Biography
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.
Filmography
all 11
Movies 10
self 6
TV Shows 1
Writer 1
In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps (2015)
Chaplin - The Legend of the Century (2014)
Strolling Into the Sunset (2008)
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years (2003)
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York' (2003)
That Swinging City (1966)
Promise Her Anything (1966)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
A King in New York (1957)
Charlie Chaplin, A Man of the World
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1946-03-07 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceSanta Monica, California, United States of America
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ChildrenDolores Chaplin, Carmen Chaplin
FatherCharlie Chaplin
MotherOona O'Neill
SiblingsVictoria Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin, Geraldine Chaplin, Charles Chaplin, Christopher Chaplin
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsMichael John Chaplin
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