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Noor Mohammed Charlie (Noor Mohammed Memon) was born on 1 July, 1911 in Ranavav village, Porbandar, Saurashtra, India, is a Pakistani actor (1911–1983). Discover Noor Mohammed Charlie's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?

Popular As Noor Mohammed Memon
Occupation Actor, singer, director
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 1 July 1911
Birthday 1 July
Birthplace Ranavav village, Porbandar, Saurashtra, India
Date of death 30 June, 1983
Died Place Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Nationality India

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1911

Noor Mohammed Charlie (,1 July 1911 – 30 June 1983), popularly known as Charlie, was an Indian/ Pakistani actor born in 1911 in Ranavav village, Porbandar, Saurashtra, India.

Best known for his comedy roles, he was the first 'star' comedian and has been referred to as India's first comedy king.

He acted with several top actresses of those days as a comic hero.

1925

He had a successful career in pre-partition India from 1925–1946.

His shift to Pakistan following partition saw his career going down with less than 12 films.

In 1925 he was employed by the Imperial Film Company at Rs.

40 a month when he walked boldly in announcing that he could sing.

1928

Charlie made his debut in Krishna Film Company's Akalna Bardan (1928) directed by Prafulla Ghosh.

At this time he was billed as Noor Mohammed and did other films like Lekh Par Mekh and Vasant Leela.

1929

In 1929 he was signed up by Elfin Film Company for The Indian Charlie which was however not released till 1933.

1932

His Ezra Mir directed film Zarina in 1932 with the advent of Talkies made him a popular actor.

1933

Being a great fan of Charlie Chaplin, he took the name "Charlie" as his screen name following the release of his popular film The Indian Charlie (1933).

He acted under Ezra Mir in one more film Premi Pagal (1933) and with Sarvottam Badami in Chandrahasa (1933).

These films made him very popular with the audience.

Finally, in 1933 The Indian Charlie was released which "became such a huge sensation", catapulting him to stardom.

The success of the film was the reason for the change of name to Noor Mohammed "Charlie", and in later films as just "Charlie".

1934

In 1934, Charlie joined Ranjit Film Company acting in successful films like Toofani Taruni (1934), Toofan Mail (1934) and Barrister's Wife (1935).

He often co-starred with other famous comedians like Dixit and Ghory.

1940

The 1940s saw him acting in several hit films.

Musafir (1940), directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi, in which Charlie played a foreign-returned prince who on his return finds his kingdom in a mess, became very popular.

1941

Other films of this time include Dhandora (1941), which he directed, A. R. Kardar's Pagal (1941), Jayant Desai's Bansari (1943), Mehboob Khan's Taqdeer (1943), Jayant Desai's Manorama (1944), Mahesh Chandra's Chand Tara (1945), Zia Sarhadi's Yateem (1945) and Phani Majumdar's Insaaf (1946).

He starred with top actresses like Swarnalata, Mehtab and Leela Chitnis.

He sang with artists like Suraiya and Amirbai Karnataki.

At the height of his success he charged more than Prithviraj Kapoor and other top stars of that time.

1947

Following the Partition of India in 1947, Charlie opted to live in Pakistan.

1949

His first film in Pakistan was the Daud Chand directed Mundri (1949) in Punjabi.

1950

He then did Nazeer Ajmeri's Beqarar (1950), both films were well appreciated.

Though he went on to act in about a dozen Urdu, Sindhi and Punjabi films in Pakistan, not all were successful.

1960

He came back to India in 1960 and acted in three films; Zameen Ke Taare (1960), Zamana Badal Gaya (1961) and Akeli Mat Jaiyo (1963).

According to Sanjit Narwekar in his book Eena Meena Deeka: The Story of Hindi Film Comedy, the Indian Government at that time refused Charlie citizenship and he had to return to Pakistan.

After acting in a few more Lollywood films, Charlie went to US to join his son.

Noor Mohammed Charlie had six sons and six daughters.

1983

He shifted to the US to live with his son and returned later to Pakistan where he died in 1983.

Noor Mohammed was born into a Memon family.

Hating school as a young boy, Noor Mohammed often played truant to visit cinema theatres.

At an early age he started working at repairing broken umbrellas.

He returned to Pakistan from US and died on 30 June 1983 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

2011

His one son was a renowned film and TV actor, Latif Charlie, who died on 19 July 2011 at the age of 75.

Noor Mohammed's grandson (Latif Charlie's Son) is Yawar Charlie, who was a former actor having acted in TV episodes of JAG and General Hospital and now specialises in West Hollywood CA Homes and Property Listings.

His gay wedding made headlines in South Asia Another grandson, through Latif Charlie, is RJ Dino Ali.