Charles Laughton
Actor, Film actor
1899 – 1962
Who was Charles Laughton?
Charles Laughton was an English stage and film actor and director.
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 a big impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic. His film career took him to Hollywood, but he also collaborated with Alexander Korda on some of the most notable British films of the era, including The Private Life of Henry VIII.
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 the acclaimed thriller The Night of the Hunter.
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- Born
- Jul 1, 1899
Scarborough, North Yorkshire - Also known as
- Чарльз Лотон
- Parents
- Spouses
- Elsa Lanchester
(1929/02/09 - 1962/12/15)
- Elsa Lanchester
- Nationality
- United States of America
- England
- Profession
- Education
- Stonyhurst College
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Died
- Dec 15, 1962
Hollywood - Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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