Where to watch Charles Laughton in the UK
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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 fi…
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- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Guest
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) as Self
- Startime (1959) as Self – Co-Host
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957) as Sir Wilfrid
- Spartacus (1960) as Sempronius Gracchus
- MGM Parade (1955) as Self
- The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) as The Hunchback Quasimodo
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) Director
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Edwin Kensington
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
- The Lux Show (1957) as Self
- The Jimmy Durante Show (1954) as Self
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) as Captaine Bligh
- Star Time (1950) as Self
- Les Misérables (1935) as Inspector Emile Javert
- Jamaica Inn (1939) as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
- Advise & Consent (1962) as Senator Seabright Cooley
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Island of Lost Souls (1932) as Dr. Moreau
- The Sign of the Cross (1932) as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
- Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014) as Self (archive footage)
- The Paradine Case (1947) as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
- O. Henry's Full House (1952) as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
- Young Bess (1953) as King Henry VIII
- This Land Is Mine (1943) as Albert Lory
- The Canterville Ghost (1944) as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
- The Big Clock (1948) as Earl Janoth
- Hobson's Choice (1954) as Henry Horatio Hobson
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) as Self
- Captain Kidd (1945) as Captain Kidd
- Arch of Triumph (1948) as Ivon Haake
- Salome (1953) as King Herod
- The Suspect (1945) as Philip Marshall
- The Horror Show (1979) as (archive footage)
- The Old Dark House (1932) as Sir William Porterhouse
- Tales of Manhattan (1942) as Charles Smith
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Most-watched Charles Laughton films currently: Witness for the Prosecution (1957), Spartacus (1960), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982).
What TV shows has Charles Laughton appeared in?
Selected TV credits: What's My Line? (1950), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950), The Steve Allen Show (1956), The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956).
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