credits of
Charles Laughton
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."
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
August 24th, 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | Self (archive footage) | 6.7 | |
August 1st, 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Dr. Moreau (archive footage) | 7.5 | |
July 2nd, 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | 7.5 | |
January 1st, 1999 | Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage) | 7.3 | |
November 24th, 1994 | Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | Self (archive footage) | 8.5 | |
October 28th, 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 8 | |
September 19th, 1988 | Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | (archive footage) (uncredited) | TBD | |
February 25th, 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7 | |
May 21st, 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Bribe") (archive footage) | 6.7 | |
January 1st, 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | 6 | |
February 6th, 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | 3.8 | |
January 10th, 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | 7.3 | |
September 19th, 1969 | The Epic That Never Was | Tiberius Claudius (archive footage) | 6.9 | |
June 6th, 1962 | Advise & Consent | Senator Seabright Cooley | 7.2 | |
October 13th, 1960 | Spartacus | Sempronius Gracchus | 7.5 | |
September 15th, 1960 | Under Ten Flags | Admiral Russell | 5.7 | |
May 18th, 1960 | In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Rabbi Adam Heller | TBD | |
December 17th, 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | Sir Wilfrid | 8.2 | |
April 19th, 1954 | Hobson's Choice | Henry Horatio Hobson | 7.4 | |
May 29th, 1953 | Young Bess | King Henry VIII | 5.8 | |
March 24th, 1953 | Salome | King Herod | 5.9 | |
December 27th, 1952 | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | Capt. William Kidd | 6 | |
August 7th, 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") | 6.9 | |
October 31st, 1951 | The Strange Door | Sire Alain de Maletroit | 6.1 | |
October 26th, 1951 | The Blue Veil | Fred K. Begley | 6.8 | |
December 12th, 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Inspector Jules Maigret | 5.2 | |
November 12th, 1949 | The Art Director | Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7 | |
February 3rd, 1949 | The Bribe | J.J. Bealer | 6.3 | |
October 1st, 1948 | The Girl from Manhattan | The Bishop | 6.3 | |
March 18th, 1948 | The Big Clock | Earl Janoth | 7.3 | |
February 17th, 1948 | Arch of Triumph | Ivon Haake | 6 | |
February 3rd, 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Reverend | 5.7 | |
December 29th, 1947 | The Paradine Case | Judge Lord Thomas Horfield | 6.3 | |
October 19th, 1947 | Leben des Galilei | Galileo Galilei | 7 | |
January 18th, 1946 | Because of Him | John Sheridan | 6.3 | |
November 22nd, 1945 | Captain Kidd | Captain Kidd | 6.3 | |
January 31st, 1945 | The Suspect | Philip Marshall | 6.8 | |
July 20th, 1944 | The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost | 6.9 | |
August 4th, 1943 | The Man from Down Under | Jocko Wilson | 7.7 | |
May 7th, 1943 | This Land Is Mine | Albert Lory | 7.2 | |
January 21st, 1943 | Forever and a Day | Bellamy | 7.5 | |
December 31st, 1942 | Stand by for Action | Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas | 7.1 | |
August 5th, 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Charles Smith | 6.4 | |
May 1st, 1942 | The Tuttles of Tahiti | Jonas | 5.7 | |
September 26th, 1941 | It Started with Eve | Jonathan Reynolds | 7.2 | |
October 19th, 1940 | They Knew What They Wanted | Tony Patucci | 6 | |
July 31st, 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | 6.5 | |
August 31st, 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | The Hunchback Quasimodo | 7.3 | |
May 11th, 1939 | Jamaica Inn | Sir Humphrey Pengallan | 6.1 | |
October 18th, 1938 | St. Martin's Lane | Charles Staggers | 7.3 | |
March 4th, 1938 | Vessel of Wrath | Ginger Ted | 6.9 | |
January 1st, 1937 | I, Claudius | Claudius | 10 | |
November 6th, 1936 | Rembrandt | Rembrandt van Rijn | 6.8 | |
November 22nd, 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Captaine Bligh | 7.4 | |
April 20th, 1935 | Les Misérables | Inspector Emile Javert | 7.1 | |
March 8th, 1935 | Ruggles of Red Gap | Marmaduke Ruggles | 7.1 | |
September 21st, 1934 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Edward Moulton-Barrett | 6.2 | |
November 10th, 1933 | White Woman | Horace H. Prin | 5.9 | |
August 17th, 1933 | The Private Life of Henry VIII | Henry VIII | 6.4 | |
February 22nd, 1933 | The Clerk | Phineas V. Lambert | 5 | |
December 25th, 1932 | The Sign of the Cross | Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar | 6.4 | |
December 23rd, 1932 | Island of Lost Souls | Dr. Moreau | 6.9 | |
November 18th, 1932 | If I Had a Million | Phineas V. Lambert | 6.6 | |
November 1st, 1932 | Payment Deferred | William Marble | 5.7 | |
October 20th, 1932 | The Old Dark House | Sir William Porterhouse | 6.7 | |
August 12th, 1932 | Devil and the Deep | Cmdr. Charles Sturm | 5 | |
May 8th, 1931 | Down River | Captain Grossman | 9 | |
September 19th, 1930 | Comets | Himself | 7 | |
May 19th, 1930 | Wolves | Captain Job | 8 | |
February 1st, 1929 | Piccadilly | A Continental Visitor | 6.5 | |
May 5th, 1928 | Blue Bottles | Burglar | 7.3 | |
May 1st, 1928 | Daydreams | Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence | 9 | |
May 1st, 1928 | The Tonic | Father of the Family | 8.5 |