- Charles Laughton was an English stage and film character actor, director, producer and screenwriter
Born: | 01 July 1899 Comment | When did Charles Laughton die? / Died | 15 December 1962 | How many years did Charles Laughton live? / Lived | 63 years | Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
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Charles Laughton facts
- 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; they had no children
- 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
- 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
- Laughton has been seen by one actor as one of the greatest performers of his generation
- Daniel Day-Lewis cited him as one of his inspirations, saying: "He was probably the greatest film actor who came from that period of time
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