Statue of Charlie Chaplin, London Statue of Charlie Chaplin, London The statue of Charlie Chaplin in Leicester Square, London, is a work of 1979 by the sculptor John Doubleday. It portrays the actor, comedian and filmmaker in his best-known role, as The Tramp. A memorial to Chaplin in the city of his birth was proposed on 25 December 1977, soon after Chaplin's death, by Illtyd Harrington, the leader of the opposition in the Greater London Council. Initial plans for a memorial in the Elephant and Castle, in South London where Chaplin spent his early years, were dropped and instead Leicester Square, at the centre of
Odeon Leicester Square for services to the film industry in 2007. The theatre's general manager, Chris Hilton, was awarded an MBE for services to the film industry in 2010. After Nigel Wolland's retirement in 2006, Mark Nice was appointed the cinema's Chief Engineer. Mark Nice was later promoted to the position of Odeon Engineer with Toni Purvis and Michael Mannix assuming the role of Operations Manager Digital. A must-visit destination for film-lovers and premiere-goers alike, the first Dolby cinema in the UK is at ODEON Luxe Leicester Square. This debut Dolby Cinema introduces the UK to the combination of Dolby Vision, the dual-laser