Where to watch Charles Laughton in the UK
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Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English-American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter. Laughton was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. In 1927, he was cast in a play with his future wife Elsa Lanchester, with whom he lived and worked until his death. He played a wide range of classical and modern parts, making an impact in Shakespeare at the Old Vic. His film career took him to Broadway and then Hollywood, but he also collaborated with Alexander Korda on notable British fi…
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- What's My Line? (1950) as Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) as Self
- The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Guest
- Startime (1959) as Self – Co-Host
- MGM Parade (1955) as Self
- The George Gobel Show (1954) as Self
- Spartacus (1960) as Sempronius Gracchus
- Witness for the Prosecution (1957) as Sir Wilfrid
- The Night of the Hunter (1955) Screenplay
- The Jimmy Durante Show (1954) as Self
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) as The Hunchback Quasimodo
- The Lux Show (1957) as Self
- Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) as Captaine Bligh
- Advise & Consent (1962) as Senator Seabright Cooley
- The Paradine Case (1947) as Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Edwin Kensington
- Captain Kidd (1945) as Captain Kidd
- The Old Dark House (1932) as Sir William Porterhouse
- Jamaica Inn (1939) as Sir Humphrey Pengallan
- The Sign of the Cross (1932) as Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar
- The Big Clock (1948) as Earl Janoth
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) as (in "The Bribe") (archive footage)
- Salome (1953) as King Herod
- O. Henry's Full House (1952) as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
- Island of Lost Souls (1932) as Dr. Moreau
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) as actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Arch of Triumph (1948) as Ivon Haake
- The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933) as Henry VIII
- This Land Is Mine (1943) as Albert Lory
- Hobson's Choice (1954) as Henry Horatio Hobson
- Devil and the Deep (1932) as Cmdr. Charles Sturm
- The Blue Veil (1951) as Fred K. Begley
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) as Self (archive footage)
- On Our Merry Way (1948) as Reverend
- Tales of Manhattan (1942) as Charles Smith
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) as Self
- Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) as Capt. William Kidd
- Forever and a Day (1943) as Bellamy
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Charles Laughton's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
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Most-watched Charles Laughton films currently: Spartacus (1960), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), The Night of the Hunter (1955), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935).
What TV shows has Charles Laughton appeared in?
Selected TV credits: What's My Line? (1950), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948), The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950), The Steve Allen Show (1956).
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