[1] Per physician's note on death certificate, "metastatic renal carcinoma."
Father: Robert Laughton
Mother: Elizabeth Conlon
Wife: Elsa Lanchester (actress, m. 1929, she states in her autobiography that he is gay)
High School: Stonyhurst College, Lancashire, England (a Jesuit school)
Oscar for Best Actor 1934 for The Private Life of Henry VIII
Hollywood Walk of Fame 1750 Vine St.
Cholecystectomy (Aug-1960)
Naturalized US Citizen 1950
Spine Surgery Cedars Sinai (30-Jul-1962)
Risk Factors: Obesity
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
The Night of the Hunter (19-Feb-1955)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (16-Sep-2017) · Himself
Advise and Consent (6-Jun-1962) · Sen. Seabright Cooley
Spartacus (6-Oct-1960) · Gracchus
Under Ten Flags (1960)
Witness for the Prosecution (Dec-1957) · Sir Wilfrid
Hobson's Choice (19-Apr-1954) · Henry Hobson
Young Bess (21-May-1953) · King Henry
Salome (13-Feb-1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (27-Dec-1952) · Capt. William Kidd
O. Henry's Full House (19-Sep-1952)
The Strange Door (8-Dec-1951) · Alain de Maletroit
The Blue Veil (26-Oct-1951)
The Man on the Eiffel Tower (19-Jan-1950)
The Bribe (3-Feb-1949) · J. J. Bealer
The Girl from Manhattan (1-Oct-1948) · The Bishop
The Big Clock (9-Apr-1948)
Arch of Triumph (17-Feb-1948) · Haake
The Paradine Case (31-Dec-1947) · Judge Lord Thomas Horfield
Because of Him (18-Jan-1946)
Captain Kidd (22-Nov-1945) · Capt. William Kidd
The Suspect (Dec-1944)
The Canterville Ghost (22-May-1944) · Sir Simon de Canterville
The Man from Down Under (4-Aug-1943)
This Land Is Mine (17-Mar-1943) · Albert Lory
Forever and a Day (21-Jan-1943)
Stand by for Action (31-Dec-1942) · Rear Adm. Stephen Thomas
Tales of Manhattan (5-Aug-1942)
The Tuttles of Tahiti (29-Apr-1942) · Jonas
It Started with Eve (26-Sep-1941)
They Knew What They Wanted (19-Oct-1940)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1-Sep-1939) · Quasimodo
Jamaica Inn (15-May-1939)
Sidewalks of London (18-Oct-1938) · Charles Saggers
The Beachcomber (4-Mar-1938)
Rembrandt (6-Nov-1936) · Rembrandt
Mutiny on the Bounty (8-Nov-1935) · Bligh
Les Misérables (3-Apr-1935) · Javert
Ruggles of Red Gap (19-Feb-1935)
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (8-Sep-1934) · Edward Moulton-Barrett
White Woman (10-Nov-1933)
The Private Life of Henry VIII (17-Aug-1933) · Henry VIII
Island of Lost Souls (12-Jan-1933) · Dr. Moreau
The Sign of the Cross (3-Dec-1932)
If I Had a Million (2-Dec-1932)
Payment Deferred (7-Nov-1932)
The Old Dark House (20-Oct-1932) · Sir William Porterhouse
Devil and the Deep (12-Aug-1932)
Piccadilly (1-Jun-1929) · Diner