8.2
8.2
Witness for the Prosecution
1957
as Sir Wilfrid
Charles Laughton
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Charles Laughton (; 1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was a British and American actor. He was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. Over his career he received an Academy Award and a Grammy Award as well as nominations for two BAFTAs and a Golden Globe. He earned a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Laughton played a wide range of classical and modern roles both on West End and Off West End, making an impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic. His acting career took him to Broadway and then Hollywood, where he portrayed everything from monsters and misfits to kings. He earned the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character in the historical drama The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). He was further Oscar-nominated for his roles as Captain William Bligh in the action adventure Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and an irascible barrister in the courtroom drama Witness for the Prosecution (1957). Among Laughton's biggest film hits were The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), Rembrandt (1936), Jamaica Inn (1939), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Big Clock (1948), Young Bess (1953), Hobson's Choice (1954) and Spartacus (1960). His final film role was in Advise & Consent (1962). He directed one film, the acclaimed thriller The Night of the Hunter (1955). In his later career, Laughton took up stage directing, notably in the dramas The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, and Don Juan in Hell, in which he also starred.
Filmography (63 movies)
7.9
7.9
The Night of the Hunter
1955
Director
7.5
7.5
Spartacus
1960
as Sempronius Gracchus
7.5
7.5
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
as Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
7.4
7.4
Forever and a Day
1943
as Bellamy
7.4
7.4
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Captaine Bligh
7.3
7.3
Hobson's Choice
1954
as Henry Horatio Hobson
7.3
7.3
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as The Hunchback Quasimodo
7.3
7.3
The Big Clock
1948
as Earl Janoth
7.2
7.2
Advise & Consent
1962
as Senator Seabright Cooley
7.2
7.2
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Albert Lory
7.2
7.2
Les Misérables
1935
as Inspector Emile Javert
7.2
7.2
It Started with Eve
1941
as Jonathan Reynolds
7.1
7.1
St. Martin's Lane
1938
Producer
7.1
7.1
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
as Marmaduke Ruggles
7.0
7.0
Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld
1994
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
The Tonic
1928
as Father of the Family
6.9
6.9
Island of Lost Souls
1932
as Dr. Moreau
6.9
6.9
Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999
as Self (archive footage)
6.8
6.8
Stand by for Action
1942
as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
6.8
6.8
Rembrandt
1936
as Rembrandt van Rijn
6.7
6.7
The Old Dark House
1932
as Sir William Porterhouse
6.7
6.7
The Canterville Ghost
1944
as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
6.7
6.7
The Epic That Never Was
1969
as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
6.7
6.7
Vessel of Wrath
1938
Producer
6.7
6.7
The Suspect
1945
as Philip Marshall
6.6
6.6
O. Henry's Full House
1952
as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
6.6
6.6
The Blue Veil
1951
as Fred K. Begley
6.6
6.6
If I Had a Million
1932
as Phineas V. Lambert
6.5
6.5
Blue Bottles
1928
as Burglar
6.5
6.5
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
6.5
6.5
The Man from Down Under
1943
as Jocko Wilson
6.4
6.4
Piccadilly
1929
as A Continental Visitor
6.4
6.4
The Private Life of Henry VIII
1933
as Henry VIII
6.2
6.2
The Paradine Case
1947
as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
6.2
6.2
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Charles Smith
6.2
6.2
Captain Kidd
1945
as Captain Kidd
6.2
6.2
Because of Him
1946
as John Sheridan
6.2
6.2
The Bribe
1949
as J.J. Bealer
6.1
6.1
The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
6.1
6.1
Jamaica Inn
1939
Producer
6.1
6.1
The Strange Door
1951
as Sire Alain de Maletroit
6.0
6.0
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
6.0
6.0
The Art Director
1949
as Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited)
5.9
5.9
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
1952
as Capt. William Kidd
5.8
5.8
Arch of Triumph
1948
as Ivon Haake
5.8
5.8
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
as Tony Patucci
5.7
5.7
White Woman
1933
as Horace H. Prin
5.7
5.7
Young Bess
1953
as King Henry VIII
5.7
5.7
Salome
1953
as King Herod
5.6
5.6
Payment Deferred
1932
as William Marble
5.5
5.5
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
as Jonas
5.4
5.4
Under Ten Flags
1960
as Admiral Russell
5.1
5.1
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
1949
as Inspector Jules Maigret
5.0
5.0
The Clerk
1933
as Phineas V. Lambert
5.0
5.0
The Girl from Manhattan
1948
as The Bishop
4.8
4.8
Devil and the Deep
1932
as Cmdr. Charles Sturm
Daydreams
1928
as Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence
Leben des Galilei
1947
Writer
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
as Rabbi Adam Heller
Down River
1931
as Captain Grossman
Comets
1930
as Himself
Wolves
1930
as Captain Job
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