Charlie Chaplin starred in a film.
Charlie Chaplin . He refused to move to sound films in the 1930s , instead producing City Lights ( 1931 ) and Modern Times ( 1936 ) without dialogue . City Lights is a 1931 American pre-Code silent romantic comedy film written , directed by , and starring Charlie Chaplin . Modern Times (film) . The movie stars Chaplin , Paulette Goddard , Henry Bergman , Tiny Sandford and Chester Conklin . The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire comedy-drama film written , directed , produced , scored by and starring Charlie Chaplin , following the tradition of many of his other films .