Michael Chaplin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 7, 1946, Santa Monica, California, USA
- Movies
- 11
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.
Best-Known Movies
Limelight
1952
A King in New York
1957
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
Promise Her Anything
1966
The Sandwich Man
1966
Chaplin Today: A King in New York
2003
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
2003
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025
Chaplin - The Legend of the Century
2014
Filmography
| 2025 | Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp | Self |
| 2021 | The Real Charlie Chaplin | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Chaplin - The Legend of the Century | Self |
| 2008 | Strolling Into the Sunset | Self |
| 2003 | Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years | Self |
| 2003 | Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin | Self |
| 2003 | Chaplin Today: A King in New York | Self |
| 1966 | The Sandwich Man | Pavement Artist |
| 1966 | Promise Her Anything | Heathcliff – Beatnik (uncredited) |
| 1957 | A King in New York | Rupert Macabee |
| 1952 | Limelight | Child on Steps (uncredited) |
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