TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Charles Laughton.
Email to a friend
Birthdate: July 1, 1899
Death date: December 15, 1962
Charles Laughton
ACTOR RANKINGS:
CAREER SPAN
Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1920s
2.1525
3
1930s
3.2821
20
1940s
2.3621
18
1950s
2.1899
10
1960s
2.2831
3
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: 
2.6538
2.6538
Charles Laughton Movie Rankings
1
3.6852Aboard the HMS Bounty a crew and its captain set sail for Tahiti, but when the crew gets fed up with the callous treatment of Capt. William Bligh (Charles Laughton), first mate Fletcher Christian (Clark Gable) leads them to mutiny. ...more about Mutiny on the Bounty
Actor Awards
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
DVD from $6.55
(14 sellers)
2
3.6087A slave, trained to be a Gladiator, insights a revolt and uprising against the corrupt Roman establishment that imprisons him and his fellow men. ...more about Spartacus
DVD from $12.87
(12 sellers)
3
3.2087When 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. ...more about Witness for the Prosecution
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
- BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actor
- Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
DVD from $10.65
(13 sellers)
4
3.2053
After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain Davies of the Apia and the Captain tosses him overboard while making a delivery to the tiny tropical island of Dr. Moreau. ...more about Island of Lost Souls
- Not Available on DVD
5
3.1929
The star attraction of the Piccadilly Club is the dancing team of Mabel and Vic. Victor is infatuated with Mabel, but she rejects his advances, since she is in love with Valentine Wilmot, the club's owner. ...more about Piccadilly
DVD from $19.19
(7 sellers)
6
2.9671
Seeking shelter from a pounding rainstorm in a remote region of Wales, several travellers are admitted to a gloomy, foreboding mansion belonging to the extremely strange Femm family. ...more about Old Dark House
DVD from $12.77
(9 sellers)
7
2.8842
This movie tells the story of King Henry VIII and the last five of his six wives. ...more about Private Life of Henry VIII.
Actor Awards
- Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Leading Role
DVD from $12.77
(4 sellers)
8
2.8469
An actor, Paul Orman, is accidentally told that his new, custom made tail coat has been cursed and it will bring misfortune to all who wear it. As the 4 succeeding wearers of the coat discover, misfortune can often lead to truth. ...more about Tales of Manhattan
- Not Available on DVD
9
2.7192
The beautiful Mrs. Paradine is accused of poisoning her older, blind husband. She hires married Anthony Keane as her lawyer and when he begins to fall in love with her, she encourages him. ...more about Paradine Case
- Not Available on DVD
10
2.7126
Robert Leffingwell is the president's candidate for Secretary of State. Prior to his approval, he must first go through a Senate investigation to determine if he's qualified. ...more about Advise & Consent
Actor Awards
- BAFTA Awards - Best Foreign Actor
DVD from $8.00
(12 sellers)
11
2.7105
When powerful publishing tycoon Earl Janouth commits an act of murder at the height of passion, he cleverly begins to cover his tracks and frame an innocent man, whose identity he doesn't know, but who just happen to have contact with the murder victim. ...more about Big Clock
DVD from $4.99
(12 sellers)
12
2.6757
Wealthy John Glidden wants to give his money away to strangers rather than have his relatives fight over it. We see the effect the gifts have on many different sorts of individuals. ...more about If I Had a Million
- Not Available on DVD
13
2.6665
Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young man refuses. Marble decides to kill his nephew. ...more about Payment Deferred
- Not Available on DVD
14
2.6118
During World War II an American travels to Britain to sell an old house near London that belongs to his family. But he mets Susan Trimble who lives in the house and who is strictly against the sale. ...more about Forever and a Day
- Not Available on DVD
15
2.6118
In 1902 London, unhappily married Philip Marshall meets young Mary Gray, who is unemployed and depressed. ...more about Suspect
- Not Available on DVD
16
2.5889
After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. ...more about Tuttles of Tahiti
- Not Available on DVD
17
2.5874
In this unhistorical account, Capt. William Kidd is already a clever, ruthless pirate when, in 1699, he tricks the king into commissioning him as escort for a treasure ship from India. He enlists a crew of pardoned cutthroats... ...more about Captain Kidd
DVD from $4.99
(8 sellers)
18
2.5767
While visiting Paris in 1908, upper class Lord Burnstead loses his butler playing poker. Egbert and Effie Floud bring Ruggles back to Red Gap, Washington. ...more about Ruggles of Red Gap
Actor Awards
- New York Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Actor
- Not Available on DVD
19
2.5707
Set in Cornwall where the young orphan, Mary, is sent to live with Aunt Patience and Uncle Joss who are the landlords of the Jamaica Inn. ...more about Jamaica Inn
DVD from $6.49
(11 sellers)
20
2.5284
King Louis XI is a wise and old king and Frollo is the Chief Justice. Frollo gazes on the gypsy girl, Esmeralda, in the church during Fool's Day and sends Quasimoto to catch her. ...more about Hunchback of Notre Dame
DVD from $9.76
(10 sellers)
21
2.4876
After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they are all to be caught and sent to the arena. ...more about Sign of the Cross
DVD from $19.99
(13 sellers)
22
2.4748
In pursuit of stolen aircraft engines on a Central American island, federal agent Rigby meets chief suspect Hintten and his wife Elizabeth, a sultry cafe singer; and is watched by Bealer, a "pie-shaped man" with sore feet. ...more about Bribe
- Not Available on DVD
23
2.4282
Elizabeth Barrett's tyrannical father has forbidden any of his family to marry. Nevertheless, Elizabeth falls in love with the poet Robert Browning. ...more about Barretts of Wimpole Street
- Not Available on DVD
24
2.3410
Noble-born cad Dennis (Stapley) has been tricked into a forced stay at the eerie manor of the Sire de Maletroit (Laughton), an evil madman who can't get over the death of his beloved, twenty years after she married his brother (Cavanagh) instead and ...more about Strange Door
DVD from $17.37
(11 sellers)
25
2.3035
In the 1600s, cowardly Sir Simon of Canterville flees a duel and seeks solace in the family castle. His ashamed father seals him in the room where he is hiding and dooms him to life as a ghost until one of his descendants performs a brave deed. ...more about Canterville Ghost
- Not Available on DVD
26
2.2145
Jean Valjean, a Frenchman of good character and great strength, is convicted of stealing a loaf of bread, an act that sets in motion a lifetime of misery for Valjean, as he is pursued by the uncompromising and brutal lawman Javert. ...more about Misérables
- Not Available on DVD
27
2.2131
Henry Hobson runs a successful bootmaker's shop in nineteenth-century Salford. A widower with a weakness for the pub opposite, he tries forcefully to rule the lives of his three unruly daughters. ...more about Hobson's Choice
- Not Available on DVD
28
2.1460
Albert Lory is a teacher at a school in German-occupied France. He is a coward, but he is drawn into the actions of the resistance. ...more about This Land is Mine
- Not Available on DVD
29
2.0898
Five O' Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critic's acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. ...more about O. Henry's Full House
DVD from $9.99
(10 sellers)
30
2.0168
Chronicles the life of queen Elizabeth I, before she became the queen of England. Apart from taking part in the court intrigues, she has an unhappy love for admiral Thomas Seymour, and dreams of building a navy to match the Portuguese and the Spanish. ...more about Young Bess
- Not Available on DVD
31
1.9771
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. ...more about It Started with Eve
DVD from $16.37
(10 sellers)
32
1.8981
Rocky and Puddin' Head are waiting tables at an inn on Tortuga when a letter given them by Lady Jane for delivery to Martingale gets switched with a treasure map. Kidd and Bonney kidnap them to Skull Island to find said treasure. ...more about Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
- Not Available on DVD
34
1.4246
In winter of 1938, Paris is crowded with refugees from the Nazis, who live in the black shadows of night, trying to evade deportation. One such is Dr. Ravic, who practices medicine illegally and stalks his old Nazi enemy Haake with murder in mind. ...more about Arch of Triumph
DVD from $3.50
(4 sellers)
35
A beautiful young woman, an aspiring actress, trick a famous stage star into signing a letter recommending her talents to a producer friend, with amusing results. ...more about Because of Him
- Not Available on DVD
36
As criminals assemble for a convention, a policeman investigates and is abducted. A young woman finds his whistle and blows it. The full forces of the law assemble. The confrontation between order and disorder ensues, with our heroine caught up in it. ...more about Blue Bottles
- Not Available on DVD
40
Naval commander Charles Storm has made life miserable for his wife Pauline due to his insane jealousy over every man she speaks to. His obsessive behavior soon drives her to the arms of a handsome lieutenant. ...more about Devil and the Deep
- Not Available on DVD
42
A small-town girl who's made it big in New York as a fashion model returns home, only to find that her somewhat dotty uncle has mortgaged his boarding house to the hilt. ...more about Girl from Manhattan
- Not Available on DVD
45
In Paris, a down and out medical student Johann Radek (Franchot Tone) is paid by Bill Kirby (Robert Hutton) to murder his wealthy aunt. ...more about Man on the Eiffel Tower
DVD from $5.16
(6 sellers)
47
This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife suddenly dies and his work takes a dark, sardonic turn that offends his patrons. ...more about Rembrandt
DVD from $5.70
(10 sellers)
48
In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but Herod fears to harm him due to a prophecy. ...more about Salome
DVD from $14.95
(6 sellers)
49
On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic monologues, sees that a young pickpocket, Libby, also has a talent for dancing and adds her to his act. ...more about Sidewalks of London
DVD from $19.17
(7 sellers)
51
Tony (Charles Laughton), a successful but illiterate middle-aged grape farmer, sends the photograph of his handsome young foreman, Joe (William Gargan), instead of his own, hoping to woo and marry Amy (Carole Lombard), a waitress in a San Francisco ...more about They Knew What They Wanted
- Not Available on DVD
53
A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. ...more about White Woman
- Not Available on DVD
Copyright ©2008 TopTenREVIEWS, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of TopTenREVIEWS, Inc. is prohibited.
