Charles Laughton

Interprétation · Né(e) en 1899 · Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK

Biographie

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 classical and modern parts, making an impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic. His film career took him to Broadway and then Hollywood, but he also collaborated with Alexander Korda on notable British films of the era, including The Private Life of Henry VIII, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character. He portrayed everything from monsters and misfits to kings. 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 one film, the thriller The Night of the Hunter. Daniel Day-Lewis cited Laughton as one of his inspirations, saying: "He was probably the greatest film actor who came from that period of time. He had something quite remarkable. His generosity as an actor, he fed himself into that work. As an actor, you cannot take your eyes off him."

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Filmographie

7.5
Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film
2014
2014 · Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
8.0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
1991 · actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.6
Les cadavres ne portent pas de costard
1982
1982 · (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
3.4
The Horror Show
1979
1979 · (archive footage)
6.9
The Epic That Never Was
1969
1969 · Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
7.2
Tempête à Washington
1962
1962 · Senator Seabright Cooley
7.5
Spartacus
1960
1960 · Sempronius Gracchus
5.7
Sous dix drapeaux
1960
1960 · Admiral Russell
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960
1960 · Rabbi Adam Heller
8.2
Témoin à charge
1957
1957 · Sir Wilfrid
7.9
La Nuit du chasseur
1955
1955 · Réalisation
7.4
Chaussure à son pied
1954
1954 · Henry Horatio Hobson
5.8
La Reine vierge
1953
1953 · King Henry VIII
5.8
Salomé
1953
1953 · King Herod
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
1953 · Edwin Kensington
6.0
Les Joyeux Pirates
1952
1952 · Capt. William Kidd
6.9
La Sarabande des pantins
1952
1952 · Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
6.2
Le Château de la terreur
1951
1951 · Sire Alain de Maletroit
6.8
The Blue Veil
1951
1951 · Fred K. Begley
5.2
L'Homme de la tour Eiffel
1949
1949 · Inspector Jules Maigret
6.3
L'Île au complot
1949
1949 · J.J. Bealer
6.3
The Girl from Manhattan
1948
1948 · The Bishop
7.3
La Grande Horloge
1948
1948 · Earl Janoth
6.0
Arc de Triomphe
1948
1948 · Ivon Haake
5.7
La Folle Enquête
1948
1948 · Reverend
6.2
Le Procès Paradine
1947
1947 · Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
7.0
Leben des Galilei
1947
1947 · Galileo Galilei
6.3
Because of Him
1946
1946 · John Sheridan
6.3
Captain Kidd
1945
1945 · Captain Kidd
6.8
Le Suspect
1945
1945 · Philip Marshall
6.9
Le Fantôme de Canterville
1944
1944 · Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
7.0
The Man from Down Under
1943
1943 · Jocko Wilson
7.1
Vivre libre
1943
1943 · Albert Lory
7.5
Forever and a Day
1943
1943 · Bellamy
7.0
Le Cargo des innocents
1942
1942 · Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
6.4
Six Destins
1942
1942 · Charles Smith
5.7
The Tuttles of Tahiti
1942
1942 · Jonas
7.2
Ève a commencé
1941
1941 · Jonathan Reynolds
6.0
They Knew What They Wanted
1940
1940 · Tony Patucci
7.3
Quasimodo
1939
1939 · The Hunchback Quasimodo
6.1
La Taverne de la Jamaïque
1939
1939 · Sir Humphrey Pengallan
7.4
St. Martin's Lane
1938
1938 · Charles Staggers
6.9
Vessel of Wrath
1938
1938 · Ginger Ted
10.0
I, Claudius
1937
1937 · Claudius
6.8
Rembrandt
1936
1936 · Rembrandt van Rijn
7.4
Les Révoltés du Bounty
1935
1935 · Captaine Bligh
7.1
Les Misérables
1935
1935 · Inspector Emile Javert
7.1
L'Extravagant Mr Ruggles
1935
1935 · Marmaduke Ruggles
6.2
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1934
1934 · Edward Moulton-Barrett
5.8
Le Fou des îles
1933
1933 · Horace H. Prin
6.4
La Vie privée d'Henry VIII
1933
1933 · Henry VIII
5.0
The Clerk
1933
1933 · Phineas V. Lambert
6.9
L'Île du docteur Moreau
1932
1932 · Dr. Moreau
6.4
Le Signe de la croix
1932
1932 · Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
6.5
Si j'avais un million
1932
1932 · Phineas V. Lambert
5.7
Payment Deferred
1932
1932 · William Marble
6.7
Une soirée étrange
1932
1932 · Sir William Porterhouse
5.1
Devil and the Deep
1932
1932 · Cmdr. Charles Sturm
9.0
Down River
1931
1931 · Captain Grossman
8.0
Wolves
1930
1930 · Captain Job
6.5
Piccadilly
1929
1929 · A Continental Visitor
7.3
Blue Bottles
1928
1928 · Burglar
9.0
Daydreams
1928
1928 · Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence
8.5
The Tonic
1928
1928 · Father of the Family