Michael Chaplin
Known for ActingBorn 1946-03-07Santa Monica, California, USA
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.
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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
1952 · as Child on Steps (uncredited)
A King in New York
1957 · as Rupert Macabee
The Sandwich Man
1966 · as Pavement Artist
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003 · as Self
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025 · as Self
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021 · as Self (archive footage)
Promise Her Anything
1966 · as Heathcliff – Beatnik (uncredited)
Chaplin - The Legend of the Century
2014 · as Self
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
2003 · as Self
Strolling Into the Sunset
2008 · as Self
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
2003 · as Self