Charles Laughton English-American stage and film actor
Charles Laughton is a 63 years old English-American stage and film actor from Scarborough, England. Charles Laughton was born on July 01, 1899 (died on December 15, 1962, he was 63 years old) in Scarborough, England.
About
No, he died on 12/15/1962, 61 years ago. He was 63 years old when he died. Cause of death: kidney cancer. He died in Hollywood and buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park .
Family
Wife
Elsa Lanchester, Actress
He married with Elsa Lanchester (84), in 1929. Charles Laughton was 29 and Elsa Lanchester was 26 years old. After 33 years, in 1962 Elsa passed away.
Works
Charles Laughton Movies (70)
There are 70 movies of Charles Laughton.
His first feature film was Spartacus (1960, as Sempronius Gracchus). He was 61 when he starred in this movie. Since 1960, he has appeared in 70 feature films. The last one is The Art Director (1949). .
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Charles Laughton movie characters
The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:
| Character/Job | Movie | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Sempronius Gracchus | Spartacus (1960) | 61 |
| Sir Wilfrid Robarts | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) | 58 |
| The Hunchback Quasimodo | The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) | 40 |
| Director | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 56 |
| Screenplay | The Night of the Hunter (1955) | 56 |
| Captain Bligh | Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) | 36 |
| Sir Humphrey Pengallan | Jamaica Inn (1939) | 40 |
| Producer | Jamaica Inn (1939) | 40 |
| Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) | 82 | |
| Dr. Moreau | Island of Lost Souls (1932) | 33 |
| King Herod | Salome (1953) | 53 |
| Henry Horatio Hobson | Hobson's Choice (1954) | 54 |
| Judge Lord Thomas Horfield | The Paradine Case (1947) | 48 |
| Earl Janoth | The Big Clock (1948) | 48 |
| Sir William 'Bill' Porterhouse | The Old Dark House (1932) | 33 |
| Senator Seabright Cooley | Advise & Consent (1962) | 62 |
| King Henry VIII | The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) | 34 |
| The Cop and the Anthem: Soapy | O. Henry's Full House (1952) | 53 |
| Albert Lory | This Land Is Mine (1943) | 43 |
| Philip Marshall | The Suspect (1944) | 45 |
| Phineas V. Lambert | If I Had a Million (1932) | 33 |
| Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar | The Sign of the Cross (1932) | 33 |
| Sire Alain de Maletroit | The Strange Door (1951) | 51 |
| Inspector Emile Javert | Les Misérables (1935) | 35 |
| Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost | The Canterville Ghost (1944) | 45 |
| Charles Smith | Tales of Manhattan (1942) | 43 |
| Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas | Stand by for Action (1942) | 43 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) | 92 | |
| Bellamy - Dexter's Butler | Forever and a Day (1943) | 43 |
| Marmaduke Ruggles | Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) | 35 |
| J.J. Bealer | The Bribe (1949) | 49 |
| Jonathan Reynolds | It Started with Eve (1941) | 42 |
| Himself | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) | 83 |
| Admiral Russell | Under Ten Flags (1960) | 61 |
| Edward Moulton-Barrett | The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) | 35 |
| Inspector Jules Maigret | The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) | 50 |
| Director | The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) | 50 |
| Ivon Haake | Arch of Triumph (1948) | 48 |
| Capt. William Kidd | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) | 53 |
| Captain Kidd | Captain Kidd (1945) | 46 |
| Rembrandt | Rembrandt (1936) | 37 |
| A Nightclub Diner | Piccadilly (1929) | 29 |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009) | 110 | |
| Writer | Sidewalks of London (1938) | 40 |
| Charles Staggers | Sidewalks of London (1938) | 40 |
| Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) | 64 | |
| Himself | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) | 41 |
| King Henry VIII | Young Bess (1953) | 53 |
| Burglar | Blue Bottles (1928) | 28 |
| Tony Patucci | They Knew What They Wanted (1940) | 41 |
| Father of the Family | The Tonic (1928) | 28 |
| The Bishop | The Girl from Manhattan (1948) | 49 |
| Claudius | The Epic That Never Was (1969) | 70 |
| Fred K. Begley | The Blue Veil (1951) | 52 |
| Jocko Wilson | The Man from Down Under (1943) | 44 |
| Producer | The Beachcomber (1938) | 38 |
| Ginger Ted | The Beachcomber (1938) | 38 |
| Captain Grossman | Down River (1931) | 31 |
| Cmdr. Charles Sturm | Devil and the Deep (1932) | 33 |
| Writer | Leben des Galilei (1947) | 48 |
| Galileo Galilei | Leben des Galilei (1947) | 48 |
| John Sheridan | Because of Him (1946) | 46 |
| Horace H. Prin | White Woman (1933) | 34 |
| William Marble | Payment Deferred (1932) | 33 |
| Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence | Daydreams (1928) | 28 |
| Himself | Comets (1930) | 30 |
| Captain Job | Wolves (1930) | 37 |
| Phineas V. Lambert | The Clerk (1933) | 33 |
| Jonas | The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942) | 42 |
| The Art Director (1949) | 50 |
Charles Laughton TV Shows (8)
His first TV Show was The Ed Sullivan Show (1948).
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Awards (2)
Awarded Academy Award for Best Actor in 1934 , awarded Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album in 1961 ,
Education
He graduated from Royal Academy Of Dramatic Art
What was Charles's zodiac sign?Charles Laughton zodiac sign was cancer.
Other facts about Charles Laughton
| DeathCause | Renal cell carcinoma |
|---|---|
| Place of death | Hollywood , country: United States of America |
| Spouse | Elsa Lanchester |
| Related category | Category:Films Directed By Charles Laughton , of: film, directed by this person |
| Work period (start) | 1925-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Military branch | British Army |
| Given name | Charles |
| Libris-URI | Hftwzql151rnf15 |
| Country of citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Manner of death | Natural Causes |
| Place of burial | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
| Name in native language | Charles Laughton |
| Official website | Charles Laughton official website |
| Record | RCA Victor |
| Date of death | 1962-12-15T00:00:00Z |
| Cause of death | Kidney Cancer |
| Religion | Atheism |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Conflict | World War I |
| Filmography | Charles Laughton Filmography |
| Family name | Laughton. Show people with the surname Laughton |
| Work period (end) | 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Has works in the collection | Museum Of Modern Art |
| Europeana entity | Agent/base/147092 |
