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- Charles Laughton was an English actor counted amongst the most versatile performers of his generation. He was also a successful director, producer and screen writer. An accomplished character actor of both the stage and film, he was as adept at playing classical roles as he was in modern ones.
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Charles Laughton ( / ˈlɔːtən /; [1] 1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was a British-American actor. He 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.
Actor: Witness for the Prosecution. Charles Laughton was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, to Eliza (Conlon) and Robert Laughton, hotel keepers of Irish and English descent, respectively. He was educated at Stonyhurst (a highly esteemed Jesuit college in England) and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (received gold medal).
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Charles Laughton. Actor: Witness for the Prosecution. Charles Laughton was born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, to Eliza (Conlon) and Robert Laughton, hotel keepers of Irish and English descent, respectively.
- July 1, 1899
- December 15, 1962
May 3, 2024 · Charles Laughton (born July 1, 1899, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England—died December 15, 1962, Hollywood, California, U.S.) was a British actor and director who defied the Hollywood typecasting system to emerge as one of the most versatile performers of his generation.
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Charles Laughton Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters, Lillian Gish, Billy Chapin, Evelyn Varden, Peter Graves: Directed by Laughton 1957 Witness for the Prosecution: Sir Wilfrid Robarts Billy Wilder: Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor: Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
YearTitleRoleDirector1941Jonathan Reynolds1942Jonas Tuttle1942Charles Smith1942Rear Admiral Stephen ThomasJun 4, 2015 · June 4, 2015. There are actors who are so singular in their appearance, inventive in their mannerism and outsize in their eccentricities that they might be called creatures. Peter Lorre was one....
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.
