Charlie Chaplin

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1995 Voted the greatest actor in movie history by a worldwide survey of film critics

1992 Subject of a biographical motion picture "Chaplin", directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Robert Downey Jr

1978 Body dug up by two grave robbers on March 2; found 2 1/2 months later and reburied

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1995 Voted the greatest actor in movie history by a worldwide survey of film critics

1992 Subject of a biographical motion picture "Chaplin", directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Robert Downey Jr

1978 Body dug up by two grave robbers on March 2; found 2 1/2 months later and reburied

1975 Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II

1972 Returned to the USA after nearly 20 years to accept an honorary Academy Award

1967 Last film, "The Countess of Hong Kong", starring Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando; Chaplin had cameo as waiter

1963 Orchestrated a festival of his films in NYC

1957 First film outside the US, "A King in New York"

1952 Denied reentry into America after attending the London premiere of "Limelight" (only film in which he appared with Buster Keaton); settled in Switzerland

1947 Played "lady killer" in "Monsieur Verdoux"; Oscar-nominated for his screenplay

1943 Named in paternity suit by actress Joan Barry, who claimed that Chaplin had been her lover for several years and was the father of her child; though Chaplin denied Barry's claims and genetic evidence

1942 His appearance at a rally supporting a Russian counterattack of Germany (a second front) led to his becoming a target of investigation by the FBI

1940 First full talkie, "The Great Dictator"; received Oscar nominations for best actor, best screenplay and best picture; refused New York Film Critics Award as Best Actor

1936 Voice first heard in a commercial film, "Modern Times", when he sang a nonsense song; mild left-wing point of view signaled his growing political convivtion; year's second biggest money-earner after "

1931 First feature of the sound era, "City Lights" (a silent film); fourth biggest grosser of the year

1928 Awarded an honorary Oscar for "versatility and genius in writing, acting, directing, and producing 'The Circus'"

1925 Tramp's feature debut for UA, "The Gold Rush"; Chaplin called it "the picture I want to be remembered by"

1923 Wrote and directed (appearing only briefly as a railway porter) "A Woman of Paris" (first full-length film), a comedy of manners starring Purviance (her final film with Chaplin); first UA release

1921 Strayed from First National contract calling for two-reelers to make "The Kid" (a six-reeler), his longest and most ambitious film to that time

1919 Co-founded United Artists Corporation (with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith)

1918 Signed by First National Exhibitors Circuit, producing his films independently; contract allowed him to build his own studio, which he alone used until 1952

1916 Moved to Mutual Film Corporation; the popularity of such Mutual two-reelers as "The Pawnshop", "The Immigrant" and "Easy Street" (only pic in which he ever played a cop) made him an international star

1915 Left Keystone Company; signed with Essanay Company for $1250 per week (Sennett had offered $750) plus a $10,000 signing bonus; met key collaborator, cameraman Rollie Totheroh, who would shoot every Ch

1915 First film with Edna Purviance; she would play the idealized woman in every Chaplin film for the next eight years, remaining on the Chaplin payroll until her death in 1958

1914 Film acting debut in Keystone's "Making a Living"

1914 First appearance of the tramp in "Kid Auto Races at Venice"

1914 Directed, acted in and wrote over 20 shorts

1913 Hired by Mack Sennett's Keystone Company while on tour with Karno; left for Hollywood, arriving on Sennett's lot in December with a contract for $150 per week

1910 Made first trip to America with Karno's Speechless Comedians

1907 Joined Fred Karno's Pantomime Troupe in England; quickly rose to Karno's star attraction, specializing in a dexterous portrayal of a comic drunk

1905 Appeared in London West End production of "Sherlock Holmes", starring its American author, William Gillette

1903 First featured stage role in "Sherlock Holmes"; toured English provinces

1898 Toured as one of the Eight Lancashire Lads

Began music hall career at age 5

Refused to testify before House Committee on Un-American Activities

Sold interest in United Artists