Biography
Laughton made his New York stage debut in "Payment Deferred" (1931) and soon after won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his scene-chewing performance in "The Private Life of Henry VIII" (1933). Two years later, he delivered one of his most iconic roles, playing the cruel Captain Bligh in the excellent "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935), and was brilliant as the deformed Quasimodo in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939). After running afoul of …
LATEST CREDITS
Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor | Himself |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Quasimodo |
The Canterville Ghost | Actor |
The Strange Door | Actor |
Hobson's Choice | Henry Horatio Hobson |
Piccadilly | Actor |
Island of Lost Souls | Actor |
Mutiny on the Bounty | Captain Bligh |
Advise and Consent | Senator Seabright Cooley |
The Blue Veil | Actor |
Sotto dieci bandiere | Admiral Russell |
Les Miserables | Actor |
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | Captain Kidd |
The Old Dark House | Sir William Porterhouse |
The Paradine Case | Actor |
Witness For the Prosecution | Sir Wilfrid Robarts |
Spartacus | Gracchus |
O. Henry's Full House | Actor |
Al Pacino: Inside Out | Interviewee |
The Night of the Hunter | Director |
Galileo | from translation |
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