- Michael Chaplin (actor)
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Michael Chaplin (born 7 March 1946) is an English-American actor born in Santa Monica, California. He is the second child and eldest son from Charlie Chaplin's fourth and final marriage to Oona O'Neill.
He acted in his father's films Limelight (1952) and A King in New York (1957), In the latter he played 10-year-old Rupert Macabee, a fast-talking advocate of civil rights and a child of communists who, after an initially adversarial period of political dialogue, is befriended by the King and gains his assistance. He was also in "Promise Her Anything", with Warren Beatty and Leslie Caron, 1965, and "The Sandwich Man", 1966.
He was married firstly to the writer Patrice Chaplin and secondly to Patricia Betaudier, who is a painter. He is the father of actresses Carmen Chaplin and Dolores Chaplin.
In the mid-1960s, Michael wrote his autobiography I Couldn't Smoke The Grass On My Father's Lawn.
He was also half-brother to Sydney Chaplin, Charles Chaplin, Jr. and Norman Chaplin.
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Hannah Chaplin's children Charlie Chaplin's wives Charlie Chaplin's children Norman Chaplin · Charles Chaplin, Jr. · Sydney Chaplin · Carol Ann Barry Chaplin (Disputed) · Geraldine Chaplin · Michael Chaplin · Josephine Chaplin · Victoria Chaplin · Eugene Chaplin · Jane Chaplin · Annette Chaplin · Christopher ChaplinCharlie Chaplin's grandchildren include Susan Chaplin · Stephan Chaplin · Shane Saura Chaplin · Oona Castilla Chaplin · Kathleen Chaplin · Dolores Chaplin · Carmen Chaplin · George Chaplin · Julien Ronet · Aurélia Thiérrée · James Thiérrée · Kiera Chaplin · Orson Salkind · Osceola SalkindCharlie Chaplin's great-grandchildren include Tamara Chaplin · Laurissa Newton · Allison Newton · Tyler Newton · Casey NewtonCategories:- American film actors
- American people of English descent
- 1946 births
- Living people
- American film actor, 1940s birth stubs
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