Most Recent Role: Claudius on I, Claudius
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Birthday: 7-1-1899
Date of Death: 12-15-1962
Cause of Death: Cancer
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Birthday: 7-1-1899
Date of Death: 12-15-1962
Cause of Death: Cancer
Portly British-born actor who enjoyed a long career in films and on-stage. Laughton was married to fellow thespian Elsa Lanchester in real life and appeared in such classic films as Mutiny on the Bounty, Les Miserables, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Witness for the Prosecution, Spartacus, and Advise and Consent.
Most Recent Appearance
The Epic That Never Was
Friday 24 December 1965 on BBC-2
A documentary that reveals the complete behind-the-scenes story of Alexander Korda's ill-fated 1937 screen version of I, Claudius . This account chronicles the rehearsals, the set construction and the financial excesses of this legendary, doomed production. Interviews with surviving cast...
On March 31, 1952, Laughton appeared on the cover of Time magazine.
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Laughton played the sadistic Roman emperor Nero in the 1933 film Sign of the Cross.
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Laughton made his American film debut in the 1932 film Devil and the Deep in which he co-starred with Gary Cooper, Tallulah Bankhead, and Cary Grant.
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Laughton appeared twice as the Mystery Guest on What's My Line?
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Laughton's wife, Elsa Lanchester, would claim after his death that he was homosexual and that they never consumated their marriage.
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Laughton: Method actors give you a photograph. Real actors give you an oil painting.
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Laughton: It's got so that every time I walk into a restaurant I get not only the soup but an impersonation of Captain Bligh.
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Other Appearances
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Checkmate
The Terror from the East Reverend Wister |
Ford Star Jubilee
The Day Lincoln Was Shot Narrator |
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Ford Startime
Academy Award Songs Special Guest Star |
General Electric Theater
The Last Lesson M. Hamel |
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General Electric Theater
A New York Knight Henry Denry |
I, Claudius
The Epic That Never Was Claudius |
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