Charles Laughton

Actor and director. Born 30 June 1899 in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 15 December 1962.

Titles on Fi1m5 acting · 1 directing

Average Fi1m scoreas actor · 5 titles

Oscar1 won · 2 nominated

Born

30 June 1899, Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Died

15 December 1962

Active

1933–1957

Frequently works with

Arthur Hornblow Jr., Fredric March, Irving Thalberg

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2010s

Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film 2014as Dr. Moreau (archive footage)

1990s

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker 1991as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies 1988as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid 1982as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)

1970s

The Horror Show 1979as (archive footage)

1960s

The Epic That Never Was 1969as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
The Life of Galileo 1964Translator
Advise & Consent 1962as Senator Seabright Cooley
Spartacus 1960as Sempronius Gracchus
Under Ten Flags 1960as Admiral Russell
In the Presence of Mine Enemies 1960as Rabbi Adam Heller

1950s

Witness for the Prosecution 1957as Sir WilfridFi1m 87
The Night of the Hunter 1955Screenplay, DirectorFi1m 91
Hobson's Choice 1954as Henry Horatio Hobson
Young Bess 1953as King Henry VIII
Salome 1953as King Herod
General Electric Theater 1953Seriesas Edwin Kensington, Henry Denry, M. Hamel · 1 ep
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd 1952as Capt. William Kidd
O. Henry's Full House 1952as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
The Strange Door 1951as Sire Alain de Maletroit
The Blue Veil 1951as Fred K. Begley