Charles Laughton: movies and TV shows
Charles Laughton has 95 credits in the archive: 82 films and 13 TV series, from 1928 to 2028. Highest rated: Witness for the Prosecution (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1928 – 2028 · busiest year: 1932 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2028 | Charmed Lives: A Family Romance | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 129 |
| 2014 | Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 115 |
| 2014 | Monster Madness: The Golden Age of the Horror Film | Dr. Moreau (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 115 |
| 2009 | 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.5 | 110 |
| 1999 | Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 100 |
| 1994 | Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.5 | 95 |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actor 'Advise and 'Consent' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 92 |
| 1988 | Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies | (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | — | 89 |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 84 |
| 1982 | Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid | (in "The Bribe") (archive footage) | Film | 6.7 | 83 |
| 1982 | Oops, Those Hollywood Bloopers! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.0 | 83 |
| 1979 | The Horror Show | (archive footage) | Film | 3.4 | 80 |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 73 |
| 1969 | The Epic That Never Was | Tiberius Claudius (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 70 |
| 1964 | The Life of Galileo | Film | — | 65 | |
| 1962 | Advise & Consent | Senator Seabright Cooley | Film | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1960 | Spartacus | Sempronius Gracchus | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1960 | Under Ten Flags | Admiral Russell | Film | 5.7 | 61 |
| 1960 | In the Presence of Mine Enemies | Rabbi Adam Heller | Film | — | 61 |
| 1959 | Startime | Self – Co-Host | TV | 6.8 | 60 |
| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution | Sir Wilfrid | Film | 8.2 | 58 |
| 1957 | The Lux Show | Self | TV | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1956 | The Dinah Shore Chevy Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1955 | MGM Parade | Self | TV | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1955 | The Night of the Hunter | Film | 7.9 | 56 | |
| 1955 | The Night of the Hunter | Film | 7.9 | 56 | |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self | TV | 7.8 | 55 |
| 1954 | The Jimmy Durante Show | Self | TV | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1954 | Hobson's Choice | Henry Horatio Hobson | Film | 7.4 | 55 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Edwin Kensington | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Henry Denry | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | M. Hamel | TV | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1953 | Salome | King Herod | Film | 5.9 | 54 |
| 1953 | Young Bess | King Henry VIII | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") | Film | 6.8 | 53 |
| 1952 | Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd | Capt. William Kidd | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1951 | The Blue Veil | Fred K. Begley | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1951 | The Strange Door | Sire Alain de Maletroit | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1949 | The Man on the Eiffel Tower | Inspector Jules Maigret | Film | 5.2 | 50 |
| 1949 | The Bribe | J.J. Bealer | Film | 6.3 | 50 |
| 1949 | The Art Director | Self - from 'The Big Clock' (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1948 | The Big Clock | Earl Janoth | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1948 | On Our Merry Way | Reverend | Film | 5.7 | 49 |
| 1948 | Arch of Triumph | Ivon Haake | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1948 | The Girl from Manhattan | The Bishop | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1947 | The Paradine Case | Judge Lord Thomas Horfield | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1947 | Leben des Galilei | Galileo Galilei | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1947 | Leben des Galilei | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1946 | Because of Him | John Sheridan | Film | 6.3 | 47 |
| 1945 | Captain Kidd | Captain Kidd | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1945 | The Suspect | Philip Marshall | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1944 | The Canterville Ghost | Sir Simon de Canterville / The Ghost | Film | 6.9 | 45 |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Bellamy | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1943 | This Land Is Mine | Albert Lory | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1943 | The Man from Down Under | Jocko Wilson | Film | 7.7 | 44 |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Charles Smith | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action | Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1942 | The Tuttles of Tahiti | Jonas | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve | Jonathan Reynolds | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 1940 | They Knew What They Wanted | Tony Patucci | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Self | Film | 6.3 | 41 |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | The Hunchback Quasimodo | Film | 7.3 | 40 |
| 1939 | Jamaica Inn | Sir Humphrey Pengallan | Film | 6.1 | 40 |
| 1939 | Jamaica Inn | Film | 6.1 | 40 | |
| 1938 | Vessel of Wrath | Ginger Ted | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1938 | Vessel of Wrath | Film | 6.9 | 39 | |
| 1938 | St. Martin's Lane | Charles Staggers | Film | 7.3 | 39 |
| 1938 | St. Martin's Lane | Film | 7.3 | 39 | |
| 1938 | St. Martin's Lane | Film | 7.3 | 39 | |
| 1937 | I, Claudius | Claudius | Film | 10.0 | 38 |
| 1936 | Rembrandt | Rembrandt van Rijn | Film | 6.8 | 37 |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Captaine Bligh | Film | 7.4 | 36 |
| 1935 | Les Misérables | Inspector Emile Javert | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1935 | Ruggles of Red Gap | Marmaduke Ruggles | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1934 | The Barretts of Wimpole Street | Edward Moulton-Barrett | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1933 | The Clerk | Phineas V. Lambert | Film | 5.0 | 34 |
| 1933 | The Private Life of Henry VIII | Henry VIII | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1933 | White Woman | Horace H. Prin | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1932 | Island of Lost Souls | Dr. Moreau | Film | 6.9 | 33 |
| 1932 | The Old Dark House | Sir William Porterhouse | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1932 | The Sign of the Cross | Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Phineas V. Lambert | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1932 | Devil and the Deep | Cmdr. Charles Sturm | Film | 5.0 | 33 |
| 1932 | Payment Deferred | William Marble | Film | 5.7 | 33 |
| 1931 | Down River | Captain Grossman | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1930 | Comets | Himself | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1930 | Wolves | Captain Job | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1929 | Piccadilly | A Continental Visitor | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1928 | Blue Bottles | Burglar | Film | 7.3 | 29 |
| 1928 | The Tonic | Father of the Family | Film | 8.5 | 29 |
| 1928 | Daydreams | Lecherous Boarder / Ram Das in Dream Sequence | Film | 9.0 | 29 |