Eddie Laughton

Relocating from England to the U.S. in the 1920s, dapper, mustachioed Eddie Laughton worked in vaudeville until he was signed by Columbia Pictures in 1935. Laughton spent most of his time in the studio's two-reel comedies, earning his $55 per day in an exhausting variety of roles: hotel clerks, gangsters, snobbish socialites, jealous lovers, train conductors, and, sometimes, just one of the crowd. The Three Stooges, Columbia's top two-reel attraction, were so impressed by Laughton that they hired him as his straight man for their stage appearances. After toting up hundreds of credits in both shorts and features, Laughton left Columbia in 1945 to free-lance. Retiring in 1949, Eddie Laughton died of pneumonia three years later at the age of 49.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	Chicken Every Sunday	Process Server	—	1949
No Score Yet	The Shocking Miss Pilgrim	Quincy	—	1947
100%	The Lost Weekend	Mr. Brophy	—	1945
No Score Yet	The Boogie Man Will Get You	Johnson	—	1942
No Score Yet	Atlantic Convoy	Radio Operator	—	1942
No Score Yet	Submarine Raider	Shannon	—	1942
93%	The Talk of the Town	Henry	—	1942
No Score Yet	Confessions of Boston Blackie	Express man	—	1941
No Score Yet	Three Girls About Town	Magician	—	1941
No Score Yet	You'll Never Get Rich	Lieutenant	—	1941
94%	Penny Serenade	Cab Driver	—	1941
No Score Yet	Meet Boston Blackie	Freak show barker	—	1941
No Score Yet	The Phantom Submarine	Cab Driver	—	1941
No Score Yet	Across the Sierras	Man with Noose	—	1941
No Score Yet	Lady in Question	Man	—	1940
No Score Yet	Blondie Has Servant Trouble	Photographer	—	1940
No Score Yet	Island of Doomed Men	Borgo	—	1940
No Score Yet	The Doctor Takes a Wife	Photographer	—	1940
No Score Yet	Special Inspector	Tim	—	1939
No Score Yet	Let Us Live	Cab Driver	—	1939
No Score Yet	Gambling with Souls	Nick	—	1936

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	The Three Stooges 1934-1959	Grip Prosecuting Attorney Train Conductor	1942 1940 1939 1936

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