Charlie Chaplin
Actor
Biography
Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 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.
Filmography
Modern Times
as The Tramp (A Factory Worker) 1936
The Great Dictator
as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber 1940
City Lights
as A Tramp 1931
The Kid
as A Tramp 1921
The Gold Rush
as The Lone Prospector 1925
The Circus
as A Tramp 1928
Limelight
as Calvero 1952
Monsieur Verdoux
as Henri Verdoux 1947
A Dog's Life
as Tramp 1918
The Immigrant
as Immigrant 1917
A King in New York
as King Shahdov 1957
Shoulder Arms
as Doughboy 1918
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Station Porter (uncredited) 1923
A Countess from Hong Kong
as An Old Steward 1967
Easy Street
as The Derelict 1917
Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Tramp 1914
Pay Day
as Laborer 1922