Charles Laughton

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film actor film director human screenwriter stage actor theatre director

Charles Laughton was an acclaimed English actor and director known for his powerful character roles in films such as "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Mutiny on the Bounty."

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Label Occurrences
Charles Laughton canonical 25
Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau 1
Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf film actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
theatre director ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Golden Globe Award ⓘ
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor ⓘ
birthName Charles Laughton self-link ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
causeOfDeath cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1899-07-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1962-12-15 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1929 ⓘ
directorOf The Night of the Hunter ⓘ
surface form: The Night of the Hunter (1955 film)
educatedAt Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ⓘ
familyName Laughton ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
historical film ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Charles Laughton self-link ⓘ
nationality English ⓘ
notableAwardWork The Private Life of Henry VIII ⓘ
surface form: The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933 film)
notableFor powerful character roles ⓘ
notableWork Mutiny on the Bounty ⓘ
surface form: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)

Ruggles of Red Gap (1935 film) ⓘ
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film) ⓘ
The Night of the Hunter ⓘ
surface form: The Night of the Hunter (1955 film)

The Private Life of Henry VIII ⓘ
surface form: The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933 film)

Witness for the Prosecution ⓘ
surface form: Witness for the Prosecution (1957 film)
occupation actor ⓘ
film director ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stage director ⓘ
placeOfBirth Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
portrayed William Bligh ⓘ
surface form: Captain William Bligh

Henry VIII of England ⓘ
surface form: King Henry VIII of England

Quasimodo ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Elsa Lanchester ⓘ
workedIn Broadway theater ⓘ
surface form: Broadway theatre

Hollywood ⓘ
West End theatre district ⓘ
surface form: West End theatre
yearsActive 1926–1962 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elsa Lanchester → spouse → Charles Laughton ⓘ
Elsa Lanchester → workedWith → Charles Laughton ⓘ
Spartacus (1960 film) → castMember → Charles Laughton ⓘ
Witness for the Prosecution → starring → Charles Laughton ⓘ
Witness for the Prosecution → castMember → Charles Laughton ⓘ
British Academy of Film and Television Arts → foundedBy → Charles Laughton ⓘ
The Paradine Case → castMember → Charles Laughton ⓘ
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 film score) → filmLeadActor → Charles Laughton ⓘ
Mutiny on the Bounty → starredActor → Charles Laughton ⓘ
subject surface form: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)
Simon Callow → hasWritten → Charles Laughton ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Laughton: A Difficult Actor
Island of Lost Souls (1932 film) → starring → Charles Laughton ⓘ
Island of Lost Souls (1932 film) → leadActorRole → Charles Laughton ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau
The Sign of the Cross → stars → Charles Laughton ⓘ
Lanchester → spouse → Charles Laughton ⓘ
subject surface form: Elsa Lanchester
The Private Life of Henry VIII → starring → Charles Laughton ⓘ
The Private Life of Henry VIII → awardReceivedBy → Charles Laughton ⓘ
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester → spouse → Charles Laughton ⓘ
subject surface form: Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Sullivan Lanchester → workedWith → Charles Laughton ⓘ
subject surface form: Elsa Lanchester
Charles Laughton → name → Charles Laughton self-link ⓘ
Charles Laughton → birthName → Charles Laughton self-link ⓘ
Quasimodo → notablePortrayal → Charles Laughton ⓘ
Sir Wilfrid Robarts → portrayedBy → Charles Laughton ⓘ
It Started with Eve → starring → Charles Laughton ⓘ
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934) → starring → Charles Laughton ⓘ
The Big Clock → starring → Charles Laughton ⓘ
Arch of Triumph → adaptationStarring → Charles Laughton ⓘ
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor → firstRecipient → Charles Laughton ⓘ