Charlie Chaplin
Birthday: 1889-04-16 | Place of Birth: Walworth, London, England, UKCharles “Charlie” Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency by the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in Kid Auto Races (1914). From 1914 onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was producing them, and by 1918 he was also composing the music for them. In 1919 he co-founded United Artists. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Archival Footage
as Archive Footage
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself & in Out-Takes
as A Tramp
as (archive footage)
as edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)
as King Shahdov
as Calvero
as Henri Verdoux
as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
as The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
as A Tramp
as The Lone Prospector
as Station Porter (uncredited)
as The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard
as Laborer
as A Tramp
as Doughboy
as Himself
as Immigrant
as The Derelict
as The Eel / Commodore Slick