Charles Chaplin.

He was 73 years old when his youngest son, Christopher Chaplin, was born.

After his body was recovered from grave robbers in 1978, it was reburied in a vault surrounded by cement.

Neither City Lights 1931 nor Modern Times 1936 were nominated for any Academy Awards, possibly because Chaplin expressed disdain for the Oscars early on. He even used his 1929 Honorary Award as a doorstop.

While visiting Winston Churchill in England in 1937, Chaplin found him studying newspapers and looking worried. Churchill replied Germany when Chaplin asked what was disturbing him.

On July 6, 1925, he became the first actor to appear on the cover of Time magazine.

Founder of United Artists along with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith.

His father died from alcohol abuse at age 37 when Charlie was 12. Chaplin lived with him only briefly before his mother was committed to a mental asylum.

Although unable to compose synchronized scores until sound films, he provided sheet music to theaters as early as 1921 for The Kid.

According to his daughter Geraldine, in his later years Chaplin worried about being forgotten, which led him to allow the Little Tramp to appear in commercials for Ford and IBM.

His body was stolen from the Corsier-Sur-Vevey cemetery on March 3, 1978. The police recovered it on May 18.

One of the last movies he saw and enjoyed was Rocky 1976.

Cooking was not allowed in the boarding house with Stan Laurel, so Chaplin played violin to cover the sound of Laurel frying food on a hot plate.

His handprints, footprints, and signature were recorded at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre but were removed and are now lost.

Marlon Brando starred in Chaplin’s last film A Countess from Hong Kong 1967. Despite admiring Chaplin’s talent, Brando described him as ‘probably the most sadistic man I’d ever met.

Stan Laurel was his understudy on the English stage.

At the Golden Camera Awards 2005, Geraldine Chaplin recalled the last time she saw her father alive: he was watching a Jerry Lewis movie and screamed, ‘He’s funny, that bastard!

Invented his tramp costume using props from other comedians: Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle’s pants, his father-in-law’s derby, Chester Conklin’s cutaway, Ford Sterling’s shoes, Charles Avery’s jacket, and Mack Swain’s crepe paper for the mustache. Only the whangee cane was his own.

When he arrived in the U.S. with the Fred Karno troupe on October 2, 1912, he had $45 in his pocket. He listed his half-brother Syd as next of kin. Fellow troupe member Stan Laurel sailed with him.

He had complete control over almost all his films: writing, directing, producing, editing, casting, and composing music. He financed his films entirely with his own money.

His mother was so poor she once pawned his spare clothes. She was in and out of mental hospitals throughout her life.

When Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle couldn’t find work after his trial, Chaplin supported him financially.

An accomplished musician, he often reissued his silent films with scores he composed himself.

He never won a competitive acting Oscar; his only non-honorary Oscar was for Best Original Dramatic Score.

He was subpoenaed by HUAC in September 1947 but his appearance was postponed three times and he never appeared. He sent a telegram stating, I am not a Communist, neither have I ever joined any political party or organization in my life.

His Beverly Hills home, known as Breakaway House, was designed by Chaplin and built by studio carpenters. It featured a pipe organ and a tennis court where Greta Garbo often played.

Up until his last few films, he never used a working script, instead starting with a story idea and retooling frequently. He often shot hours of unused footage before he was satisfied.

The Great Dictator 1940 was banned in Germany.

First actor nominated for a single Best Actor Oscar for playing two characters: a Jewish barber and Adenoid Hynkel in The Great Dictator.

His bowler hat and cane were sold for $150,000 in 1987.

Chaplin was naturally left-handed, but trained to write with his right hand due to the conventions of the era. He can be seen signing a contract right-handed in the United Artists founding film clip.

Uncle of Spencer Dryden, drummer for the rock band Jefferson Airplane.

Nominated for writing, acting, directing, and producing The Circus 1928 at the first Academy Awards, but the Board of Governors removed him from competition and gave him a special award, stating he merited a class by himself.

The Tramp appeared in about 70 films over 26 years, from Kid Auto Races at Venice 1914 to The Great Dictator 1940.

He liked to unwind after work with a 45-minute steam bath in his private sauna, then often dressed for dinner. If too tired, he would eat in his bedroom.

Adolf Hitler grew a Chaplin-style mustache because he thought it would endear him to the people, despite Hitler hating Chaplin and wrongly believing he was Jewish.

His salary rose from $150 per week at Keystone in 1913 to $10,000 per week with a $150,000 bonus at Mutual in 1916. By 1918 at First National, he earned $150,000 per film.

Pictured on a 1994 US commemorative stamp celebrating silent screen stars, designed by Al Hirschfeld.

Father of eight children with Oona Chaplin: Geraldine born 1944, Michael 1946, Josephine 1949, Victoria 1951, Eugene 1953, Jane 1957, Annette Emily 1959, and Christopher 1962.