Iconic comic actor Charles Spencer Chaplin popularly known as Charlie Chaplin who ruled world with his silent comedy film and only entertainer during World War 1 celebrating his birthday is today folks. After adopting his trademark little tramp costume, consisting of baggy pants, bamboo cane, bowler hat, and over-sized shoes, Chaplin became a Hollywood icon.
APHerald heartfelt birthday wishes to this legend and here are few facts relating to Charlie Chaplin.
Charlie Chaplin was born just four days before Adolf Hitler, in 1889.
Charlie Chaplin had blue eyes. Most people guessed he had brown eyes since they only see him in black and white films.
Charlie Chaplin stood 5 feet 5 inches tall .
Charlie Chaplin joined a “Charlie Chaplin Look-Alike Contest” and he only came in third.
Charlie Chaplin was 73 years old when his youngest son was born.
Charlie Chaplin dead body was stolen for more than two months in 1978 by a small group of Swiss mechanics to blackmail his family for money.
Charlie Chaplin own daughter, the actress Geraldine Chaplin, portrayed his on screen mother in the movie, Chaplin, a 1992 biopic as Hannah Chaplin.
Charlie Chaplin was the first actor who graced the cover of Time magazine. He appeared on the July issue of Time in 1925.
Charlie Chaplin composed around 500 melodies for his own films and the last film that he ever saw was Rocky in 1976.
There is an asteroid named after him in his honor by a Ukrainian astronomer, which is called 3623 Chaplin and resides in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
