Personal Info
Birth date
1903-06-20 (121 Years)
Day of death
1952-03-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also known as
Edgar Hugh Loughton
Ed Laughton
Edward Laughton
Eddie Laughton
Biography
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Filmography
Island of Doomed Men
5.3
Overview:
An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamond mine slave labor run by a sadistic foreigner.Ghosts on the Loose
4.2
Overview:
The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.The Lost Weekend
7.628
Overview:
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.Mandrake the Magician
5.6
Overview:
Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.Good Girls Go to Paris
7.1
Overview:
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor Ronald Brooke, she manages to make her dream come true. Besides seeing the sights in the French capital she makes friends with a wealthy family there, the Brands.The Lady in Question
6.6
Overview:
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
5.9
Overview:
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana trying to solve the crime and make a profit.Before I Hang
6.1
Overview:
Dr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and combating aging. The experiment takes an unexpected turn, placing the doctor in a confrontation with the ethics of his work and the consequences of his research.Harmon of Michigan
5
Overview:
A former University of Michigan football star (Tom Harmon) rejects an opportunity to play professional football. Instead, he marries his college sweetheart (Anita Louise) and begins a career as a college football coach.The Affairs of Susan
6.1
Overview:
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual.It Happened in Hollywood
6.1
Overview:
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.Three Girls About Town
5.3
Overview:
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the mortician's convention is arriving, and the sisters, with help from manager Wilburforce Puddle, try to hide it. Complicating matters, Hope's boyfriend, Tommy, is a newspaper reporter in the hotel covering some labor negotiations.Men Without Souls
6
Overview:
A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.Deadwood Dick
6
Overview:
Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
6.6
Overview:
Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
3.5
Overview:
Jackie Gleason and Jack Durant are teamed for the first and only time as Hank and Jed, a pair of dimwitted barbers who are forced into bankruptcy because all their customers have marched off to war. Figuring that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em, Hank and Jed try to join the Army themselves, only to be rejected for a variety of reasons (When asked to read the eye-chart, Hank says he can't-not because he can't see, but because he can't read).The Doctor Takes a Wife
6.444
Overview:
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.The Boogie Man Will Get You
6.3
Overview:
A young divorcee tries to convert a historic house into a hotel despite its oddball inhabitants and dead bodies in the cellar.Honolulu Lu
4.2
Overview:
While in Hawaii, Velez begins the film as a risque nightclub act and due to her involvement with a group of sailors becomes a beauty queen.Two Yanks in Trinidad
2
Overview:
The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy), who split up over a disagreement and join the army, Tim to escape Vince's wrath and Vince to get his lunch-hooks on Tim. Both of our heroes run afoul of Army discipline and protocol in general, and tough top sergeant Valentine (Donald MacBride).Alias Boston Blackie
5.5
Overview:
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.Down Rio Grande Way
NYR
Overview:
Slightly more elaborate than most Charles Starrett westerns, Down Rio Grande Way is set in the mid-19th century, when the Republic of Texas was poised to join the Union. Starrett plays Texas Ranger Steve Martin, who is dispatched to a "renegade" Texas country that refuses to become part of the good old USA. He discovers that the crux of the problem is a local tax collector who, with the help of a crooked newspaper editor, is systematically robbing the citizens of their hard-earned cash, all the while fomenting anti-American sentiments.Out West with the Peppers
5.7
Overview:
When her doctor advises her to move West because of her health, Mrs. Pepper takes her five kids and relocates to Oregon to live with her sister. But adjusting to a new home and community isn't easy for the brood. Third entry in the "Five Little Peppers" series of four films.They Stooge to Conga
7.143
Overview:
The Stooges are repairmen who get a job fixing the doorbell in large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies. They manage to ruin most of the house while working on the wiring and then subdue the spies and sink an enemy submarine by remote control.Murder in Times Square
4.6
Overview:
An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.Girls of the Road
5
Overview:
A story of the great-depression era about women hobos, tramps, job-seekers, fugitives and runaways running from or toward something as they hitch-hiked their way across the United States, dodging the police, do-gooders, lustful men and pursuing-husbands in a bad mood. One of them is a killer, another is a girl hitch-hiking to her wedding in order to afford a wedding gown, and there is also the Governor's daughter who crusades on their behalf, while hitch-hiking along with them.Convicted Woman
3.7
Overview:
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.Acting
1945The Lost Weekend as Mr. Brophy (uncredited)
1945Hold That Blonde! as Man in Bed (uncredited)
1945The Affairs of Susan as Bartender at Bright Dollar (Uncredited)
1945Sagebrush Heroes as Henchman Layton
1944Open Season for Saps as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1944Defective Detectives as Photographer
1944Sailor's Holiday as Unknown
1944The Racket Man as Henchman Chuck
1943Ghosts on the Loose as Wedding Usher (uncredited)
1943Murder in Times Square as Younger Detective
1943Power of the Press as Reporter (uncredited)
1943His Wedding Scare as Niagara Falls Hotel Desk Clerk
1943They Stooge to Conga as Radio Quiz Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1942The Boogie Man Will Get You as Mr. Johnson
1942Sabotage Squad as George, end barber [script name only: Felix]
1942Vengeance of the West as Henchman
1942Parachute Nurse as Sgt. Laughton
1942Atlantic Convoy as Radio Operator
1942Tireman, Spare My Tires as Man at Road Block
1942Submarine Raider as Shannon
1942Meet the Stewarts as Waiter (uncredited)
1942How Spry I Am as Tax Collector (uncredited)
1942Cactus Makes Perfect as Gold Mine 'Salesman' (uncredited)
1942What's the Matador? as Telegraph Clerk / Bullring Attendant (uncredited)
1942Hello, Annapolis as Hank
1942Down Rio Grande Way as Ranger Davidson
1942Alias Boston Blackie as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
1942Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! as Guard
1942Two Yanks in Trinidad as Soldier (uncredited)
1942Canal Zone as Recruit Hughes
1942Lawless Plainsmen as Cowhand Murph
1942Bullets for Bandits as Unknown
1941Honolulu Lu as Sailor
1941She's Oil Mine as Clementi, Elsie's suitor; also voice of radio announcer
1941Three Girls About Town as Magician
1941Harmon of Michigan as Game Spectator Razzing Harmon
1941Mystery Ship as Turillo
1941I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island as Brisson
1941The Son of Davy Crockett as Election Official
1941Hands Across the Rockies as Court Clerk
1941Outlaws of the Panhandle as Henchman Chad
1941Blondie Goes Latin as Steward (uncredited)
1941Across the Sierras as Ed - Man with Noose
1940Thundering Frontier as Clem (uncredited)
1940Beyond the Sacramento as Townsman
1940The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Measles
1940West of Abilene as Poke
1940Cold Turkey as Harry's Co-worker
1940Glamour for Sale as Freddie Walker (uncredited)
1940Before I Hang as Guard
1940Five Little Peppers in Trouble as Mrs. Wilcox's Chauffeur
1940The Secret Seven as Henchman Bishop
1940The Lady in Question as Minor Role (uncredited)
1940Blondie Has Servant Trouble as Photographer (uncredited)
1940Girls of the Road as Footsy
1940Deadwood Dick as Henchman
1940Out West with the Peppers as Lumberjack
1940The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Police Guard
1940Texas Stagecoach as Workman
1940Men Without Souls as Lefty
1940Island of Doomed Men as Borgo - Parolee (uncredited)
1940The Man from Tumbleweeds as Banker Jackson
1940The Doctor Takes a Wife as Photographer (uncredited)
1940A Plumbing We Will Go as The Prosecutor
1940Blazing Six Shooters as Henchman
1940Money Squawks as Robber (uncredited)
1940Pardon My Berth Marks as Train Passenger
1940Bullets for Rustlers as Shorty - Bartender
1940Convicted Woman as Jack Pendy (uncredited)
1940You Nazty Spy! as Vance Rippemup (uncredited)
1940Nothing But Pleasure as Gangster at Cozy Auto Court
1940Cafe Hostess as Henchman
1939Scandal Sheet as Hal Lunny
1939Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise as Swindler in Front Seat (uncredited)
1939Good Girls Go to Paris as Railroad Pullman Passenger (uncredited)
1939Pest from the West as Deck Hand (uncredited)
1939Mandrake the Magician as Kidnapping Henchman
1939Almost a Gentleman as Bystander
1939We Want Our Mummy as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1939My Son Is a Criminal as Walt Fraser
1939Flying G-Men as Hall
1939The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Mustached Henchman (uncredited)
1939North of Shanghai as Sam
1938Convicted as Berger
1938Special Inspector as Henchman, posing as David Foster
1937It Happened in Hollywood as Bank Robber
1937Cash and Carry as Bank Teller (uncredited)
1937It Can't Last Forever as Reporter
1937The Frame-Up as Bud (uncredited)
1937New News as Party Guest
1937The Super Snooper as Unknown
1937Sailor Maid as Unknown
1936Slippery Silks as Manager of 'Madame de France' (uncredited)
1936Gambling with Souls as Nick
1936Movie Maniacs as Grip (uncredited)