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Charles Laughton
Born: 01 Jul 1899, Scarborough, Yorkshire, ENGLAND
Died: 15 Dec 1962 (aged 63) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Father: Robert Laughton
Mother: Elizabeth (Eliza) Conlon
Wife: Elsa Lanchester
Notable Achievement: Oscar Winning Actor
Charles Laughton was an English-American stage and film actor, screenwriter, producer and two-time director.
Charles was born 01 July, 1899 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, the son of Robert Laughton by his wife Elizabeth/Eliza (Conlon), four years after his birth, his brother, Robert Thomas was born, followed by Francis, four years later. All three sons were born at the Victoria Hotel (Scarborough, N. Yorkshire), where their parents were the proprietors. In 1908, the family purchased the more upscale and grander, Pavilion Hotel, which was located right across the street from the Victoria Hotel.
(Left to Right) Robert, Frank (age 4), Charles (age 12), Tom (age 8) & Eliza
Pavilion Hotel, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, ENGLAND
His mother was a devout Roman Catholic and he attended Stonyhurst College, a Jesuit school, in Lancashire, England, and later served during World War I. He started work in the family hotel business, while participating in amateur theatricals in Scarborough. Finally allowed by his family to become a drama student at RADA in 1925, Laughton made his first professional stage appearance on April 28, 1926 at the Barnes Theatre.
Charles Laughton married Elsa Lanchester. (Left to Right) Charles 1917; Charles & Elsa Lanchester Laughton
Notable Films Include: The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933) .... King Henry VIII (co-starring Merle Oberon & Elsa Lanchester) Les misérables (1935) .... Inspector Javert (co-starring Fredric March) Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) .... Bligh (co-starring Clark Gable) Rembrandt (1936) .... Rembrandt van Rijn (co-starring Elsa Lanchester) I, Claudius (1937) .... Claudius (co-starring Merle Oberon) Jamaica Inn (1939) .... Sir Humphrey Pengallan (co-starring Maureen O'Hara) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) .... Quasimodo (co-starring Maureen O'Hara) It Started with Eve (1941) .... Jonathan Reynolds (co-starring Deanna Durbin & Robert Cummings) This Land Is Mine (1943) .... Albert Lory (co-starring Maureen O'Hara) The Canterville Ghost (1944) .... Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost (co-starring Robert Young) Captain Kidd (1945) .... Capt. William Kidd (co-starring Randolph Scott) Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) .... Capt. William Kidd Salome (1953) .... King Herod (co-starring Stewart Granger & Rita Hayworth) Young Bess (1953) .... King Henry VIII (co-starring Jean Simmons & Stewart Granger) Witness for the Prosecution (1957) .... Sir Wilfrid Robarts (co-starring Tyrone Power) Spartacus (1960) .... Sempronius Gracchus (co-starring Kirk Douglas & Tony Curtis) Charles Laughton won a Best Actor Oscar in 1933 for "The Private Lives of Henry VIII"
(Left) "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935) with Clark Gable
(Right) "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939) with Maureen O'Hara
Charles Laughton is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles, CA.
Elsa Lanchester (Laughton is perhaps best known for the following films: The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933) .... Anne of Cleves (co-starring Charles Laughton) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) .... Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (co-starring Boris Karloff) Lassie Come Home (1943) .... Mrs. Carraclough (co-starring Roddy McDowall & Elizabeth Taylor) The Spiral Staircase (1945) .... Mrs. Oates (co-starring Dorothy McGuire & Rhonda Fleming) The Bishop's Wife (1947) .... Matilda (co-starring Cary Grant & Loretta Young) The Secret Garden (1949) .... Martha (co-starring Margaret O'Brien & Dean Stockwell) The Inspector General (1949) .... Maria (co-starring Danny Kaye) Les miserables (1952) .... Madame Magloire (co-starring Michael Rennie & Debra Paget) Androcles and the Lion (1952) .... Megaera (co-starring Alan Young & Victor Mature) Pajama Party (1964) .... Aunt Wendy (co-starring Tommy Kirk & Annette Funicello) That Darn Cat! (1965) .... Mrs. MacDougall (co-starring Dean Jones & Hayley Mills) Easy Come, Easy Go (1967) .... Madame Neherina (co-starring Elvis Presley) Rascal (1969) .... Mrs. Satterfield (co-starring Billy Mumy) Murder by Death (1976) .... Jessica Marbles (co-starring Peter Falk & Peter Sellers) (Left) The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Charles Laughton descends from the lineage of John Lofting (b.1659 Holland, d. 15 Jun 1742).
