Laughton’s work as an actor was well-recognized in his time, given he was active throughout the 1930s (including winning an Oscar for 1932’s The Private Life of Henry VIII) and into the early ...

Charles Laughton Biography From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Laughton (1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was an English-American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter.

It was directed by Scarborough-born Oscar winner Charles Laughton. Now consider a classic, the reviews put him off ever directing a film again. Friday July 25 at 7.45pm.

Charles Laughton was not a conventional director, and he worked at a time in Hollywood history (the 1950s) when movies – though sometimes great – did feel potentially more sanitized than in ...