Character actors Marie Dressler, Wallace Beery, Edward G. Robinson, and Charles Laughton were major stars, popular with critics and audiences. In his long career, the English-born Laughton (1899-1962) ...

First and foremost, Charles Laughton was a stage actor. Born in Scarborough in 1899 to a Yorkshire father and an Irish mother, Laughton spent much of his 20s running the family hotel, and remained ...

In 1947 Charles Laughton's career, if not quite on the skids, was definitely in the doldrums. Long acclaimed as Hollywood's foremost character actor, he had made only one film of any artistic ...

Charles Laughton is creepy and menacing as the evil scientist, Dr. Moreau. Laughton creates a mask for his Dr. Moreau, using a fake smile to give the illusion of artistocratic manners, ...

Actor Charles Laughton ("The Hunchback of Notre Dame," 1939) and his wife, actress Elsa Lanchester ("Bride of Frankenstein," 1935), led the way in bringing the glamour of Old Hollywood to this ...

Refreshingly straightforward moral clarity is one of the attributes that makes Laughton’s drama unforgettable.