Actor
Charles Laughton
June 30, 1899 · Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
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.
Notable work
7.5Spartacus (1960)
as Sempronius Gracchus
7.9The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Director
8.2Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
as Sir Wilfrid
6.7Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
7.4Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
as Captaine Bligh
6.7The Old Dark House (1932)
as Sir William Porterhouse
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