Rabbi Adam Heller
1960
Witness for the Prosecution
Sir Wilfrid
1957
Hobson's Choice
Henry Horatio Hobson
1954
Young Bess
King Henry VIII
1953
Salome
King Herod
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Capt. William Kidd
1952
O. Henry's Full House
Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
1952
The Strange Door
Sire Alain de Maletroit
1951
The Blue Veil
Fred K. Begley
1951
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Inspector Jules Maigret
1949
The Art Director
Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
The Bribe
J.J. Bealer
1949
The Girl from Manhattan
The Bishop
1948
The Big Clock
Earl Janoth
1948
Arch of Triumph
Ivon Haake
1948
On Our Merry Way
Reverend
1948
The Paradine Case
Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
1947
Leben des Galilei
Galileo Galilei
1947
Because of Him
John Sheridan
1946
Captain Kidd
Captain Kidd
1945
The Suspect
Philip Marshall
1945
The Canterville Ghost
Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
1944
The Man from Down Under
Jocko Wilson
1943
This Land Is Mine
Albert Lory
1943
Forever and a Day
Bellamy
1943
Stand by for Action
Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
1942
Tales of Manhattan
Charles Smith
1942
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Jonas
1942
It Started with Eve
Jonathan Reynolds
1941
They Knew What They Wanted
Tony Patucci
1940
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
1940
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Hunchback Quasimodo
1939
Jamaica Inn
Sir Humphrey Pengallan
1939
St. Martin's Lane
Charles Staggers
1938
Vessel of Wrath
Ginger Ted
1938
I, Claudius
Claudius
1937
Rembrandt
Rembrandt van Rijn
1936
Mutiny on the Bounty
Captaine Bligh
1935
Les Misérables
Inspector Emile Javert
1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
Marmaduke Ruggles
1935
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Edward Moulton-Barrett
1934
White Woman
Horace H. Prin
1933
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Henry VIII
1933
The Clerk
Phineas V. Lambert
1933
The Sign of the Cross
Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
1932
Island of Lost Souls
Dr. Moreau
1932
If I Had a Million
Phineas V. Lambert
1932
Payment Deferred
William Marble
1932
The Old Dark House
Sir William Porterhouse
1932
Devil and the Deep
Cmdr. Charles Sturm
1932
Down River
Captain Grossman
1931
Comets
Himself
1930
Wolves
Captain Job
1930
Piccadilly
A Continental Visitor
1929
Blue Bottles
Burglar
1928
Daydreams
Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence
1928
The Tonic
Father of the Family
1928