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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Charles Chaplin Jr.<br />
| image = Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr.jpg<br />
| caption = Chaplin c. 1960<br />
| birth_name = Charles Spencer Chaplin III<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|05|05}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|03|20|1925|05|05}}<br />
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.<br />
| burial_place = [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]]<br />
| alma mater = [[Black-Foxe Military Institute]] <br> [[Lawrenceville School]]<br />
| occupation = Actor<br />
| spouse = {{plainlist|<br />
* {{marriage|Susan Magness |1958|1959|reason=divorced}}<br />
* {{marriage|Marta Brown |1962|reason=divorced}}<br />
}}<br />
| children = 1<br />
| parents = [[Charlie Chaplin]]<br>[[Lita Grey]]<br />
| relatives = See [[Chaplin family]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Charles Spencer Chaplin III''' (May 5, 1925 – March 20, 1968), known professionally as '''Charles Chaplin Jr.''', was an American actor. He was the eldest son of [[Charlie Chaplin]] and [[Lita Grey]], and is known for appearing in 1950s films such as ''[[The Beat Generation (film)|The Beat Generation]]'' and ''Fangs of the Wild''.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chaplin was born in Beverly Hills, California. He was the elder son of actors [[Charlie Chaplin]] and [[Lita Grey]]. His half-siblings from his father's last marriage to [[Oona O'Neill]] are [[Geraldine Chaplin|Geraldine]], [[Michael Chaplin (actor)|Michael]], [[Josephine Chaplin|Josephine]], [[Victoria Chaplin|Victoria]], [[Eugene Chaplin|Eugene]], Jane, Annette, and [[Christopher Chaplin|Christopher]]. His elder half-brother, Norman, died as an infant.<br />
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As young children, he and his younger brother, [[Sydney Chaplin (American actor)|Sydney]], were used as pawns in their mother's bitter divorce from Charlie Chaplin, during which a lot of the couple's "dirty linen" was aired in public, sensational divorce hearings.<ref name="hollywoodforever-charlie-chaplin-jr">{{cite web |title=Charlie Chaplin Jr. |url=https://hollywoodforever.com/story/charlie-chaplin-jr/ |website=Hollywood Forever Cemetery |access-date=23 February 2022 |quote=Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (5 May 1925 – 20 March 1968) was an American actor and the son of Charlie Chaplin. Chaplin was born in Beverly Hills, California. His mother was Charlie Chaplin’s second wife, Mexican-American Lita Grey, and he was the elder brother of actor Sydney Chaplin.}}</ref> Following the divorce, the brothers were raised by their mother and maternal grandmother until the mid-1930s, when they began to make frequent visits to their father.<br />
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Chaplin attended the [[Black-Foxe Military Institute]] in Hollywood and the [[Lawrenceville School]] in [[Lawrenceville, New Jersey]]. He served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in Europe during [[World War II]].<br />
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==Career==<br />
Chaplin acted in 13 films, appearing with his father in ''[[Limelight (1952 film)|Limelight]]'' (1952). In 1959, he had a role in the film ''[[Girls Town (1959 film)|Girls Town]]'' which featured the son of another famous silent movie comedian, [[Harold Lloyd Jr.]] He appeared with his brother Sydney in the play ''[[Ethan Frome]]'' at the Circle Theatre, now named [[El Centro Theatre]]. In 1960, he wrote a book about his family life titled ''My Father, Charlie Chaplin''.<br />
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==Death==<br />
[[File:TombOfCharles S Chaplin jr.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Grave of Charles Chaplin III]]<br />
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Chaplin died of a [[pulmonary embolism]] on March 20, 1968, in Santa Monica, California, aged 42. He is buried in the Abbey of the Psalms mausoleum at the [[Hollywood Forever Cemetery]] with his maternal grandmother Lillian Carrillo Curry Grey.<br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
In the 2022 [[Netflix]] film ''[[Blonde (2022 film)|Blonde]]'', Chaplin was portrayed by [[Xavier Samuel]].<ref>{{cite web |title='Blonde': 10 of the Marilyn Monroe Biopic's Stars and Their Real-Life Inspirations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/marilyn-monroe-blonde-characters-casting/john-f-kennedy-portrayed-by-caspar-phillipson/ |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |access-date=6 August 2023 |date=28 September 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Selected filmography==<br />
* ''[[Limelight (1952 film)|Limelight]]'' (1952) as Clown (uncredited)<br />
* ''[[Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel]]'' (1954)<br />
* ''[[High School Confidential (film)|High School Confidential]]'' (1958)<br />
* ''[[Girls Town (1959 film)|Girls Town]]'' (1959)<ref>[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/774/girls-town#overview Girls Town (1959) - Turner Classic Movies]</ref><br />
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==References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*Grey, Lita. ''My Life With Chaplin'', Grove Press. 1966.<br />
*Grey, Lita; Vance, Jeffrey. ''Wife of the Life of the Party: A Memoir''. Scarecrow Press. 1998.<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Portal|Biography}}<br />
* {{IMDb name|0152224}}<br />
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{{Chaplin family}}<br />
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