Eugene Chaplin

{{Short description|Swiss recording engineer}}

File:Chaplin family 1961.jpg with his wife Oona and their children (L-R) Geraldine, Eugene, Victoria, Annette, Josephine, and Michael in 1961.]]

Eugene Anthony Chaplin (born 23 August 1953) is a Swiss recording engineer and documentary filmmaker. He is the fifth child of Oona O'Neill and Charlie Chaplin, the grandson of playwright Eugene O'Neill, and the father of film actress Kiera Chaplin. Chaplin in the Sound Era: An Analysis of the Seven Talkies - Page 230 Eric L. Flom - 1997"Chaplin also began to search for a suitable home for his family, as Oona, then pregnant with the couple's fifth child (Eugene Chaplin would be born in August, 1953), wished to find a permanent residence for the family. "

He was part of the cast in the Benny Hill The Worlds Funniest Clown (1991), he is the president of the International Comedy Film Festival of Vevey, Switzerland and he directed the documentary film Charlie Chaplin: A Family Tribute produced by Alexandre Alé de Basseville.{{Cite web |title=CHARLIE CHAPLIN: A Family Tribute {{!}} Independent Film Quarterly |url=http://www.ifqmag.com/?albdesign_popup_cpt=charlie-chaplin-a-family-tribute |access-date=2022-10-01 |language=en-US}} Eugene has also created the musical Smile, which is a narration of Charlie Chaplin's life through his music.

As a recording engineer, he worked with The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, and Queen.{{cite news|url=http://mp3.box.sk/newsread.php?newsid=1428&pid=music&subject=music+%3A%3A+interview |title=Interview with Eugene Chaplin - famous son of the famous father |last=Petruska |first=Igor |date=October 11, 2002 |work=mp3.box.sk |accessdate=18 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924070900/http://mp3.box.sk/newsread.php?newsid=1428&pid=music&subject=music+%3A%3A+interview |archivedate=September 24, 2006 }}