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Eddie Laughton(1903-1952)

  • Actor
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Eddie Laughton was born on 20 June 1903 in Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK. He was an actor, known for Highway Patrol (1938), Girls of the Road (1940) and Atlantic Convoy (1942). He was married to Dorothea M. Appel, Mary Eaton and Lytha M. Pratt McPhail. He died on 21 March 1952 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJune 20, 1903
DiedMarch 21, 1952(48)
BornJune 20, 1903
DiedMarch 21, 1952(48)
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Known for

Julie Bishop and Robert Paige in Highway Patrol (1938)
Highway Patrol
4.3
  • Cole
  • 1938
Marjorie Cooley, Ann Doran, Ann Dvorak, Mary Field, Lola Lane, and Helen Mack in Girls of the Road (1940)
Girls of the Road
6.0
  • Footsy
  • 1940
John Beal and Virginia Field in Atlantic Convoy (1942)
Atlantic Convoy
5.6
  • Radio Operator
  • 1942
Harriet Nelson and Chester Morris in Canal Zone (1942)
Canal Zone
5.9
  • Recruit Hughes
  • 1942

Credits

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Actor

  • José Ferrer, Kim Hunter, and Kurt Kasznar in Anything Can Happen (1952)
    Anything Can Happen
    6.4
    • Clerk (scenes deleted)
    • 1952
  • Celeste Holm and Dan Dailey in Chicken Every Sunday (1949)
    Chicken Every Sunday
    6.4
    • Process Server (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Betty Hutton, Billy De Wolfe, and John Lund in The Perils of Pauline (1947)
    The Perils of Pauline
    6.4
    • Reporter (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Gene Kelly and Marie McDonald in Living in a Big Way (1947)
    Living in a Big Way
    6.1
    • Reporter (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Betty Grable and Dick Haymes in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
    The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
    6.4
    • Quincy (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Olivia de Havilland, Ray Milland, and Sonny Tufts in The Well Groomed Bride (1946)
    The Well Groomed Bride
    5.7
    • Waiter (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Arturo de Córdova, Patric Knowles, and Dorothy Lamour in Masquerade in Mexico (1945)
    Masquerade in Mexico
    5.8
    • FBI Agent (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Veronica Lake and Eddie Bracken in Hold That Blonde! (1945)
    Hold That Blonde!
    6.1
    • Man in Bed (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Ray Milland, Doris Dowling, Phillip Terry, and Jane Wyman in The Lost Weekend (1945)
    The Lost Weekend
    7.8
    • Mr. Brophy (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Bing Crosby, Paulette Goddard, Betty Hutton, Arturo de Córdova, Cass Daley, Barry Fitzgerald, Ed Gardner, Dorothy Lamour, Victor Moore, and Sonny Tufts in Duffy's Tavern (1945)
    Duffy's Tavern
    5.8
    • Prop Man (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Vernon Dent, and Curly Howard in Idiots Deluxe (1945)
    Idiots Deluxe
    7.6
    Short
    • Bit Part (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Robert Cummings, Don DeFore, Charles Drake, and Lizabeth Scott in You Came Along (1945)
    You Came Along
    6.6
    • Reporter (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, and Phil Silvers in Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
    Diamond Horseshoe
    6.5
    • Eddie (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • John Cason, Buster Crabbe, Frank Ellis, Charles King, Carl Mathews, Frank McCarroll, and Al St. John in His Brother's Ghost (1945)
    His Brother's Ghost
    5.5
    • Farmer (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Charles Starrett in Sagebrush Heroes (1945)
    Sagebrush Heroes
    • Henchman Layton
    • 1945

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Edward Laughton
  • Born
    • June 20, 1903
    • Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], England, UK
  • Died
    • March 21, 1952
    • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(pneumonia)
  • Spouses
      Dorothea M. AppelJune 25, 1924 - June 4, 1930 (divorced)
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    He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Its funeral home supplied his casket despite an unmarked grave.

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