Charlie Chaplin

Actor

1889-04-16 – 1977-12-25 · Walworth, London, England, UK

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.

• Modern Times (1936) — The Tramp (A Factory Worker), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer
• The Great Dictator (1940) — Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber, Director, Producer, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
• City Lights (1931) — A Tramp, Director, Screenplay, Editor, Original Music Composer, Producer
• The Kid (1921) — A Tramp, Director, Producer, Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor
• The Gold Rush (1925) — The Lone Prospector, Director, Writer
• Chaplin (1992) — Book
• The Circus (1928) — A Tramp, Director, Writer, Producer, Theme Song Performance, Editor, Music
• Limelight (1952) — Calvero, Director, Original Story, Screenplay, Producer, Original Music Composer, Choreographer
• Monsieur Verdoux (1947) — Henri Verdoux, Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer
• A Dog's Life (1918) — Tramp, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Editor, Producer
• The Immigrant (1917) — Immigrant, Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
• A King in New York (1957) — King Shahdov, Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer
• Shoulder Arms (1918) — Doughboy, Director, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Screenplay
• A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923) — Station Porter (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer, Original Music Composer
• A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) — An Old Steward, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
• Easy Street (1917) — The Derelict, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
• Pay Day (1922) — Laborer, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Music
• Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) — The Tramp, Screenplay
• The Pilgrim (1923) — The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard, Director, Writer, Editor, Songs, Producer
• The Adventurer (1917) — The Eel / Commodore Slick, Director, Producer, Editor, Screenplay
• The Rink (1916) — A Waiter, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
• The Cure (1917) — The Inebriate, Director, Screenplay, Story, Editor, Producer
• The Tramp (1915) — The Tramp, Director, Writer, Editor
• The Vagabond (1916) — The Saloon Violinist, Producer, Supervising Film Editor, Director, Writer