Charlie Chaplin
Born in Walworth, London, England, UK — Apr 16 1889• Died Dec 25 1977
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 compos…
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Charlie Chaplin's Credits
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American Experience
Self
Omnibus
Self
The Oscars
The Gold Rush
The Lone Prospector
The Great Dictator
Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
Modern Times
The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
City Lights
A Tramp
Chaplin
Writing
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
The Kid
A Tramp
The DuPont Show of the Week
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Century of Icons
Self (archive footage)
Limelight
Calvero
Show People
Charlie Chaplin (uncredited)
The Circus
A Tramp
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
Unknown Chaplin
Self & in Out-Takes
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
The Knockout
Referee (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux
Henri Verdoux
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Mike
Shoulder Arms
Doughboy
The Pilgrim
The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Station Porter (uncredited)
A Countess from Hong Kong
An Old Steward
The Big Parade of Comedy
Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
A King in New York
King Shahdov
The Masquerader
Film actor
The Eternal Jew
Self (1931) (archive footage)
The Champion
Challenger
Making a Living
The Swindler (uncredited)
High & Low – John Galliano
Self (archive footage)
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Director
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
A Dog's Life
Tramp
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood
Charles Chaplin
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Dough and Dynamite
Pierre
The Immigrant
Immigrant
When Comedy Was King
edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)
A Burlesque on Carmen
Darn Hosiery
The Tramp
The Tramp
A Film Johnnie
The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Self (archive footage)
Pay Day
Laborer
Mabel's Busy Day
Tipsy Nuisance
The Chaplin Revue
Narrator / Various (archive footage)
The Adventurer
The Eel / Commodore Slick
Mabel at the Wheel
Villain (uncredited)
Mabel's Strange Predicament
The Tramp (uncredited)
Recreation
Tramp
Easy Street
The Derelict
Buñuel in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
(archive footage)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
The City Guy
Hitler: A Career
Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
Self (archive footage)
The Gentleman Tramp
Self
A Woman
Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash'
Dancing Chaplin
Self (archive footage)
The Vagabond
The Saloon Violinist
The Tramp and the Dictator
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
Self (archive footage)
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
The Rounders
Mr. Full
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Self (archive footage)
Stalin's Funeral
Sound
A Busy Day
Wife
Caught in a Cabaret
Waiter
Tango Tangles
Tipsy Dancer
Hollywood sul Tevere
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
Self (archive footage)
Triple Trouble
The Janitor
The Professor
Professor Bosco
Behind the Screen
David - Property Man's Assistant
Work
Izzy A. Wake's assistant
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Self (archive footage)
One A.M.
Le bourgeois alcoolisé
The Fireman
Fireman
The Bank
Janitor
The Cure
The Inebriate
The Floorwalker
Impecunious Customer
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Self / Various roles (archive footage)
A Night Out
Reveller
The Count
Tailor's Apprentice
Shanghaied
Tramp
Laughing Gas
Dentist's assistant
Getting Acquainted
Mr. Sniffels
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self - In Clip with Paulette Goddard (archive footage)
Twenty Minutes of Love
Pickpocket
Caught in the Rain
Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited)
The Pawnshop
Pawnbroker's Assistant
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
A Thief Catcher
Cop (uncredited)
Seeing Stars
Self
The New Janitor
The Janitor
By the Sea
Stroller
Hollywood's Second World War
Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)
His Prehistoric Past
Weakchin
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
Self (archive footage)
Gentlemen of Nerve
Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic
The Bond
Charlie
The Rink
A Waiter
Chaplin
Writing
30 Years of Fun
(archive footage)
In the Park
Charlie
Optimism
Sound
The Property Man
Property Man (uncredited)
Cruel, Cruel Love
Mr. Dovey
Chaplin et Les temps modernes, La voie du silence
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
Self (Archive Footage)
His New Job
Film Extra
Between Showers
The Tramp, a Second Gallant
Those Love Pangs
Masher
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Murders of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Sunnyside
Farm Handyman
The Charlie Chaplin Festival
Various Roles (archive footage)
Warner at War
(archive footage)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self (archive footage)
The Film Parade
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
All at Sea
Self
A Woman of the Sea
Production
Life Begins Tomorrow
Self (archive footage)
His Regeneration
A Customer
Zepped
The Tramp
Smile!
Archive footage
Chaplin Today: City Lights
Self (archive footage)
His Musical Career
Charlie, Piano Mover
Bravo Charlot!
Various characters (archive footage)
Her Friend the Bandit
Bandit
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
Self (archive footage)
Crazy Days
Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lifetime of Comedy
(archive footage)
Police
Charlie, Convict 999
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Artist
The Golden Twenties
(archive footage)
A Day's Pleasure
Father
Chaplin's Goliath
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin vs the FBI
Self (archive footage)
En Büyük Şaban
Writing
A diktátor (színházi felvétel)
Writing
Kid Auto Races at Venice
The Tramp
The Parrott Chase
Himself - archival footage
ViennaFilm 1896-1976
Self (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self (archive footage)
Looking for Mabel Normand
Self (archive footage)
Mabel's Married Life
Mabel's Husband
The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited)
All in Good Fun
Archive Footage
The Way of the World
The Tramp (Archive Footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: Limelight
Self (archive footage)
His Favorite Pastime
Drunken Masher
Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy
Self (archive footage)
Training Day
Writing
Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
Self (archive footage)
The Idle Class
Tramp / Husband
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
(archive footage)
His New Profession
Charlie
Chaplin Today: Modern Times
Self (archive footage)
The Circus: Premiere
Self
The Chaplin Puzzle
Self / The Tramp (archive footage)
The Chaplin Cavalcade
Various Roles (archive footage)
The Fatal Mallet
Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Self
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
Darn Hosiery
How to Make Movies
Self (uncredited)
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin in Bali
Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Cinema in 1914
(archive footage)
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work
(archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
Himself (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Kid
Self (archive footage)
Charlie's Triple Trouble
Charlie - The Janitor (archive footage)
The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2
German Giants
Self
His Trysting Places
Clarence, the Husband
A Night in the Show
Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy
A Jitney Elopement
Suitor, the Fake Count
The Casting Couch
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
A Tramp
Chaplin Today: The Circus
Self (archive footage)
The Movie City of Hollywood
Self
Chaplin Carnival
Various Roles (archive footage)
Chase Me Charlie
Charlie
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
Self
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator
Self (archive footage)
Chaplin at Keystone
Self (archive footage)
Nice and Friendly
Tramp
Charlie Chaplin - Frühe Meisterwerke 2
Writing
Visite de Charlie Chaplin à la Cinémathèque française
Self
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
(archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin in Wien
Self (archive footage)
Modern Times: A Closer Look
Self (archival photos)
Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
(archive footage)
The Funniest Man in the World
Self (archive footage)
The Little Tramp
Sound
Charlie Butts In
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
Self (archive footage)
This Is Francis X. Bushman
Self (Archive Footage)
Bali: Island of the Dogs
Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Essanay Project
Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917