Charles Laughton

Highest Rated:
100% Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Lowest Rated:
44% Jamaica Inn (1939)
Birthday:
Jul 1, 1899
Birthplace:
Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Bio:
Tortured but brilliant British actor Charles Laughton's unique performances made him a compelling performer both on stage and in film. After starting his career as an hotel manager, Laughton switched to acting. His performances in London's West End plays brought him early acclaim, which eventually…

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 44% - 100%
Number of Movies: 52
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2011 I, Claudius
  • Actor
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2006 Pirates - Dead Men Tell Their Tales
  • Actor
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1999 Gay! Gay! Hollywood
  • Actor
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1965 The Epic That Never Was
  • Actor
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1962 82% Advise and Consent
  • Sen. Seabright "Seab" Cooley
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1962 71% Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Actor
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1960 96% Spartacus
  • Sempronius Gracchus
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1957 100% Witness for the Prosecution
  • Sir Wilfrid Robarts
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1956 Producer's Showcase: Festival of Music
  • Actor
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1955 98% The Night of the Hunter
  • Director
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1953 Salome: The Dance of the Seven Veils
  • King Herod
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1953 Young Bess
  • Henry VIII
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1953 95% Hobson's Choice
  • Henry Horatio Hobson
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1952 Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
  • Capt. Kidd
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1952 O. Henry's Full House
  • Soapy The Cop and the Anthem
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1951 The Strange Door (Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Door )
  • Sire Alan de Maletroit
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1951 The Blue Veil
  • Fred K. Begley
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1949 The Man on the Eiffel Tower
  • Inspector Jules Maigret
  • Director
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1949 The Bribe
  • A.J. Bealer
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1948 100% The Big Clock
  • Earl Janoth
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1948 Arch of Triumph
  • Haake
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1947 75% The Paradine Case
  • Judge Horfield
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1946 Because of Him
  • Sheridan
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1945 100% Captain Kidd
  • Capt. William Kidd
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1945 Pirates: Dead Men Tell Their Tales
  • Captain Kidd
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1944 83% The Canterville Ghost
  • Sir Simon de Canterville/The Ghost
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1944 The Suspect
  • Philip
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1943 Forever and a Day
  • Bellamy Dexter Pomfret's Butler
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1943 The Man from Down Under
  • Jocko Wilson
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1943 71% This Land Is Mine
  • Arthur Lory
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1942 Stand by for Action (Cargo of Innocents)
  • Rear Adm. Stephen Thomas
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1942 The Tuttles of Tahiti
  • Jonas Tuttle
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1942 Tales of Manhattan
  • Charles Smith
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1941 It Started with Eve
  • Jonathan Reynolds
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1940 They Knew What They Wanted
  • Tony Patucci
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1939 100% The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • Quasimodo
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1939 44% Jamaica Inn
  • Sir Humphrey Pengallan
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1938 Sidewalks of London
  • Charles Saggers
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1938 Vessel of Wrath (The Beachcomber)
  • Ginger Ted
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1936 Rembrandt
  • Rembrandt van Rijn
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1935 100% Les Miserables
  • Javert
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1935 100% Ruggles of Red Gap
  • Marmaduke Ruggles
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1935 93% Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Capt. William Bligh
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1934 71% The Barretts of Wimpole Street
  • Edward Moulton Barrett
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1933 100% The Private Life of Henry VIII
  • Henry VIII
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1933 White Woman
  • Horace Prin
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1932 95% Island of Lost Souls (The Island of Dr. Moreau)
  • Dr. Moreau
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1932 Payment Deferred
  • William Marble
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1932 The Sign of the Cross
  • Nero
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1932 100% The Old Dark House
  • Sir William Porterhouse
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1932 If I Had a Million
  • The Clerk
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1929 88% Piccadilly
  • A Night Club Hawk
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Quotes from Charles Laughton's Characters

    1. Julius Caesar: I thought you had no reservations about the gods.
    2. Sempronius Gracchus: Privately I believe in none. Neither do you. Publicly I believe in them all.
    From Spartacus. Submitted by The Vinh H (45 days ago)
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