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Michael Chaplin

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Chaplin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Mar 7, 1946 In Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Movie/TV Credits:
10
First Appeared:
In the movie Limelight 1952-10-23
Latest Project:
Movie Exteriors 2023-11-14
Known For
Poster of The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
Poster of Chaplin - The Legend of the Century
Poster of Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'
Poster of A King in New York
Filmography
Movie Exteriors Jim Kessler 2023-11-14
Movie The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema 2018-03-02
Movie Chaplin - The Legend of the Century Self 2014-05-13
Movie Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York' Self 2003-03-01
Movie Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin Self 2003-05-01
Movie Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years Self 2003-05-18
Movie Promise Her Anything Heathcliff – Beatnik (uncredited) 1966-02-22
Movie The Sandwich Man Pavement Artist 1966-07-01
Movie A King in New York Rupert Macabee 1957-09-12
Movie Limelight Child on Steps (uncredited) 1952-10-23