RECENT CREDITS
Chaplin (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1992
Smile (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1975
A Countess from Hong Kong (FILM)  Apr. 29, 1967
Limelight (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1952
Monsieur Verdoux (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1947


HIGHLIGHTS
Both of his parents were music-hall entertainers.
First went on stage at age 5 when his mother's voice failed her during a performance.
Lived in a series of workhouses and an orphanage as a young child.
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Chaplin  1992
Book Author
Film


Limelight  1952 -Calvero
Director, Producer, Actor, Choreography, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


City Lights  1931 -The Tramp
Director, Producer, Actor, Editor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Actor
Film


Smile  1975
Featured Music
Film


A Countess from Hong Kong  1967 -Old Steward
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Monsieur Verdoux  1947 -Henri Verdoux
Director, Producer, Actor, Editor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


The Great Dictator  1940 -Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania, Jewish Barber
Director, Producer, Actor, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Modern Times  1936 -Worker
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Show People  1928 -Himself
Actor
Film


The Gold Rush  1928 -The Lone Prospector
Director, Producer, Actor, Editor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


The Circus  1928 -The Tramp
Director, Producer, Actor, Editor, Cinematographer, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Actor
Film


A Woman of Paris  1923 -Station Porter
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


The Kid  1921 -The Tramp
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Tillie's Punctured Romance  1914 -Charlie, City Slicker
Actor
Film


Triple Trouble   -Charlie, the Janitor
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Director
Film


Work   -Charlie, the Papaerhanger's Assistant
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


The Idle Class   -Tramp and Husband
Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


The Immigrant   -Immigrant
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


The Knockout   -Referee
Director, Actor
Film


The Masquerader   -Film Actor
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


The New Janitor   -Janitor
Director, Actor
Film


The Nut   -Himself
Actor
Film


The Pawnshop   -Pawnshop Assistant
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


The Pilgrim   -The Pilgrim
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


The Property Man   -The Property Man
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


The Rink   -A Waiter. Posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


The Rounders   -Reveller
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


The Star Boarder   -The Star Boarder
Actor
Film


The Tramp   -A Tramp
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


The Vagabond   -Street Musician
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Those Love Pangs   -Masher
Director, Actor
Film


The Count   -Tailor's Apprentice
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


Director, Actor
Film


The Fatal Mallet   -Suitor
Actor
Film


The Fireman   -Fireman
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


The Floorwalker   -Tramp
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


A Busy Day   -Wife
Director, Actor
Film


Sunnyside   -Farm handyman
Director, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Tango Tangles   -Tipsy Dancer
Actor
Film


The Adventurer   -Escaped Convict
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


The Bank   -The Janitor
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


The Bond   -Himself
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


The Burlesque on Carmen   -Darn Hosiery
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


The Champion   -Challenger
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


One A.M.   -Drunk
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


Pay Day   -Laborer
Director, Producer, Actor, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Police   -Tramp
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Recreation   -Tramp
Director, Actor
Film


Shanghaied   -Tramp
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Shoulder Arms   -Recruit
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


Mabel at the Wheel   -The Villain
Actor
Film


Mabel's Busy Day   -Tipsy Nuisance
Actor
Film


Mabel's Married Life   -Husband
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Actor
Film


Making a Living   -Swindler
Actor
Film


Behind the Screen   -Scene Shifter
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


Between Showers   -A Masher
Actor
Film


By the Sea   -Stroller
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Caught in a Cabaret   -Waiter
Actor
Film


Caught in the Rain   -Tipsy Hotel Guest
Director, Actor
Film


Cave Man   -Mr. Weakchin
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


A Woman   -Charlie
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Featured Music
Film


A Day's Pleasure   -Father
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


A Dog's Life   -Tramp
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


A Film Johnnie   -The Film Johnnie
Actor
Film


A Jitney Elopement   -Suitor, the Fake Count
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


A King in New York   -King Shadhov
Director, Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Composer (Music Score)
Film


A Night in the Show   -Mr. Pest, Mr. Rowdy
Director, Actor, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Cruel, Cruel Love   -Lord Helpus, Mr. Dovey
Actor, Actor
Film


Cure   -Alcoholic Gentleman at Spa
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


Dough and Dynamite   -Waiter
Director, Actor
Film


Easy Street   -Vagabond Police Recruit
Director, Producer, Actor
Film


Gentlemen of Nerve   -Track Fanatic
Director, Actor
Film


Getting Acquainted   -Spouse
Director, Actor
Film


Director, Actor
Film


His Favorite Pastime   -Drinker
Actor
Film


His Musical Career   -Piano Mover
Director, Actor
Film


His New Job   -Film Extra
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


His New Profession   -Charlie
Director, Actor
Film


His Trysting Place   -Husband
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Director
Film


In the Park   -Charlie
Director, Actor, Screenwriter
Film


Actor
Film


Laughing Gas   -Dentist's Assistant
Director, Actor
Film




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Highlights

Both of his parents were music-hall entertainers.
First went on stage at age 5 when his mother's voice failed her during a performance.
Lived in a series of workhouses and an orphanage as a young child.
Desperate poverty and deprivation in his childhood inspired his character The Little Tramp.  
Co-founded United Artists in 1919 with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith.
Lost a paternity suit brought against him by actress Joan Barry in 1943 despite the fact that blood tests proved that Barry's child wasn't his.
Fourth wife Oona O'Neill was the daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill; her father disinherited her after her marriage to Chaplin.
Published My Autobiography in 1964.
Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1975.


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