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Charlie Chaplin

Charles Chaplin 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). In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.

Aliases
  • Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. KBE
English
Filmography

Modern Times

1936
as A factory worker

The Great Dictator

1940
as Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber

City Lights

1931
as Tramp

The Kid

1921
as A Tramp

Shanghaied

1915
as Tramp

30 Years of Fun

1963

The New Janitor

1914
as The Janitor

Nice and Friendly

1922
as Tramp

Making a Living

1914
as Edgar English, a Swindler

The Count

1916
as Tailors apprentiee

Caught in a Cabaret

1914
as Waiter

The Fireman

1916
as Fireman

Chaplin's Goliath

1996
as Himself (archive footage)

The Circus

1928
as A Tramp

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983
as Himself (archive footage)

His Prehistoric Past

1914
as Weakchin

The Adventurer

1917
as The Convict

His Trysting Place

1914
as Clarence, the Husband

The Bond

1918
as Charlie

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

2008
as Himself (archive footage)

The Rink

1916
as A. Waiter

Charlie Chaplin

1914
as Charles Chaplin

The Floorwalker

1916
as Tramp

A Burlesque on Carmen

1915
as Darn Hosiery

Monsieur Verdoux

1947
as Henri Verdoux

Twenty Minutes of Love

1914
as Pickpocket

His New Profession

1914
as Charlie

A Woman

1915
as Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash'

A Dog's Life

1918
as Tramp

Work

1915
as Izzy A. Wake's assistant

Triple Trouble

1918
as The Janitor

A Countess from Hong Kong

1967
as An Old Steward

Dough and Dynamite

1914
as Pierre

The Idle Class

1921
as Tramp and Husband

Limelight

1952
as Calvero

The Champion

1915
as Challenger

Gentlemen of Nerve

1914
as Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic

Klamottenkiste

as Charlie

The Face on the Barroom Floor

1914
as Artist

In the Park

1915
as Charlie

Mabel's Busy Day

1914
as Tipsy Nuisance

Shoulder Arms

1918
as Doughboy

A Night Out

1915
as Reveller

Tango Tangles

1914
as Tipsy Dancer

Behind the Screen

1916
as Goliath's Assistant - David

The Cure

1917
as The Inebriate

Easy Street

1917
as The Tramp

Dancing Chaplin

as Himself (archive footage)

All at Sea

1933
as Himself

Those Love Pangs

1914
as Masher

Bravo Charlot!

2002
as Various characters

By the Sea

1915
as Stroller

The Immigrant

1917
as Immigrant

Getting Acquainted

1914
as Mr. Sniffels

Birth of the Tramp

2013
as Himself (archive footage)

A Night in the Show

1915
as Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy

The Tramp

1915
as The Tramp

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988
as (archive footage)

Caught in the Rain

1914
as Tipsy Hotel Guest

A King in New York

1957
as King Shahdov

Police

1916
as Charlie, Convict 999

One A.M.

1916
as Drunk

Mabel's Married Life

1914
as Mabel's Husband

Camille

1926
as Mike

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961

Seeing Stars

1922

Mabel at the Wheel

1914
as Villain

Between Showers

1914
as The Tramp, a Second Gallant

His Favorite Pastime

1914
as Drunken Masher

The Gold Rush

1925
as The Lone Prospector

A Film Johnnie

1914
as The Tramp, a Film Johnnie

The Pawnshop

1916
as Pawnshop Assistant

Cruel, Cruel Love

1914
as Mr. Dovey

Cinecittà Babilonia

2017
as Charlie Chaplin

The Rounders

1914
as Reveller

The Knockout

1914
as Referee

How to Make Movies

1918
as Himself

A Day's Pleasure

1919
as Father

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914
as A Stranger

Hollywood Without Make-Up

1963

The Bank

1915
as Janitor

A Busy Day

1914
as Wife

The Eternal Jew

1940

A Jitney Elopement

1915
as Suitor, the Fake Count

His Musical Career

1914
as Charlie, Piano Mover

The Fatal Mallet

1914
as Suitor

Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush

2003
as (archive footage)

Recreation

1914
as Tramp

Mabel's Strange Predicament

1914
as The Tramp

Kid Auto Races at Venice

1914
as The Tramp

Chaplin Today: City Lights

2003
as (archive footage)

Laughing Gas

1914
as Dentist's assistant

Chaplin's Essanay Comedies

1915

Unknown Chaplin

1983
as Self (Archived Footage)

Pay Day

1922
as Laborer

Souls for Sale

1923
as Himself - Celebrity Director

His New Job

1915
as Film Extra

Her Friend the Bandit

1914
as Bandit

Sunnyside

1919
as Farm handyman

The Vagabond

1916
as Street Musician

The Masquerader

1914
as Film actor

The Star Boarder

1914
as The Star Boarder

Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died

2016
as Himself (archive footage)

Hollywood My Home Town

1965
as Himself

The Property Man

1914
as The Property Man

The Pilgrim

1923
as The Pilgrim

Director

Movie Modern Times 1936
Movie The Great Dictator 1940
Movie City Lights 1931
Movie The Kid 1921
Movie The Property Man 1914
Movie Shanghaied 1915
Movie Nice and Friendly 1922
Movie The New Janitor 1914
Movie The Count 1916
Movie The Fireman 1916
Movie The Circus 1928
Movie His Prehistoric Past 1914
Movie The Bond 1918
Movie His Trysting Place 1914
Movie The Adventurer 1917
Movie The Rink 1916
Movie A Burlesque on Carmen 1915
Movie The Floorwalker 1916
Movie Twenty Minutes of Love 1914
Movie His New Profession 1914
Movie A Woman 1915
Movie Work 1915
Movie Triple Trouble 1918
Movie A Dog's Life 1918
Movie The Idle Class 1921
Movie Dough and Dynamite 1914
Movie The Champion 1915
Movie Gentlemen of Nerve 1914
Movie Limelight 1952
Movie Monsieur Verdoux 1947
Movie In the Park 1915
Movie The Face on the Barroom Floor 1914
Movie A Countess from Hong Kong 1967
Movie A Woman of Paris 1923
Movie Shoulder Arms 1918
Movie A Night Out 1915
Movie Behind the Screen 1916
Movie The Cure 1917
Movie Easy Street 1917
Episode Charlie Chaplin
The Great Dictator 		1940
Movie Those Love Pangs 1914
Episode Charlie Chaplin
Monsieur Verdoux 		1947
Movie By the Sea 1915
Episode Charlie Chaplin
A King in New York 		1957
Movie Getting Acquainted 1914
Movie The Immigrant 1917
Episode Charlie Chaplin
A Countess from Hong Kong 		1967
Movie A Night in the Show 1915
Movie The Tramp 1915
Movie Caught in the Rain 1914
Movie One A.M. 1916
Movie Police 1916
Movie Mabel's Married Life 1914
Movie A King in New York 1957
Movie The Pawnshop 1916
Movie The Gold Rush 1925
Movie The Rounders 1914
Movie How to Make Movies 1918
Movie A Day's Pleasure 1919
Movie The Bank 1915
Movie A Jitney Elopement 1915
Movie His Musical Career 1914
Movie Recreation 1914
Movie Laughing Gas 1914
Movie Chaplin's Essanay Comedies 1915
Movie Pay Day 1922
Movie The Charlie Chaplin Festival 1941
Movie Her Friend the Bandit 1914
Movie His New Job 1915
Movie Sunnyside 1919
Movie The Vagabond 1916
Movie The Masquerader 1914
Movie The Pilgrim 1923

Writer

Movie Modern Times 1936
Movie The Great Dictator 1940
Movie City Lights 1931
Movie The Kid 1921
Movie The Pilgrim 1923
Movie Shanghaied 1915
Movie Nice and Friendly 1922
Movie The Count 1916
Movie The Fireman 1916
Movie Caught in a Cabaret 1914
Movie The Circus 1928
Movie His Prehistoric Past 1914
Movie The Adventurer 1917
Movie The Bond 1918
Movie The Adventurer 1917
Movie His Trysting Place 1914
Movie The Rink 1916
Movie A Burlesque on Carmen 1915
Movie The Floorwalker 1916
Movie A Woman 1915
Movie Work 1915
Movie Triple Trouble 1918
Movie Triple Trouble 1918
Movie A Dog's Life 1918
Movie The Idle Class 1921
Movie Dough and Dynamite 1914
Movie The Champion 1915
Movie Limelight 1952
Movie Monsieur Verdoux 1947
Movie Limelight 1952
Movie In the Park 1915
Movie A Countess from Hong Kong 1967
Movie A Countess from Hong Kong 1967
Movie A Woman of Paris 1923
Movie Shoulder Arms 1918
Movie A Night Out 1915
Episode Charlie Chaplin
The Great Dictator 		1940
Movie Behind the Screen 1916
Movie The Cure 1917
Movie The Cure 1917
Movie Easy Street 1917
Movie Easy Street 1917
Movie Easy Street 1917
Episode Charlie Chaplin
Monsieur Verdoux 		1947
Movie Tango Tangles 1914
Episode Charlie Chaplin
A King in New York 		1957
Movie By the Sea 1915
Movie Getting Acquainted 1914
Episode Charlie Chaplin
A Countess from Hong Kong 		1967
Movie The Immigrant 1917
Movie A Night in the Show 1915
Movie The Tramp 1915
Movie One A.M. 1916
Movie Police 1916
Movie Mabel's Married Life 1914
Movie A King in New York 1957
Movie Between Showers 1914
Movie His Favorite Pastime 1914
Movie A Film Johnnie 1914
Movie The Pawnshop 1916
Movie The Gold Rush 1925
Movie The Rounders 1914
Movie How to Make Movies 1918
Movie A Day's Pleasure 1919
Movie The Bank 1915
Movie A Jitney Elopement 1915
Movie Recreation 1914
Movie Mabel's Strange Predicament 1914
Movie Kid Auto Races at Venice 1914
Movie Chaplin 1992
Movie Pay Day 1922
Movie The Charlie Chaplin Festival 1941
Movie His New Job 1915
Movie Sunnyside 1919
Movie The Vagabond 1916
Movie The Masquerader 1914

Producer

Movie Modern Times 1936
Movie The Great Dictator 1940
Movie City Lights 1931
Movie The Kid 1921
Movie The Count 1916
Movie The Fireman 1916
Movie The Circus 1928
Movie The Adventurer 1917
Movie The Rink 1916
Movie A Dog's Life 1918
Movie Limelight 1952
Movie Monsieur Verdoux 1947
Movie A Countess from Hong Kong 1967
Movie A Woman of Paris 1923
Movie Shoulder Arms 1918
Movie Behind the Screen 1916
Movie Easy Street 1917
Movie The Immigrant 1917
Movie One A.M. 1916
Movie A King in New York 1957
Movie The Pawnshop 1916
Movie The Gold Rush 1925
Movie A Day's Pleasure 1919
Movie Pay Day 1922
Movie The Vagabond 1916

Crew

Movie The Chaplin Cavalcade 1941
Movie Charlie Chaplin Carnival 1938
Movie The Chaplin Revue 1959
Movie Pokhorony Stalina 1990

Guest Star

Episode Discovering Film
Discovering Charlie Chaplin 		2014
Episode Klamottenkiste
Charlie Chaplin in - Der Studioschreck 		1970
Episode Klamottenkiste
Charlie Chaplin in - Der Bankfachmann 		1970
Episode Klamottenkiste
Charlie Chaplin in - Der Ausbrecherkönig 		1970
Episode Klamottenkiste
Charlie Chaplin in - Das Traumfräulein 		1970
Episode Klamottenkiste
Charlie Chaplin in - Der Feuerwehrmann 		1970
Episode Klamottenkiste
Charlie Chaplin in - Badefreuden 		1970
Episode Klamottenkiste
Charlie Chaplin in - Arme Würstchen 		1970
Episode Klamottenkiste
Charlie Chaplin in - Der Zahnarztgehilfe 		1970