ACTOR

Charles Laughton

1899 - 1962

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Charles Laughton (; 1 July 1899 – 15 December 1962) was a British-American actor. He was trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and first appeared professionally on the stage in 1926. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Laughton has received more than 3,463,803 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Charles Laughton is the 505th most popular actor (up from 618th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 773rd in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Actor.

Charles Laughton was a British actor who was most famous for playing Quasimodo in the 1939 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Charles Laughtons by language

Over the past year Charles Laughton has had the most page views in the with 467,171 views, followed by German (49,905), and Italian (43,251). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Belarusian (248.03%), Lithuanian (209.34%), and Uzbek (191.38%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Charles Laughton ranks 505 out of 13,578. Before him are Lee Strasberg, Hugh Jackman, Richard Crenna, Javier Bardem, Udo Kier, and Rod Steiger. After him are Dan Aykroyd, Anne Baxter, Edward Norton, Faten Hamama, Harry Dean Stanton, and Jürgen Prochnow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Charles Laughton ranks 33. Before him are Fritz Albert Lipmann, Cevdet Sunay, Bertil Ohlin, Max Theiler, Alfred Schütz, and Gloria Swanson. After him are Ferhat Abbas, Jean Moulin, Georg von Békésy, Suzanne Lenglen, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, and Leo Strauss. Among people deceased in 1962, Charles Laughton ranks 26. Before him are Gabriele Münter, Michael Curtiz, Natalia Goncharova, Shunroku Hata, Therese Neumann, and Hans-Jürgen von Arnim. After him are Alfred Cortot, Bruno Walter, Joseph Berchtold, Hans Lammers, Ronald Fisher, and Ivan Meštrović.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Laughton ranks 629 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Chris Norman (1950), Thomas Savery (1650), John Newlands (1837), Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864), and Alfonso de Portago (1928). After him are Willibrord (658), William Shockley (1910), Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850), Alice Liddell (1852), John Bunyan (1628), and Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Charles Laughton ranks 79. Before him are Hugh Laurie (1959), Catherine Zeta-Jones (1969), Jonathan Pryce (1947), Joan Collins (1933), Robert Carlyle (1961), and Tilda Swinton (1960). After him are Desmond Llewelyn (1914), Sean Bean (1959), Leslie Howard (1893), Brian Cox (1946), Jessica Tandy (1909), and Peter Finch (1916).

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Television and Movie Roles

Spartacus
Sempronius Gracchus
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Oct 13o 19607.545 / 10
Mutiny on the Bounty
Captaine Bligh
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
Nov 22o 19357.348 / 10
Witness for the Prosecution
Sir Wilfrid Robarts
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.
Dec 17o 19578.217 / 10