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Michael Chaplin

Actor | * 03/07/1946 (78) | Santa Monica, California (United States of America (USA))
Michael John Chaplin (born March 7, 1946) is an 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 was first married to the writer Patrice Chaplin, with whom he has two sons. He later married Patricia Betaudier, a painter and the daughter of Trinidadian painter Patrick Betaudier. He has five children with her, including actresses Carmen Chaplin and Dolores Chaplin. In the mid-1960s Chaplin signed a book contract with British publisher Leslie Frewin to publish his autobiography I Couldn't Smoke The Grass On My Father's Lawn, which was ghostwritten with Tom Merrin and Charles Hamblett. This was a teenage hippie-memoir of drugs and rebellion against a world-famous father. Before its release his father filed an injunction to prevent publication, arguing that it would have a detrimental effect on himself and his family. The injunction was set aside by judges for the Court of Appeal, who held that Chaplin's contract was binding because he stood to gain from the work's publication, as it launched his writing career. In addition, Chaplin is the author of a novel, A Fallen God, a modern version of the story of Tristan and Iseult. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Comedies | Romance / Love

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Movies with Michael Chaplin as Actor(7)

TV Shows/Series with Michael Chaplin as Actor(1)

as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show

Full Name: Michael Chaplin
Born: Thursday, 03/07 1946 (March) in Santa Monica, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 78 years + 21 days)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Michael Chaplin frequently works together with these people:
Charlie Chaplin (6x, Crew)
Geraldine Chaplin (2x, Actress)
Claire Bloom (2x, Actress)
Miloš Forman (2x, Actor)
Jimmy Dean (2x, Actor)
Xavier Griette (2x, Crew)
Beat Hirt (2x, Crew)
Dawn Addams (2x, Actress)
Richard Schickel (2x, Crew)
Monti Rock III (2x, Actor)
Felice Zenoni (2x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Michael Chaplin (GB)

WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1322864, Added: 09/03/2019, Last updated: 03/13/2024