Laughton

American  

[lawt-n] / ˈlɔt n /

noun

1. Charles, 1899–1962, U.S. actor, born in England.

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Laughton British  

/ ˈlɔːtən /

noun

1. Charles. 1899–1962, US actor, born in England: noted esp for his films of the 1930s, such as The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), for which he won an Oscar, and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

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Example Sentences

Added forward Scott Laughton, “Sometimes you get the bounce, sometimes you don’t. You have to have a very-narrow minded focus. We’ve got to stick to the process.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

In her autobiography, Lanchester wrote that she did not like the location of her husband's burial plot in Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills cemetery – Laughton died in 1962.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

Laughton plays Maigret with dry humor, though he’s capable of being roused when exasperated or angry, as he often will be here.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

Scott Laughton and Travis Sanheim each played in his second with the Flyers, while defenseman Egor Zamula played outdoors in a Western Hockey League game in 2019.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 18, 2024

Sussex, is of wood, and that of a knight of the Pelham family in Laughton church, in the same county, ‘a peacock in his pride,’ is of iron.

From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony