Name
Michael Chaplin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1946-03-07 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
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.
Known For
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- 2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin as Self
- 2003 Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years as Self
- 2014 Chaplin - The Legend of the Century as Self
- 2008 Strolling Into the Sunset as Self
- 2003 Chaplin Today: A King in New York as Self
- 2025 Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp as Self
- 1957 A King in New York as Rupert Macabee
- 1966 The Sandwich Man as Pavement Artist
- 1952 Limelight as Child on Steps (uncredited)
- 1966 Promise Her Anything as Heathcliff – Beatnik (uncredited)
- 2021 The Real Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage)
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
