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...
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...
Known For
The Night of the Hunter
Director
Spartacus
as Sempronius Gracchus
Witness for the Prosecution
as Sir Wilfrid
Cast Credits
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
Advise & Consent
as Senator Seabright Cooley
Spartacus
as Sempronius Gracchus
Under Ten Flags
as Admiral Russell
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as Rabbi Adam Heller
Witness for the Prosecution
as Sir Wilfrid
Hobson's Choice
as Henry Horatio Hobson
Young Bess
as King Henry VIII
Salome
as King Herod
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
as Capt. William Kidd
O. Henry's Full House
as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
The Strange Door
as Sire Alain de Maletroit
The Blue Veil
as Fred K. Begley
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
as Inspector Jules Maigret
The Bribe
as J.J. Bealer
The Girl from Manhattan
as The Bishop
The Big Clock
as Earl Janoth
Arch of Triumph
as Ivon Haake
On Our Merry Way
as Reverend
The Paradine Case
as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
Leben des Galilei
as Galileo Galilei
Because of Him
as John Sheridan
Captain Kidd
as Captain Kidd
The Suspect
as Philip Marshall
The Canterville Ghost
as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
The Man from Down Under
as Jocko Wilson
This Land Is Mine
as Albert Lory
Forever and a Day
as Bellamy
Stand by for Action
as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
Tales of Manhattan
as Charles Smith
Crew Credits
The Life of Galileo
Translator
The Night of the Hunter
Director
Leben des Galilei
Writer
Jamaica Inn
Producer
St. Martin's Lane
Producer
Vessel of Wrath
Producer