Died Today (December 15th): Charles Laughton (1899–1962)

Charles Laughton (1899–1962)

Born: July 1, 1899 in Victoria Hotel, Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: December 15, 1962 (age 63) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Method actors give you a photograph. Real actors give you an oil painting.

[on Gary Cooper] I knew in a flash Gary had something I should never have. It is something pure and he doesn’t know it’s there. In truth, that boy hasn’t the least idea how well he acts.

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER 1955 dir. by Charles Laughton Stars: Robert Mitchum Shelley Winters

Advise and Consent 1962 dir. Otto Preminger starring Fonda Burgess Meridith

The Old Dark House 1932 dir. James Whale Starring Boris Karloff Melvyn Douglas Spartacus 1960 dir. Stanley Kubrick Cast Kirk Douglas Laurence Olivier HOBSON’S CHOICE 1954 dir. David Lean Stars: Charles Laughton John Mills

Jamaica Inn 1939 dir. by Alfred Hitchcock starring Charles Laughton Horace Hodges

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