RECENT CREDITS
Mona Lisa Smile (FILM)  Dec. 19, 2003
Bad Blood (FILM)  Apr. 27, 2001
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (FILM)  Jul. 24, 1998
Hope Floats (FILM)  May. 29, 1998


HIGHLIGHTS
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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All Credits

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

Actor
Film


Song
Film


Bad Blood  2001
Song
Film


Hope Floats  1998
Song
Film


Song
Film


Chaplin  1992 -music from, from autobiography
Music, Book as Source Material
Film


Smile  1975
Music
Film


Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times  1972 -Himself, film extracts
Actor, Other
Film


A Countess From Hong Kong  1967 -Old Steward, songs
Director, Screenplay, Actor, Executive Producer, Song, Music
Film


Limelight  1952 -Clavero, choreography
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor, Music, From Story, Choreographer
Film


Monsieur Verdoux  1947 -Henri Verdoux
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor, Music
Film


The Great Dictator  1940 -Dictator of Tomania, Jewish Barber
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor, Actor
Film


Modern Times  1936 -Tramp
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor, Music
Film


City Lights  1931 -Tramp
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor, Editor, Music
Film


Show People  1928
Actor
Film


The Circus  1928 -Tramp
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor, Editor
Film


The Gold Rush  1928 -Lone Prospector
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Actor
Film


A Woman of Paris  1923 -Porter
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor, Music
Film


The Kid  1921
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Director, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Actor
Film


A King in New York   -King Shadhov
Director, Producer, Screenplay, Actor, Music
Film


Director, Screenplay, Actor
Film


Gentleman Tramp   -film extracts, text extracts
Music, Other, Other
Film


It's Showtime   -Himself
Actor
Film




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Highlights

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


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