Charles Laughton

Award won Role or nomination

1. 1899 age 0

   Born

2. 1935 age 36

   CreditMutiny on the Bounty

3. 1939 age 40

   CreditJamaica Inn

   CreditJamaica Innproducer

4. 1947 age 48

   CreditThe Paradine Case

5. 1955 age 56

   CreditThe Night of the Hunterdirector

   CreditThe Night of the Hunterscreenwriter

6. 1957 age 58

   CreditWitness for the Prosecution

7. 1960 age 61

   CreditSpartacus

8. 1962 age 63

   Died

• AHAlfred Hitchcock2 titles
• JGJames Griffith2 titles
• CKColin Kenny2 titles
• IWIan Wolfe2 titles
• JWJohn Williams2 titles
• NVNorma Varden1 title
• AEArthur Edeson1 title
• BHBen Hecht1 title
• CGClark Gable1 title
• RFRichard Farnsworth1 title

• Spouse

  • ELElsa Lanchester

• Studied under

  • CRClaude Rains

Nothing recorded for: Partner, Parents, Children, Siblings, Influenced by, Taught.

• I knew in a flash Gary had something I should never have. It is something pure and he doesn't know it's there. In truth, that boy hasn't the least idea how well he acts.

  Charles Laughton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• They can't censor the gleam in my eye.

  Charles Laughton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Hollywood is a goofy place. But I like it. It's the perfect mummers' home. If one weren't a little mad one wouldn't be there.

  Charles Laughton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• [I have a face that would] stop a sundial and frighten small children into fits.

  Charles Laughton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• I have a face like the behind of an elephant.

  Charles Laughton, CC BY-SA 4.0

• Method actors give you a photograph. Real actors give you an oil painting.

  Charles Laughton, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nationalities

United Kingdom, United States

Cause of death

kidney cancer

Height

172 cm

Languages

English

Years active

1925–1962

Record labels

RCA Victor

Notable works

The Night of the Hunter

Education

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Scarborough College