Charlie Chaplin · every age

What was Charlie Chaplin doing at 16?

Raised in workhouses, the most famous man alive at 25

1. Oct 1905

   Played the pageboy in Sherlock Holmes in the West End at 16

   Alongside William Gillette, the original Holmes, at the Duke of York's Theatre. He toured with the play for over two years.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Strauss-Peyton Studio (1920), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source