Eddie Laughton

Biography

Eddie Laughton was a British-American actor who made over 200 films from 1935 to 1952 and was best known for his appearances with The Three Stooges. Born in Sheffield, England, he moved with his family to Detroit and started in vaudeville, becoming a popular master of ceremonies in Toronto by 1926. Columbia Pictures signed him in 1935, and for a decade he worked almost exclusively for the studio in features, westerns, serials and short subjects. Stooges fans knew him as Percy Pomeroy, convict 41144, in So Long Mr. Chumps and Beer Barrel Polecats and as the desk clerk in Idle Roomers and Three Little Beers. A reliable utility player in good-guy and bad-guy parts, he toured with the Stooges as their straight man and played dialect roles such as an English big-game hunter covered with pies in the Stooges short In the Sweet Pie and Pie and a French nobleman for Buster Keaton in She's Oil Mine.

48years old at death

Born June 20, 1903Sheffield
Died March 21, 1952Hollywood
Star sign: GeminiLast day of the sign, on the Cancer cusp

Movie Career

Films: 3
Career span: 4 years1940 to 1944

Every film, newest first

1944The Girl in the CaseIMDb rating 6.1
1942The Boogie Man Will Get YouIMDb rating 5.8
1940The Lone Wolf Keeps a DateIMDb rating 6.1

Genres

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Big break
Laughton's Columbia Pictures contract in 1935 came almost certainly through his old vaudeville friend Larry Fine, who had once saved Laughton's job by going onstage as an emergency substitute.
Beyond film
Besides appearing in the Stooge shorts, Laughton traveled with the team between filming schedules and acted as their straight man at personal appearances.
A change of course
Laughton got his start in vaudeville. By 1926 he had become a popular master of ceremonies and was established in Toronto.

Eddie Laughton movies on Netflix

The Girl in the Case1944IMDb rating 6.1as Moustached Man in Getaway Car
The Boogie Man Will Get You1942IMDb rating 5.8as Mr. Johnson
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date1940IMDb rating 6.1as Measles

Worked with

Eddie Laughton shares two films with Don Beddoe, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Don Beddoe

George McKay

Boris Karloff

Peter Lorre

Ernie Adams

Frank PugliaLew LandersDirector, 1 film Sidney SalkowDirector, 1 film William BerkeDirector, 1 film

Films together

Don Beddoe2 films together, 1940 to 1942
Don Beddoe's page
- The Boogie Man Will Get You1942IMDb rating 5.8Laughton as Mr. JohnsonBeddoe as J. Gilbert Brampton
- The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date1940IMDb rating 6.1Laughton as MeaslesBeddoe as Big Joe Brady
George McKay2 films together, 1942 to 1944
George McKay's page
- The Girl in the Case1944IMDb rating 6.1Laughton as Moustached Man in Getaway CarMcKay as Fireman
- The Boogie Man Will Get You1942IMDb rating 5.8Laughton as Mr. JohnsonMcKay as Ebenezer
Boris Karloff1 film together, 1942
Boris Karloff's page
- The Boogie Man Will Get You1942IMDb rating 5.8Laughton as Mr. JohnsonKarloff as Prof. Nathaniel Billings
Peter Lorre1 film together, 1942
Peter Lorre's page
- The Boogie Man Will Get You1942IMDb rating 5.8Laughton as Mr. JohnsonLorre as Dr. Arthur Lorentz
Ernie Adams1 film together, 1944
Ernie Adams's page
- The Girl in the Case1944IMDb rating 6.1Laughton as Moustached Man in Getaway CarAdams as Janitor
Frank Puglia1 film together, 1942
Frank Puglia's page
- The Boogie Man Will Get You1942IMDb rating 5.8Laughton as Mr. JohnsonPuglia as Silvio Baciagalupi
Lew LandersDirector, 1 film, 1942
All films by Lew Landers
- The Boogie Man Will Get You1942IMDb rating 5.8Laughton as Mr. Johnson
Sidney SalkowDirector, 1 film, 1940
All films by Sidney Salkow
- The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date1940IMDb rating 6.1Laughton as Measles
William BerkeDirector, 1 film, 1944
All films by William Berke
- The Girl in the Case1944IMDb rating 6.1Laughton as Moustached Man in Getaway Car

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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