Charlie Chaplin Lausanne, Switzerland. The British Film Institute has also established the Charles Chaplin Research Foundation, and the first international Charles Chaplin Conference was held in London in July 2005. Chaplin is the subject of a biographical film, "Chaplin" (1992) directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and Geraldine Chaplin playing Hannah Chaplin. He is also a character in the period drama film "The Cat's Meow" (2001), played by Eddie Izzard, and in the made-for-television movie "The Scarlett O'Hara War" (1980), played by Clive Revill. A television series about Chaplin's childhood, "Young Charlie Chaplin", ran on
Will Attenborough Tapper's non-fiction book by the same name. He is the son of theatre director Michael Attenborough and actress Karen Lewis. He is the grandson of actor-director Richard Attenborough and actress Sheila Sim, as well as the great-nephew of naturalist David Attenborough. In 2017, Attenborough launched a campaign, along with actor Leila Mimmack and Academy Award winner Mark Rylance, for Equity, the performer's union, to move its fossil fuel investments into clean energy. Will Attenborough Will Attenborough is a British actor. He played the lead role in Jeremy Herrin's production of "Another Country" in the West End, and James Watson in