Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Charles Laughton NPG Ax136130

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Howard Coster

Born in Scarborough on 1st July 1899, Laughton followed his father into the hotel trade before studying at RADA in the mid-1920s. He made his professional début on the West End stage in 1926 and three years later appeared in his first feature film, Piccadilly. In 1932 Laughton and his wife, actress Elsa Lanchester, moved to Hollywood. Showing astonishing versatility, he played tyrants, butlers, peasants and advocates in quick succession. Among his most famous roles are Henry VIII (for which he was the first... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.