Eddie Laughton

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location = Sheffield, England, UK
deathdate = death date and age|1952|3|21|1903|6|20
deathplace = Hollywood, California, USA
yearsactive = 1938-1942
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Eddie Laughton (June 20, 1903 – March 21, 1952) was a British-born American 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.cite book
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first = Steve
authorlink = Steve Cox
coauthors = Jim Terry
title = "One Fine Stooge: A Frizzy Life in Pictures"
publisher = Cumberland House Publishing
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isbn = 1581823630]

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.cite book
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first = Ted
authorlink = Ted Okuda
coauthors = Edward Watz
title = "The Columbia Comedy Shorts"
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
date = 1986
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isbn = 0899501818]

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". [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490886/ imdb.com] ]

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.

Laughton died of pneumonia on March 21, 1952.

elected filmography

* "The Perils of Pauline" (1947)
* "Beer Barrel Polecats" (1946)
* "Busy Buddies" (1944)
* "Idle Roomers" (1944)
* "Three Smart Saps" (1942)
* "Alias Boston Blackie" (1942)
* "Loco Boy Makes Good" (1942)
* "The Boogie Man Will Get You" (1942)
* "In the Sweet Pie and Pie" (1941)
* "Meet Boston Blackie" (1941)
* "So Long Mr. Chumps" (1941)
* "You Nazty Spy!" (1940)
* "Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise" (1939)
* "We Want Our Mummy" (1939)
* "No Time to Marry" (1938)
* "3 Dumb Clucks" (1937)
* "Slippery Silks" (1936)
* "A Pain in the Pullman" (1936)
* "Three Little Beers" (1935)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0490886/ Eddie Laughton in the Internet Movie Database]

References

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NAME= Laughton, Eddie
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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