Acting
Charles Laughton
- Titles
- 77movies11TV shows
- Career
Active from 1928 to 1969, busiest in 1932 with 6 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 48top three billing
- Average score
69/100
- Highest rated
The Big Clock88/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.4average 2.6
- Nostalgia5.8average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.9average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay4.7average 3.7
- Politics3.5average 2.6
- Mystery4.9average 4.1
- Crime4.5average 3.7
- Social Commentary5.5average 4.9
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.1, average 5.4
- Pop Culture0.7, average 2.2
- Tech & Humanity0.6, average 1.6
- Coming of Age2.1, average 3.0
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Drama 9
- Social Commentary 8
- Classic Cinema 5
- Psychological Thriller 5
- Strong Female Lead 4
- Character Study 4
- Classic Hollywood 4
- Political Intrigue 4
- Period Piece 3
- Murder Mystery 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Intrigue 3
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Elsa LanchesterActorWitness for the Prosecution, The Big Clock, Rembrandt, The Tonic, Daydreams, +2 more
Franchot ToneActorMutiny on the Bounty, Advise & Consent, The Man on the Eiffel Tower, Because of Him
Alfred NewmanComposerThe Hunchback of Notre Dame, O. Henry's Full House, Les Misérables, They Knew What They Wanted
Cedric HardwickeActorThe Hunchback of Notre Dame, Salome, Les Misérables
Maureen O'SullivanActorThe Big Clock, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Payment Deferred
Robert NewtonActorJamaica Inn, I, Claudius, Vessel of Wrath
Maureen O'HaraActorJamaica Inn, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, This Land Is Mine
Emlyn WilliamsActorJamaica Inn, The Epic That Never Was, I, Claudius
Fredric MarchActorThe Sign of the Cross, The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Les Misérables- LLeRoy StoneEditorThe Big Clock, If I Had a Million, The Clerk
Robert Z. LeonardDirectorThe Bribe, Stand by for Action, The Man from Down Under
Miklós RózsaComposerYoung Bess, The Bribe, Because of Him
Movies and TV shows
662010s
1 title
as Dr. Moreau (archive footage)
1990s
1 title
as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1980s
2 titles · average score 70
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
1970s
1 title
as (archive footage)
1960s
6 titles · average score 74
as Tiberius Claudius (archive footage)
Translator
as Senator Seabright Cooley
as Sempronius Gracchus
as Admiral Russell
as Rabbi Adam Heller
1950s
10 titles · average score 68
as Sir Wilfrid
Screenplay, Director
as Henry Horatio Hobson
as King Herod
as King Henry VIII
TV show · as Henry Denry / Edwin Kensington
as Capt. William Kidd
as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
as Sire Alain de Maletroit
as Fred K. Begley
1940s
20 titles · average score 63
as J.J. Bealer
as Inspector Jules Maigret
as Earl Janoth
as Ivon Haake
as Captain Kidd
as Philip Marshall
as Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost
as Albert Lory
as Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas
as Jonas
as Jonathan Reynolds
as Tony Patucci
1930s
21 titles · average score 71
as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
as The Hunchback Quasimodo
as Charles Staggers
as Rembrandt van Rijn
as Captaine Bligh
as Marmaduke Ruggles
as Inspector Emile Javert
as Edward Moulton-Barrett
as Henry VIII
as Sir William Porterhouse
as Cmdr. Charles Sturm
as Dr. Moreau
1920s
4 titles · average score 77
as A Continental Visitor
as Father of the Family
as Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence
as Burglar