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Quick Facts
- NAME: Charles Laughton
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor
- BIRTH DATE: July 01, 1899
- DEATH DATE: December 15, 1962
- EDUCATION: Stonyhurt School, Yorkshire, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Scarborough, Yorkshire, England
- PLACE OF DEATH: Hollywood, California
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Charles Laughton was an English-American stage and film actor. He defied the typecasting system set in place by Hollywood, emerging as a versatile performer.
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Profile
Charles Laughton was an English-American stage and film actor. Escaping the life of an inn keeper, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1925. Soon Laughton's career was defined by its versatility. He played a lunatic in The Devil and the Deep, then a good-natured industrialist in The Old Dark House. He directed the play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in 1954, to rave reviews.© 2012 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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