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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 scr…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Charlie Chaplin's Filmography
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Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
as Self (archive footage)
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as The Lone Prospector (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Chaplin et Les temps modernes, La voie du silence
as Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
as Self (Archive Footage)
Gene Kelly: An American in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
as Self (archive footage)
Smile!
as Archive footage
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
High & Low – John Galliano
as Self (archive footage)
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
as Self
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
as Self (archive footage)
The Real Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
as Self (archive footage)
This Is Francis X. Bushman
as Self (Archive Footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
as Self (archive footage)
A Night at the Opera
as Self (archive footage)
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin vs the FBI
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood's Second World War
as Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
as Self (archive footage)
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
No Poster
Геннадий Хазанов. Лицо под маской
as Self
Chaplin in Bali
as Self (archive footage)
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
as Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Mutuals, Vol. 2
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
as (archive footage)
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy
as Self (archive footage)
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
as Self (archive footage)
Looking for Mabel Normand
as Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin's Mutual Comedies 1916-1917
A Night at the Cinema in 1914
as (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin at Keystone
as Self (archive footage)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
as (archive footage)
Bali: Island of the Dogs
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
as Self (archive footage)
Dancing Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
Sigrid Holmquist
as Himself (archive footage)
Hollywood sul Tevere
No Poster
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Warner at War
as (archive footage)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
as (archive footage)
Bravo Charlot!
as Various characters (archive footage)
No Poster
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
Hitler: The Comedy Years
as Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Essential Charlie Chaplin: Vol. 9
The Essential Charlie Chaplin: Vol. 1
Chaplin Today: The Great Dictator
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: Limelight
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: Modern Times
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Circus
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: City Lights
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work
as (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: The Kid
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
as Self (archive footage)
Murders of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Tramp and the Dictator
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Buñuel in Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
as Self (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Birth of a Nation
as Self
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Chaplin's Goliath
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
The Casting Couch
El último panfleto
as Self
The Grave Case of Charlie Chaplin
as Self (archive footage)
The Chaplin Puzzle
as Self / The Tramp (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self - In Clip with Paulette Goddard (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
as (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood’s Children
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
as Self (archive footage)
The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
Hitler: A Career
as Self (archive footage)
ViennaFilm 1896-1976
as Self (archive footage)
The Gentleman Tramp
as Self
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin's visit to the French Cinematheque
as Self
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
The Funniest Man in the World
as Self (archive footage)
A Countess from Hong Kong
as An Old Steward
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
30 Years of Fun
as (archive footage)
Crazy Days
as Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
as Self (archive footage)
Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)
When Comedy Was King
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lifetime of Comedy
as (archive footage)
The Chaplin Revue
as Narrator / Various (archive footage)
A King in New York
as King Shahdov
All in Good Fun
as Archive Footage
German Giants
as Self
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
Limelight
as Calvero
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
as Darn Hosiery
Life Begins Tomorrow
as Self (archive footage)
The Golden Twenties
as (archive footage)
Monsieur Verdoux
as Henri Verdoux
The Way of the World
as The Tramp (Archive Footage)
No Poster
Charlie's Triple Trouble
as Charlie - The Janitor (archive footage)
The Chaplin Cavalcade
as Various Roles (archive footage)
The Charlie Chaplin Festival
as Various Roles (archive footage)
The Eternal Jew
as Self (1931) (archive footage)
The Great Dictator
as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
Chaplin Carnival
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Modern Times
as The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All at Sea
as Self
The Film Parade
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Movie Album
as (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin in Wien
as Self (archive footage)
City Lights
as A Tramp
Show People
as Charlie Chaplin (uncredited)
No Poster
The Movie City of Hollywood
as Self
The Circus: Premiere
as Self
The Circus
as A Tramp
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Mike
The Gold Rush
as The Lone Prospector
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
as Station Porter (uncredited)
Hollywood
as Charles Chaplin
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Director
The Pilgrim
as The Pilgrim / Lefty Lombard
Seeing Stars
as Self
Pay Day
as Laborer
Nice and Friendly
as Tramp
The Idle Class
as Tramp / Husband
The Kid
as A Tramp
Charlie Butts In
A Day's Pleasure
as Father
Sunnyside
as Farm Handyman
The Professor
as Professor Bosco
The Chaplin Essanay Project
Shoulder Arms
as Doughboy
The Bond
as Charlie
Triple Trouble
as The Janitor
A Dog's Life
as Tramp
Chase Me Charlie
as Charlie
How to Make Movies
as Self (uncredited)
The Adventurer
as The Eel / Commodore Slick
The Immigrant
as Immigrant
The Cure
as The Inebriate
Easy Street
as The Derelict
Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
as A Tramp
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
as Self
No Poster
Zepped
as The Tramp (archive footage)
The Rink
as A Waiter
Behind the Screen
as David - Property Man's Assistant
The Pawnshop
as Pawnbroker's Assistant
The Count
as Tailor's Apprentice
One A.M.
as Le bourgeois alcoolisé
The Vagabond
as The Saloon Violinist
The Fireman
as Fireman
Police
as Charlie, Convict 999
The Floorwalker
as Impecunious Customer
A Burlesque on Carmen
as Darn Hosiery
A Night in the Show
as Mr. Pest / Mr. Rowdy
Shanghaied
as Tramp
The Bank
as Janitor
A Woman
as Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash'
Work
as Izzy A. Wake's assistant
His Regeneration
as A Customer
By the Sea
as Stroller
The Tramp
as The Tramp
A Jitney Elopement
as Suitor, the Fake Count
In the Park
as Charlie
The Champion
as Challenger
A Night Out
as Reveller
His New Job
as Film Extra
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as The City Guy
His Prehistoric Past
as Weakchin
Getting Acquainted
as Mr. Sniffels
His Trysting Places
as Clarence, the Husband
His Musical Career
as Charlie, Piano Mover
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic
Dough and Dynamite
as Pierre
Those Love Pangs
as Masher
The New Janitor
as The Janitor
The Rounders
as Mr. Full
His New Profession
as Charlie
The Masquerader
as Film actor
Recreation
as Tramp
The Face on the Barroom Floor
as Artist
The Property Man
as Property Man (uncredited)
Laughing Gas
as Dentist's assistant
Mabel's Married Life
as Mabel's Husband
Mabel's Busy Day
as Tipsy Nuisance
The Knockout
as Referee (uncredited)
Her Friend the Bandit
as Bandit
The Fatal Mallet
as Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited)
A Busy Day
as Wife
Caught in the Rain
as Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
as Waiter
Twenty Minutes of Love
as Pickpocket
Mabel at the Wheel
as Villain (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
as The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited)
Cruel, Cruel Love
as Mr. Dovey
His Favorite Pastime
as Drunken Masher
Tango Tangles
as Tipsy Dancer
A Film Johnnie
as The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp
Between Showers
as The Tramp, a Second Gallant
A Thief Catcher
as Cop (uncredited)
Mabel's Strange Predicament
as The Tramp (uncredited)
Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Tramp
Making a Living
as The Swindler (uncredited)