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Eddie Laughton

Eddie Laughton
Born June 20, 1903(1903-06-20)
Sheffield, England
 United Kingdom
Died March 21, 1952 (aged 48)
Hollywood, California
 United States
Years active 1938-1942

Eddie Laughton (June 20, 1903 – March 21, 1952) was an English film actor. Born in Sheffield, England, Laughton (pronounced "law-ton") appeared in over 200 films between 1935 and 1952.

Laughton left his native country of England to pursue a Hollywood movie career. He started in vaudeville, and, according to a biography of Larry Fine of the Three Stooges, managed a vaudeville theater where Fine once played.[1]

The pencil-mustached Laughton was placed under contract by Columbia Pictures in 1935. He appeared in many Columbia features, short subjects, and serials throughout the 1930s and 1940s. [2]

Modern viewers will remember Laughton for his role as "Percy Pomeroy, convict 41144" in the Stooge comedies So Long Mr. Chumps and Beer Barrel Polecats, or as the happy drunk in Loco Boy Makes Good. Laughton was an excellent utility player, useful in good-guy and bad-guy roles alike. (He and Columbia actor John Tyrrell shared many scenes.) Laughton was also a convincing dialect comedian, playing a French nobleman in Buster Keaton's She's Oil Mine, and an English big-game hunter plastered with pies in the Stooges' In the Sweet Pie and Pie.[3]

In addition to his roles in the Stooge shorts, Laughton joined the team during their personal appearances between filming schedules, acting as their straight man. [2]

Laughton died of pneumonia on March 21, 1952.

Selected filmography

External links

References

  1. ^ Cox, Steve; Jim Terry (2006). One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures. Cumberland House Publishing. ISBN 1581823630. 
  2. ^ a b Okuda, Ted; Edward Watz (1986). The Columbia Comedy Shorts. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 222. ISBN 0899501818. 
  3. ^ imdb.com
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NAME Laughton, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH 1903-6-20
PLACE OF BIRTH Sheffield, England
DATE OF DEATH 1952-3-21
PLACE OF DEATH Hollywood, California
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