Giants such as Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, Paul Robeson, Arthur Miller and Joseph Losey were among the hundreds denied work.

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The American achieved fame and fortune through his tennis exploits and befriended Hollywood stars such as Charlie Chaplin, but he spent over a year in jail in the 1940s on a morals charge, which ruined his reputation before his untimely death in 1953.

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Also, let us not forget that Jacques Tati was justly known as the French Charlie Chaplin.

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It calls to mind other memorable Oscar speeches given by Hollywood legends such as Cary Grant, Charlie Chaplin and John Wayne, whose well-chosen words continue to teach and inspire.

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