Michael John Chaplin (born March 7, 1946) is an American actor born in
Santa Monica, California. He is the second child and eldest son from
Charlie Chaplin's fourth and final marriage, to Oona O'Neill.He was
first married to the writer Patrice Chaplin, with whom he has two
sons. He remarried Patricia Betaudier, a painter and the daughter of
Trinidian painter Patrick Betaudier. He has four children with her,
including actresses Carmen Chaplin and Dolores Chaplin.In the
mid-1960s Chaplin signed a book contract with British publisher Leslie
Frewin to publish his autobiography I Couldn't Smoke The Grass On My
Father's Lawn, which was ghostwritten with Tom Merrin and Charles
Hamblett. This was a teenage hippie-memoir of drugs and rebellion
against a world-famous father. Before its release Chaplin filed an
injunction to prevent publication, arguing that it would have a
detrimental effect on himself and his family. The injunction was set
aside by judges for the Court of Appeal, who argued that Chaplin's
contract was binding because he stood to gain from the work's
publication, as it launched his writing career.In addition, Chaplin is
the author of a novel, The Fallen God, a modern version of the story
of Tristan and Iseult.
Santa Monica, California. He is the second child and eldest son from
Charlie Chaplin's fourth and final marriage, to Oona O'Neill.He was
first married to the writer Patrice Chaplin, with whom he has two
sons. He remarried Patricia Betaudier, a painter and the daughter of
Trinidian painter Patrick Betaudier. He has four children with her,
including actresses Carmen Chaplin and Dolores Chaplin.In the
mid-1960s Chaplin signed a book contract with British publisher Leslie
Frewin to publish his autobiography I Couldn't Smoke The Grass On My
Father's Lawn, which was ghostwritten with Tom Merrin and Charles
Hamblett. This was a teenage hippie-memoir of drugs and rebellion
against a world-famous father. Before its release Chaplin filed an
injunction to prevent publication, arguing that it would have a
detrimental effect on himself and his family. The injunction was set
aside by judges for the Court of Appeal, who argued that Chaplin's
contract was binding because he stood to gain from the work's
publication, as it launched his writing career.In addition, Chaplin is
the author of a novel, The Fallen God, a modern version of the story
of Tristan and Iseult.
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