Classic Film Club

GIBB MCLAUGHLIN

Gibb McLaughlin

Gibb McLaughlin (1933)

Biography

BIO

Gibb McLaughlin was born George Gibb McLaughlin in Sunderland, County Durham, England, in 1884.

He began his stage career in regional theatre and summer stock.

McLaughlin was first seen in silent film, at the age of 37, in a bit part for Screenplays Productions in 1921.    A busy character actor, he appeared in more than 120 feature films through 1959.

He died in London, England, in 1960, at the age of 75.


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Films

NOTED FILMS

The Private Life of Henry VIII.

The Private Life of Henry VIII.
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII.
  • 1933
  • Charles Laughton takes the U.S. by storm with his Oscar-winning portrayal of the English king and his last five marriages.

The Rise of Catherine the Great

Night and the City
  • The Rise of Catherine the Great
  • 1934
  • A German princess, pledged to marry a Russian grand duke as a child, arrives in St. Petersburg as a young woman to find her future husband to be a paranoid maniac.

Chu Chin Chow

Chu Chin Chow
  • Chu Chin Chow
  • 1934

  • This musical tells the story of Ali Baba, the poor brother of a wealthy merchant, who discovers the hiding place of a notorious robber and his treasure.

Night and the City

Night and the City
  • Night and the City
  • 1950
  • Desperate to make something of himself, but known for failure, a chance meeting with a wrestling great leads a salesman to believe he can make it big promoting professional wrestling in London. Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney star.

Hobson's Choice

Hobson's Choice
  • Hobson's Choice
  • 1954

  • A business-savvy elder daughter, written off by her father as a spinster, elects to take control of her life and buttonhole her father's top employee as her husband-to-be.

    David Lean directs Charles Laughton, John Mills and Brenda de Brazia.

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