Despite living in the United States for almost 40 years, Chaplin never became an American citizen. Meanwhile, due in part to “Modern Times,” a satire of the machine age, he gained a reputation as a communist sympathizer.

Was Charlie Chaplin a part of the Communist Party?

The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) – the country's political police – investigated Chaplin from 1922 onwards for his alleged ties to the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA).

Was Charlie Chaplin political?

On 4-17-48, Chaplin interviewed by I & NS re. application for re-entry permit. He stated he had never belonged to any political organization; that he never made any contributions to the Communist Party, directly or indirectly, and doesn't think he even made contributions to Communist front organizations.