Michael Chaplin

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.

Known For

Limelight

as Child on Steps (uncredited)

A King in New York

as Rupert Macabee

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

as Self

The Sandwich Man

as Pavement Artist

Promise Her Anything

as Heathcliff – Beatnik (uncredited)

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'

as Self

Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years

as Self

Chaplin - The Legend of the Century

as Self

Strolling Into the Sunset

as Self