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
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Movies 12
self 8
TV Shows 1
In Charlie Chaplin's Footsteps (2015)
The Sandwich Man (1966)
Promise Her Anything (1966)
A King in New York (1957)
Limelight (1952)
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Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-03-07 (79 years old)
Birth Place
Santa Monica, United States
Height
Children
Kathleen Chaplin, Dolores Chaplin, Carmen Chaplin
Father
Charlie Chaplin
Mother
Oona O'Neill
Siblings
Eugene Chaplin, Geraldine Chaplin, Victoria Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Charles Chaplin, Christopher Chaplin
Citizenships
United States
Also Known As
Michael John Chaplin
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