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Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor and director. Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) 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.

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  • Charles Laughton
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  • Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor and director. Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) 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.
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Birth Date
  • 1899-07-01(xsd:date)
death place
  • Hollywood, California, U.S.
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Name
  • Charles Laughton
Caption
  • Promotional portrait of Charles Laughton for The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Years Active
  • 1926(xsd:integer)
Birth Place
  • Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
death date
  • 1962-12-15(xsd:date)
Occupation
  • Actor, screenwriter, producer, director
Death Cause
  • renal cell carcinoma
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  • Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor and director. Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) 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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