Some interesting facts about Charlie Chaplin

• Never won an Academy Award in an acting category, only in the capacity of a composer.

• Composed about 500 melodies including “Smile” and “This Is My Song”.

• Was a good friend of Winston Spencer Churchill.

• Had a total of 11 children from four wives.

• Was 73 years old when his youngest son, Christopher, was born.

• Authored two autobiographical books, “My Autobiography” in 1964 and its companion volume, “My Life in Pictures” in 1974.

• His trademark character `The Tramp’ appeared in about 70 movies, shorts and features, during a period of 26 years.

• Loved to play tennis, but described golf as “a game I can’t stand”.

• His film, The Great Dictator (1940), was banned in Germany.

• In 1978 his dead body was stolen from the cemetery where he was buried. The body was recovered after 3 months and then re-buried in a vault surrounded by cement.