Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977), known as Charlie Chaplin, was an English comic actor, film director and composer of the silent film era. He became one of the best-known film stars in the world before the end of the First World War. Chaplin used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency from the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in the Keystone comedy Kid Auto Races at Venice in 1914. From the April 1914 one-reeler Twenty Minutes of Love onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was also producing them, and from 1918 he was even composing the music for them. With Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith, he co-founded United Artists in 1919. Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. He was influenced by his predecessor, the French silent movie comedian Max Linder, to whom he dedicated one of his films. His working life in entertainment spanned over 75 years, from the Victorian stage and the Music Hall in the United Kingdom as a child performer, until close to his death at the age of 88. His high-profile public and private life encompassed both adulation and controversy. Chaplin's identification with the left ultimately forced him to resettle in Europe during the McCarthy era in the early 1950s. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time. This book is your ultimate resource for Charlie Chaplin. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, photos, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away: Charlie Chaplin filmography, Kid Auto Races at Venice, Mabel's Strange Predicament, Between Showers, A Film Johnnie, Tango Tangles, His Favourite Pastime, Cruel, Cruel Love, The Star Boarder, Mabel at the Wheel, Twenty Minutes of Love, Caught in a Cabaret, Caught in the Rain, A Busy Day, The Fatal Mallet, Her Friend the Bandit, The Knockout, Mabel's Busy Day, Mabel's Married Life, Laughing Gas (1914 film), The Property Man, The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914 film), Recreation (film), The Masquerader, His New Profession, The Rounders (1914 film), The New Janitor, Those Love Pangs, Dough and Dynamite, Gentlemen of Nerve, His Musical Career, His Trysting Place, Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914 film), Getting Acquainted, His Prehistoric Past, His New Job, A Night Out (film), The Champion (1915 film), In the Park, A Jitney Elopement, The Tramp (film), By the Sea (1915 film), Work (1915 film), A Woman, The Bank (1915 film), Shanghaied (1915 film), A Night in the Show, Burlesque on Carmen, Police (1916 film), Triple Trouble (1918 film), The Floorwalker, The Fireman (film), The Vagabond (film), One A.M., The Count (film), The Pawnshop, Behind the Screen, The Rink (film), Easy Street (film), The Cure (1917 film), The Immigrant, The Adventurer (film), A Dog's Life, The Chaplin Revue, The Bond, Shoulder Arms, Sunnyside (film), A Day's Pleasure, The Kid (1921 film), The Idle Class, Pay Day (1922 film), The Pilgrim (film), City Lights, A Woman of Paris, The Gold Rush. Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.