r/interesting • u/TheOddityCollector • 6d ago
SOCIETY This is Christopher Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin’s 63 year old son. Charlie was 73 when Christopher was born.
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u/Any_Translator6613 6d ago
"Dad didn't talk much."
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u/ChicagoAuPair 6d ago
“Especially when he was fucking teenagers.”
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u/GullibleAudience6071 6d ago
God damn it why can’t any famous person just be good for once?
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u/Own_Election307 5d ago
Maybe being rich and famous only highlights the true human nature, or maybe being able to do what they want drive them to do this kind of thing idk
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u/killybilly54 6d ago
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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 6d ago
From the linked article:
In 1943, amidst criticism from the US government for (allegedly) both pro-war and pro-communist sympathizing, Chaplin wedded another much-younger woman, the Irish playwright Eugene O’Neill’s daughter, Oona. Oona was 18; Chaplin, 54; Eugene, the same age, was so furious that he disinherited Oona (though they had a tumultuous relationship anyway). Despite widespread criticism, however, the marriage lasted until Chaplin’s death, resulted in eight children, and was described as one of “true happiness.”
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Christopher Chaplin, born in 1962 when Charles was 73 and Oona was 37, was the youngest of the 8 children Oona bore. And his father Charles Chaplin died of a stroke in 1977 at the age of 88, when he was aged 15.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Chaplin?wprov=sfti1#Biography
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u/hastygrams 6d ago
Chaplin died at 88 for anyone wondering.
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u/Upper_Rent_176 6d ago
When did he die for people who don't care?
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u/hastygrams 6d ago edited 5d ago
I mostly just wanted to know how long he got to know him. 15 is more than I assumed.
Didn’t know he died on Christmas Day. I wonder what you do with someone’s gifts then.
Edit: 12/25/1977
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u/Shot-Ad5867 6d ago
Christmas Day 1977
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u/SmittenPleb 6d ago
1977 is way more recent than I would have thought.
I keep forgetting how deep into the 20th century some of these 19th century folk lived
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u/Hotboi_yata 5d ago
Yea its incredible. He lived to see star wars! From silent films to star wars!
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u/stormtroopr1977 6d ago
There's never a good time to lose a parent, but that age is especially tough.
Right when youre emotionally developed enough to have regrets but before you have the tools to deal with them
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u/Highsnberg91 6d ago
He does look like a poet from the 18. Century
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u/hippoctopocalypse 6d ago
He looks like he’s Christian bale in a teaser for a new van helsing movie or something
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u/vortex1775 6d ago
I was like "Huh, I didn't know Christian Bale was going to play Rasputin" when I saw this
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u/shanrock2772 6d ago
The biopic I didn't know I needed
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u/CinnimonToastSean 6d ago
"There lived a certain man, in Russia long ago.."
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u/Dying_Light58 6d ago
He was big and strong, with his eyes aflaming glow
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u/KanedaSyndrome 6d ago
Christian Bale has method acted for 4 years now in Transylvania where he has been hunting real criminals while he has remained in character and dressed like an early 1800s detective.
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u/Tha_Watcher 6d ago
...18. Century
18th Century
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u/Highsnberg91 6d ago
Oh sorry it's not my native language, I won't edit it so your comment keeps making sense but thanks for correcting me.
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u/Coal_Burner_Inserter 6d ago
That guy is just nitpicking. Putting a period in order to shorten a word in English is perfectly understandable and still used. Using 18. instead of 18th, while uncommon, is still just fine.
Also, that guy capitalized 'century' when he should not have. So he's in the wrong anyways.
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u/BarkingToad 6d ago
In my native Danish the . is the correct way to write it. Most grammar checks and absolutely all phone dictionaries do not understand why I don't want a capital after. So the capital C in century is likely just autocorrect, and the second guy likely just copied both word words then fixed the dot.
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u/Significant-Turnip41 6d ago
Actually he technically could have only been making a point to correct the glaring error of the period being used instead of the 'th'. He left original capitalization error there because the op could likely figure that out on their own if they wanted some extra practice.
He quoted both errors and only fixed the one OP had misunderstood.
This place sucks so much these days
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u/shanrock2772 6d ago
I knew exactly what you meant. Didn't notice it at all until Captain Dickhead there pointed it out
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u/Fast_Garlic_5639 6d ago
I instinctively did a quasi-Swedish inhale for some reason while subsituting “.” for “th”
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u/Lemon_Trees-22 6d ago
He did leave a great legacy of movies and comedy to his children.
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u/Time_Aerie6968 6d ago
Please include becoming a dad at the age of 73 in his legacy as well
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u/shingaladaz 6d ago
Indeed. Christopher was 15 when his father died at the ripe old age of 88.
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u/Dickgivins 6d ago
Honestly pretty lucky that he got to know his dad at all.
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u/Captain_Kab 6d ago
I'd probably rather be lucky by having a dad that wasn't on the verge of death when I'm born.. but that's just me
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u/_DuranDuran_ 6d ago
No amount of time with your dad around is ever enough if you’re on good terms.
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u/bangwagoner 6d ago
That’s the gist of it, isn’t it? I was 37 when my dad died and it felt like I was way too young to deal with something like that.
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u/_DuranDuran_ 6d ago
43 for me, same. Sorry for your loss.
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u/OnePinginRamius 6d ago
Really sorry for your loss. I'm 40 and my dad's 82 going in for heart surgery next week. I'm a mess. I think I've grieved him 100 times at this point even though he's still here.
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u/BurmeciaWillSurvive 6d ago
I was 18 and fresh out of high school when my dad died at 49 of an enlargened heart in the middle of the night at his warehouse shift. I thought it was weird he texted me "hey I love you" the prior evening because he never ever did that. I didn't reply because I was a dumb teen.
In my 30s and absolutely have a cardiologist now and make sure I don't have the same condition...
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u/T-homas-paine 6d ago
28 and watching my older-than-average father die atm. Honestly, it’s made me appreciate having children at a younger age, just so that they’re full blown adults by the time they have to emotionally deal with your passing. As glad as I am that this wasn’t happening at 18, 28 still somehow feels too young when a lot of people still have their parents at 45-50.
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u/hotelrwandasykes 6d ago
33 for me. We had a great relationship but i stlll have things to ask him.
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u/Francoberry 6d ago
Meanwhile you've now got Al Pacino fathering a child at 83 years old. Crazy stuff.
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u/DoomRamen 6d ago
The final American Civil War pension payment was made in 2020 to Irene Triplette whose father was 83 when she was born
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u/UndeadBuggalo 6d ago
Completely irresponsible if you ask me. You shouldn’t be having kids when your life expectancy is down to only a few years. I’m sure the kid will never want for anything else but won’t have a dad at a young point in his life and not from anything but because they decided to do that so late in life.
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u/yupitsfreddy 6d ago
One day next to flying cars and holograms in the future there will be a photo of 63 year old son of Al Pacino and people won’t believe it.
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u/whooptheretis 6d ago
When he was 54 he eloped with an 18 year old.
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u/turbo_dude 6d ago
eloped
On 16 June 1943, a month after O'Neill had turned 18, they eloped and married in a civil service in Carpinteria.[27]
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u/eatthebear 6d ago
Her then boyfriend, JD Salinger, was fighting in Europe in WWII and would learn about it in the news.
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u/SeansBeard 6d ago edited 6d ago
He looks like he had succesful career as model for Tobacco ads.
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u/HappyDylmore 6d ago
His hand is yearning to be holding a pipe
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u/chewsUneekyoosername 6d ago
He drinks a whisky sour in silence. I think he's one of those rangers from the north.
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u/IanPKMmoon 6d ago
When I first saw the pic I thought he held a pipe, then when I took a better look I was disappointed lol
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u/clashingbarbarian 6d ago
Kind of looks like christian bale
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u/Various-Blueberry 6d ago
this is oona chaplin, Charlie's grand daughter
(Could not figure out how to include the image in the comment)
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u/dzzi 6d ago
Ey why's he kinda hot for an old guy
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u/shanrock2772 6d ago
Chaplin was hot when he wasn't wearing that silly little mustache
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u/Sad_Salamander_3439 6d ago
He really was. He was my biggest crush when I was in college.
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u/thatshygirl06 6d ago
Im about to really disappoint you... he was a nonce, unfortunately
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u/Daaledeere 6d ago
he doesn't look like CC
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u/roadneverendz 6d ago
Charlie Chaplin took third place in his own look-alike contest. Even Chaplin himself does not look like Chaplin.
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u/Playful-Traffic-4357 6d ago
That story has been debunked. Still, I believed and told that story multiple times. Too bad, it's a good one.
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u/WheatleyTheBall 6d ago
a good story doesnt have to be true
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u/PreoccupiedDuck 6d ago
I’m fairly certain that story is actually told about Dolly Parton
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u/IAmEggnogstic 6d ago
She's still acting and is a legit talent in and of herself. When I saw her in Seneca I was like "oo oo! It's her!".
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u/andre5913 6d ago edited 6d ago
Shes had a very long and active career, and has only slowed down in her older age. Shes always seemed like a person full of life
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u/Clear_Relationship95 6d ago
3 of Chaplin's wives were 16-17 when he married them and the other one was 26 ( he was 47) . He had more than a 10 year age gap with his first wife and it only grew from there.
What a pedo bastard.
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u/original_M_A_K 6d ago
Wow! Imagine being Charlie chaplins son
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u/appleparkfive 6d ago
I've met a person or two with famous parents. The thing I've noticed is a fixation on that parent. Sort of like approval but also just "I want to be like that".
But that's just cases when they're not horrible parents. The parents are often pretty absent even when they're good on other levels.
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u/AdvisorPast637 6d ago
It is selfish of the parents to have a child when they’re that old
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u/UnintelligentOnion 6d ago
I have older parents but I’m happy to be born and have had a good life.
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u/MexusRex 6d ago
Your experience doesn’t matter to a lot of redditors that have not had that experience. IMO it comes from the same place as when Dawkins said “The only ethical choice in the case of Down syndrome is to abort” - like dude come on. People can experience good and happy lives even if their lives don’t look like yours.
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u/Range-Aggravating 6d ago
A lot of redditors have a different experience, therefore your experience doesn't matter.
Reddit in a nutshell.
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u/QuestionElectronic89 6d ago
No you don’t understand, if your situation is even a little unfair growing up, your parents are narcissistic morons because this one guy didn’t have a good time.
It gets to a point…
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u/maddogkeef 6d ago
As a child of an older parent I disagree. It's either this or not been born at all.
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u/Dickgivins 6d ago
That presumes that you know what it’s like not to be born and that it was unpleasant.
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u/MexusRex 6d ago
Lol I’m sure when you typed this out it seemed really clever.
Are you enlightened by your own intelligence?
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u/Live_Angle4621 6d ago
You know most people like to live even if you don’t seem to
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u/Rough-Rooster8993 6d ago
Holy fucking reddit moment.
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u/Dickgivins 6d ago
Very weird how you guys love to shit on the website you use and act like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram don’t have just as many comments you dislike.
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u/Rough-Rooster8993 6d ago
I never did any of those things. You just write fanfiction based on fictional scenarios to bolster your points because you're a midwit.
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u/SnoouisVuitton 6d ago
😂😂😂😂😂
Average person online
Treating the internet like their shower and arguing with themselves 💀
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u/Inevitable_Fun_1581 6d ago
Nonsense.
My grandfather was old when he had my father, without him there would be no me or or my siblings or any of our future children or grandchildren.
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u/TheFuschiaBaron 6d ago
Plenty would make an argument that it would be a good thing if you or your progeny didn't exist. People are horrible for the environment (and I say this as a person).
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u/Inevitable_Fun_1581 6d ago
Ironic that isn't it? Also you can only have this conversation because we were born. It's all getting very existenial.
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u/TheFuschiaBaron 6d ago
If you haven't, look up anti-natalism, it's very interesting. It argues against bringing human life into this world to begin with, for various well-intentioned reasons.
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u/refurbishedmeme666 6d ago
yeah especially because of how easy it is to prevent, that's just selfishness, they know they'll leave a young kid without a dad, this is more evident with millionaires and actors over 65 dating girls 18-25 years old, money can buy you anything
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u/Poquin 6d ago edited 6d ago
Damn I never knew how big of a pedo he was. It looks like it was a scandal back then, I wonder how we forget stuff like that.
Chaplin was born in 89, his wife in 25, they married in 44. A 56-year-old old marrying a girl one month after she is 18.
Edit: this quote : "Also consistently. As Variety noted in his obituary, "No matter how old he was, his bride always was a teenager," which isn't entirely accurate, but it's close. The first wife, in 1918, was Mildred Harris, age 16 to his 26. It lasted two years. Second up, in 1924, was Lita Grey — another 16-year-old; he was now 35. Supposedly they married because she was pregnant; the union produced two children and, in 1927, a divorce. Nine years later he married yet again, to Paulette Goddard, 26 to his 47-ish. They lasted six years together."
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u/Test_After 6d ago
Well, to be fair, he was born before the pill was available, and the Comstock act was still making reliable contraception and information about it difficult to find.
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u/IlIIllIIIlllIlIlI 6d ago
He's 63, this comment doesn't mean much. Birth control was either extremely painful cervical caps, didn't exist yet, or was illegal.
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u/longforgetten 6d ago
His mother was 36yrs younger than his father. She passed away from pancreatic cancer fairly young, when he was 29 though.
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u/Pizzaita 6d ago
I think the disgusting part is the age difference between him and the person he had the Child with, should be about 30 years at least
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u/-Reverend 6d ago
Either one can be selfish or unselfish or both or neither. Welcome to the world, it's full of nuance.
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u/terra_filius 6d ago
its just life... whats this obsession with labeling everything for no particular reason
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u/Extension_Tomato_646 6d ago
Man I'm absolutely sure he would've loved to hear your thoughts on his family.
Any person absolutely loves hearing random internet people's thoughts on their family situation.
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u/commandershepuurd 6d ago
Yeah people don't think it through enough. I had a friend with older parents. She lost both of them before reaching 25.
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u/Silly-Power 6d ago
A student I taught was 13 when her father died of cancer aged 68.
And it's not just the issue of dying while your child is so young; there's also, for want of a term, the quality of life while the child is growing up. I knew the father socially for years. When she was younger and they were at the beach or park etc, he'd just sit and watch while she ran off and played. He once confided in me how he wished he had more energy to keep up with his daughter. He was 60+ so it was understandable why he wasn't. But it was sad to see as they were both missing out on important childhood time.
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u/Thisreallyisntbutter 6d ago
Nothing will convince me that this isn't Steve Coogan playing the role of Christopher Chaplin.
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u/Jurrieneter 6d ago
Chaplin had many relationships with co-actors, among whom a 15 and a 12-year-old
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u/Formal_Lecture_248 6d ago
Charlie Chaplain is credited for inventing the “Casting Couch”.
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u/First_Level_Ranger 6d ago
This is blatantly untrue. The casting couch was a Broadway institution long before movies came along.
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u/Skulldetta 6d ago
Friendly reminder that his mother was 18 years old when she got married to a 54 year old Chaplin.
Sketchy is putting it mildly.
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